वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-11, verse-54

इहैव नियताहारो वत्स्यामि नियतेन्द्रियः ।
न मत्कृते विनश्येयुः सर्वे ते नरवानराः ॥५४॥

54. ihaiva niyatāhāro vatsyāmi niyatendriyaḥ ,
na matkṛte vinaśyeyuḥ sarve te naravānarāḥ.

54. iha eva niyata-āhāraḥ vatsyāmi niyata-indriyaḥ
na mat-kṛte vinaśyeyuḥ sarve te nara-vānaraḥ

54. I will stay right here, observing a regulated diet and controlling my senses. Let not all those men and monkeys perish on my account.

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - here, in this place

• एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

• नियत-आहारः (niyata-āhāraḥ) - one whose diet is regulated, abstemious

• वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I will dwell, I will stay

• नियत-इन्द्रियः (niyata-indriyaḥ) - one whose senses are controlled, self-controlled

• न (na) - not, no

• मत्-कृते (mat-kṛte) - for my sake, on my account, because of me

• विनश्येयुः (vinaśyeyuḥ) - they should perish, they should be destroyed

• सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

• ते (te) - those, they

• नर-वानरः (nara-vānaraḥ) - Rāma's army of men and monkeys (men and monkeys, human-monkeys)

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - here, in this place

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, just, indeed, precisely

(indeclinable)

नियत-आहारः (niyata-āhāraḥ) - one whose diet is regulated, abstemious

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata-āhāra

niyata-āhāra - one whose diet is regulated, abstemious

Compound type : bahuvrihi (niyata+āhāra)

• niyata – restrained, regulated, fixed, controlled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from the verb root yam (to restrain, control) with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• āhāra – food, diet, taking, collection
  noun (masculine)
  from the verb root hṛ (to take) with prefix ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'I' (aham).

वत्स्यामि (vatsyāmi) - I will dwell, I will stay

(verb)

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

Root: vas (class 1)

नियत-इन्द्रियः (niyata-indriyaḥ) - one whose senses are controlled, self-controlled

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata-indriya

niyata-indriya - one whose senses are controlled, self-controlled

Compound type : bahuvrihi (niyata+indriya)

• niyata – restrained, regulated, fixed, controlled
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  from the verb root yam (to restrain, control) with prefix ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: yam (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, power, faculty
  noun (neuter)
  Root: ind

Note: Qualifies the implied subject 'I' (aham).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मत्-कृते (mat-kṛte) - for my sake, on my account, because of me

(indeclinable)

Formed from pronominal stem 'mad' (my) and locative singular of 'kṛta' (done, made, reason), functioning as an adverbial phrase.

Compound type : tatpurusha (mad+kṛta)

• mad – my, of me
  pronoun
  Pronominal stem for the first person singular pronoun 'aham' (I).
• kṛta – done, made, performed; reason, cause
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from the verb root kṛ (to do, make)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Functions as an adverbial phrase.

विनश्येयुः (vinaśyeyuḥ) - they should perish, they should be destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of vi-naś

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

सर्वे (sarve) - all, everyone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, entire

Note: Qualifies 'nara-vānaraḥ'.

ते (te) - those, they

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to 'nara-vānaraḥ'.

नर-वानरः (nara-vānaraḥ) - Rāma's army of men and monkeys (men and monkeys, human-monkeys)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara-vānara

nara-vānara - men and monkeys, human-monkeys

Compound type : dvandva (nara+vānara)

• nara – man, human, person
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• vānara – monkey, ape
  noun (masculine)