वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-81, verse-5

अथ वाहं शरैर् तीक्ष्णैर्भिन्नगात्रं महारणे ।
भवद्भिः श्वो निहन्तास्मि रामं लोकस्य पश्यतः ॥५॥

5. atha vāhaṃ śarair tīkṣṇairbhinnagātraṃ mahāraṇe ,
bhavadbhiḥ śvo nihantāsmi rāmaṃ lokasya paśyataḥ.

5. atha vā aham śaraiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ bhinnagātram mahāraṇe
bhavadbhiḥ śvaḥ nihantā asmi rāmam lokasya paśyataḥ

5. atha vā aham śvaḥ bhavadbhiḥ mahāraṇe tīkṣṇaiḥ śaraiḥ
bhinnagātram rāmam lokasya paśyataḥ nihantā asmi

5. Then tomorrow, in a great battle, before your very eyes, I shall indeed kill Rāma, whose body will be pierced by sharp arrows, while the entire world looks on.

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

• वा (vā) - emphatic particle 'indeed' (indeed, certainly)

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

• तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - by sharp (arrows), with sharp (arrows)

• भिन्नगात्रम् (bhinnagātram) - whose body is pierced (whose body is pierced/shattered, with a pierced body)

• महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in a great battle

• भवद्भिः (bhavadbhiḥ) - in your presence, with your witness/support (by you (plural), in your presence)

• श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow

• निहन्ता (nihantā) - I will kill (as a future action) (killer, one who kills (future agent))

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

• लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

• पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching, of the one who watches (of one seeing, while seeing, while watching)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - then, now, thereupon

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - emphatic particle 'indeed' (indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

शरैः (śaraiḥ) - by arrows, with arrows

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śara

śara - arrow

तीक्ष्णैः (tīkṣṇaiḥ) - by sharp (arrows), with sharp (arrows)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tīkṣṇa

tīkṣṇa - sharp, keen, piercing, fiery, hot

Note: Agrees with 'śaraiḥ'.

भिन्नगात्रम् (bhinnagātram) - whose body is pierced (whose body is pierced/shattered, with a pierced body)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of bhinnagātra

bhinnagātra - having a broken/pierced body

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (bhinna+gātra)

• bhinna – pierced, broken, divided
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root 'bhid' (to break, cleave, pierce).
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• gātra – body, limb
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'rāmam'.

महारणे (mahāraṇe) - in a great battle

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mahāraṇa

mahāraṇa - great battle, big war

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahat+raṇa)

• mahat – great, large, mighty
  adjective (neuter)
• raṇa – battle, war, combat
  noun (masculine)

भवद्भिः (bhavadbhiḥ) - in your presence, with your witness/support (by you (plural), in your presence)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of bhavat

bhavat - you, honorable sir

Present Active Participle (honorific)

Derived from root 'bhū' (to be) used as an honorific pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Here implying 'in your presence' or 'with your witness'.

श्वः (śvaḥ) - tomorrow

(indeclinable)

निहन्ता (nihantā) - I will kill (as a future action) (killer, one who kills (future agent))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nihantṛ

nihantṛ - killer, slayer, destroyer

Agent noun

Derived from the root 'han' (to strike, kill) with prefix 'ni-'. Used predicatively with 'asmi' to form a future tense.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Used here with the agent noun 'nihantā' to express future action.

रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name, hero of the Rāmāyaṇa)

लोकस्य (lokasya) - of the world, of the people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, folk, space

पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - while watching, of the one who watches (of one seeing, while seeing, while watching)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paśyat

paśyat - seeing, looking, observing

Present Active Participle

Derived from the root 'dṛś' (to see), with the present stem 'paśya-'.

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'lokasya', indicating simultaneity: 'while the world is watching'.