योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-1, chapter-8, verse-21

स एव रामो भवता नीयते राक्षसान्प्रति ।
यदि तत्पुत्रहीनं त्वं मृतमेवाशु विद्धि माम् ॥ २१ ॥

sa eva rāmo bhavatā nīyate rākṣasānprati ,
yadi tatputrahīnaṃ tvaṃ mṛtamevāśu viddhi mām 21

21. saḥ eva rāmaḥ bhavatā nīyate rākṣasān prati yadi
tat putrahīnam tvam mṛtam eva āśu viddhi mām

21. If that very Rama is taken by you to confront the Rākṣasas (demons), then you should quickly know me to be dead, for I would be without a son.

Words meanings summery:

• सः (saḥ) - he (Rama) (he, that)

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (a Hindu deity, prince of Ayodhya)

• भवता (bhavatā) - by you (referring to sage Viśvāmitra) (by you (honorific))

• नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is taken, is carried

• राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - demons, Rākṣasas (plural)

• प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in the direction of

• यदि (yadi) - if

• तत् (tat) - then, in that case

• पुत्रहीनम् (putrahīnam) - son-less, deprived of a son

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (referring to sage Viśvāmitra) (you)

• मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

• एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

• आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know!, understand!

• माम् (mām) - me

Words meanings and morphology

सः (saḥ) - he (Rama) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (a Hindu deity, prince of Ayodhya)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (proper name); pleasing, beautiful; a dark color

भवता (bhavatā) - by you (referring to sage Viśvāmitra) (by you (honorific))

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - you (honorific); existing, being

Present Active Participle (used as pronoun)

Present active participle of 'bhū' (to be, to become), used as an honorific pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

नीयते (nīyate) - is led, is taken, is carried

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (laṭ) of nī

Root verb 'nī' in passive voice, present tense.

Root: nī (class 1)

राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - demons, Rākṣasas (plural)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - demon, Rākṣasa (a class of malevolent beings)

प्रति (prati) - towards, against, in the direction of

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - then, in that case

(indeclinable)

Ablative singular of 'tad' used adverbially.

पुत्रहीनम् (putrahīnam) - son-less, deprived of a son

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of putrahīna

putrahīna - without a son, deprived of a son

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (putra+hīna)

• putra – son, child
  noun (masculine)
• hīna – deprived of, deficient, abandoned
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'hā' (to abandon, to leave) with the suffix -ta.
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'mām' (me), referring to Daśaratha's state.

त्वम् (tvam) - you (referring to sage Viśvāmitra) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

मृतम् (mṛtam) - dead, deceased

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root 'mṛ' (to die) with the suffix -ta.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Modifies 'mām' (me).

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

आशु (āśu) - quickly, swiftly, immediately

(indeclinable)

विद्धि (viddhi) - know!, understand!

(verb)

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

Root verb 'vid' (class 2) in imperative mood (loṭ), 2nd person singular.

Root: vid (class 2)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me