वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-101, verse-10

सत्यमेवानृशंस्यं च राजवृत्तं सनातनम् ।
तस्मात् सत्यात्मकं राज्यं सत्ये लोकः प्रतिष्ठितः ॥१०॥

10. satyamevānṛśaṃsyaṃ ca rājavṛttaṃ sanātanam ,
tasmāt satyātmakaṃ rājyaṃ satye lokaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ.

10. satyam eva anṛśaṃsyam ca rājavṛttam sanātanam
tasmāt satyātmakam rājyam satye lokaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ

10. satyam anṛśaṃsyam ca eva sanātanam rājavṛttam
tasmāt rājyam satyātmakam lokaḥ satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ

10. Truthfulness and compassion are indeed the eternal (sanātana) code of conduct for kings. Therefore, a kingdom (rājya) is inherently truthful, and the world is established upon truth.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यम् (satyam) - truthfulness (truth, truthfulness, real, existing)

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

• अनृशंस्यम् (anṛśaṁsyam) - compassion (compassion, kindness, absence of cruelty, humanity)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• राजवृत्तम् (rājavṛttam) - the code of conduct for kings (royal conduct, conduct of a king, king's duty)

• सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, everlasting (eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, hence)

• सत्यात्मकम् (satyātmakam) - inherently truthful, whose essence is truth (truth-natured, whose essence is truth, having truth as its soul)

• राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty, reign, rule)

• सत्ये (satye) - upon truth (in truth, on truth, for truth)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - the world (world, people, realm)

• प्रतिष्ठितः (pratiṣṭhitaḥ) - established, founded (established, founded, based, standing firm)

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यम् (satyam) - truthfulness (truth, truthfulness, real, existing)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, truthfulness, real, existing, veritable

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

अनृशंस्यम् (anṛśaṁsyam) - compassion (compassion, kindness, absence of cruelty, humanity)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anṛśaṃsya

anṛśaṁsya - compassion, kindness, absence of cruelty, humanity

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+nṛśaṃsya)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• nṛśaṃsya – cruelty, atrocity
  noun (neuter)
  From nṛśaṃsa 'cruel'.

Note: Second subject, connected by 'ca'.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects 'satyam' and 'anṛśaṃsyam'.

राजवृत्तम् (rājavṛttam) - the code of conduct for kings (royal conduct, conduct of a king, king's duty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājavṛtta

rājavṛtta - royal conduct, conduct of a king, king's duty/practice

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (rājan+vṛtta)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• vṛtta – conduct, course of action, happened, been
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root vṛt 'to be, exist'.
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, everlasting (eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, perpetual, ancient, everlasting

Note: Qualifies 'rājavṛttam'.

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - therefore (therefore, from that, hence)

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the consequence.

सत्यात्मकम् (satyātmakam) - inherently truthful, whose essence is truth (truth-natured, whose essence is truth, having truth as its soul)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of satyātmaka

satyātmaka - truth-natured, whose essence is truth, having truth as its soul

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (satya+ātman)

• satya – truth, truthfulness
  noun (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)

Note: Predicate adjective for 'rājyam'.

राज्यम् (rājyam) - kingdom (kingdom, sovereignty, reign, rule)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rājya

rājya - kingdom, sovereignty, reign, rule

Note: Subject of the implied verb 'is'.

सत्ये (satye) - upon truth (in truth, on truth, for truth)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, truthfulness, real, existing

Note: Locative indicating foundation or basis.

लोकः (lokaḥ) - the world (world, people, realm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, people, realm, common folk

Note: Subject of 'pratiṣṭhitaḥ'.

प्रतिष्ठितः (pratiṣṭhitaḥ) - established, founded (established, founded, based, standing firm)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pratiṣṭhita

pratiṣṭhita - established, founded, based, standing firm, consecrated

Past Passive Participle

From root sthā 'to stand' with prefix prati-.

Prefix: prati

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Acts as the predicate for 'lokaḥ'.