वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-2, verse-41

न हि शक्यं क्व चित् स्थातुमविज्ञातेन राक्षसैः ।
अपि राक्षसरूपेण किमुतान्येन केन चित् ॥४१॥

41. na hi śakyaṃ kva cit sthātumavijñātena rākṣasaiḥ ,
api rākṣasarūpeṇa kimutānyena kena cit.

41. na hi śakyam kva cit sthātum avijñātena rākṣasaiḥ
api rākṣasarūpeṇa kim uta anyena kena cit

41. na hi kva cit avijñātena rākṣasaiḥ sthātum
śakyam api rākṣasarūpeṇa kim uta anyena kena cit

41. It is surely not possible to remain anywhere without being detected by the rākṣasas. If it is difficult even in the guise of a rākṣasa, how much more so would it be in any other form?

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• हि (hi) - surely, certainly (certainly, indeed, because)

• शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (possible, capable)

• क्व (kva) - anywhere (where?)

• चित् (cit) - (suffix implying indefiniteness, 'anywhere') (a certain, any, some)

• स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to remain (to stand, to stay, to remain)

• अविज्ञातेन (avijñātena) - without being known / detected (by the unknown, by the undetected)

• राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - by the rākṣasas (by rākṣasas)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• राक्षसरूपेण (rākṣasarūpeṇa) - in the guise of a rākṣasa (by the form of a rākṣasa, in rākṣasa guise)

• किम् (kim) - how much more/less (part of idiom 'kim uta') (what, how)

• उत (uta) - (part of idiom 'kim uta') (or, moreover, how much more)

• अन्येन (anyena) - by any other (form) (by another)

• केन (kena) - by any (form) (by whom, by what)

• चित् (cit) - (suffix implying indefiniteness, 'any other') (a certain, any, some)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - surely, certainly (certainly, indeed, because)

(indeclinable)

शक्यम् (śakyam) - possible (possible, capable)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śakya

śakya - possible, capable, feasible, proper

Gerundive

From root śak (to be able), with suffix -ya

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Used impersonally.

क्व (kva) - anywhere (where?)

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - (suffix implying indefiniteness, 'anywhere') (a certain, any, some)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms kva-cit meaning 'anywhere'.

स्थातुम् (sthātum) - to remain (to stand, to stay, to remain)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root sthā, with suffix -tum

Root: sthā (class 1)

अविज्ञातेन (avijñātena) - without being known / detected (by the unknown, by the undetected)

(adjective)

Instrumental, singular of avijñāta

avijñāta - unknown, unnoticed, not recognized

Past Passive Participle

From root jñā (to know) with upasarga vi and negative prefix a-

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vijñāta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• vijñāta – known, understood, recognized
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root jñā (to know) with upasarga vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Refers to the state of being unknown.

राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - by the rākṣasas (by rākṣasas)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, an evil being, a rākṣasa (class of mythical beings)

Note: Agent of the passive implication of 'avijñātena'.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

राक्षसरूपेण (rākṣasarūpeṇa) - in the guise of a rākṣasa (by the form of a rākṣasa, in rākṣasa guise)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of rākṣasarūpa

rākṣasarūpa - form of a rākṣasa, rākṣasa-like form

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rākṣasa+rūpa)

• rākṣasa – a demon, an evil being, a rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)
• rūpa – form, shape, appearance, guise
  noun (neuter)

किम् (kim) - how much more/less (part of idiom 'kim uta') (what, how)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in the idiom "kim uta" (how much more/less).

उत (uta) - (part of idiom 'kim uta') (or, moreover, how much more)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in the idiom "kim uta".

अन्येन (anyena) - by any other (form) (by another)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, another, different

Note: Agrees with 'kena cit' or implicitly with 'rūpeṇa'.

केन (kena) - by any (form) (by whom, by what)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

चित् (cit) - (suffix implying indefiniteness, 'any other') (a certain, any, some)

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms kena-cit meaning 'by anyone/anything' (here implying 'by any other form').