वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-24

मुञ्च मां साधु धर्मज्ञ यावदेनं निहन्म्यहम् ।
न हि कश्चिन्मया दृष्टो मुहूर्तमपि जीवति ॥२४॥

24. muñca māṃ sādhu dharmajña yāvadenaṃ nihanmyaham ,
na hi kaścinmayā dṛṣṭo muhūrtamapi jīvati.

24. muñca mām sādhu dharmajña yāvat enam nihantmi aham
| na hi kaścit mayā dṛṣṭaḥ muhūrtam api jīvati

24. sādhu dharmajña mām muñca yāvat aham enam nihantmi
hi mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kaścit muhūrtam api na jīvati

24. Release me, O righteous one, you who understand the natural law (dharma), so that I may kill him. Indeed, no one whom I have seen ever lives for even a moment.

Words meanings summery:

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

• माम् (mām) - me

• साधु (sādhu) - good, righteous, virtuous (vocative)

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - knower of natural law (dharma)

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

• एनम् (enam) - him

• निहन्त्मि (nihantmi) - I kill, I strike down

• अहम् (aham) - I

• न (na) - not

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

• मया (mayā) - by me

• दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen

• मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment

• अपि (api) - even, also

• जीवति (jīvati) - lives, remains alive

Words meanings and morphology

मुञ्च (muñca) - release, let go, abandon

(verb)

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

Root: muc (class 6)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

साधु (sādhu) - good, righteous, virtuous (vocative)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sādhu

sādhu - good, righteous, virtuous, excellent, proper

Root: sādh (class 5)

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - knower of natural law (dharma)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of duty, natural law, righteousness, moral conduct (dharma)

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, acquainted with, wise
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  From root √jñā (to know) with suffix -a.
  Root: jñā (class 9)

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until

(indeclinable)

एनम् (enam) - him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ena

ena - this, that, him, her

निहन्त्मि (nihantmi) - I kill, I strike down

(verb)

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

Root han (to strike/kill) with prefix ni-.

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of mad

mad - I, me

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, anyone, anything

Combination of interrogative pronoun 'kim' and indeclinable 'cid'.

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

दृष्टः (dṛṣṭaḥ) - seen

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dṛṣṭa

dṛṣṭa - seen, observed, perceived

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root √dṛś (to see).

Root: dṛś (class 1)

मुहूर्तम् (muhūrtam) - for a moment

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of muhūrta

muhūrta - a moment, a short time, a division of time

Note: Adverbial usage: 'for a moment'.

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

जीवति (jīvati) - lives, remains alive

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

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