वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-57

अथ क्लेशजमेव त्वं धर्मं चरितुमिच्छसि ।
धर्मेण चतुरो वर्णान्पालयन् क्लेशमाप्नुहि ॥५७॥

57. atha kleśajameva tvaṃ dharmaṃ caritumicchasi ,
dharmeṇa caturo varṇānpālayan kleśamāpnuhi.

57. atha kleśa-jam eva tvam dharmam caritum icchasi
dharmeṇa caturaḥ varṇān pālayan kleśam āpnuhi

57. atha tvam kleśa-jam eva dharmam caritum icchasi
dharmeṇa caturaḥ varṇān pālayan kleśam āpnuhi

57. If you, however, desire to practice a natural law (dharma) that is indeed born of hardship, then by means of that natural law (dharma), protect the four social orders and thereby attain hardship!

Words meanings summery:

• अथ (atha) - if, however (now, then, moreover, if)

• क्लेश-जम् (kleśa-jam) - born of hardship (born of hardship, causing pain)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)

• चरितुम् (caritum) - to practice (to practice, to perform, to wander)

• इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by means of that natural law (dharma) (by dharma, by natural law, by duty)

• चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

• वर्णान् (varṇān) - social orders (social orders, classes, colors)

• पालयन् (pālayan) - protecting (protecting, guarding, ruling)

• क्लेशम् (kleśam) - hardship (hardship, pain, distress)

• आप्नुहि (āpnuhi) - attain! (obtain!, attain!)

Words meanings and morphology

अथ (atha) - if, however (now, then, moreover, if)

(indeclinable)

क्लेश-जम् (kleśa-jam) - born of hardship (born of hardship, causing pain)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kleśa-ja

kleśa-ja - born of distress, produced from pain, causing trouble

Compound type : tatpurusha (kleśa+ja)

• kleśa – pain, distress, affliction, hardship
  noun (masculine)
• ja – born, produced from, originating in
  adjective
  From root 'jan' (to be born).
  Root: jan (class 4)

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just)

(indeclinable)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

tvam - you

धर्मम् (dharmam) - natural law (dharma) (natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature, virtue

From root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

चरितुम् (caritum) - to practice (to practice, to perform, to wander)

(noun)

of car

car - to move, to wander, to practice, to perform

Infinitive

Root: car (class 1)

इच्छसि (icchasi) - you desire, you wish

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

Present 2nd singular active

Root: iṣ (class 6)

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by means of that natural law (dharma) (by dharma, by natural law, by duty)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, duty, righteousness, constitution, intrinsic nature, virtue

From root 'dhṛ' (to uphold, support).

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

चतुरः (caturaḥ) - four

(numeral)

वर्णान् (varṇān) - social orders (social orders, classes, colors)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of varṇa

varṇa - color, class, social order, caste, quality

पालयन् (pālayan) - protecting (protecting, guarding, ruling)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pālayan

pāl - to protect, to guard, to rule, to nourish

Present Active Participle

Root: pāl (class 10)

क्लेशम् (kleśam) - hardship (hardship, pain, distress)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kleśa

kleśa - pain, distress, affliction, hardship

आप्नुहि (āpnuhi) - attain! (obtain!, attain!)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of āp

Imperative 2nd singular active

Root: āp (class 5)

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