वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-56, verse-15

देवा हि मां हसिष्यन्ति दृष्ट्वा पूर्वापकारिणम् ।
कथमिन्द्रं जयिष्यामि कुम्भकर्णहते त्वयि ॥१५॥

15. devā hi māṃ hasiṣyanti dṛṣṭvā pūrvāpakāriṇam ,
kathamindraṃ jayiṣyāmi kumbhakarṇahate tvayi.

15. devā hi mām hasiṣyanti dṛṣṭvā pūrvāpakāriṇam |
katham indram jayiṣyāmi kumbhakarṇahate tvayi

15. hi devā mām pūrvāpakāriṇam dṛṣṭvā hasiṣyanti
tvayi kumbhakarṇahate indram katham jayiṣyāmi

15. Indeed, the gods will laugh at me when they see me, a former wrongdoer. How shall I conquer Indra when you, Kumbhakarṇa, are slain?

Words meanings summery:

• देवा (devā) - gods, deities

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• माम् (mām) - me

• हसिष्यन्ति (hasiṣyanti) - they will laugh

• दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - when they see (having seen, seeing)

• पूर्वापकारिणम् (pūrvāpakāriṇam) - a former wrongdoer, one who previously did harm

• कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

• इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra

• जयिष्यामि (jayiṣyāmi) - I shall conquer

• कुम्भकर्णहते (kumbhakarṇahate) - when Kumbhakarna is slain, Kumbhakarna having been slain

• त्वयि (tvayi) - when you are (slain) (in you, upon you, with you)

Words meanings and morphology

देवा (devā) - gods, deities

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of deva

deva - god, deity, divine being

Note: Subject of 'hasiṣyanti'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the statement.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

1st person pronoun

Note: Object of 'hasiṣyanti'.

हसिष्यन्ति (hasiṣyanti) - they will laugh

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, future (lṛṭ) of has

future indicative

Root has (1st class) + future suffix -iṣya- + 3rd person plural active ending -anti

Root: has (class 1)

दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - when they see (having seen, seeing)

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

Root dṛś (1st class) + suffix -tvā

Root: dṛś (class 1)

पूर्वापकारिणम् (pūrvāpakāriṇam) - a former wrongdoer, one who previously did harm

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pūrvāpakārin

pūrvāpakārin - one who has formerly done harm, a previous enemy

Compound of 'pūrva' (former) and 'apakārin' (wrongdoer)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pūrva+apakārin)

• pūrva – former, previous, prior
  adjective (masculine)
• apakārin – one who harms, wrongdoer, injurious
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun from apa + kṛ (to do)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Agrees with and describes 'mām'.

कथम् (katham) - how, in what manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative adverb.

इन्द्रम् (indram) - Indra

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of indra

indra - Indra (king of the gods)

Note: Object of 'jayiṣyāmi'.

जयिष्यामि (jayiṣyāmi) - I shall conquer

(verb)

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

future indicative

Root ji (1st class) + future suffix -iṣya- + 1st person singular active ending -mi

Root: ji (class 1)

कुम्भकर्णहते (kumbhakarṇahate) - when Kumbhakarna is slain, Kumbhakarna having been slain

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇahata

kumbhakarṇahata - Kumbhakarṇa slain

Compound of Kumbhakarṇa (proper noun) and hata (past passive participle of han 'to strike, kill')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kumbhakarṇa+hata)

• kumbhakarṇa – Kumbhakarṇa (a Rākṣasa, brother of Rāvaṇa)
  proper noun (masculine)
• hata – slain, killed, struck
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root han 'to strike, kill'
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'tvayi'.

त्वयि (tvayi) - when you are (slain) (in you, upon you, with you)

(pronoun)

Locative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

2nd person pronoun

Note: Part of a locative absolute construction with 'kumbhakarṇahate'.