वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-17, verse-39

दृश्यमानस्तु युध्येथा मया युधि नृपात्मज ।
अद्य वैवस्वतं देवं पश्येस्त्वं निहतो मया ॥३९॥

39. dṛśyamānastu yudhyethā mayā yudhi nṛpātmaja ,
adya vaivasvataṃ devaṃ paśyestvaṃ nihato mayā.

39. dṛśyamānaḥ tu yudhyethā mayā yudhi nṛpātmaja
adya vaivasvatam devam paśyeḥ tvam nihataḥ mayā

39. nṛpātmaja tvam dṛśyamānaḥ yudhi mayā yudhyethā
tu adya mayā nihataḥ vaivasvatam devam paśyeḥ

39. O prince, if you were to fight me openly in battle, revealing yourself, then today you would be struck down by me and encounter Yama, the god of death.

Words meanings summery:

• दृश्यमानः (dṛśyamānaḥ) - being seen, revealing oneself

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, then

• युध्येथा (yudhyethā) - you should fight, you would fight

• मया (mayā) - by me

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle

• नृपात्मज (nṛpātmaja) - O Rama (O son of a king, O prince)

• अद्य (adya) - today

• वैवस्वतम् (vaivasvatam) - to Yama, the son of Vivasvat

• देवम् (devam) - the god, the deity

• पश्येः (paśyeḥ) - you would see, you would encounter

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• निहतः (nihataḥ) - struck down, killed

• मया (mayā) - by me

Words meanings and morphology

दृश्यमानः (dṛśyamānaḥ) - being seen, revealing oneself

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛśyamāna

dṛśyamāna - being seen, visible, perceptible

Present Passive Participle

Present passive participle of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, then

(indeclinable)

युध्येथा (yudhyethā) - you should fight, you would fight

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhiliṅ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

युधि (yudhi) - in battle

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

नृपात्मज (nṛpātmaja) - O Rama (O son of a king, O prince)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nṛpātmaja

nṛpātmaja - son of a king, prince

Compound type : tatpurusha (nṛpa+ātmaja)

• nṛpa – king, monarch
  noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – born from oneself, son, daughter
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from ātman + ja (born)

अद्य (adya) - today

(indeclinable)

वैवस्वतम् (vaivasvatam) - to Yama, the son of Vivasvat

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - son of Vivasvat (the sun god); usually refers to Yama, the god of death

Patronymic from Vivasvat

देवम् (devam) - the god, the deity

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

पश्येः (paśyeḥ) - you would see, you would encounter

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Root dṛś forms present stem paśya-

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvad

tvad - you

निहतः (nihataḥ) - struck down, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihata

nihata - struck, killed, smitten, slain

Past Passive Participle

PPP of ni-han

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

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