वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-6, verse-21

क्व वा वसति तद् रक्षो महद्व्यसनदं मम ।
यन्निमित्तमहं सर्वान्नाशयिष्यामि राक्षसान् ॥२१॥

21. kva vā vasati tad rakṣo mahadvyasanadaṃ mama ,
yannimittamahaṃ sarvānnāśayiṣyāmi rākṣasān.

21. kva vā vasati tat rakṣaḥ mahat vyasanadam mama
yat nimittam aham sarvān nāśayiṣyāmi rākṣasān

21. vā tat mahat mama vyasanadam rakṣaḥ kva vasati
yat nimittam aham sarvān rākṣasān nāśayiṣyāmi

21. Or where does that demon (rakṣas) dwell, who brought such great misfortune upon me? It is for his sake that I shall destroy all the rākṣasas.

Words meanings summery:

• क्व (kva) - where?

• वा (vā) - or, either

• वसति (vasati) - dwells, lives, stays

• तत् (tat) - Referring to the demon mentioned previously. (that)

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - demon, evil spirit

• महत् (mahat) - great, large, powerful

• व्यसनदम् (vyasanadam) - causing distress/misfortune, bringing calamity

• मम (mama) - to me, for me

• यत् (yat) - which, whose

• निमित्तम् (nimittam) - on account of whom/which (cause, reason, motive)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• सर्वान् (sarvān) - all

• नाशयिष्यामि (nāśayiṣyāmi) - I will destroy, I will cause to perish

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - demons (rākṣasas)

Words meanings and morphology

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

वसति (vasati) - dwells, lives, stays

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vas

Present Indicative 3rd Person Singular

root √vas + ati (present ending)

Root: vas (class 1)

तत् (tat) - Referring to the demon mentioned previously. (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Adjectival use with rakṣaḥ.

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - demon, evil spirit

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - a demon, an evil spirit, a goblin

Note: Subject of 'vasati'.

महत् (mahat) - great, large, powerful

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mahat

mahat - great, big, mighty, important

Note: Modifies rakṣaḥ.

व्यसनदम् (vyasanadam) - causing distress/misfortune, bringing calamity

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyasanada

vyasanada - giving trouble, causing calamity, bringing misfortune

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyasana+da)

• vyasana – calamity, misfortune, distress, addiction
  noun (neuter)
  Prefix: vi
• da – giving, bestowing
  adjective
  Kṛt suffix -da from √dā (to give)
  Derived from the root √dā (to give) with a Kṛt suffix.
  Root: dā (class 3)

Note: Modifies rakṣaḥ.

मम (mama) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Dative sense in this context ("to me").

यत् (yat) - which, whose

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to the demon.

निमित्तम् (nimittam) - on account of whom/which (cause, reason, motive)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nimitta

nimitta - cause, reason, sign, omen

Note: In 'yat nimittam', it forms an adverbial phrase meaning 'on account of which'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Subject of 'nāśayiṣyāmi'.

सर्वान् (sarvān) - all

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Modifies rākṣasān.

नाशयिष्यामि (nāśayiṣyāmi) - I will destroy, I will cause to perish

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of nāśay

Future Indicative 1st Person Singular (Causative)

Causative stem of √naś (to perish) + iṣyāmi (future ending)

Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Causative verb.

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - demons (rākṣasas)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, an evil being, a rākṣasa

Derived from 'rakṣas' with a patronymic/adjectival suffix 'a'.

Note: Object of 'nāśayiṣyāmi'.