वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-21, verse-3

न रामं गणये वीर्यान्मानुषं क्षीणजीवितम् ।
आत्मा दुश्चरितैः प्राणान् हतो यो ऽद्य विमोक्ष्यति ॥३॥

3. na rāmaṃ gaṇaye vīryānmānuṣaṃ kṣīṇajīvitam ,
ātmā duścaritaiḥ prāṇān hato yo'dya vimokṣyati.

3. na rāmam gaṇaye vīryāt mānuṣam kṣīṇajīvitam |
ātmā duścaritaiḥ prāṇān hataḥ yaḥ adya vimokṣyati

3. na rāmam mānuṣam kṣīṇajīvitam vīryāt gaṇaye yaḥ
ātmā duścaritaiḥ hataḥ adya prāṇān vimokṣyati

3. I do not consider Rama, a human with diminished life, to be powerful. He whose soul (ātman), afflicted by misdeeds, will abandon his life today.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

• गणये (gaṇaye) - I consider, I reckon

• वीर्यात् (vīryāt) - from valor, from strength, by power

• मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human

• क्षीणजीवितम् (kṣīṇajīvitam) - with diminished life, whose life is wasted

• आत्मा (ātmā) - soul, self, spirit

• दुश्चरितैः (duścaritaiḥ) - by evil deeds, by misdeeds

• प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, breaths, vital airs

• हतः (hataḥ) - afflicted, struck, killed

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• अद्य (adya) - today, now

• विमोक्ष्यति (vimokṣyati) - will abandon, will release

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

रामम् (rāmam) - Rama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rama (a proper name, hero of the Ramayana), pleasing, charming

गणये (gaṇaye) - I consider, I reckon

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of gaṇ

present active indicative

10th class verb (gaṇ-), Atmanepada, 1st person singular

Root: gaṇ (class 10)

वीर्यात् (vīryāt) - from valor, from strength, by power

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vīrya

vīrya - valor, strength, power, energy, virility

Note: External sandhi 'vīryān' before 'mānuṣam'.

मानुषम् (mānuṣam) - human

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mānuṣa

mānuṣa - human, man, human being, relating to man

Note: Modifies 'Rāmam'.

क्षीणजीवितम् (kṣīṇajīvitam) - with diminished life, whose life is wasted

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇajīvita

kṣīṇajīvita - whose life is wasted, whose life is diminished, short-lived

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṣīṇa+jīvita)

• kṣīṇa – diminished, wasted, emaciated, decayed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṣi 'to waste away'
  Root: kṣi (class 5)
• jīvita – life, existence
  noun (neuter)
  From root jīv 'to live'
  Root: jīv (class 1)

आत्मा (ātmā) - soul, self, spirit

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - soul, self, spirit, essence, life, breath

दुश्चरितैः (duścaritaiḥ) - by evil deeds, by misdeeds

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of duścarita

duścarita - misdeed, evil deed, misconduct

Compound type : tatpurusha (dus+carita)

• dus – bad, difficult, ill
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating 'bad' or 'difficult'
• carita – conduct, deed, action
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root car 'to move, to behave'
  Root: car (class 1)

प्राणान् (prāṇān) - lives, breaths, vital airs

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - life, breath, vital air, vital principle

Prefix: pra

Root: an (class 2)

हतः (hataḥ) - afflicted, struck, killed

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, destroyed, afflicted, injured

Past Passive Participle

From root han 'to strike, kill'

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Modifies 'ātmā'.

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Relative pronoun

Note: Refers to Rama. Forms the relative clause 'He whose soul...'

अद्य (adya) - today, now

(indeclinable)

विमोक्ष्यति (vimokṣyati) - will abandon, will release

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future indicative (lṛṭ) of vimokṣ

future active indicative

From root muc 'to release' with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Subject is 'ātmā'.