वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-96, verse-3

जहि मां सौम्य विस्रब्दः प्रतिज्ञां परिपालय ।
हीनप्रतिज्ञाः काकुत्स्थ प्रयान्ति नरकं नराः ॥३॥

3. jahi māṃ saumya visrabdaḥ pratijñāṃ paripālaya ,
hīnapratijñāḥ kākutstha prayānti narakaṃ narāḥ.

3. jahi mām saumya visrabdhaḥ pratijñām paripālaya
hīnapratjñāḥ kākutstha prayānti narakam narāḥ

3. saumya,
visrabdhaḥ mām jahi,
pratijñām paripālaya.
kākutstha,
hīnapratjñāḥ narāḥ narakam prayānti.

3. O gentle one, confidently kill me and uphold your vow. O Kakutstha, people who have broken their vows go to hell (naraka).

Words meanings summery:

• जहि (jahi) - kill, strike

• माम् (mām) - me

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (addressing Rāma) (O gentle one, O tranquil one, O son of Soma)

• विस्रब्धः (visrabdhaḥ) - confidently, with full trust (confident, trusting, fearless)

• प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - vow, promise, assertion

• परिपालय (paripālaya) - uphold, protect, maintain

• हीनप्रत्ज्ञाः (hīnapratjñāḥ) - those who have abandoned/broken their vows

• काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Rāma (a descendant of Kakutstha) (O descendant of Kakutstha)

• प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - they go, they proceed

• नरकम् (narakam) - hell (naraka) (hell, purgatory)

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

Words meanings and morphology

जहि (jahi) - kill, strike

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Strong form imperative, 2nd singular.

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one (addressing Rāma) (O gentle one, O tranquil one, O son of Soma)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, tranquil, auspicious; son of Soma

Note: Used as a form of address.

विस्रब्धः (visrabdhaḥ) - confidently, with full trust (confident, trusting, fearless)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of visrabdha

visrabdha - trusted, confided in, fearless, confident, tranquil

Past Passive Participle

From root 'śrambh' with prefix 'vi'.

Prefix: vi

Root: śrambh (class 1)

Note: Qualifies the implied agent of 'jahi', i.e., Rāma.

प्रतिज्ञाम् (pratijñām) - vow, promise, assertion

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of pratijñā

pratijñā - vow, promise, agreement, assertion

From root 'jñā' with prefix 'prati'.

Prefix: prati

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Object of 'paripālaya'.

परिपालय (paripālaya) - uphold, protect, maintain

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of pāl

Causative formation from root 'pā'.

Prefix: pari

Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Present imperative, 2nd singular.

हीनप्रत्ज्ञाः (hīnapratjñāḥ) - those who have abandoned/broken their vows

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hīnapratjña

hīnapratjña - one whose vow is broken; having abandoned one's promise

Compound type : bahuvrihi (hīna+pratijñā)

• hīna – abandoned, deprived of, deficient, low
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'hā'.
  Root: hā (class 3)
• pratijñā – vow, promise, agreement
  noun (feminine)
  From root 'jñā' with prefix 'prati'.
  Prefix: prati
  Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Qualifies 'narāḥ'.

काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O Rāma (a descendant of Kakutstha) (O descendant of Kakutstha)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of kākutstha

kākutstha - descendant of Kakutstha (an ancient king); an epithet of Rāma

Note: Used as a form of address.

प्रयान्ति (prayānti) - they go, they proceed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of prayā

Prefix: pra

Root: yā (class 2)

नरकम् (narakam) - hell (naraka) (hell, purgatory)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, Hades, a place of torment

Note: Object of 'prayānti'.

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people, human beings

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, person

Note: Subject of 'prayānti'.