वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-27, verse-17

अनिहत्य रिपुं विष्णुर्न हि प्रतिनिवर्तते ।
दुर्लभश्चैष कामो ऽद्य वरमासाद्य राक्षसे ॥१७॥

17. anihatya ripuṃ viṣṇurna hi pratinivartate ,
durlabhaścaiṣa kāmo'dya varamāsādya rākṣase.

17. anihatya ripum viṣṇuḥ na hi pratinivartate
durlabhaḥ ca eṣa kāmaḥ adya varam āsādya rākṣase

17. viṣṇuḥ ripum anihatya hi na pratinivartate.
ca adya varam āsādya rākṣase eṣa kāmaḥ durlabhaḥ.

17. Viṣṇu certainly does not return without having slain his enemy. Therefore, this desire (to escape death), given that the rākṣasa has obtained a boon, is now difficult for him to achieve.

Words meanings summery:

• अनिहत्य (anihatya) - without having killed, not having struck

• रिपुम् (ripum) - enemy

• विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - Often an emphatic particle, "certainly". (indeed, for, because)

• प्रतिनिवर्तते (pratinivartate) - he returns, he turns back

• दुर्लभः (durlabhaḥ) - Refers to `kāmaḥ`. (difficult to obtain, rare)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एष (eṣa) - this

• कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire, wish

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• वरम् (varam) - Object of `āsādya`. (a boon, a wish)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having obtained, having reached, having approached

• राक्षसे (rākṣase) - Here it refers to Rāvaṇa, implying "in the case of the rākṣasa" or "for the rākṣasa". (for the rākṣasa, in the rākṣasa)

Words meanings and morphology

अनिहत्य (anihatya) - without having killed, not having struck

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with negative prefix

Negative absolutive of root han (to kill) with prefix a-

Prefix: a

Root: han (class 2)

रिपुम् (ripum) - enemy

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ripu

ripu - enemy, foe

विष्णुः (viṣṇuḥ) - Viṣṇu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of viṣṇu

viṣṇu - Viṣṇu (a major Hindu deity)

Root: viś (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - Often an emphatic particle, "certainly". (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

प्रतिनिवर्तते (pratinivartate) - he returns, he turns back

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

Present Tense

3rd person singular, present middle (ātmanepada), with prefixes prati- and ni-

Prefixes: prati+ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)

दुर्लभः (durlabhaḥ) - Refers to `kāmaḥ`. (difficult to obtain, rare)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durlabha

durlabha - difficult to obtain, rare

Derived from root labh (to obtain) with prefix dur- (difficult)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (dur+labha)

• dur – bad, difficult
  indeclinable
• labha – obtaining, gain
  noun (masculine)
  From root labh (to obtain)
  Root: labh (class 1)

Note: Refers to `kāmaḥ`.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

कामः (kāmaḥ) - desire, wish

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love

Derived from root kam (to desire)

Root: kam (class 1)

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

वरम् (varam) - Object of `āsādya`. (a boon, a wish)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vara

vara - boon, wish, choice

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Object of `āsādya`.

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having obtained, having reached, having approached

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root sad with prefix ā-

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

राक्षसे (rākṣase) - Here it refers to Rāvaṇa, implying "in the case of the rākṣasa" or "for the rākṣasa". (for the rākṣasa, in the rākṣasa)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a rākṣasa, demon

Note: Here it refers to Rāvaṇa, implying "in the case of the rākṣasa" or "for the rākṣasa".

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