वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-26, verse-18

शरत्कालं प्रतीक्षे ऽहमियं प्रावृडुपस्थिता ।
ततः सराष्ट्रं सगणं राक्षसं तं निहन्म्यहम् ॥१८॥

18. śaratkālaṃ pratīkṣe'hamiyaṃ prāvṛḍupasthitā ,
tataḥ sarāṣṭraṃ sagaṇaṃ rākṣasaṃ taṃ nihanmyaham.

18. śaratkālam pratīkṣe aham iyam prāvṛṭ upasthitā
tataḥ sarāṣṭram sagaṇam rākṣasam tam nihanmi aham

18. aham śaratkālam pratīkṣe .
iyam prāvṛṭ upasthitā .
tataḥ aham tam rākṣasam sarāṣṭram sagaṇam nihanmi .

18. I await the autumn season; this rainy season has arrived. Then I will certainly kill that demon, along with his kingdom and his entire retinue.

Words meanings summery:

• शरत्कालम् (śaratkālam) - autumn season

• प्रतीक्षे (pratīkṣe) - I await, I look forward to

• अहम् (aham) - I

• इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

• प्रावृट् (prāvṛṭ) - rainy season

• उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - has arrived (present, arrived, standing near)

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

• सराष्ट्रम् (sarāṣṭram) - with his kingdom

• सगणम् (sagaṇam) - with his horde (with his retinue, with his horde)

• राक्षसम् (rākṣasam) - demon (referring to Rāvaṇa) (demon, pertaining to a demon)

• तम् (tam) - that (referring to the demon) (him, that (masculine))

• निहन्मि (nihanmi) - I will kill (I kill, I strike down)

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

शरत्कालम् (śaratkālam) - autumn season

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaratkāla

śaratkāla - autumn season

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śarat+kāla)

• śarat – autumn
  noun (feminine)
• kāla – time, season
  noun (masculine)

प्रतीक्षे (pratīkṣe) - I await, I look forward to

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of pratīkṣ

root īkṣ with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

इयम् (iyam) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, here

प्रावृट् (prāvṛṭ) - rainy season

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāvṛṣ

prāvṛṣ - rainy season, rain

from pra-vṛṣ

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

उपस्थिता (upasthitā) - has arrived (present, arrived, standing near)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of upasthita

upasthita - present, arrived, standing near, at hand

Past Passive Participle

from root sthā with prefix upa

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies prāvṛṭ

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereafter, from that)

(indeclinable)

ablative suffix -tas

सराष्ट्रम् (sarāṣṭram) - with his kingdom

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sarāṣṭra

sarāṣṭra - with the kingdom, including the kingdom

from sa- + rāṣṭra

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+rāṣṭra)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• rāṣṭra – kingdom, realm, country
  noun (neuter)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, agreeing with rākṣasam.

सगणम् (sagaṇam) - with his horde (with his retinue, with his horde)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sagaṇa

sagaṇa - with a multitude, with a host, with a retinue

from sa- + gaṇa

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+gaṇa)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• gaṇa – multitude, host, retinue, group
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative singular masculine, agreeing with rākṣasam.

राक्षसम् (rākṣasam) - demon (referring to Rāvaṇa) (demon, pertaining to a demon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, a Rākṣasa (a class of mythological beings, often malevolent)

Note: Object of nihanmi

तम् (tam) - that (referring to the demon) (him, that (masculine))

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies rākṣasam

निहन्मि (nihanmi) - I will kill (I kill, I strike down)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ni-han

root han with prefix ni

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (first person pronoun)

Note: Repetition for emphasis or meter.