वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-54, verse-5

साधु सौम्या निवर्तध्वं किं प्राणान्परिरक्षथ ।
नालं युद्धाय वै रक्षो महतीयं विभीषिकाः ॥५॥

5. sādhu saumyā nivartadhvaṃ kiṃ prāṇānparirakṣatha ,
nālaṃ yuddhāya vai rakṣo mahatīyaṃ vibhīṣikāḥ.

5. sādhu saumyāḥ nivartadhvam kim prāṇān parirakṣatha
na alam yuddhāya vai rakṣaḥ mahatī iyam vibhīṣikāḥ

5. sādhu saumyāḥ nivartadhvam kim prāṇān parirakṣatha?
vai rakṣaḥ yuddhāya na alam iyam mahatī vibhīṣikāḥ

5. Well, gentle ones, turn back! Why do you protect your lives? That demon is certainly not sufficient for battle; this great [display] is [just] terrifying illusions.

Words meanings summery:

• साधु (sādhu) - Well done! / Right! (well, properly, good)

• सौम्याः (saumyāḥ) - O gentle ones (vocative) (gentle ones, calm ones)

• निवर्तध्वम् (nivartadhvam) - you (pl.) turn back, return, desist

• किम् (kim) - Why? (what?, why?)

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, breaths

• परिरक्षथ (parirakṣatha) - you (pl.) protect, guard

• न (na) - not, no

• अलम् (alam) - sufficient (for battle) (enough, sufficient, capable)

• युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for battle, for fighting

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - that demon (demon, fiend)

• महती (mahatī) - this great (display) (great, large)

• इयम् (iyam) - this (display) (this (feminine))

• विभीषिकाः (vibhīṣikāḥ) - terrifying illusions/threats (as a predicate plural noun) (terrors, threats, frightening displays)

Words meanings and morphology

साधु (sādhu) - Well done! / Right! (well, properly, good)

(indeclinable)

सौम्याः (saumyāḥ) - O gentle ones (vocative) (gentle ones, calm ones)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, plural of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, placid, moon-like

निवर्तध्वम् (nivartadhvam) - you (pl.) turn back, return, desist

(verb)

2nd person , plural, middle, present imperative (lot) of ni-vṛt

present imperative

2nd person plural, middle voice, present imperative

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

किम् (kim) - Why? (what?, why?)

(indeclinable)

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, breaths

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, vital air, life, spirit

परिरक्षथ (parirakṣatha) - you (pl.) protect, guard

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present indicative (lat) of pari-rakṣ

present indicative

2nd person plural, active voice, present indicative

Prefix: pari

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अलम् (alam) - sufficient (for battle) (enough, sufficient, capable)

(indeclinable)

युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for battle, for fighting

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly, surely

(indeclinable)

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - that demon (demon, fiend)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, fiend, evil spirit

महती (mahatī) - this great (display) (great, large)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty

इयम् (iyam) - this (display) (this (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one, here

विभीषिकाः (vibhīṣikāḥ) - terrifying illusions/threats (as a predicate plural noun) (terrors, threats, frightening displays)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vibhīṣikā

vibhīṣikā - terror, threat, intimidation, frightening appearance, illusion

Root: bhī (class 3)

Note: Grammatically, 'mahatī' and 'iyam' are singular feminine, while 'vibhīṣikāḥ' is plural feminine. This suggests either an implied singular noun being described by 'mahatī iyam', with 'vibhīṣikāḥ' as a predicate plural noun describing its nature, or it could be a textual variant where the singular 'vibhīṣikā' was intended.