वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-94, verse-31

कच्चिद्व्यपास्तानहितान्प्रतियातांश्च सर्वदा ।
दुर्बलाननवज्ञाय वर्तसे रिपुसूदन ॥३१॥

31. kaccidvyapāstānahitānpratiyātāṃśca sarvadā ,
durbalānanavajñāya vartase ripusūdana.

31. kaccit vyapāstān ahitān pratiyātān ca sarvadā
durbalān anavajñāya vartase ripusūdana

31. ripusūdana,
kaccit vyapāstān ahitān ca pratiyātān durbalān sarvadā anavajñāya vartase?

31. O Destroyer of Enemies, I hope you always treat your defeated foes and those who have returned to your side, even the weak ones, without contempt.

Words meanings summery:

• कच्चित् (kaccit) - interrogative particle, I hope, surely

• व्यपास्तान् (vyapāstān) - expelled, thrown away, defeated

• अहितान् (ahitān) - enemies, hostile ones

• प्रतियातान् (pratiyātān) - those who have returned to your side/submission (those who have returned, those who have come back)

• च (ca) - and

• सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

• दुर्बलान् (durbalān) - weak, powerless

• अनवज्ञाय (anavajñāya) - not despising, without contempt, without underestimating

• वर्तसे (vartase) - you act, you conduct yourself, you exist

• रिपुसूदन (ripusūdana) - O destroyer of enemies

Words meanings and morphology

कच्चित् (kaccit) - interrogative particle, I hope, surely

(indeclinable)

व्यपास्तान् (vyapāstān) - expelled, thrown away, defeated

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vyapāsta

vyapāsta - expelled, defeated, cast off

Past Passive Participle

from root as (to throw) with prefixes vi and apa

Prefixes: vi+apa

Root: as (class 4)

अहितान् (ahitān) - enemies, hostile ones

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ahita

ahita - enemy, hostile, harmful, not good

negative prefix a + hita (good, beneficial)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+hita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• hita – beneficial, good, placed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root dhā (to place), irregular formation
  Root: dhā (class 3)

प्रतियातान् (pratiyātān) - those who have returned to your side/submission (those who have returned, those who have come back)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pratiyāta

pratiyāta - returned, come back

Past Passive Participle

from root yā (to go) with prefix prati

Prefix: prati

Root: yā (class 2)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

सर्वदा (sarvadā) - always, at all times

(indeclinable)

from sarva (all) with the dā suffix

दुर्बलान् (durbalān) - weak, powerless

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of durbala

durbala - weak, powerless, feeble

prefix dur (bad, difficult) + bala (strength)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dur+bala)

• dur – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  prefix
• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (masculine)

अनवज्ञाय (anavajñāya) - not despising, without contempt, without underestimating

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

from root jñā (to know) with prefixes ava and negative a

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+avajñāya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• avajñāya – having despised, after despising
  indeclinable
  absolutive/gerund
  from root jñā with ava
  Prefix: ava
  Root: jñā (class 9)

वर्तसे (vartase) - you act, you conduct yourself, you exist

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of vṛt

present indicative, 2nd person singular

root vṛt, class 1, middle voice

Root: vṛt (class 1)

रिपुसूदन (ripusūdana) - O destroyer of enemies

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ripusūdana

ripusūdana - destroyer of enemies

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ripu+sūdana)

• ripu – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• sūdana – destroyer, killer
  noun (masculine)
  from root sūd (to kill, destroy)
  Root: sūd (class 10)

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