वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-35, verse-54

अथ वा युध्यमानस्य पतेयं विमुखस्य ते ।
पतितां च गृहीत्वा मां नयेयुः पापराक्षसाः ॥५४॥

54. atha vā yudhyamānasya pateyaṃ vimukhasya te ,
patitāṃ ca gṛhītvā māṃ nayeyuḥ pāparākṣasāḥ.

54. atha vā yudhyamānasya pateyam vimukhasya te
patitām ca gṛhītvā mām nayeyuḥ pāparākṣasāḥ

54. Or else, while you are fighting, should you turn your face away, I might fall from you. And then, the wicked demons might seize me, once I have fallen, and carry me off.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

• वा (vā) - or, either

• युध्यमानस्य (yudhyamānasya) - of you, while you are fighting (of one who is fighting, while fighting)

• पतेयम् (pateyam) - I might fall

• विमुखस्य (vimukhasya) - of you, if you turn your face away (of one whose face is averted, of one turning away)

• ते (te) - from you

• पतिताम् (patitām) - me, after I have fallen (fallen, dropped)

• च (ca) - and

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized

• माम् (mām) - Sītā (as object) (me)

• नयेयुः (nayeyuḥ) - they might carry, they might lead away

• पापराक्षसाः (pāparākṣasāḥ) - wicked demons

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - now, then, thereupon

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

Note: Often combined with 'atha' to mean 'or else'.

युध्यमानस्य (yudhyamānasya) - of you, while you are fighting (of one who is fighting, while fighting)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yudhyamāna

yudhyamāna - fighting, warring

Present Active Participle

Derived from root yudh (class 4) with śānac suffix in active voice, expressing contemporaneous action.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Genitive absolute construction, or 'of you who are fighting'.

पतेयम् (pateyam) - I might fall

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of pat

Optative Mood, 1st Person Singular

From root pat (class 1) in active voice.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: The subject 'I' (Sītā) is implied by the verb ending.

विमुखस्य (vimukhasya) - of you, if you turn your face away (of one whose face is averted, of one turning away)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of vimukha

vimukha - having the face turned away, averted, disinclined

Compound type : bahuvrihi (vi+mukha)

• vi – apart, away, without
  indeclinable
  A prefix (upasarga) used to modify nouns or verbs.
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'yudhyamānasya' and refers to Hanumān.

ते (te) - from you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Ablative sense: 'from you'.

पतिताम् (patitām) - me, after I have fallen (fallen, dropped)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of patita

patita - fallen, descended, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root pat (class 1) with kta suffix.

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'mām' (me).

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having taken, having seized

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root grah (class 9) with ktvā suffix.

Root: grah (class 9)

माम् (mām) - Sītā (as object) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Object of 'nī' (nayeyuḥ) and implicitly of 'gṛhītvā'.

नयेयुः (nayeyuḥ) - they might carry, they might lead away

(verb)

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

Optative Mood, 3rd Person Plural

From root nī (class 1) in active voice.

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: The subject 'they' refers to 'pāparākṣasāḥ'.

पापराक्षसाः (pāparākṣasāḥ) - wicked demons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāparākṣasa

pāparākṣasa - wicked demon, evil rākṣasa

Compound type : karma-dhāraya (pāpa+rākṣasa)

• pāpa – evil, wicked, sinful; sin
  adjective (neuter)
• rākṣasa – demon, rākṣasa
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of 'nayeyuḥ'.