वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-28, verse-6

वसतो दण्डकारण्ये तापसान्धर्मचारिणः ।
किं नु हत्वा महाभागान्फलं प्राप्स्यसि राक्षस ॥६॥

6. vasato daṇḍakāraṇye tāpasāndharmacāriṇaḥ ,
kiṃ nu hatvā mahābhāgānphalaṃ prāpsyasi rākṣasa.

6. vasataḥ daṇḍakāraṇye tāpasān dharmacāriṇaḥ kim
nu hatvā mahābhāgān phalam prāpsyasi rākṣasa

6. rākṣasa! daṇḍakāraṇye vasataḥ dharmacāriṇaḥ
mahābhāgān tāpasān hatvā nu kim phalam prāpsyasi?

6. O demon, what outcome will you achieve by killing the greatly virtuous ascetics who dwell in the Daṇḍaka forest and practice righteousness (dharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• वसतः (vasataḥ) - residing (dwelling, residing, living)

• दण्डकारण्ये (daṇḍakāraṇye) - in the Daṇḍaka forest

• तापसान् (tāpasān) - ascetics, hermits, penitents

• धर्मचारिणः (dharmacāriṇaḥ) - devoted to righteousness (dharma) (practicing righteousness, followers of natural law, virtuous)

• किम् (kim) - what (benefit/result) (what, why)

• नु (nu) - (interrogative particle implying doubt or request for confirmation) (indeed, now, then, surely)

• हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

• महाभागान् (mahābhāgān) - greatly virtuous (greatly fortunate, highly honored, greatly virtuous)

• फलम् (phalam) - outcome, result (fruit, result, outcome, reward)

• प्राप्स्यसि (prāpsyasi) - you will achieve (you will obtain, you will achieve)

• राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O demon

Words meanings and morphology

वसतः (vasataḥ) - residing (dwelling, residing, living)

(participle)

Accusative, masculine, plural of vasat

vasat - dwelling, residing, living

Present Active Participle

Derived from root `vas` (to dwell)

Root: vas (class 1)

Note: Accusative plural, agreeing with `tāpasān` and `dharmacāriṇaḥ`.

दण्डकारण्ये (daṇḍakāraṇye) - in the Daṇḍaka forest

(proper noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of daṇḍakāraṇya

daṇḍakāraṇya - the Daṇḍaka forest (a specific forest mentioned in epics)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daṇḍaka+araṇya)

• daṇḍaka – Daṇḍaka (name of a forest/region)
  proper noun (neuter)
• araṇya – forest, wilderness
  noun (neuter)

तापसान् (tāpasān) - ascetics, hermits, penitents

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of tāpasa

tāpasa - an ascetic, hermit, one who practices penance (tapas)

Derived from `tapas` (penance) + suffix `aṇ`

Note: Object of `hatvā` (having killed).

धर्मचारिणः (dharmacāriṇaḥ) - devoted to righteousness (dharma) (practicing righteousness, followers of natural law, virtuous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of dharmacārin

dharmacārin - practicing righteousness, acting according to natural law (dharma), virtuous

Compound of `dharma` and `cārin` (from root `car` 'to move, practice')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+cārin)

• dharma – righteousness, intrinsic nature, natural law, constitution
  noun (masculine)
• cārin – moving, practicing, acting
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root `car` (to move, practice) + suffix `in`
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Accusative plural, agreeing with `tāpasān`.

किम् (kim) - what (benefit/result) (what, why)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Functions as an interrogative pronoun, here in accusative singular, asking 'what (result)?'.

नु (nu) - (interrogative particle implying doubt or request for confirmation) (indeed, now, then, surely)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used to express an interrogation or emphasize a question.

हत्वा (hatvā) - having killed, after killing

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root `han` (to strike, kill) + suffix `tvā`

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Denotes an action completed before the main verb.

महाभागान् (mahābhāgān) - greatly virtuous (greatly fortunate, highly honored, greatly virtuous)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahābhāga

mahābhāga - greatly fortunate, highly honored, greatly virtuous, noble

Compound of `mahā` (great) and `bhāga` (fortune, share, virtue)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bhāga)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• bhāga – share, fortune, lot, part, virtue
  noun (masculine)

Note: Accusative plural, qualifying `tāpasān`.

फलम् (phalam) - outcome, result (fruit, result, outcome, reward)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward, effect

Note: Object of `prāpsyasi`.

प्राप्स्यसि (prāpsyasi) - you will achieve (you will obtain, you will achieve)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of prāp

Future tense

Root `āp` with prefix `pra`. `sya` indicates future.

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

राक्षस (rākṣasa) - O demon

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a demon, a fiend

Note: Direct address to a demon.