वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-52, verse-6

एवमुक्ता हनुमता तापसी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
जीवता दुष्करं मन्ये प्रविष्टेन निवर्तितुम् ॥६॥

6. evamuktā hanumatā tāpasī vākyamabravīt ,
jīvatā duṣkaraṃ manye praviṣṭena nivartitum.

6. evam uktā hanumatā tāpasī vākyam abravīt
jīvatā duṣkaram manye praviṣṭena nivartitum

6. evam hanumatā uktā tāpasī vākyam abravīt:
"manye praviṣṭena jīvatā nivartitum duṣkaram"

6. Thus addressed by Hanumān, the female ascetic spoke: "I believe it is difficult for someone who has entered (this place) to return alive."

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

• उक्ता (uktā) - addressed (by Hanumān) (spoken, said, addressed)

• हनुमता (hanumatā) - by Hanumān (the name of the Vānara) (by Hanumān, by one with jaws)

• तापसी (tāpasī) - the female ascetic (Svayamprabhā) (female ascetic, female devotee)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, statement (word, speech, sentence, statement)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said, told)

• जीवता (jīvatā) - for one who is alive/living (by the living one, while living)

• दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult (difficult, hard to do, impossible)

• मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I consider, I believe)

• प्रविष्टेन (praviṣṭena) - by someone who has entered (this cavern) (by one who has entered, by the one entered)

• निवर्तितुम् (nivartitum) - to return (from this cavern) (to return, to come back, to turn back)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, in this manner, so)

(indeclinable)

उक्ता (uktā) - addressed (by Hanumān) (spoken, said, addressed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ukta

ukta - spoken, said, declared

Past Passive Participle

From root vac (to speak), irregular past participle.

Root: vac (class 2)

हनुमता (hanumatā) - by Hanumān (the name of the Vānara) (by Hanumān, by one with jaws)

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hanumat

hanumat - Hanumān (proper name), having large jaws

From hanu (jaw) + -mat (possessive suffix).

Note: Agent of 'uktā'.

तापसी (tāpasī) - the female ascetic (Svayamprabhā) (female ascetic, female devotee)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tāpasī

tāpasī - female ascetic, female devotee

Feminine form of tāpasa (ascetic). From tapas.

Root: tap (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, statement (word, speech, sentence, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

From vac (to speak).

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of 'abravīt'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (spoke, said, told)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect indicative (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect active indicative

3rd person singular, imperfect tense.

Root: brū (class 2)

जीवता (jīvatā) - for one who is alive/living (by the living one, while living)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, alive, existing

Present active participle

From root jīv.

Root: jīv (class 1)

दुष्करम् (duṣkaram) - difficult (difficult, hard to do, impossible)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of duṣkara

duṣkara - difficult to do, hard, arduous

Compound of dus (bad, difficult) + kara (doer/making).

Compound type : pravṛtti-nimitta (dus+kara)

• dus – bad, ill, difficult, hard
  indeclinable
• kara – doing, making, producing, a doer
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/Adjective
  From root kṛ.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Predicate adjective to the implied subject 'it' (the act of returning).

मन्ये (manye) - I believe (I think, I consider, I believe)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present indicative (lat) of man

Present middle indicative

1st person singular, present tense.

Root: man (class 4)

प्रविष्टेन (praviṣṭena) - by someone who has entered (this cavern) (by one who has entered, by the one entered)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of praviṣṭa

praviṣṭa - entered, gone into, approached

Past Passive Participle

From root viś with prefix pra.

Prefix: pra

Root: viś (class 6)

Note: Instrumental agent of the action "to return".

निवर्तितुम् (nivartitum) - to return (from this cavern) (to return, to come back, to turn back)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form from root vṛt with prefix ni. (here, it's intransitive 'to return').

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)