वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-58, verse-37

या गतिः सर्वसाधूनां स्वाध्यायात् पतसश्च या ।
भूमिदस्याहिताग्नेश्च एकपत्नीव्रतस्य च ॥३७॥

37. yā gatiḥ sarvasādhūnāṃ svādhyāyāt patasaśca yā ,
bhūmidasyāhitāgneśca ekapatnīvratasya ca.

37. yā gatiḥ sarvasādhūnām svādhyāyāt tapasas ca
yā bhūmidasya āhitāgneḥ ca ekapatnīvratasya ca

37. yā gatiḥ sarvasādhūnām svādhyāyāt ca tapasas yā
ca bhūmidasya ca āhitāgneḥ ca ekapatnīvratasya

37. Which is the destination of all righteous persons, and which results from self-study (svādhyāya), from asceticism (tapas), from giving land, from maintaining sacred fires (āhitāgni), and from the vow of a single wife.

Words meanings summery:

• या (yā) - which

• गतिः (gatiḥ) - destination, state, path

• सर्वसाधूनाम् (sarvasādhūnām) - of all righteous persons, of all good people

• स्वाध्यायात् (svādhyāyāt) - from self-study, from the study of one's own Veda (svādhyāya)

• तपसस् (tapasas) - from asceticism, of penance (tapas)

• च (ca) - and, also

• या (yā) - which

• भूमिदस्य (bhūmidasya) - of one who gives land

• आहिताग्नेः (āhitāgneḥ) - of one who has established sacred fires, of one who maintains sacred fires (āhitāgni)

• च (ca) - and, also

• एकपत्नीव्रतस्य (ekapatnīvratasya) - of one who observes the vow of a single wife

• च (ca) - and, also

Words meanings and morphology

या (yā) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

गतिः (gatiḥ) - destination, state, path

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gati

gati - going, motion, course, destination, state

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

सर्वसाधूनाम् (sarvasādhūnām) - of all righteous persons, of all good people

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sarvasādhu

sarvasādhu - all righteous persons

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sarva+sādhu)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun/adjective
• sādhu – good, virtuous, righteous person, saint
  noun (masculine)

स्वाध्यायात् (svādhyāyāt) - from self-study, from the study of one's own Veda (svādhyāya)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of svādhyāya

svādhyāya - self-study, study of one's own sacred texts

Verbal noun from 'sva' (own) + 'adhyāya' (study).

Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+adhyāya)

• sva – own, self
  pronoun/adjective
• adhyāya – study, lesson, chapter
  noun (masculine)
  From adhi-i (to go over, study)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: i (class 2)

तपसस् (tapasas) - from asceticism, of penance (tapas)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of tapas

tapas - asceticism, penance, heat, spiritual fervor

Root: tap (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

या (yā) - which

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

भूमिदस्य (bhūmidasya) - of one who gives land

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhūmida

bhūmida - giver of land

Compound type : upapada tatpurusha (bhūmi+da)

• bhūmi – earth, land, ground
  noun (feminine)
• da – giver, bestower
  noun (kṛt affix) (masculine)
  kṛt affix -da (from root dā, to give)
  Root: dā (class 3)

आहिताग्नेः (āhitāgneḥ) - of one who has established sacred fires, of one who maintains sacred fires (āhitāgni)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of āhitāgni

āhitāgni - one who has established the sacred fires, a householder performing Vedic rites

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (āhita+agni)

• āhita – placed, established, consecrated
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of ā-dhā (to place, establish)
  Prefix: ā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• agni – fire, sacred fire
  noun (masculine)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

एकपत्नीव्रतस्य (ekapatnīvratasya) - of one who observes the vow of a single wife

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ekapatnīvrata

ekapatnīvrata - the vow of a single wife; one who observes it

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+patnī+vrata)

• eka – one, single
  numeral/adjective
• patnī – wife
  noun (feminine)
• vrata – vow, sacred observance, religious practice
  noun (neuter)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)