वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-69, verse-27

देवतानां पितॄणां च माता पित्रोस्तथैव च ।
मा स्म कार्षीत् स शुश्रूषां यस्यार्यो ऽनुमते गतः ॥२७॥

27. devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca mātā pitrostathaiva ca ,
mā sma kārṣīt sa śuśrūṣāṃ yasyāryo'numate gataḥ.

27. devatānām pitṝṇām ca mātā pitroḥ tathā eva ca | mā
sma kārṣīt sa śuśrūṣām yasya āryaḥ anumate gataḥ

27. yasya āryaḥ anumate gataḥ,
saḥ devatānām,
pitṝṇām ca,
tathā eva mātā pitroḥ ca śuśrūṣām mā sma kārṣīt

27. May that person, by whose consent the noble one departed, never render service to the gods, nor to the ancestors, and likewise, neither to his mother nor his father.

Words meanings summery:

• देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the deities, of the gods

• पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the fathers

• च (ca) - and, also

• माता (mātā) - mother

• पित्रोः (pitroḥ) - of the two parents (mother and father), of the two fathers

• तथा (tathā) - likewise, thus, so

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, even

• च (ca) - and, also

• मा (mā) - not (prohibition)

• स्म (sma) - Used with 'mā kārṣīt' to strengthen the prohibition. (particle, used with aorist for prohibitive sense or with present for past sense)

• कार्षीत् (kārṣīt) - may he do, may he make, may he perform

• स (sa) - he, that (person)

• शुश्रूषाम् (śuśrūṣām) - service, desire to serve, obedience

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• आर्यः (āryaḥ) - Referring to Rama, the noble prince. (noble one, respected person)

• अनुमते (anumate) - by consent, with permission

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

Words meanings and morphology

देवतानाम् (devatānām) - of the deities, of the gods

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of devatā

devatā - deity, divinity, god

पितॄणाम् (pitṝṇām) - of the ancestors, of the fathers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, ancestor

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

माता (mātā) - mother

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पित्रोः (pitroḥ) - of the two parents (mother and father), of the two fathers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, dual of pitṛ

pitṛ - father, parent

In dual forms like 'pitrau' or 'pitroḥ', it can denote both parents (father and mother).

तथा (tathā) - likewise, thus, so

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, even

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

मा (mā) - not (prohibition)

(indeclinable)

स्म (sma) - Used with 'mā kārṣīt' to strengthen the prohibition. (particle, used with aorist for prohibitive sense or with present for past sense)

(indeclinable)

कार्षीत् (kārṣīt) - may he do, may he make, may he perform

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, aorist (luṅ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Used here with 'mā sma' for strong prohibition.

स (sa) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

शुश्रूषाम् (śuśrūṣām) - service, desire to serve, obedience

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śuśrūṣā

śuśrūṣā - desire to hear, desire to serve, service, obedience

Derived from the desiderative stem of the root 'śru' (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which

आर्यः (āryaḥ) - Referring to Rama, the noble prince. (noble one, respected person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, honorable, respectable, a noble person

अनुमते (anumate) - by consent, with permission

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of anumati

anumati - permission, consent, approval

Prefix: anu

Root: man (class 4)

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, departed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, departed, reached, understood

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'gam' (to go).

Root: gam (class 1)

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