वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-29, verse-13

सुराः शृणुत मद्वाक्यं यत्तावन्मम रोचते ।
जीवन्नेव दशग्रीवः साधु रक्षो निगृह्यताम् ॥१३॥

13. surāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ yattāvanmama rocate ,
jīvanneva daśagrīvaḥ sādhu rakṣo nigṛhyatām.

13. surāḥ śṛṇuta mat vākyam yat tāvat mama rocate
jīvan eva daśagrīvaḥ sādhu rakṣaḥ nigṛhyatām

13. surāḥ śṛṇuta yat tāvat mama vākyam rocate
jīvan eva daśagrīvaḥ sādhu rakṣaḥ nigṛhyatām

13. O gods (sura), listen to my words, which indeed please me. Daśagrīva, that evil being (rakṣa), should be properly captured while still alive.

Words meanings summery:

• सुराः (surāḥ) - O gods

• शृणुत (śṛṇuta) - listen

• मत् (mat) - my, of me

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, speech

• यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

• तावत् (tāvat) - indeed, certainly (so much, so long, indeed)

• मम (mama) - my, to me

• रोचते (rocate) - pleases (pleases, shines)

• जीवन् (jīvan) - living, while living

• एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

• दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - ten-necked (Ravana)

• साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, good

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - evil being (evil being, demon)

• निगृह्यताम् (nigṛhyatām) - let him be seized/captured

Words meanings and morphology

सुराः (surāḥ) - O gods

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, plural of sura

sura - god, deity, divine being

शृणुत (śṛṇuta) - listen

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

मत् (mat) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: This is the 't' form of the asmad stem, used in compounds or before certain consonants.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, speech

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, declaration

Derived from √vac (to speak)

Root: vac (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, that (relative pronoun)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

Note: Refers to 'vākyam'.

तावत् (tāvat) - indeed, certainly (so much, so long, indeed)

(indeclinable)

Derived from 'tad' + suffix -vat

मम (mama) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Also dative singular.

रोचते (rocate) - pleases (pleases, shines)

(verb)

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

Root: ruc (class 1)

जीवन् (jīvan) - living, while living

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvat

jīvat - living, existing, alive

present active participle

Present active participle of √jīv

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'Daśagrīvaḥ'.

एव (eva) - indeed, just, only

(indeclinable)

दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - ten-necked (Ravana)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśagrīva

daśagrīva - having ten necks, Ravana

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśan+grīva)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• grīva – neck
  noun (feminine)

Note: A name for Ravana, meaning 'ten-necked'.

साधु (sādhu) - properly, well, good

(indeclinable)

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - evil being (evil being, demon)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil being, monster, a Rākṣasa

Derived from √rakṣ (to protect, but here 'harmful')

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

Note: Nominative singular of 'rakṣas'.

निगृह्यताम् (nigṛhyatām) - let him be seized/captured

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of ni-grah

Prefix: ni

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Passive imperative.