वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-10, verse-10

अवध्यो वध्यतां को वा वध्यः को वा विमुच्यताम् ।
दरिद्रः को भवत्वाढ्यो द्रव्यवान् वाप्यकिंचनः ॥१०॥

10. avadhyo vadhyatāṃ ko vā vadhyaḥ ko vā vimucyatām ,
daridraḥ ko bhavatvāḍhyo dravyavān vāpyakiṃcanaḥ.

10. avadhyaḥ vadhyatām kaḥ vā vadhyaḥ kaḥ vā vimucyatām
daridraḥ kaḥ bhavatu āḍhyaḥ dravyavān vā api akiṃcanaḥ

10. vā avadhyaḥ kaḥ vadhyatām? vā
vadhyaḥ kaḥ vimucyatām? kaḥ daridraḥ
āḍhyaḥ bhavatu? vā dravyavān
kaḥ api akiṃcanaḥ (bhavatu)?

10. Let who, though not deserving of death, be executed? Or let who, though deserving of death, be released? Let who, though poor, become wealthy? Or let who, though rich, become penniless?

Words meanings summery:

• अवध्यः (avadhyaḥ) - not deserving of death (not to be killed, inviolable, not liable to be killed)

• वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - let him be executed (let him be killed, may he be slain, let him be punished)

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - deserving of death (to be killed, worthy of death, deserving punishment)

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• विमुच्यताम् (vimucyatām) - let him be released (let him be released, may he be freed, let him be abandoned)

• दरिद्रः (daridraḥ) - poor (poor, destitute, needy)

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• भवतु (bhavatu) - let him become (let him be, let him become, may he exist)

• आढ्यः (āḍhyaḥ) - rich (rich, wealthy, opulent)

• द्रव्यवान् (dravyavān) - rich (wealthy, rich, possessing property)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover, indeed)

• अकिंचनः (akiṁcanaḥ) - penniless (penniless, poor, destitute, having nothing)

Words meanings and morphology

अवध्यः (avadhyaḥ) - not deserving of death (not to be killed, inviolable, not liable to be killed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of avadhya

avadhya - not to be killed, inviolable, not liable to be killed

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

From root vadh (to kill) with negative prefix a-

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vadhya)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• vadhya – to be killed, worthy of death, deserving punishment
  gerundive (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  From root vadh (to kill)
  Root: vadh (class 1)

Note: Implicitly qualifying 'kaḥ'.

वध्यताम् (vadhyatām) - let him be executed (let him be killed, may he be slain, let him be punished)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vadh

Root verb, 1st class (bhvā-di)

Root: vadh (class 1)

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

वध्यः (vadhyaḥ) - deserving of death (to be killed, worthy of death, deserving punishment)

(gerundive)

Note: Implicitly qualifying 'kaḥ'.

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

विमुच्यताम् (vimucyatām) - let him be released (let him be released, may he be freed, let him be abandoned)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of vimuc

Root verb, 6th class (tudā-di), with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

दरिद्रः (daridraḥ) - poor (poor, destitute, needy)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daridra

daridra - poor, indigent, destitute, needy

Note: Implicitly qualifying 'kaḥ'.

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

भवतु (bhavatu) - let him become (let him be, let him become, may he exist)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of bhū

Root verb, 1st class (bhvā-di)

Root: bhū (class 1)

आढ्यः (āḍhyaḥ) - rich (rich, wealthy, opulent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of āḍhya

āḍhya - rich, wealthy, opulent, abundant, full

Note: Describes the state of 'kaḥ'.

द्रव्यवान् (dravyavān) - rich (wealthy, rich, possessing property)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dravyavat

dravyavat - wealthy, rich, possessing property, having substance

Derived from dravya (wealth, substance) with possessive suffix -vat

Note: Implicitly qualifying 'kaḥ'.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, moreover, indeed)

(indeclinable)

अकिंचनः (akiṁcanaḥ) - penniless (penniless, poor, destitute, having nothing)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of akiṃcana

akiṁcana - penniless, poor, destitute, having nothing, without property

Compound of a- (not) and kiṃcana (anything, something)

Compound type : nañ-bahuvrīhi (a+kiṃcana)

• a – not, un-
  prefix
• kiṃcana – anything, something
  pronoun (neuter)

Note: Describes the state of 'kaḥ'.