वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-59, verse-50

बालस्त्वमसि सौमित्रे विक्रमेष्वविचक्षणः ।
गच्छ किं कालसदृशं मां योधयितुमिच्छसि ॥५०॥

50. bālastvamasi saumitre vikrameṣvavicakṣaṇaḥ ,
gaccha kiṃ kālasadṛśaṃ māṃ yodhayitumicchasi.

50. bālaḥ tvam asi saumitre vikrameṣu avicakṣaṇaḥ
gaccha kim kālasadṛśam mām yodhayitum icchasi

50. saumitre tvam bālaḥ asi vikrameṣu avicakṣaṇaḥ
gaccha kim kālasadṛśam mām yodhayitum icchasi

50. O Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa), you are a child, inexperienced in valorous deeds. Go! Why do you wish to fight me, who am like (kāla), the god of death?

Words meanings summery:

• बालः (bālaḥ) - child, boy, young one

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• असि (asi) - you are

• सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O Saumitri, O Lakṣmaṇa

• विक्रमेषु (vikrameṣu) - in valorous deeds, in acts of prowess

• अविचक्षणः (avicakṣaṇaḥ) - inexperienced, unskillful, unwise

• गच्छ (gaccha) - go!

• किम् (kim) - why, what, whether

• कालसदृशम् (kālasadṛśam) - like the god of death (kāla) (like time, like (the god of) death)

• माम् (mām) - me

• योधयितुम् (yodhayitum) - to fight, to cause to fight

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

Words meanings and morphology

बालः (bālaḥ) - child, boy, young one

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bāla

bāla - child, boy, young, immature

Note: Predicative noun for 'tvam'.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Subject of 'asi'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √as

Present Active

From √as (to be), Class 2, asti, present tense (laṭ).

Root: as (class 2)

सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O Saumitri, O Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - son of Sumitrā, Lakṣmaṇa

Patronymic from Sumitrā.

Note: Addressed by Atikāya.

विक्रमेषु (vikrameṣu) - in valorous deeds, in acts of prowess

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of vikrama

vikrama - valor, prowess, heroism, mighty stride

From vi + √kram (to step, stride).

Prefix: vi

Root: kram (class 1)

अविचक्षणः (avicakṣaṇaḥ) - inexperienced, unskillful, unwise

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avicakṣaṇa

avicakṣaṇa - inexperienced, unskillful, unwise, ignorant

From a (negation) + vicakṣaṇa (skillful).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vicakṣaṇa)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix.
• vicakṣaṇa – clever, skillful, discerning
  adjective (masculine)
  From vi + √cakṣ (to see, perceive).
  Prefix: vi
  Root: cakṣ (class 2)

Note: Adjective modifying 'tvam'.

गच्छ (gaccha) - go!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of √gam

Imperative Active

From √gam (to go), Class 1, gacchati, imperative form (loṭ).

Root: gam (class 1)

किम् (kim) - why, what, whether

(indeclinable)

कालसदृशम् (kālasadṛśam) - like the god of death (kāla) (like time, like (the god of) death)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kālasadṛśa

kālasadṛśa - like time, like death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+sadṛśa)

• kāla – time, death, god of death (Yama)
  noun (masculine)
• sadṛśa – like, similar, resembling
  adjective (masculine)
  From sa (with) + dṛś (sight, appearance).
  Prefix: sa
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'mām'.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (singular)

Note: Object of 'yodhayitum'.

योधयितुम् (yodhayitum) - to fight, to cause to fight

(indeclinable)

Infinitive (causative)

Derived from causative of √yudh (to fight), Class 4, yudhyati, causative yodhayati, forming infinitive in -tum.

Root: yudh (class 4)

Note: Governs 'mām'.

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you wish, you desire

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

Present Active

From √iṣ (to wish), Class 6, icchati, present tense (laṭ).

Root: iṣ (class 6)