वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-10, verse-16

भगवन्प्राणिनां नित्यं नान्यत्र मरणाद्भयम् ।
नास्ति मृत्युसमः शत्रुरमरत्वमतो वृणे ॥१६॥

16. bhagavanprāṇināṃ nityaṃ nānyatra maraṇādbhayam ,
nāsti mṛtyusamaḥ śatruramaratvamato vṛṇe.

16. bhagavan prāṇinām nityam na anyatra maraṇāt bhayam
| na asti mṛtyusamaḥ śatruḥ amaratvam ataḥ vṛṇe

16. bhagavan,
prāṇinām nityam bhayam maraṇāt eva,
na anyatra.
mṛtyusamaḥ śatruḥ na asti.
ataḥ (aham) amaratvam vṛṇe.

16. O worshipful Lord (bhagavan), for living beings, there is always fear only from death, and from nothing else. There is no enemy equal to death. Therefore, I request immortality.

Words meanings summery:

• भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O worshipful one, O divine one

• प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures, of animate beings

• नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - from nothing else (elsewhere, in another place, from another source)

• मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death, owing to death

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, apprehension

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• मृत्युसमः (mṛtyusamaḥ) - equal to death, like death

• शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, foe, adversary

• अमरत्वम् (amaratvam) - immortality, deathlessness

• अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, for this reason

• वृणे (vṛṇe) - I choose, I select, I ask for

Words meanings and morphology

भगवन् (bhagavan) - O Lord, O worshipful one, O divine one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of bhagavat

bhagavat - blessed, glorious, divine, lord

प्राणिनाम् (prāṇinām) - of living beings, of creatures, of animate beings

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate, creature

Derived from prāṇa (breath/life)

नित्यम् (nityam) - always, constantly, perpetually

(indeclinable)

Used as an adverb here

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - from nothing else (elsewhere, in another place, from another source)

(indeclinable)

Derived from anya (other)

मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death, owing to death

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying

Derived from root √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, danger, apprehension

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, terror, apprehension

Derived from root √bhī (to fear)

Root: bhī (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Present Indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

मृत्युसमः (mṛtyusamaḥ) - equal to death, like death

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyusama

mṛtyusama - equal to death, like death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛtyu+sama)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• sama – equal, same, like
  adjective (masculine)

शत्रुः (śatruḥ) - enemy, foe, adversary

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śatru

śatru - enemy, foe

अमरत्वम् (amaratvam) - immortality, deathlessness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of amaratva

amaratva - immortality, deathlessness

Derived from amara (immortal) + -tva (suffix for abstract noun)

अतः (ataḥ) - therefore, hence, for this reason

(indeclinable)

वृणे (vṛṇe) - I choose, I select, I ask for

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, Present Indicative (laṭ) of vṛ

Root: vṛ (class 9)