वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-20, verse-3

भक्ताश्चैवानुरक्ताश्च हिताश्च मम नित्यशः ।
घ्नन्तो ऽपि न निहन्तव्या न न कुर्युर्वचो मम ॥३॥

3. bhaktāścaivānuraktāśca hitāśca mama nityaśaḥ ,
ghnanto'pi na nihantavyā na na kuryurvaco mama.

3. bhaktāḥ ca eva anuraktāḥ ca hitāḥ ca mama nityaśaḥ
ghnantaḥ api na nihantavyāḥ na na kuryuḥ vacaḥ mama

3. te nityaśaḥ mama bhaktāḥ ca eva anuraktāḥ ca hitāḥ ca (santi).
ghnantaḥ api na nihantavyāḥ.
na na mama vacaḥ kuryuḥ.

3. Indeed, they are always devoted, attached, and beneficial to me. Even if they are attacking, they should not be killed. They would certainly not disregard my command.

Words meanings summery:

• भक्ताः (bhaktāḥ) - loyal (devoted, loyal)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

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

• अनुरक्ताः (anuraktāḥ) - attached (attached, devoted, fond of)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• हिताः (hitāḥ) - beneficial (beneficial, well-wishing, proper)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मम (mama) - to me (my, to me)

• नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - always (constantly, always, perpetually)

• घ्नन्तः (ghnantaḥ) - attacking (killing, striking)

• अपि (api) - even if (even, also, too)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• निहन्तव्याः (nihantavyāḥ) - should be killed (ought to be killed, killable)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they would do (they would do, they should do)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - command (word, speech, command)

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

Words meanings and morphology

भक्ताः (bhaktāḥ) - loyal (devoted, loyal)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhakta

bhakta - devoted, faithful, a devotee

Past Passive Participle

From root bhaj 'to serve, share'

Root: bhaj (class 1)

Note: Refers to the Rākṣasas mentioned in the previous verse.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle

अनुरक्ताः (anuraktāḥ) - attached (attached, devoted, fond of)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of anurakta

anurakta - attached, devoted, fond of

Past Passive Participle

From root rañj 'to color, please' with upasarga anu-

Prefix: anu

Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject (Rākṣasas).

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

हिताः (hitāḥ) - beneficial (beneficial, well-wishing, proper)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hita

hita - beneficial, suitable, well-disposed

Past Passive Participle (from dhā 'to place')

Irregular formation from root dhā; means 'placed well, beneficial'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with the implied subject.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

मम (mama) - to me (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Used with adjectives like bhaktāḥ, anuraktāḥ, hitāḥ to indicate relationship.

नित्यशः (nityaśaḥ) - always (constantly, always, perpetually)

(indeclinable)

Derived from nitya 'constant' with suffix -śaḥ

घ्नन्तः (ghnantaḥ) - attacking (killing, striking)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of ghnant

ghnant - killing, striking

Present Active Participle

From root han 'to strike, kill'

Root: han (class 2)

Note: This is a participle used as a conditional 'even if they are killing'.

अपि (api) - even if (even, also, too)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

Note: Negates the gerundive `nihantavyāḥ`.

निहन्तव्याः (nihantavyāḥ) - should be killed (ought to be killed, killable)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nihantavya

nihantavya - to be killed, killable

Gerundive (Future Passive Participle)

From root han 'to strike, kill' with upasarga ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Predicate adjective for the Rākṣasas.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Negative particle

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

कुर्युः (kuryuḥ) - they would do (they would do, they should do)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of kṛ

Optative mood

3rd person plural active

Root: kṛ (class 8)

वचः (vacaḥ) - command (word, speech, command)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Null stem (s-stem noun)

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Object of `kuryuḥ`.

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Note: Possessive of `vacaḥ`.

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