वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-75, verse-24

अकृत्वा कत्थसे कर्म किमर्थमिह राक्षस ।
कुरु तत् कर्म येनाहं श्रद्दध्यां तव कत्थनम् ॥२४॥

24. akṛtvā katthase karma kimarthamiha rākṣasa ,
kuru tat karma yenāhaṃ śraddadhyāṃ tava katthanam.

24. akṛtvā katthase karma kimartham iha rākṣasa kuru
tat karma yena aham śraddadhyām tava katthanam

24. rākṣasa iha akṛtvā karma kimartham katthase tat
karma kuru yena aham tava katthanam śraddadhyām

24. O demon, why do you boast here without having accomplished any deed? Perform that deed by which I may believe your boasting.

Words meanings summery:

• अकृत्वा (akṛtvā) - without having done, not having performed

• कत्थसे (katthase) - you boast, you brag

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work

• किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose

• इह (iha) - here, in this world, at this place

• राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O demon, O Rakshasa

• कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

• तत् (tat) - that

• कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom

• अहम् (aham) - I

• श्रद्दध्याम् (śraddadhyām) - I may believe, I may have faith

• तव (tava) - your (singular)

• कत्थनम् (katthanam) - boasting, bragging

Words meanings and morphology

अकृत्वा (akṛtvā) - without having done, not having performed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (gerund) with negative prefix

Prefix: a

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Negative absolutive.

कत्थसे (katthase) - you boast, you brag

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of katth

Root: katth (class 10)

कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - deed, action, work, ritual action (karma)

Note: Object of 'akṛtvā' and 'kuru'.

किमर्थम् (kimartham) - why, for what purpose

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial interrogative.

इह (iha) - here, in this world, at this place

(indeclinable)

राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O demon, O Rakshasa

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, Rakshasa

Note: Addressing Indrajit.

कुरु (kuru) - do, perform, make

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Qualifies 'karma'.

कर्म (karma) - deed, action, work

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of karman

karman - deed, action, work, ritual action (karma)

Note: Object of 'kuru'.

येन (yena) - by which, by whom

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who

Note: Refers to 'tat karma'.

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Subject of 'śraddadhyām'.

श्रद्दध्याम् (śraddadhyām) - I may believe, I may have faith

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of śraddhā

Optative

Prefix: śrad

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Expresses desire or potential.

तव (tava) - your (singular)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Possessive, modifies 'katthanam'.

कत्थनम् (katthanam) - boasting, bragging

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of katthana

katthana - boasting, bragging, self-praise

Note: Object of 'śraddadhyām'.