वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-61, verse-22

येहि संभिन्नमर्यादा नास्तिकाश्छिन्नसंशयाः ।
ते ऽपि भावाय कल्पन्ते राजदण्डनिपीडिताः ॥२२॥

22. yehi saṃbhinnamaryādā nāstikāśchinnasaṃśayāḥ ,
te'pi bhāvāya kalpante rājadaṇḍanipīḍitāḥ.

22. ye hi saṃbhinna-maryādāḥ nāstikāḥ chinna-saṃśayāḥ
te api bhāvāya kalpante rājadaṇḍa-nipīḍitāḥ

22. ye hi saṃbhinna-maryādāḥ nāstikāḥ chinna-saṃśayāḥ
te api rājadaṇḍa-nipīḍitāḥ bhāvāya kalpante

22. Those who have transgressed the bounds of propriety (maryādā), who are non-believers, and whose uncertainties have been removed, even they become fit for well-being when disciplined by royal punishment.

Words meanings summery:

• ये (ye) - those who (those who, who)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, surely)

• संभिन्न-मर्यादाः (saṁbhinna-maryādāḥ) - who have transgressed the bounds of propriety (maryādā) (whose bounds are broken, who have transgressed limits, who have violated rules)

• नास्तिकाः (nāstikāḥ) - non-believers (atheists, non-believers, unbelievers in a future existence or moral law)

• छिन्न-संशयाः (chinna-saṁśayāḥ) - whose uncertainties have been removed (whose doubts are cut off/dispelled, free from doubt, resolute)

• ते (te) - they (they, those)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• भावाय (bhāvāya) - for well-being (for existence, for well-being, for prosperity, for the state of being)

• कल्पन्ते (kalpante) - they become fit (they become fit, they are able, they are capable, they are prepared)

• राजदण्ड-निपीडिताः (rājadaṇḍa-nipīḍitāḥ) - when disciplined by royal punishment (afflicted by royal punishment, tormented by the king's rod)

Words meanings and morphology

ये (ye) - those who (those who, who)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what, whatever

Note: Relative pronoun.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

संभिन्न-मर्यादाः (saṁbhinna-maryādāḥ) - who have transgressed the bounds of propriety (maryādā) (whose bounds are broken, who have transgressed limits, who have violated rules)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃbhinna-maryādā

saṁbhinna-maryādā - whose limits are broken/transgressed

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (saṃbhinna+maryādā)

• saṃbhinna – broken, violated, pierced
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From verb root 'bhid' (to break) with prefix 'sam-'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: bhid (class 7)
• maryādā – boundary, limit, moral law, rule of conduct, custom, proper order
  noun (feminine)

Note: Qualifies 'ye'.

नास्तिकाः (nāstikāḥ) - non-believers (atheists, non-believers, unbelievers in a future existence or moral law)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nāstika

nāstika - atheist, non-believer (one who denies the authority of the Vedas or a future life)

From 'na asti iti' (it is not so)

Note: Qualifies 'ye'.

छिन्न-संशयाः (chinna-saṁśayāḥ) - whose uncertainties have been removed (whose doubts are cut off/dispelled, free from doubt, resolute)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of chinna-saṃśaya

chinna-saṁśaya - whose doubts are dispelled/cut off

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (chinna+saṃśaya)

• chinna – cut, broken, dispelled
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From verb root 'chid' (to cut, cleave).
  Root: chid (class 7)
• saṃśaya – doubt, uncertainty, suspicion
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'ye'.

ते (te) - they (they, those)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it, they

Note: Correlative pronoun to 'ye'.

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic.

भावाय (bhāvāya) - for well-being (for existence, for well-being, for prosperity, for the state of being)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of bhāva

bhāva - existence, state, condition, nature, feeling, prosperity, well-being

From root 'bhū' (to be)

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Indicates purpose.

कल्पन्ते (kalpante) - they become fit (they become fit, they are able, they are capable, they are prepared)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of kḷp

Root verb

Root: kḷp (class 1)

राजदण्ड-निपीडिताः (rājadaṇḍa-nipīḍitāḥ) - when disciplined by royal punishment (afflicted by royal punishment, tormented by the king's rod)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rājadaṇḍa-nipīḍita

rājadaṇḍa-nipīḍita - afflicted by royal punishment

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rājadaṇḍa+nipīḍita)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• daṇḍa – rod, stick, punishment, fine
  noun (masculine)
• nipīḍita – oppressed, tormented, afflicted, disciplined
  Past Passive Participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From verb root 'pīḍ' (to torment, oppress) with prefix 'ni-'.
  Prefix: ni
  Root: pīḍ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies 'te'.

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