वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-16, verse-18

एष मुष्टिर्मया बद्धो गाढः सुनिहिताङ्गुलिः ।
मया वेगविमुक्तस्ते प्राणानादाय यास्यति ॥१८॥

18. eṣa muṣṭirmayā baddho gāḍhaḥ sunihitāṅguliḥ ,
mayā vegavimuktaste prāṇānādāya yāsyati.

18. eṣaḥ muṣṭiḥ mayā baddhaḥ gāḍhaḥ sunihitāṅguliḥ
mayā vegavimuktaḥ te prāṇān ādāya yāsyati

18. eṣaḥ muṣṭiḥ mayā gāḍhaḥ sunihitāṅguliḥ baddhaḥ
mayā vegavimuktaḥ te prāṇān ādāya yāsyati

18. “This fist, tightly clenched by me with well-placed fingers, when released by me with great speed, will take away your life (prāṇa).”

Words meanings summery:

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

• मुष्टिः (muṣṭiḥ) - fist

• मया (mayā) - by me

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, clenched

• गाढः (gāḍhaḥ) - tight, firm, intense

• सुनिहिताङ्गुलिः (sunihitāṅguliḥ) - with fingers well-placed/set

• मया (mayā) - by me

• वेगविमुक्तः (vegavimuktaḥ) - released with speed/force

• ते (te) - your

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life-breaths, life, vital airs (prāṇa)

• आदाय (ādāya) - having taken away, having seized

• यास्यति (yāsyati) - it will go, it will take away

Words meanings and morphology

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

Note: Qualifies `muṣṭiḥ`.

मुष्टिः (muṣṭiḥ) - fist

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of muṣṭi

muṣṭi - fist, handful

Note: Subject of the first clause (implied verb 'is').

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent of passive `baddhaḥ` and agent of `vegavimuktaḥ`.

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, clenched

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fixed, clenched

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root √bandh ('to bind').

Root: √bandh (class 9)

Note: Qualifies `muṣṭiḥ`.

गाढः (gāḍhaḥ) - tight, firm, intense

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gāḍha

gāḍha - tight, firm, intense, deep

Note: Qualifies `muṣṭiḥ`.

सुनिहिताङ्गुलिः (sunihitāṅguliḥ) - with fingers well-placed/set

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sunihitāṅguli

sunihitāṅguli - one whose fingers are well-placed/arranged/set

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+nihita+aṅguli)

• su – good, well, excellent
  indeclinable
• nihita – placed, set, put down
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √dhā ('to place') with prefix ni-.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: √dhā (class 3)
• aṅguli – finger, toe
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies `muṣṭiḥ`.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Agent of `vegavimuktaḥ`.

वेगविमुक्तः (vegavimuktaḥ) - released with speed/force

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vegavimukta

vegavimukta - released with force/speed

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vega+vimukta)

• vega – speed, velocity, force, impulse
  noun (masculine)
  Root: √vij (class 6)
• vimukta – released, set free, discharged
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √muc ('to release') with prefix vi-.
  Prefix: vi
  Root: √muc (class 6)

Note: Qualifies `muṣṭiḥ` (understood).

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, 'your'.

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - life-breaths, life, vital airs (prāṇa)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air, energy

Root: √an (class 2)

Note: Object of `ādāya`.

आदाय (ādāya) - having taken away, having seized

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

Derived from root √dā ('to give') with prefix ā-.

Prefix: ā

Root: √dā (class 3)

Note: Functions adverbially with `yāsyati`.

यास्यति (yāsyati) - it will go, it will take away

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of √yā

Future Active

Future tense, 3rd person singular, active voice.

Root: √yā (class 2)

Note: Subject is `muṣṭiḥ`.