वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-75, verse-13

यथा बाणपथं प्राप्य स्थितो ऽहं तव राक्षस ।
दर्शयस्वाद्य तत्तेजो वाचा त्वं किं विकत्थसे ॥१३॥

13. yathā bāṇapathaṃ prāpya sthito'haṃ tava rākṣasa ,
darśayasvādya tattejo vācā tvaṃ kiṃ vikatthase.

13. yathā bāṇapatham prāpya sthitaḥ aham tava rākṣasa
darśayasva adya tat tejaḥ vācā tvam kim vikatthase

13. rākṣasa tava bāṇapatham prāpya aham sthitaḥ yathā
adya tat tejaḥ darśayasva tvam vācā kim vikatthase

13. O Rakshasa, now that I have reached the range of your arrows, show your power! Why do you merely boast with words?

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• बाणपथम् (bāṇapatham) - arrow's path, range of an arrow

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained, having arrived at

• स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing, situated, being, having stood

• अहम् (aham) - I

• तव (tava) - your, yours

• राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O demon, O Rakshasa

• दर्शयस्व (darśayasva) - show, display

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• तत् (tat) - that

• तेजः (tejaḥ) - power, splendor, might, brilliance

• वाचा (vācā) - by word, with speech

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• किम् (kim) - what? why?

• विकत्थसे (vikatthase) - you boast, you brag

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

बाणपथम् (bāṇapatham) - arrow's path, range of an arrow

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bāṇapatha

bāṇapatha - path of arrows, range of an arrow, missile range

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bāṇa+patha)

• bāṇa – arrow
  noun (masculine)
• patha – path, road, way
  noun (masculine)

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having reached, having obtained, having arrived at

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Derived from verb root √āp (to obtain, reach) with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

स्थितः (sthitaḥ) - standing, situated, being, having stood

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sthita

sthita - standing, situated, being, abiding, existing

Past Passive Participle

Derived from verb root √sthā (to stand, to be)

Root: sthā (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I

तव (tava) - your, yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O demon, O Rakshasa

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, evil spirit, Rakshasa

दर्शयस्व (darśayasva) - show, display

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (lot) of dṛś

causal

Causal stem from verb root √dṛś (to see), meaning 'to cause to see' or 'to show'

Root: dṛś (class 1)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, that one

तेजः (tejaḥ) - power, splendor, might, brilliance

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tejas

tejas - splendor, brilliance, power, might, energy, fire

वाचा (vācā) - by word, with speech

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - word, speech, voice

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

किम् (kim) - what? why?

(indeclinable)

विकत्थसे (vikatthase) - you boast, you brag

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vikattha

Derived from verb root √katth (to boast) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: katth (class 1)