वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-72, verse-9

उद्यमः क्रियतां वीर हर्षः समुपसेव्यताम् ।
प्राप्तव्या यदि ते सीता हन्तव्यश्च निशाचराः ॥९॥

9. udyamaḥ kriyatāṃ vīra harṣaḥ samupasevyatām ,
prāptavyā yadi te sītā hantavyaśca niśācarāḥ.

9. udyamaḥ kriyatām vīra harṣaḥ samupasevyatām
prāptavyā yadi te sītā hantavyāḥ ca niśācarāḥ

9. O hero, let effort be made, and let joy be embraced. This must be done if Sita is to be recovered by you, and the night-roaming demons are to be slain.

Words meanings summery:

• उद्यमः (udyamaḥ) - effort (effort, exertion, enterprise)

• क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be made (let it be done, let it be made)

• वीर (vīra) - O hero (referring to Rama) (O hero, brave one)

• हर्षः (harṣaḥ) - joy (joy, delight, happiness)

• समुपसेव्यताम् (samupasevyatām) - let it be embraced (let it be cultivated, let it be enjoyed, let it be resorted to)

• प्राप्तव्या (prāptavyā) - to be recovered (to be obtained, to be reached)

• यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

• ते (te) - by you (by you (singular), for you)

• सीता (sītā) - Sita (Sita (proper noun))

• हन्तव्याः (hantavyāḥ) - are to be slain (to be killed, to be struck)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• निशाचराः (niśācarāḥ) - night-roaming demons (night-wanderers, demons, Rākṣasas)

Words meanings and morphology

उद्यमः (udyamaḥ) - effort (effort, exertion, enterprise)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of udyama

udyama - exertion, effort, undertaking, enterprise

Prefix: ud

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Subject for `kriyatām`.

क्रियताम् (kriyatām) - let it be made (let it be done, let it be made)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Passive Imperative, 3rd person singular.

Root `kṛ` + passive stem `kriya` + `tām` (passive ending for 3rd singular imperative).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वीर (vīra) - O hero (referring to Rama) (O hero, brave one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, valiant man

हर्षः (harṣaḥ) - joy (joy, delight, happiness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of harṣa

harṣa - joy, delight, cheerfulness

From root `hṛṣ` (to be delighted).

Root: hṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Subject for `samupasevyatām`.

समुपसेव्यताम् (samupasevyatām) - let it be embraced (let it be cultivated, let it be enjoyed, let it be resorted to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of samupasev

Passive Imperative, 3rd person singular.

Root `sev` (class 1) with preverbs `sam` and `upa`. Passive stem `samupasevya` + `tām` (passive ending for 3rd singular imperative).

Prefixes: sam+upa

Root: sev (class 1)

प्राप्तव्या (prāptavyā) - to be recovered (to be obtained, to be reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of prāptavya

prāptavya - to be obtained, to be reached, proper to be gotten

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root `āp` (to obtain, reach) with preverb `pra`, and suffix `-tavya`.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Predicative adjective with implied 'asti'.

यदि (yadi) - if (if, in case that)

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you (by you (singular), for you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural)

Note: Agent of the passive verbal adjective `prāptavyā` and `hantavyāḥ`.

सीता (sītā) - Sita (Sita (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (wife of Rama)

Note: Subject of the passive construction with `prāptavyā`.

हन्तव्याः (hantavyāḥ) - are to be slain (to be killed, to be struck)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hantavya

hantavya - to be killed, to be slain, to be struck

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

From root `han` (to strike, kill) with suffix `-tavya`.

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicative adjective with implied 'santi'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the two conditional clauses.

निशाचराः (niśācarāḥ) - night-roaming demons (night-wanderers, demons, Rākṣasas)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, Rākṣasa

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – moving, wandering, one who moves/roams
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun from `car` (to move).
  From root `car` (to move).
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Subject of the passive construction with `hantavyāḥ`.