वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-31, verse-17

शुष्ककाष्ठैर्भवेत् कार्यं लोष्टैरपि च पांसुभिः ।
न तु स्थानात् परिभ्रष्टैः कार्यं स्याद्वसुधाधिपैः ॥१७॥

17. śuṣkakāṣṭhairbhavet kāryaṃ loṣṭairapi ca pāṃsubhiḥ ,
na tu sthānāt paribhraṣṭaiḥ kāryaṃ syādvasudhādhipaiḥ.

17. śuṣkakāṣṭhaiḥ bhavet kāryam loṣṭaiḥ api ca pāṃsubhiḥ
na tu sthānāt paribhraṣṭaiḥ kāryam syāt vasudhādhipaiḥ

17. kāryam śuṣkakāṣṭhaiḥ loṣṭaiḥ api ca pāṃsubhiḥ bhavet
tu sthānāt paribhraṣṭaiḥ vasudhādhipaiḥ kāryam na syāt

17. A task can be accomplished even with dry wood, clods of earth, or dust. However, no task can be accomplished by kings who have fallen from their rightful position.

Words meanings summery:

• शुष्ककाष्ठैः (śuṣkakāṣṭhaiḥ) - by dry wood, with dry wood

• भवेत् (bhavet) - may be accomplished (may be, should be, would be)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - a task (work, task, deed, that which is to be done)

• लोष्टैः (loṣṭaiḥ) - by clods of earth, with clods

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• च (ca) - and

• पांसुभिः (pāṁsubhiḥ) - by dust, with dust

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• तु (tu) - however (but, on the other hand, however)

• स्थानात् (sthānāt) - from their position (from a place, from a position, from a status)

• परिभ्रष्टैः (paribhraṣṭaiḥ) - by those who have fallen from their rightful position (by those fallen, by those displaced, by those who have lost their position)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - a task (work, task, deed, that which is to be done)

• स्यात् (syāt) - can be accomplished (may be, should be, would be)

• वसुधाधिपैः (vasudhādhipaiḥ) - by kings (by kings, by rulers of the earth)

Words meanings and morphology

शुष्ककाष्ठैः (śuṣkakāṣṭhaiḥ) - by dry wood, with dry wood

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, plural of śuṣkakāṣṭha

śuṣkakāṣṭha - dry wood, dried wood

Compound type : karmadhāraya (śuṣka+kāṣṭha)

• śuṣka – dry, dried, withered
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  derived from root 'śuṣ' (to dry) with suffix 'kta'
  Root: śuṣ (class 4)
• kāṣṭha – wood, piece of wood, timber
  noun (neuter)

भवेत् (bhavet) - may be accomplished (may be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - a task (work, task, deed, that which is to be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, task, business, duty, what is to be done

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix 'ṇyat'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

लोष्टैः (loṣṭaiḥ) - by clods of earth, with clods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine/neuter, plural of loṣṭa

loṣṭa - clod of earth, lump of clay, brickbat

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

पांसुभिः (pāṁsubhiḥ) - by dust, with dust

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pāṃsu

pāṁsu - dust, sand, powder, ash

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - however (but, on the other hand, however)

(indeclinable)

स्थानात् (sthānāt) - from their position (from a place, from a position, from a status)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of sthāna

sthāna - place, position, state, condition, abode, rank

Root: sthā (class 1)

परिभ्रष्टैः (paribhraṣṭaiḥ) - by those who have fallen from their rightful position (by those fallen, by those displaced, by those who have lost their position)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paribhraṣṭa

paribhraṣṭa - fallen, lost, deprived of, displaced

Past Passive Participle

derived from root 'bhraṃś' with prefix 'pari' and suffix 'kta'

Prefix: pari

Root: bhraṃś (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `vasudhādhipaiḥ`.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - a task (work, task, deed, that which is to be done)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - work, task, business, duty, what is to be done

Gerundive / Future Passive Participle

derived from root 'kṛ' with suffix 'ṇyat'

Root: kṛ (class 8)

स्यात् (syāt) - can be accomplished (may be, should be, would be)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

वसुधाधिपैः (vasudhādhipaiḥ) - by kings (by kings, by rulers of the earth)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of vasudhādhipa

vasudhādhipa - ruler of the earth, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vasudhā+adhipa)

• vasudhā – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• adhipa – ruler, lord, master
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: adhi
  Root: pā (class 1)

Note: Agrees with `paribhraṣṭaiḥ`.