वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-39, verse-7

इहैव तावत् कृतनिश्चयो ह्यहं यदि व्रजेयं प्लवगेश्वरालयम् ।
परात्मसंमर्द विशेषतत्त्ववित्ततः कृतं स्यान्मम भर्तृशासनम् ॥७॥

7. ihaiva tāvat kṛtaniścayo hyahaṃ yadi vrajeyaṃ plavageśvarālayam ,
parātmasaṃmarda viśeṣatattvavittataḥ kṛtaṃ syānmama bhartṛśāsanam.

7. iha eva tāvat kṛtaniścayaḥ hi aham
yadi vrajeyam plavageśvarālayam
parātmasaṃmardaviśeṣatattvavitaḥ
kṛtam syāt mama bhartṛśāsanam

7. If I, having made this firm resolve, were to go right now to the abode of the lord of monkeys, then my master's command would be considered fulfilled only through the knowledge of the specific truth concerning the overwhelming multitude of others (the enemies).

Words meanings summery:

• इह (iha) - right here, right now (here, in this place, now)

• एव (eva) - indeed, right now (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• तावत् (tāvat) - at least, immediately (so much, so many, for so long, at least)

• कृतनिश्चयः (kṛtaniścayaḥ) - I, having made this firm decision (one who has made a firm decision, resolute)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Hanumān) (I)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• व्रजेयम् (vrajeyam) - if I were to go (I might go, I should go, if I were to go)

• प्लवगेश्वरालयम् (plavageśvarālayam) - to the abode of Sugrīva (to the abode of the lord of monkeys)

• परात्मसंमर्दविशेषतत्त्ववितः (parātmasaṁmardaviśeṣatattvavitaḥ) - from the knowledge of the specific essential nature of the overwhelming multitude of enemies (by Hanuman) (from the knower of the specific truth regarding the throng of others/enemies)

• कृतम् (kṛtam) - accomplished, fulfilled (done, made, accomplished)

• स्यात् (syāt) - it would be (it would be, it should be)

• मम (mama) - my (Hanumān's) (my, of me)

• भर्तृशासनम् (bhartṛśāsanam) - my master's (Rāma's) command (master's command, lord's order)

Words meanings and morphology

इह (iha) - right here, right now (here, in this place, now)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - indeed, right now (for emphasis) (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

तावत् (tāvat) - at least, immediately (so much, so many, for so long, at least)

(indeclinable)

कृतनिश्चयः (kṛtaniścayaḥ) - I, having made this firm decision (one who has made a firm decision, resolute)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtaniścaya

kṛtaniścaya - one who has made a firm decision, resolute

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+niścaya)

• kṛta – done, made, accomplished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• niścaya – decision, certainty, resolution
  noun (masculine)
  from root ci with ni
  Prefix: ni
  Root: ci (class 5)

Note: modifies 'aham'

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I (Hanumān) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

व्रजेयम् (vrajeyam) - if I were to go (I might go, I should go, if I were to go)

(verb)

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

Root: vraj (class 1)

प्लवगेश्वरालयम् (plavageśvarālayam) - to the abode of Sugrīva (to the abode of the lord of monkeys)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of plavageśvarālaya

plavageśvarālaya - abode of the lord of monkeys

Compound type : tatpurusha (plavaga+īśvara+ālaya)

• plavaga – monkey, bird
  noun (masculine)
  lit. 'going by leaping'
  Root: plu (class 1)
• īśvara – lord, master, ruler
  noun (masculine)
  from root īś
  Root: īś (class 2)
• ālaya – abode, dwelling, house
  noun (masculine)
  from root lī with ā
  Prefix: ā
  Root: lī (class 4)

परात्मसंमर्दविशेषतत्त्ववितः (parātmasaṁmardaviśeṣatattvavitaḥ) - from the knowledge of the specific essential nature of the overwhelming multitude of enemies (by Hanuman) (from the knower of the specific truth regarding the throng of others/enemies)

(adjective)

Ablative, masculine, singular of parātmasaṃmardaviśeṣatattvavit

parātmasaṁmardaviśeṣatattvavit - knower of the specific truth of the throng of others

Compound: parātmasaṃmarda (throng of others) + viśeṣa (specific) + tattva (truth/essence) + vit (knower). 'Vit' is from root vid 'to know'.

Compound type : tatpurusha (para+ātman+saṃmarda+viśeṣa+tattva+vit)

• para – other, foreign, supreme
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, being, nature
  noun (masculine)
  Root: at (class 1)
• saṃmarda – crushing, throng, conflict, pressure
  noun (masculine)
  from root mṛd with sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: mṛd (class 9)
• viśeṣa – particular, specific, distinct
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: śiṣ (class 7)
• tattva – truth, reality, essence, principle
  noun (neuter)
  from tad + tva
• vit – knower, knowing
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root vid with -kvip suffix
  Root: vid (class 2)

Note: Formed by adding the ablative suffix -tas to the compound ending in 'vit'.

कृतम् (kṛtam) - accomplished, fulfilled (done, made, accomplished)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, accomplished

Past Passive Participle

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: modifies bhartṛśāsanam

स्यात् (syāt) - it would be (it would be, it should be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मम (mama) - my (Hanumān's) (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

भर्तृशासनम् (bhartṛśāsanam) - my master's (Rāma's) command (master's command, lord's order)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhartṛśāsana

bhartṛśāsana - master's command

Compound type : tatpurusha (bhartṛ+śāsana)

• bhartṛ – supporter, maintainer, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  agent noun
  from root bhṛ with tṛn suffix
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• śāsana – command, order, instruction, rule
  noun (neuter)
  from root śās
  Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'syāt'

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