वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-29, verse-15

कालपाशपरिक्षिप्ता भवन्ति पुरुषा हि ये ।
कार्याकार्यं न जानन्ति ते निरस्तषडिन्द्रियाः ॥१५॥

15. kālapāśaparikṣiptā bhavanti puruṣā hi ye ,
kāryākāryaṃ na jānanti te nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ.

15. kālapāśaparikṣiptāḥ bhavanti puruṣāḥ hi ye
kāryākāryaṃ na jānanti te nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ

15. ye puruṣāḥ hi kālapāśaparikṣiptāḥ bhavanti
te nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ kāryākāryaṃ na jānanti

15. Indeed, those individuals (puruṣa) who are ensnared by the noose of time—those whose six senses are suppressed—do not discern what is proper action and what is not.

Words meanings summery:

• कालपाशपरिक्षिप्ताः (kālapāśaparikṣiptāḥ) - ensnared by the noose of time (ensnared by the noose of time, enveloped by the snares of time)

• भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are (they are, they become)

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - individuals (puruṣa) (persons, males, individuals, cosmic person)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

• ये (ye) - who (who (plural, masculine))

• कार्याकार्यं (kāryākāryaṁ) - what is proper action and what is not (what should be done and what should not be done, proper and improper action)

• न (na) - not

• जानन्ति (jānanti) - they discern, they know (they know, they understand)

• ते (te) - they (they (masculine))

• निरस्तषडिन्द्रियाः (nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ) - whose six senses are suppressed (whose six senses are suppressed/discarded)

Words meanings and morphology

कालपाशपरिक्षिप्ताः (kālapāśaparikṣiptāḥ) - ensnared by the noose of time (ensnared by the noose of time, enveloped by the snares of time)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kālapāśaparikṣipta

kālapāśaparikṣipta - caught/enveloped by the noose of time

Compound formed from 'kālapāśa' and 'parikṣipta'.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kālapāśa+parikṣipta)

• kālapāśa – noose of time
  noun (masculine)
  Genitive Tatpuruṣa compound.
• parikṣipta – thrown around, encompassed, surrounded, ensnared
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṣip (to throw) with prefix pari-.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: kṣip (class 6)

Note: Refers to puruṣāḥ.

भवन्ति (bhavanti) - they are (they are, they become)

(verb)

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

Conjugation of root bhū.

Root: bhū (class 1)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - individuals (puruṣa) (persons, males, individuals, cosmic person)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, human being, spirit, the Supreme Being (puruṣa)

Note: Subject of bhavanti.

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

ये (ye) - who (who (plural, masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

Note: Relative pronoun.

कार्याकार्यं (kāryākāryaṁ) - what is proper action and what is not (what should be done and what should not be done, proper and improper action)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kāryākārya

kāryākārya - what should be done and what should not, proper and improper action

Dvandva compound of kārya and akārya.

Compound type : dvandva (kārya+akārya)

• kārya – to be done, proper to be done, duty, action
  adjective
  Gerundive
  From root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• akārya – not to be done, improper action
  adjective
  Gerundive (negative)
  Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: a (not) + kārya (to be done).
  Prefix: a
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Object of jānanti.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

Negation particle.

जानन्ति (jānanti) - they discern, they know (they know, they understand)

(verb)

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

From root jñā. Conjugated in the 9th class.

Root: jñā (class 9)

ते (te) - they (they (masculine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative/personal pronoun)

Note: Correlative pronoun to ye.

निरस्तषडिन्द्रियाः (nirastaṣaḍindriyāḥ) - whose six senses are suppressed (whose six senses are suppressed/discarded)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nirastaṣaḍindriya

nirastaṣaḍindriya - having the six senses suppressed/controlled/discarded

Bahuvrīhi compound: nirasta (thrown away, suppressed) + ṣaṭ (six) + indriya (sense organ).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nirasta+ṣaṣ+indriya)

• nirasta – thrown out, cast off, suppressed, discarded
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  From root as (to throw) with prefix nir-.
  Prefix: nir
  Root: as (class 4)
• ṣaṣ – six
  numeral
  Stem form for the numeral 'six'.
• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from Indra or from root ind (to be powerful).

Note: Predicative adjective for te.