वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-53, verse-9

यश्च त्वामभियुञ्जीत युद्धाय विगतज्वरः ।
तं शूलं भस्मसात् कृत्वा पुनरेष्यति ते करम् ॥९॥

9. yaśca tvāmabhiyuñjīta yuddhāya vigatajvaraḥ ,
taṃ śūlaṃ bhasmasāt kṛtvā punareṣyati te karam.

9. yaḥ ca tvām abhiyuñjīta yuddhāya vigata-jvaraḥ
tam śūlam bhasmasāt kṛtvā punaḥ eṣyati te karam

9. yaḥ ca vigata-jvaraḥ tvām yuddhāya abhiyuñjīta,
tam śūlam bhasmasāt kṛtvā punaḥ te karam eṣyati.

9. And whoever challenges you to battle, devoid of fear, that trident, having reduced him to ashes, will return to your hand.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• च (ca) - and

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you

• अभियुञ्जीत (abhiyuñjīta) - he might challenge, he should challenge

• युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for battle, for war

• विगत-ज्वरः (vigata-jvaraḥ) - devoid of fear (free from fever, free from agitation/fear)

• तम् (tam) - him, that

• शूलम् (śūlam) - trident, spear

• भस्मसात् (bhasmasāt) - to ashes, into ashes

• कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having reduced (having done, having made, having performed)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back

• एष्यति (eṣyati) - it will return (it will go, it will come)

• ते (te) - to your

• करम् (karam) - hand

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whoever

Note: relative pronoun

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

त्वाम् (tvām) - you

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural/singular)

अभियुञ्जीत (abhiyuñjīta) - he might challenge, he should challenge

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of abhiyuj

Optative Middle

from root yuj (Class 7) with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: yuj (class 7)

युद्धाय (yuddhāya) - for battle, for war

(noun)

Dative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

Root: yudh (class 4)

विगत-ज्वरः (vigata-jvaraḥ) - devoid of fear (free from fever, free from agitation/fear)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vigata-jvara

vigata-jvara - free from fever, free from anxiety/agitation/fear

Note: Describes the challenger (yaḥ)

तम् (tam) - him, that

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, him

Note: Correlative to yaḥ

शूलम् (śūlam) - trident, spear

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śūla

śūla - trident, spear, pike

Note: Subject of the second clause

भस्मसात् (bhasmasāt) - to ashes, into ashes

(indeclinable)

sātic suffix indicating 'to turn into'

Note: Used with kṛtvā

कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having reduced (having done, having made, having performed)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: used to form a compound verb `bhasmasāt kṛtvā`

पुनः (punaḥ) - again, back

(indeclinable)

एष्यति (eṣyati) - it will return (it will go, it will come)

(verb)

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

Future Active Indicative

from root i (Class 2), parasmaipada

Root: i (class 2)

Note: Often means 'will come' when implying movement towards the speaker/context.

ते (te) - to your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (plural/singular)

करम् (karam) - hand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kara

kara - hand, ray, tax

Note: Object of motion with eṣyati (accusative of direction)

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