वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-24, verse-13

राक्षसानां जनस्थाने सहस्राणि चतुर्दश ।
येनैकेन निरस्तानि स मां किं नाभिपद्यते ॥१३॥

13. rākṣasānāṃ janasthāne sahasrāṇi caturdaśa ,
yenaikena nirastāni sa māṃ kiṃ nābhipadyate.

13. rākṣasānām janasthāne sahasrāṇi caturdaśa |
yena ekena nirastāni saḥ mām kim na abhipadyate

13. yena ekena janasthāne caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rākṣasānām nirastāni,
saḥ mām kim na abhipadyate

13. He by whom fourteen thousand demonic beings (rākṣasas) were destroyed in Janasthāna alone, why does that very one not come to me?

Words meanings summery:

• राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of demonic beings (rākṣasas) (of rākṣasas, of demons)

• जनस्थाने (janasthāne) - in Janasthāna (in Janasthāna (a specific region))

• सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

• चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

• येन (yena) - by whom (Rāma) (by whom, by which)

• एकेन (ekena) - by one (person), alone (by one, alone)

• निरस्तानि (nirastāni) - destroyed (dispelled, destroyed, thrown away, cast off)

• सः (saḥ) - that very one (Rāma) (he, that (masculine singular nominative demonstrative pronoun))

• माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative of 1st person pronoun))

• किम् (kim) - why (what, why, for what purpose)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अभिपद्यते (abhipadyate) - approaches (me) (approaches, obtains, reaches, falls upon)

Words meanings and morphology

राक्षसानाम् (rākṣasānām) - of demonic beings (rākṣasas) (of rākṣasas, of demons)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demonic, belonging to rākṣasas; a rākṣasa, a demon

Derived from rakṣas + a.

Note: Indicates ownership or association.

जनस्थाने (janasthāne) - in Janasthāna (in Janasthāna (a specific region))

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of janasthāna

janasthāna - Janasthāna (name of a forest region where Rāma lived and fought demons)

Compound of jana (people/beings) + sthāna (place).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jana+sthāna)

• jana – person, people, creature
  noun (masculine)
  From root jan (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)
• sthāna – place, stand, position, dwelling
  noun (neuter)
  From root sthā (to stand) + ana.
  Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: The place where the demons were destroyed.

सहस्राणि (sahasrāṇi) - thousands

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of sahasra

sahasra - thousand

Note: Subject of 'nirastāni'.

चतुर्दश (caturdaśa) - fourteen

(numeral)

Compound type : dvandva (catur+daśa)

• catur – four
  numeral
• daśa – ten
  numeral

Note: Acts as an adjective for 'thousands'.

येन (yena) - by whom (Rāma) (by whom, by which)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun, masculine singular instrumental.

Note: Agent in the passive construction.

एकेन (ekena) - by one (person), alone (by one, alone)

(numeral)

Note: Modifies the implied agent of 'nirastāni' (Rāma).

निरस्तानि (nirastāni) - destroyed (dispelled, destroyed, thrown away, cast off)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of nirasta

nirasta - thrown off, cast away, expelled, destroyed, refuted

Past Passive Participle

From nir-as (4th class) + kta.

Prefix: nis

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Describes the fate of the "fourteen thousand."

सः (saḥ) - that very one (Rāma) (he, that (masculine singular nominative demonstrative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular nominative.

Note: Subject of the verb 'abhipadyate'.

माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative of 1st person pronoun))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)

Note: Object of 'abhipadyate'.

किम् (kim) - why (what, why, for what purpose)

(indeclinable)

Also pronoun, here used as indeclinable.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation for the verb.

अभिपद्यते (abhipadyate) - approaches (me) (approaches, obtains, reaches, falls upon)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of abhi-pad

Present middle indicative

From abhi + pad (4th class).

Prefix: abhi

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Verb of action by Rāma.

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