वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-36, verse-15

वरुणश्च वरं प्रादान्नास्य मृत्युर्भविष्यति ।
वर्षायुतशतेनापि मत्पाशादुदकादपि ॥१५॥

15. varuṇaśca varaṃ prādānnāsya mṛtyurbhaviṣyati ,
varṣāyutaśatenāpi matpāśādudakādapi.

15. varuṇaḥ ca varam prādāt na asya mṛtyuḥ bhaviṣyati
varṣa ayuta śatena api mat pāśāt udakāt api

15. varuṇaḥ ca varam prādāt asya mṛtyuḥ varṣa ayuta
śatena api na bhaviṣyati mat pāśāt api udakāt api

15. And Varuṇa granted a boon: 'Death will not befall him, even after a hundred thousand years, nor will it come from my noose or from water.'

Words meanings summery:

• वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (a Vedic deity)

• च (ca) - and, also

• वरम् (varam) - boon, wish, blessing

• प्रादात् (prādāt) - he gave, he granted

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्य (asya) - to this child/person (of him, to him)

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will occur

• वर्ष (varṣa) - part of the compound 'a hundred myriad years' (year)

• अयुत (ayuta) - part of the compound 'a hundred myriad years' (ten thousand, myriad)

• शतेन (śatena) - by a hundred (times ten thousand years) (by a hundred)

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

• मत् (mat) - from my (Varuṇa's) (my, from me)

• पाशात् (pāśāt) - from Varuṇa's noose (from the noose, from the snare)

• उदकात् (udakāt) - from water

• अपि (api) - even, also, too

Words meanings and morphology

वरुणः (varuṇaḥ) - Varuṇa (a Vedic deity)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of varuṇa

varuṇa - Varuṇa (Vedic deity associated with cosmic order, waters, and justice)

Note: Subject of 'prādāt'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

वरम् (varam) - boon, wish, blessing

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vara

vara - boon, blessing, wish, choice, a chosen person

Note: Object of the verb 'prādāt'.

प्रादात् (prādāt) - he gave, he granted

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past aorist (luṅ) of dā

Aorist Tense

Root √dā, class 3/1, aorist (luṅ) with augment 'a-' and prefix 'pra-'

Prefix: pra

Root: dā (class 3)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अस्य (asya) - to this child/person (of him, to him)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Recipient of the effect, 'to him, for him'.

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying, the god of death (Yama)

From √mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of 'bhaviṣyati'.

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will occur

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Future Tense

Root √bhū, class 1, s-future formation

Root: bhū (class 1)

वर्ष (varṣa) - part of the compound 'a hundred myriad years' (year)

(noun)

neuter, singular of varṣa

varṣa - year, rain, rainy season

Root: vṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Part of compound 'varṣāyutaśata'.

अयुत (ayuta) - part of the compound 'a hundred myriad years' (ten thousand, myriad)

(numeral)

Note: Part of compound 'varṣāyutaśata'.

शतेन (śatena) - by a hundred (times ten thousand years) (by a hundred)

(numeral)

Note: Third member of the compound 'varṣāyutaśata', inflected in the instrumental case. The entire phrase 'varṣa ayuta śatena' acts as a single instrumental unit meaning 'by a million years'.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)

मत् (mat) - from my (Varuṇa's) (my, from me)

(pronoun)

Ablative, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Ablative form of 'aham', indicating 'from me' or 'my'.

पाशात् (pāśāt) - from Varuṇa's noose (from the noose, from the snare)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of pāśa

pāśa - noose, snare, bond

उदकात् (udakāt) - from water

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of udaka

udaka - water

Note: Varuṇa is associated with water, thus death from water might imply his domain.

अपि (api) - even, also, too

(indeclinable)