वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-28, verse-7

न चिरं पापकर्माणः क्रूरा लोकजुगुप्सिताः ।
ऐश्वर्यं प्राप्य तिष्ठन्ति शीर्णमूला इव द्रुमाः ॥७॥

7. na ciraṃ pāpakarmāṇaḥ krūrā lokajugupsitāḥ ,
aiśvaryaṃ prāpya tiṣṭhanti śīrṇamūlā iva drumāḥ.

7. na ciram pāpakarmāṇaḥ krūrāḥ lokajugupsitāḥ
aiśvaryam prāpya tiṣṭhanti śīrṇamūlāḥ iva drumāḥ

7. pāpakarmāṇaḥ krūrāḥ lokajugupsitāḥ aiśvaryam prāpya śīrṇamūlāḥ drumāḥ iva ciram na tiṣṭhanti.

7. Those who commit evil deeds (karma), who are cruel and scorned by people, do not long retain their power (aiśvarya) after attaining it, just like trees whose roots have withered.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• चिरम् (ciram) - for long (for a long time, long)

• पापकर्माणः (pāpakarmāṇaḥ) - those who commit evil deeds (karma) (evil-doers, those with wicked actions)

• क्रूराः (krūrāḥ) - cruel (cruel, fierce, harsh)

• लोकजुगुप्सिताः (lokajugupsitāḥ) - scorned by people (despised by people, scorned by society)

• ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - power (aiśvarya) (sovereignty, power, prosperity, dominion)

• प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, after attaining

• तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they remain, they retain (power) (they stand, they remain, they exist)

• शीर्णमूलाः (śīrṇamūlāḥ) - whose roots have withered (whose roots are withered/decayed)

• इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

• द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negation particle.

चिरम् (ciram) - for long (for a long time, long)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial accusative, meaning 'for a long time'.

पापकर्माणः (pāpakarmāṇaḥ) - those who commit evil deeds (karma) (evil-doers, those with wicked actions)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpakarmān

pāpakarmān - evil-doer, one whose actions (karma) are evil

Compound of `pāpa` (evil) and `karman` (action, deed)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāpa+karman)

• pāpa – evil, bad, wicked, sin
  adjective (neuter)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual (karma)
  noun (neuter)
  From root `kṛ` (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of `tiṣṭhanti`.

क्रूराः (krūrāḥ) - cruel (cruel, fierce, harsh)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of krūra

krūra - cruel, fierce, harsh, dreadful

Note: Qualifies `pāpakarmāṇaḥ`.

लोकजुगुप्सिताः (lokajugupsitāḥ) - scorned by people (despised by people, scorned by society)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of lokajugupsita

lokajugupsita - despised by people, detested by society

Compound of `loka` (people) and `jugupsita` (despised, hated)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+jugupsita)

• loka – world, people, society
  noun (masculine)
• jugupsita – despised, hated, scorned
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `gup` (to protect) in desiderative `jugups` (to abhor, despise)
  Root: gup (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `pāpakarmāṇaḥ`.

ऐश्वर्यम् (aiśvaryam) - power (aiśvarya) (sovereignty, power, prosperity, dominion)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aiśvarya

aiśvarya - sovereignty, power, dominion, prosperity

Abstract noun from `īśvara` (lord) + suffix `ya`

Note: Object of `prāpya`.

प्राप्य (prāpya) - having obtained, after attaining

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Root `āp` with prefix `pra` + suffix `ya` (for prefixed verbs)

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

Note: Denotes an action completed before the main verb `tiṣṭhanti`.

तिष्ठन्ति (tiṣṭhanti) - they remain, they retain (power) (they stand, they remain, they exist)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present tense

Root `sthā` with reduplication in present stem `tiṣṭha`

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Main verb of the sentence.

शीर्णमूलाः (śīrṇamūlāḥ) - whose roots have withered (whose roots are withered/decayed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of śīrṇamūla

śīrṇamūla - having withered roots, decayed at the root

Compound of `śīrṇa` (withered) and `mūla` (root)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (śīrṇa+mūla)

• śīrṇa – withered, decayed, faded
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root `śṝ` (to break, decay)
  Root: śṝ (class 9)
• mūla – root, base, origin
  noun (neuter)

Note: Qualifies `drumāḥ`.

इव (iva) - just like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

Note: Particle of comparison.

द्रुमाः (drumāḥ) - trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of druma

druma - tree

Note: The subject of the comparison.

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