वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-44, verse-19

शापिताश्च मया यूयं भुजाभ्यां जीवितेन च ।
ये मां वाक्यान्तरे ब्रूयुरनुनेतुं कथं चन ॥१९॥

19. śāpitāśca mayā yūyaṃ bhujābhyāṃ jīvitena ca ,
ye māṃ vākyāntare brūyuranunetuṃ kathaṃ cana.

19. śāpitāḥ ca mayā yūyam bhujābhyām jīvitena ca |
ye mām vākyāntare brūyuḥ anunetum katham cana

19. mayā yūyam bhujābhyām jīvitena ca śāpitāḥ ca
ye mām vākyāntare anunetum katham cana brūyuḥ

19. I have put you all under oath by my arms and by my life: if anyone were to speak to me again, attempting to persuade me otherwise, it shall not happen by any means.

Words meanings summery:

• शापिताः (śāpitāḥ) - put under a forceful oath (sworn, put under an oath, cursed)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• यूयम् (yūyam) - you all (referring to the assembly) (you (plural))

• भुजाभ्याम् (bhujābhyām) - by my (two) arms (as a symbol of strength or oath) (by two arms, by two hands)

• जीवितेन (jīvitena) - by my life (as a solemn oath) (by life, by living)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• ये (ye) - those among you who (those who, which)

• माम् (mām) - me

• वाक्यान्तरे (vākyāntare) - in any other statement or speech (contrary to my command) (in another speech, in the midst of a sentence)

• ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - they might speak (against my command) (they should say, they would speak)

• अनुनेतुम् (anunetum) - to try to persuade (me) (to persuade, to conciliate, to implore)

• कथम् (katham) - in any way (often used with cana to form 'never') (how, in what manner, why)

• चन (cana) - (emphatic particle, used with katham implies 'never' or 'by any means') (and, even, also)

Words meanings and morphology

शापिताः (śāpitāḥ) - put under a forceful oath (sworn, put under an oath, cursed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śāpita

śāpita - sworn, cursed, put under an oath

Past Passive Participle

From root √śap (to curse, to swear) with suffix -ta.

Root: śap (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular pronoun

यूयम् (yūyam) - you all (referring to the assembly) (you (plural))

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Second person plural pronoun

भुजाभ्याम् (bhujābhyām) - by my (two) arms (as a symbol of strength or oath) (by two arms, by two hands)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, dual of bhujā

bhujā - arm, hand, branch

Note: Can also be dative or ablative dual. Context points to instrumental.

जीवितेन (jīvitena) - by my life (as a solemn oath) (by life, by living)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of jīvita

jīvita - life, livelihood, living

Past passive participle of √jīv (to live), used as a noun.

Root: jīv (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Conjunction

ये (ye) - those among you who (those who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

First person singular pronoun

वाक्यान्तरे (vākyāntare) - in any other statement or speech (contrary to my command) (in another speech, in the midst of a sentence)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of vākyāntara

vākyāntara - another speech, a different statement, interval between sentences

Compound of vākya (speech) and antara (other, interval)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vākya+antara)

• vākya – speech, sentence, statement
  noun (neuter)
  From root √vac (to speak).
  Root: vac (class 2)
• antara – other, different, interval, inside, middle
  noun (neuter)

ब्रूयुः (brūyuḥ) - they might speak (against my command) (they should say, they would speak)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of brū

Optative mood, active voice

Third person plural optative active of root √brū (also √vac)

Root: brū (class 2)

अनुनेतुम् (anunetum) - to try to persuade (me) (to persuade, to conciliate, to implore)

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root √nī (to lead) with prefix anu-.

Prefix: anu

Root: nī (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - in any way (often used with cana to form 'never') (how, in what manner, why)

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb

चन (cana) - (emphatic particle, used with katham implies 'never' or 'by any means') (and, even, also)

(indeclinable)

Particle