वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-69, verse-24

राजस्त्रीबालवृद्धानां वधे यत् पापमुच्यते ।
भृत्यत्यागे च यत् पापं तत् पापं प्रतिपद्यताम् ॥२४॥

24. rājastrībālavṛddhānāṃ vadhe yat pāpamucyate ,
bhṛtyatyāge ca yat pāpaṃ tat pāpaṃ pratipadyatām.

24. rāja-strī-bāla-vṛddhānām vadhe yat pāpam ucyate |
bhṛtyatyāge ca yat pāpam tat pāpam pratipadyatām

24. yat pāpam rāja-strī-bāla-vṛddhānām vadhe ucyate,
ca yat pāpam bhṛtyatyāge,
tat pāpam pratipadyatām

24. Whatever sin is declared for the killing of kings, women, children, and old persons, and whatever sin [is incurred] by the abandonment of servants—may he incur that very sin.

Words meanings summery:

• राज-स्त्री-बाल-वृद्धानाम् (rāja-strī-bāla-vṛddhānām) - of kings, women, children, and old persons

• वधे (vadhe) - in the killing, in the slaying, in murder

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

• उच्यते (ucyate) - is declared (as a rule or judgment) (is said, is declared, is spoken)

• भृत्यत्यागे (bhṛtyatyāge) - in the abandonment of servants

• च (ca) - and, also

• यत् (yat) - which, whatever

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

• तत् (tat) - that very sin (referring to the sin just described) (that)

• पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

• प्रतिपद्यताम् (pratipadyatām) - may he incur, may he experience, may it befall him

Words meanings and morphology

राज-स्त्री-बाल-वृद्धानाम् (rāja-strī-bāla-vṛddhānām) - of kings, women, children, and old persons

(noun)

Genitive, plural of rāja-strī-bāla-vṛddha

rāja-strī-bāla-vṛddha - king, woman, child, and old person (collectively)

Compound type : dvandva (rājan+strī+bāla+vṛddha)

• rājan – king, ruler
  noun (masculine)
• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• bāla – child, young one
  noun (masculine)
• vṛddha – old person, aged
  noun (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from verb root vṛdh (to grow)
  Root: vṛdh (class 1)

Note: The compound itself is a noun referring to the group.

वधे (vadhe) - in the killing, in the slaying, in murder

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, murder

Root: han (class 2)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that

Note: Refers to 'pāpam'.

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness

उच्यते (ucyate) - is declared (as a rule or judgment) (is said, is declared, is spoken)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vac

Present 3rd singular passive

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: The root vac assumes a weak form uc in passive voice.

भृत्यत्यागे (bhṛtyatyāge) - in the abandonment of servants

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of bhṛtyatyāga

bhṛtyatyāga - abandonment of servants

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhṛtya+tyāga)

• bhṛtya – servant, dependent
  noun (masculine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  Derived from verb root bhṛ (to bear, support)
  Root: bhṛ (class 3)
• tyāga – abandonment, renunciation, sacrifice
  noun (masculine)
  Root: tyaj (class 1)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - which, whatever

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, whatever, that

Note: Refers to 'pāpam'.

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness

तत् (tat) - that very sin (referring to the sin just described) (that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

Note: Refers to 'pāpam'.

पापम् (pāpam) - sin, evil, wickedness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, wickedness

प्रतिपद्यताम् (pratipadyatām) - may he incur, may he experience, may it befall him

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of pratipad

Imperative 3rd singular middle voice

Prefix: prati

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Here used in an optative sense for a curse.

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