वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-25

बलं मम न खल्वेतन्मर्यादैषा निसर्गतः ।
संस्पृष्टो हि मया कश्चिन्न जीवेदिति निश्चयः ॥२५॥

25. balaṃ mama na khalvetanmaryādaiṣā nisargataḥ ,
saṃspṛṣṭo hi mayā kaścinna jīvediti niścayaḥ.

25. balam mama na khalu etat maryādā eṣā nisargataḥ
| saṃspṛṣṭaḥ hi mayā kaścit na jīvet iti niścayaḥ

25. etat mama balam khalu na eṣā nisargataḥ maryādā
hi mayā saṃspṛṣṭaḥ kaścit na jīvet iti niścayaḥ

25. This is certainly not my (own) power; rather, it is my inherent nature. Indeed, it is certain that anyone touched by me would not live.

Words meanings summery:

• बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

• मम (mama) - my, mine

• न (na) - not

• खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly

• एतत् (etat) - this

• मर्यादा (maryādā) - limit, boundary, inherent nature, rule

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• निसर्गतः (nisargataḥ) - by nature, inherently

• संस्पृष्टः (saṁspṛṣṭaḥ) - touched, afflicted

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

• न (na) - not

• जीवेत् (jīvet) - would live, should live

• इति (iti) - Introduces or concludes a statement/quote (thus, so)

• निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - certainty, definite conclusion

Words meanings and morphology

बलम् (balam) - strength, power, force

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, might, force

मम (mama) - my, mine

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of mad

mad - I, me

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

खलु (khalu) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

मर्यादा (maryādā) - limit, boundary, inherent nature, rule

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maryādā

maryādā - boundary, limit, rule, custom, inherent nature, dignity

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this

निसर्गतः (nisargataḥ) - by nature, inherently

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'nisarga' (nature) with the suffix '-tas' (from, by way of).

संस्पृष्टः (saṁspṛṣṭaḥ) - touched, afflicted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃspṛṣṭa

saṁspṛṣṭa - touched, come into contact with, affected, afflicted

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of the root √spṛś (to touch) with prefix sam-.

Prefix: sam

Root: spṛś (class 6)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, for

(indeclinable)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of mad

mad - I, me

कश्चित् (kaścit) - anyone, someone

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kimcid

kimcid - someone, something, anyone, anything

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

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जीवेत् (jīvet) - would live, should live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

इति (iti) - Introduces or concludes a statement/quote (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

निश्चयः (niścayaḥ) - certainty, definite conclusion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niścaya

niścaya - certainty, definite conclusion, firm resolve

Prefix: nis

Root: ci (class 5)

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