वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-21

मृत्युस्तु परमक्रुद्धो वैवस्वतमथाब्रवीत् ।
मुञ्च मां देव शीघ्रं त्वं निहन्मि समरे रिपुम् ॥२१॥

21. mṛtyustu paramakruddho vaivasvatamathābravīt ,
muñca māṃ deva śīghraṃ tvaṃ nihanmi samare ripum.

21. mṛtyuḥ tu paramakruddhaḥ vaivasvatam atha abravīt
muñca mām deva śīghram tvam nihanmi samare ripum

21. tu paramakruddhaḥ mṛtyuḥ atha vaivasvatam abravīt: "deva tvam śīghram mām muñca,
(aham) samare ripum nihanmi"

21. However, Death, extremely enraged, then spoke to Vaivasvata (Yama): 'O god, quickly release me! I shall slay the enemy in battle.'

Words meanings summery:

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (the deity) (Death, death personified)

• तु (tu) - however (but, indeed, however)

• परमक्रुद्धः (paramakruddhaḥ) - extremely enraged (extremely enraged, highly angry)

• वैवस्वतम् (vaivasvatam) - to Vaivasvata (Yama)

• अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he said, he spoke)

• मुञ्च (muñca) - release (release, let go, abandon)

• माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative))

• देव (deva) - O god (O god, divine one)

• शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, soon)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (you (nominative))

• निहन्मि (nihanmi) - I shall slay (I shall slay, I kill)

• समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

• रिपुम् (ripum) - the enemy (the enemy, the foe)

Words meanings and morphology

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - Death (the deity) (Death, death personified)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, Mortality, Death (personified deity)

Derived from root √mṛ (to die).

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Subject of 'abravīt'.

तु (tu) - however (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

परमक्रुद्धः (paramakruddhaḥ) - extremely enraged (extremely enraged, highly angry)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of paramakruddha

paramakruddha - extremely angry, greatly enraged

Compound type : karmadhāraya (parama+kruddha)

• parama – highest, supreme, ultimate, extreme
  adjective (masculine)
• kruddha – angry, enraged, furious
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root √krudh (to be angry) with suffix -ta.
  Root: krudh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies mṛtyuḥ.

वैवस्वतम् (vaivasvatam) - to Vaivasvata (Yama)

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaivasvata

vaivasvata - descendant of Vivasvat; an epithet for Yama

Derived from Vivasvat (the sun god), referring to Yama as his son.

Note: Object of the verb 'abravīt'.

अथ (atha) - then (then, now, moreover)

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (he said, he spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of brū

Imperfect Tense, Active Voice, Third Person Singular

Derived from root √brū (to speak) with prefix a- (augment for imperfect).

Root: brū (class 2)

Note: Verb for mṛtyuḥ.

मुञ्च (muñca) - release (release, let go, abandon)

(verb)

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

Imperative Mood, Active Voice, Second Person Singular

Derived from root √muc (to release).

Root: muc (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me (me (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Object of 'muñca'.

देव (deva) - O god (O god, divine one)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine, celestial

Root: div (class 1)

Note: Addressed to Vaivasvata (Yama).

शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly (quickly, swiftly, soon)

(indeclinable)

Adverbial form.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (you (nominative))

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person singular pronoun.

Note: Implied subject of 'muñca'.

निहन्मि (nihanmi) - I shall slay (I shall slay, I kill)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of han

Present Tense, Active Voice, First Person Singular

Derived from root √han (to strike, kill) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Subject is 'I' (implied by first person ending).

समरे (samare) - in battle (in battle, in war)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of samara

samara - battle, war, conflict, engagement

Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Indicates the location of the action.

रिपुम् (ripum) - the enemy (the enemy, the foe)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe, adversary

Note: Object of 'nihanmi'.

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