वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-47, verse-13

अर्थधर्मौ परित्यज्य यः काममनुवर्तते ।
एवमापद्यते क्षिप्रं राजा दशरथो यथा ॥१३॥

13. arthadharmau parityajya yaḥ kāmamanuvartate ,
evamāpadyate kṣipraṃ rājā daśaratho yathā.

13. arthadharmau parityajya yaḥ kāmam anuvartate
evam āpadyate kṣipram rājā daśarathaḥ yathā

13. yaḥ arthadharmau parityajya kāmam anuvartate
evam kṣipram āpadyate yathā rājā daśarathaḥ

13. Whoever, abandoning material prosperity (artha) and intrinsic nature (dharma), pursues desire (kāma), quickly meets such a fate, just like King Dasharatha.

Words meanings summery:

• अर्थधर्मौ (arthadharmau) - material prosperity and intrinsic nature (dual)

• परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, love

• अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows, pursues, acts in conformity with

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• आपद्यते (āpadyate) - falls into misfortune, meets such a fate (falls into, meets (a state), obtains)

• क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

• राजा (rājā) - king

• दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Dasharatha (a proper name)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

Words meanings and morphology

अर्थधर्मौ (arthadharmau) - material prosperity and intrinsic nature (dual)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of arthadharma

arthadharma - material prosperity and intrinsic nature

Compound type : dvandva (artha+dharma)

• artha – purpose, meaning, wealth, material prosperity
  noun (masculine)
• dharma – intrinsic nature, natural law, constitution, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)

परित्यज्य (parityajya) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root tyaj (to abandon) with prefix pari- and suffix -ya.

Prefix: pari

Root: tyaj (class 1)

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

कामम् (kāmam) - desire, wish, love

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love

अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows, pursues, acts in conformity with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anuvart

Prefix: anu

Root: vṛt (class 1)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

आपद्यते (āpadyate) - falls into misfortune, meets such a fate (falls into, meets (a state), obtains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of āpad

Prefix: ā

Root: pad (class 4)

क्षिप्रम् (kṣipram) - quickly, swiftly

(indeclinable)

Used adverbially here.

राजा (rājā) - king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king

दशरथः (daśarathaḥ) - Dasharatha (a proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daśaratha

daśaratha - Dasharatha

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, like

(indeclinable)