वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-80, verse-18

न हि शक्ष्याम्यहं गत्वा भृत्यदारान् सुखान्वितान् ।
प्रतिवक्तुं महातेजः किं चिदप्यशुभं वचः ॥१८॥

18. na hi śakṣyāmyahaṃ gatvā bhṛtyadārān sukhānvitān ,
prativaktuṃ mahātejaḥ kiṃ cidapyaśubhaṃ vacaḥ.

18. na hi śakṣyāmi aham gatvā bhṛtyadārān sukhānvitān
prativaktum mahātejaḥ kim cit api aśubham vacaḥ

18. mahātejaḥ hi aham gatvā sukhānvitān bhṛtyadārān
kim cit api aśubham vacaḥ prativaktum na śakṣyāmi

18. O greatly effulgent one, I will surely not be able, having returned, to speak any inauspicious words to my servants and their families, who are accustomed to happiness.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I will be able, I will be capable

• अहम् (aham) - I

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having returned (from a journey or mission) (having gone, having proceeded)

• भृत्यदारान् (bhṛtyadārān) - servants and wives, servants and families

• सुखान्वितान् (sukhānvitān) - endowed with happiness, happy, accustomed to happiness

• प्रतिवक्तुम् (prativaktum) - to reply, to answer, to speak against

• महातेजः (mahātejaḥ) - O greatly effulgent one, O very powerful one

• किम् (kim) - any (as part of 'kiṃ cit api') (what, anything)

• चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness

• अपि (api) - at all (emphasizing indefiniteness) (even, also, too)

• अशुभम् (aśubham) - inauspicious, evil, bad

• वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

शक्ष्यामि (śakṣyāmi) - I will be able, I will be capable

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of śak

Future tense

Root verb, s-future formation

Root: √śak (class 5)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

गत्वा (gatvā) - having returned (from a journey or mission) (having gone, having proceeded)

(verbal derivative)

भृत्यदारान् (bhṛtyadārān) - servants and wives, servants and families

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhṛtyadāra

bhṛtyadāra - servants and wives/families

Compound type : dvandva (bhṛtya+dāra)

• bhṛtya – servant, dependent
  noun (masculine)
  Gerundive
  From √bhṛ (to bear, support, maintain)
  Root: √bhṛ (class 3)
• dāra – wife (often plural, signifying family)
  noun (masculine)

सुखान्वितान् (sukhānvitān) - endowed with happiness, happy, accustomed to happiness

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sukhānvita

sukhānvita - accompanied by happiness, happy, comfortable

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (sukha+anvita)

• sukha – happiness, joy, comfort
  noun (neuter)
• anvita – accompanied by, connected with, endowed with
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √anv-i (to follow, to be connected with)
  Prefix: anu
  Root: √i (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'bhṛtyadārān'

प्रतिवक्तुम् (prativaktum) - to reply, to answer, to speak against

(verbal derivative)

महातेजः (mahātejaḥ) - O greatly effulgent one, O very powerful one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mahātejas

mahātejas - greatly effulgent, greatly powerful, glorious

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+tejas)

• mahat – great, large, eminent
  adjective (neuter)
• tejas – splendor, power, energy, effulgence
  noun (neuter)

किम् (kim) - any (as part of 'kiṃ cit api') (what, anything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, who

Note: Used as part of indefinite pronoun 'kiṃ cit api'

चित् (cit) - a particle indicating indefiniteness

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with 'kim' to mean 'any'

अपि (api) - at all (emphasizing indefiniteness) (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Reinforces the indefiniteness of 'kiṃ cit'

अशुभम् (aśubham) - inauspicious, evil, bad

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aśubha

aśubha - inauspicious, evil, unfortunate, bad

Negative compound of 'śubha' (auspicious)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śubha)

• a – not, non-
  prefix
• śubha – auspicious, good, beautiful
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'vacaḥ'

वचः (vacaḥ) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, voice, saying

From √vac (to speak)

Root: √vac (class 2)