वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-31, verse-59

युध्यस्व वा धृतिं कृत्वा शौर्यमालम्ब्य राक्षस ।
मच्छरैस्त्वं रणे शान्तस्ततः पूतो भविष्यसि ॥५९॥

59. yudhyasva vā dhṛtiṃ kṛtvā śauryamālambya rākṣasa ,
maccharaistvaṃ raṇe śāntastataḥ pūto bhaviṣyasi.

59. yudhyasva vā dhṛtim kṛtvā śauryam ālambya rākṣasa
mat sharaiḥ tvam raṇe śāntaḥ tataḥ pūtaḥ bhaviṣyasi

59. rāṣaka,
vā dhṛtim kṛtvā śauryam ālambya yudhyasva,
(vā) tvam raṇe mat sharaiḥ śāntaḥ,
tataḥ pūtaḥ bhaviṣyasi

59. O Rākṣasa, either fight, having mustered courage and resorted to valor, or you will be pacified in battle by my arrows, and then you will become purified.

Words meanings summery:

• युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight!

• वा (vā) - or, either

• धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - firmness, courage, resolve

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having assumed

• शौर्यम् (śauryam) - valor, heroism, bravery

• आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having resorted to, having taken hold of

• राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O Rākṣasa (demon)

• मत् (mat) - my, mine (first person pronoun)

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

• शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - pacified, calmed, ceased, dead

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• पूतः (pūtaḥ) - purified, cleansed, holy

• भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become

Words meanings and morphology

युध्यस्व (yudhyasva) - fight!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

धृतिम् (dhṛtim) - firmness, courage, resolve

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of dhṛti

dhṛti - firmness, resolve, courage, perseverance

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having made, having assumed

(verb)

absolutive of kṛ

Absolutive / Gerund

Formed with suffix '-tvā'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

शौर्यम् (śauryam) - valor, heroism, bravery

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śaurya

śaurya - valor, heroism, bravery, prowess

आलम्ब्य (ālambya) - having resorted to, having taken hold of

(verb)

absolutive of ālamb

Absolutive / Gerund

Formed with suffix '-ya' after prefix 'ā'.

Prefix: ā

Root: lamb (class 1)

राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O Rākṣasa (demon)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - Rākṣasa, demon, belonging to Rākṣasas

मत् (mat) - my, mine (first person pronoun)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

Note: Used adjectivally to modify 'śaraiḥ'.

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow, reed

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, war, conflict

शान्तः (śāntaḥ) - pacified, calmed, ceased, dead

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śānta

śānta - calm, peaceful, pacified, extinguished, dead

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śam'.

Root: śam (class 4)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

पूतः (pūtaḥ) - purified, cleansed, holy

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūta

pūta - purified, cleansed, holy, pure

Past Passive Participle

From root 'pū'.

Root: pū (class 1)

भविष्यसि (bhaviṣyasi) - you will become

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

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