वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-2, verse-16

गृहीतधनुषो यस्ते तिष्ठेदभिमुखो रणे ।
वानरेषु समासक्तं न ते कार्यं विपत्स्यते ॥१६॥

16. gṛhītadhanuṣo yaste tiṣṭhedabhimukho raṇe ,
vānareṣu samāsaktaṃ na te kāryaṃ vipatsyate.

16. gṛhītadhanuṣaḥ yaḥ te tiṣṭhet abhimukhaḥ raṇe
vānareṣu samāsaktam na te kāryam vipatstyate

16. yaḥ gṛhītadhanuṣaḥ te abhimukhaḥ raṇe tiṣṭhet
te kāryam vānareṣu samāsaktam na vipatstyate

16. No one, having taken up a bow, would stand confronting you in battle. Your objective, involving the monkeys, will not fail.

Words meanings summery:

• गृहीतधनुषः (gṛhītadhanuṣaḥ) - one who wields a bow (who has taken a bow, having a bow in hand)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

• ते (te) - to you

• तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - he should stand, he would stand

• अभिमुखः (abhimukhaḥ) - facing, confronting, turned towards

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in conflict

• वानरेषु (vānareṣu) - among the monkeys

• समासक्तम् (samāsaktam) - involved with or fixed upon the monkeys (engaged, attached, involved, fixed upon)

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - your

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - your current objective (rescuing Sita) (task, work, business, objective)

• विपत्स्त्यते (vipatstyate) - will fail, will be ruined, will be destroyed

Words meanings and morphology

गृहीतधनुषः (gṛhītadhanuṣaḥ) - one who wields a bow (who has taken a bow, having a bow in hand)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gṛhītadhanus

gṛhītadhanus - one who has taken up a bow

bahuvrīhi compound

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (gṛhīta+dhanus)

• gṛhīta – taken, seized, held
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root 'grah' (to seize, take)
  Root: grah (class 9)
• dhanus – bow
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'yaḥ'.

यः (yaḥ) - who, he who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

ते (te) - to you

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Functions as 'against you' or 'to you'.

तिष्ठेत् (tiṣṭhet) - he should stand, he would stand

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of sthā

optative active

From root 'sthā' (class 1).

Root: sthā (class 1)

अभिमुखः (abhimukhaḥ) - facing, confronting, turned towards

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhimukha

abhimukha - facing, fronting, turned towards

Compound of 'abhi' (prefix) + 'mukha' (face)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (abhi+mukha)

• abhi – towards, to, over, upon
  indeclinable
  prefix
• mukha – face, mouth, front
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'yaḥ'.

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in conflict

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict

from root 'raṇ' (to rejoice, shout, sound)

Root: raṇ (class 1)

वानरेषु (vānareṣu) - among the monkeys

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vānara

vānara - monkey, belonging to monkeys

from 'vana' (forest) + 'ra' (dwelling in), or derivative of 'vanara'

समासक्तम् (samāsaktam) - involved with or fixed upon the monkeys (engaged, attached, involved, fixed upon)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samāsakta

samāsakta - engaged, attached, involved, fixed upon

Past Passive Participle

from 'sam-ā-sañj' (to attach, fix upon), root 'sañj' (to cling to)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: sañj (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

particle

ते (te) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Possessive pronoun.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - your current objective (rescuing Sita) (task, work, business, objective)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, action, business, objective

Gerundive

from root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix '-ya'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'vipatstyate'.

विपत्स्त्यते (vipatstyate) - will fail, will be ruined, will be destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, future (lṛṭ) of vi-pat

future active/middle

from root 'pat' (to fall) with prefix 'vi'. Middle voice.

Prefix: vi

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Atmanepada form.