वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-22, verse-26

एतत्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा धर्मराजः प्रतापवान् ।
अब्रवीत्तत्र तं मृत्युमयमेनं निहन्म्यहम् ॥२६॥

26. etattu vacanaṃ śrutvā dharmarājaḥ pratāpavān ,
abravīttatra taṃ mṛtyumayamenaṃ nihanmyaham.

26. etat tu vacanam śrutvā dharmarājaḥ pratāpavān |
abravīt tatra tam mṛtyum ayam enam nihantmi aham

26. tu pratāpavān dharmarājaḥ etat vacanam śrutvā
tatra tam mṛtyum abravīt aham ayam enam nihantmi

26. However, upon hearing these words, the powerful Dharmarāja then said to Death, 'I myself will kill him.'

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this

• तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja (Yama, the god of death and justice)

• प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful, glorious, majestic

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then

• तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

• मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - Death (personified)

• अयम् (ayam) - this one, I (emphatic)

• एनम् (enam) - him

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

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed

(indeclinable)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, statement, saying

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Indeclinable participle formed from the root √śru (to hear) with suffix -tvā.

Root: śru (class 5)

धर्मराजः (dharmarājaḥ) - Dharmarāja (Yama, the god of death and justice)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmarāja

dharmarāja - king of (natural) law (dharma), lord of justice; a title of Yama, the god of death

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+rāja)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• rāja – king, ruler, sovereign
  noun (masculine)
  Root: rāj (class 1)

प्रतापवान् (pratāpavān) - powerful, glorious, majestic

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratāpavat

pratāpavat - possessing power, glorious, majestic, splendid

Derived from 'pratāpa' (power, glory) with suffix '-vat'.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Imperfect tense of the root √brū.

Root: brū (class 2)

तत्र (tatra) - there, then

(indeclinable)

तम् (tam) - him, that (masculine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

मृत्युम् (mṛtyum) - Death (personified)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality, the god of death

Root: mṛ (class 6)

अयम् (ayam) - this one, I (emphatic)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Used here to emphasize 'aham' (I), meaning 'I myself'.

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

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