वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-21, verse-32

वक्तुं न शक्तो रामस्य नरः कश्चिद्गुणान् क्षितौ ।
जनस्थानगता येन तावन्तो राक्षसा हताः ॥३२॥

32. vaktuṃ na śakto rāmasya naraḥ kaścidguṇān kṣitau ,
janasthānagatā yena tāvanto rākṣasā hatāḥ.

32. vaktum na śaktaḥ rāmasya naraḥ kaścit guṇān kṣitau
janasthānagatāḥ yena tāvantaḥ rākṣasāḥ hatāḥ

32. kṣitau kaścit naraḥ rāmasya guṇān vaktum na śaktaḥ
yena janasthānagatāḥ tāvantaḥ rākṣasāḥ hatāḥ

32. No person on earth is capable of describing the virtues of Rāma, by whom so many rākṣasas dwelling in Janasthāna were slain.

Words meanings summery:

• वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to describe (to speak, to say, to describe)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable (capable, able, mighty)

• रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

• नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person, male)

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (someone, anyone, a certain)

• गुणान् (guṇān) - virtues (qualities, virtues, attributes)

• क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on earth (on earth, in the earth, on the ground)

• जनस्थानगताः (janasthānagatāḥ) - dwelling in Janasthāna (those who went to Janasthāna, residing in Janasthāna)

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

• तावन्तः (tāvantaḥ) - so many (so many, so great)

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas (demons)

• हताः (hatāḥ) - slain (killed, slain, destroyed)

Words meanings and morphology

वक्तुम् (vaktum) - to describe (to speak, to say, to describe)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

From root √vac (2nd class, Parasmaipada) + -tum affix

Root: vac (class 2)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

शक्तः (śaktaḥ) - capable (capable, able, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śakta

śakta - capable, able, powerful

Past Passive Participle

From root √śak (5th class, Parasmaipada)

Root: śak (class 5)

Note: Used predicatively with naraḥ

रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a king, an incarnation of Viṣṇu)

नरः (naraḥ) - person (man, person, male)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Subject of the sentence

कश्चित् (kaścit) - any (someone, anyone, a certain)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kaścid

kaścid - someone, anyone, a certain

Formed from kim (interrogative pronoun) + cid (particle)

Note: Functions as an indefinite pronoun qualifying naraḥ

गुणान् (guṇān) - virtues (qualities, virtues, attributes)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, attribute, property

Note: Object of vaktum

क्षितौ (kṣitau) - on earth (on earth, in the earth, on the ground)

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of kṣiti

kṣiti - earth, ground, abode

Root: kṣi

जनस्थानगताः (janasthānagatāḥ) - dwelling in Janasthāna (those who went to Janasthāna, residing in Janasthāna)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of janasthānagata

janasthānagata - gone to Janasthāna, residing in Janasthāna

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (janasthāna+gata)

• janasthāna – Janasthāna (a forest region)
  proper noun (neuter)
• gata – gone, arrived, reached
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root √gam (1st class, Parasmaipada)
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Adjective for rākṣasāḥ

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

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Demonstrative pronoun

Note: Refers to Rāma

तावन्तः (tāvantaḥ) - so many (so many, so great)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tāvat

tāvat - so much, so many, so far

Note: Adjective for rākṣasāḥ

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas (demons)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - rākṣasa, demon, evil being

Note: Subject of the passive verb hatāḥ

हताः (hatāḥ) - slain (killed, slain, destroyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed

Past Passive Participle

From root √han (2nd class, Parasmaipada)

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for rākṣasāḥ

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