वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-63, verse-23

जीवितं धारयिष्यामि मासं दशरथात्मज ।
ऊर्ध्वं मासान्न जीवेयं रक्षसां वशमागता ॥२३॥

23. jīvitaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi māsaṃ daśarathātmaja ,
ūrdhvaṃ māsānna jīveyaṃ rakṣasāṃ vaśamāgatā.

23. jīvitam dhārayiṣyāmi māsam daśarathātmaja |
ūrdhvam māsāt na jīveyam rakṣasām vaśam āgatā

23. daśarathātmaja māsam jīvitam dhārayiṣyāmi
māsāt ūrdhvam rakṣasām vaśam āgatā na jīveyam

23. O son of Daśaratha, I shall sustain my life for a month. After that month, having come under the control of the [rakṣasa]s, I would not be able to live.

Words meanings summery:

• जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life

• धारयिष्यामि (dhārayiṣyāmi) - I shall sustain/hold

• मासम् (māsam) - a month (for a duration)

• दशरथात्मज (daśarathātmaja) - O Rāma, son of Daśaratha (O son of Daśaratha)

• ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - after, beyond

• मासात् (māsāt) - from a month, after a month

• न (na) - not

• जीवेयम् (jīveyam) - I would live

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the [rakṣasa]s

• वशम् (vaśam) - power, control, sway

• आगता (āgatā) - having fallen under (control) (having come, reached, fallen into)

Words meanings and morphology

जीवितम् (jīvitam) - life

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living

Past Passive Participle (substantivized)

Derived from the root 'jīv'

Root: jīv (class 1)

धारयिष्यामि (dhārayiṣyāmi) - I shall sustain/hold

(verb)

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

Causal of root 'dhṛ'

Future tense, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular

Root: dhṛ (class 10)

मासम् (māsam) - a month (for a duration)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month

Note: Used adverbially to denote duration of time.

दशरथात्मज (daśarathātmaja) - O Rāma, son of Daśaratha (O son of Daśaratha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of daśarathātmaja

daśarathātmaja - son of Daśaratha

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daśaratha+ātmaja)

• daśaratha – Daśaratha (name of Rāma's father)
  proper noun (masculine)
• ātmaja – son, born of oneself
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from 'ātman' (self) + 'ja' (born)
  Root: jan (class 4)

ऊर्ध्वम् (ūrdhvam) - after, beyond

(indeclinable)

मासात् (māsāt) - from a month, after a month

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of māsa

māsa - month

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जीवेयम् (jīveyam) - I would live

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of jīv

Optative mood, Parasmaipada, 1st person singular

Root: jīv (class 1)

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the [rakṣasa]s

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - a [rakṣasa] (demon), evil being

वशम् (vaśam) - power, control, sway

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, desire, power, control, authority

आगता (āgatā) - having fallen under (control) (having come, reached, fallen into)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, obtained

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'gam' with prefix 'ā-'

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Refers to Sītā (feminine subject).