वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-32, verse-20

इत्येवमत्यजद् राजा सगरो वै सुधार्मिकः ।
रामः किमकरोत् पापं येनैवमुपरुध्यते ॥२०॥

20. ityevamatyajad rājā sagaro vai sudhārmikaḥ ,
rāmaḥ kimakarot pāpaṃ yenaivamuparudhyate.

20. iti evam atyajat rājā sagaraḥ vai sudhārmikaḥ
rāmaḥ kim akarot pāpam yena evam uparudhyate

20. iti evam vai sudhārmikaḥ rājā sagaraḥ atyajat
rāmaḥ kim pāpam akarot yena evam uparudhyate

20. In this manner, the highly righteous King Sagara indeed abandoned (his son). What wrongdoing (pāpa) did Rama commit that he is thus being hindered?

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, indeed

• अत्यजत् (atyajat) - he abandoned, he gave up

• राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

• सगरः (sagaraḥ) - Sagara (a king's name)

• वै (vai) - indeed, verily, certainly

• सुधार्मिकः (sudhārmikaḥ) - very righteous, highly dutiful, very virtuous

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (proper name)

• किम् (kim) - what?

• अकरोत् (akarot) - he did, he made

• पापम् (pāpam) - what wrongdoing (pāpa) (sin, evil, wrongdoing)

• येन (yena) - by which, by whom, due to which

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• उपरुध्यते (uparudhyate) - is obstructed, is hindered, is prevented

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way, indeed

(indeclinable)

अत्यजत् (atyajat) - he abandoned, he gave up

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

Note: Augment 'a' for imperfect tense.

राजा (rājā) - king, ruler

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

सगरः (sagaraḥ) - Sagara (a king's name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sagara

sagara - name of a legendary king of Ayodhya

वै (vai) - indeed, verily, certainly

(indeclinable)

सुधार्मिकः (sudhārmikaḥ) - very righteous, highly dutiful, very virtuous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of sudhārmika

sudhārmika - very righteous, highly religious, extremely virtuous

Compound 'su' (good, very) + 'dhārmika' (righteous, dutiful)

Compound type : Karmadhāraya (su+dhārmika)

• su – good, well, very, excellent
  indeclinable
• dhārmika – righteous, virtuous, just, observant of dharma
  adjective (masculine)
  Derived from 'dharma'

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a principal deity of Hinduism, the seventh avatar of Vishnu)

किम् (kim) - what?

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

Note: Used here as an interrogative adjective modifying 'pāpam'.

अकरोत् (akarot) - he did, he made

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (Laṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Augment 'a' for imperfect tense.

पापम् (pāpam) - what wrongdoing (pāpa) (sin, evil, wrongdoing)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, wickedness, misfortune

येन (yena) - by which, by whom, due to which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

उपरुध्यते (uparudhyate) - is obstructed, is hindered, is prevented

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present indicative (Laṭ) of upa-rudh

Prefix: upa

Root: rudh (class 7)