वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-14, verse-6

प्रतिज्ञा या त्वया वीर कृता वालिवधे पुरा ।
सफलां तां कुरु क्षिप्रं लतां काल इवागतः ॥६॥

6. pratijñā yā tvayā vīra kṛtā vālivadhe purā ,
saphalāṃ tāṃ kuru kṣipraṃ latāṃ kāla ivāgataḥ.

6. pratijñā yā tvayā vīra kṛtā vālivadhe purā
saphalām tām kuru kṣipram latām kālaḥ iva āgataḥ

6. vīra yā pratijñā tvayā purā vālivadhe kṛtā,
tām saphalām kṣipram kuru,
kālaḥ latām iva āgataḥ

6. O hero, quickly fulfill that promise which you made previously regarding the slaying of Vali, just as the proper time (kāla) causes a creeper to bear fruit.

Words meanings summery:

• प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) - promise, vow, agreement

• या (yā) - which (feminine nominative singular)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• वीर (vīra) - O hero

• कृता (kṛtā) - made, done

• वालिवधे (vālivadhe) - regarding the slaying of Vali, in the killing of Vali

• पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

• सफलाम् (saphalām) - fruitful, successful

• ताम् (tām) - that (promise) (that (accusative feminine))

• कुरु (kuru) - fulfill (do, make)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• लताम् (latām) - a creeper, vine

• कालः (kālaḥ) - proper time, season (time, season, the god of death)

• इव (iva) - as if, like, just as

• आगतः (āgataḥ) - has arrived (arrived, having come)

Words meanings and morphology

प्रतिज्ञा (pratijñā) - promise, vow, agreement

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pratijñā

pratijñā - promise, vow, declaration

From prati-jñā (to promise, acknowledge)

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

या (yā) - which (feminine nominative singular)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

वीर (vīra) - O hero

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave man, warrior

कृता (kṛtā) - made, done

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root kṛ- (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agreement with 'pratijñā'.

वालिवधे (vālivadhe) - regarding the slaying of Vali, in the killing of Vali

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vālivadha

vālivadha - slaying of Vali

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vālin+vadha)

• vālin – Vali (proper noun)
  proper noun (masculine)
• vadha – killing, slaying
  noun (masculine)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

पुरा (purā) - formerly, previously, in ancient times

(indeclinable)

सफलाम् (saphalām) - fruitful, successful

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of saphala

saphala - fruitful, successful, effective

Note: Agreement with 'tām' (pratijñām).

ताम् (tām) - that (promise) (that (accusative feminine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to 'pratijñām'.

कुरु (kuru) - fulfill (do, make)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of neuter accusative singular.

लताम् (latām) - a creeper, vine

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of latā

latā - creeper, vine, slender woman

कालः (kālaḥ) - proper time, season (time, season, the god of death)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, season, proper time, death, god of death

इव (iva) - as if, like, just as

(indeclinable)

आगतः (āgataḥ) - has arrived (arrived, having come)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āgata

āgata - arrived, come, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ā-gam (to come)

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used in active sense here: 'has come'. Agreement with 'kālaḥ'.

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