वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-31, verse-5

अयुक्तचारं दुर्दर्शमस्वाधीनं नराधिपम् ।
वर्जयन्ति नरा दूरान्नदीपङ्कमिव द्विपाः ॥५॥

5. ayuktacāraṃ durdarśamasvādhīnaṃ narādhipam ,
varjayanti narā dūrānnadīpaṅkamiva dvipāḥ.

5. ayuktacāram durdarśam asvādīnam narādhipam
varjayanti narāḥ dūrāt nadīpaṅkam iva dvipāḥ

5. narāḥ ayuktacāram durdarśam asvādīnam narādhipam
dūrāt varjayanti dvipāḥ nadīpaṅkam iva

5. Men avoid from afar a king whose actions are improper, who is difficult to approach, and who lacks self-control, just as elephants avoid river mud.

Words meanings summery:

• अयुक्तचारम् (ayuktacāram) - whose actions are improper (having improper conduct, whose intelligence is inefficient, acting improperly)

• दुर्दर्शम् (durdarśam) - difficult to approach (difficult to see, inaccessible, obscure, unapproachable)

• अस्वादीनम् (asvādīnam) - lacking self-control (not self-controlled, dependent, lacking independence)

• नराधिपम् (narādhipam) - king, ruler of men

• वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid (they abandon, they avoid, they shun)

• नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

• दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

• नदीपङ्कम् (nadīpaṅkam) - river mud, mire of a river

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

• द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants (literally 'two-drinkers')

Words meanings and morphology

अयुक्तचारम् (ayuktacāram) - whose actions are improper (having improper conduct, whose intelligence is inefficient, acting improperly)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of ayuktacāra

ayuktacāra - having improper conduct, whose intelligence is inefficient

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (ayukta+cāra)

• ayukta – improper, unyoked
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root `yuj` + suffix `kta`, with negative prefix `a`
  Prefix: a
  Root: yuj (class 7)
• cāra – conduct, movement, spy
  noun (masculine)
  derived from root `car` (to move, conduct)
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: refers to the king (narādhipam)

दुर्दर्शम् (durdarśam) - difficult to approach (difficult to see, inaccessible, obscure, unapproachable)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of durdarśa

durdarśa - difficult to see, inaccessible

Prefix: dur

Root: dṛś (class 1)

Note: refers to the king (narādhipam)

अस्वादीनम् (asvādīnam) - lacking self-control (not self-controlled, dependent, lacking independence)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of asvādīna

asvādīna - not self-controlled, dependent

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+svādīna)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative particle
• svādīna – self-controlled, independent
  adjective (masculine)

Note: refers to the king (narādhipam)

नराधिपम् (narādhipam) - king, ruler of men

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of narādhipa

narādhipa - ruler of men, king

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhipa)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
  Root: nṛ
• adhipa – ruler, lord
  noun (masculine)

वर्जयन्ति (varjayanti) - they avoid (they abandon, they avoid, they shun)

(verb)

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

Present Tense, Active Voice

Root `varj` (often listed as 10th class, or causative of `vṛj`) + `anti` (3rd plural ending)

Root: vṛj (class 10)

नराः (narāḥ) - men, people

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of nara

nara - man, human being, person

Root: nṛ

दूरात् (dūrāt) - from afar, from a distance

(indeclinable)

नदीपङ्कम् (nadīpaṅkam) - river mud, mire of a river

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of nadīpaṅka

nadīpaṅka - river mud

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nadī+paṅka)

• nadī – river
  noun (feminine)
  Root: nad (class 1)
• paṅka – mud, mire
  noun (masculine)
  Root: paṅk

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

(indeclinable)

particle of comparison

द्विपाः (dvipāḥ) - elephants (literally 'two-drinkers')

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of dvipa

dvipa - elephant

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (dvi+pa)

• dvi – two
  numeral (masculine)
• pa – drinking, one who drinks
  noun (masculine)
  nominal agent
  from root `pā` (to drink) with suffix `a`
  Root: pā (class 1)