वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-33, verse-2

तत् कार्यमनुगम्याथ यथावदुपलभ्य च ।
दोषाणां च गुणानां च संप्रधार्य बलाबलम् ॥२॥

2. tat kāryamanugamyātha yathāvadupalabhya ca ,
doṣāṇāṃ ca guṇānāṃ ca saṃpradhārya balābalam.

2. tat kāryam anugamya atha yathāvat upalabhya ca
doṣāṇām ca guṇānām ca saṃpradhārya balābalam

2. atha tat kāryam anugamya ca yathāvat upalabhya
ca doṣāṇām guṇānām ca balābalam saṃpradhārya

2. Then, having thoroughly investigated that matter, and having properly understood it, and having carefully weighed the relative strengths and weaknesses of its merits and demerits...

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - that specific task or matter (that, it)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - the matter at hand, the task to be done (work, task, affair, duty)

• अनुगम्य (anugamya) - having thoroughly investigated (the matter) (having followed, having investigated, having pursued)

• अथ (atha) - then, next, now

• यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, as it should be, accordingly

• उपलभ्य (upalabhya) - having properly understood (the matter) (having perceived, having understood, having obtained)

• च (ca) - and

• दोषाणाम् (doṣāṇām) - of faults, of defects, of demerits

• च (ca) - and

• गुणानाम् (guṇānām) - of qualities, of merits, of virtues

• च (ca) - and

• संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having carefully weighed (having fully considered, having weighed, having deliberated)

• बलाबलम् (balābalam) - the relative strengths and weaknesses (strength and weakness, relative strength, respective power)

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - that specific task or matter (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Pronominal adjective, agreeing with 'kāryam'.

कार्यम् (kāryam) - the matter at hand, the task to be done (work, task, affair, duty)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, duty, work, purpose

Gerundive

Derived from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अनुगम्य (anugamya) - having thoroughly investigated (the matter) (having followed, having investigated, having pursued)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root gam (to go) with upasarga anu- and suffix -ya (instead of -tvā when preceded by a prefix).

Prefix: anu

Root: gam (class 1)

अथ (atha) - then, next, now

(indeclinable)

यथावत् (yathāvat) - properly, accurately, as it should be, accordingly

(indeclinable)

उपलभ्य (upalabhya) - having properly understood (the matter) (having perceived, having understood, having obtained)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root labh (to obtain) with upasarga upa- and suffix -ya.

Prefix: upa

Root: labh (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

दोषाणाम् (doṣāṇām) - of faults, of defects, of demerits

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, demerit

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

गुणानाम् (guṇānām) - of qualities, of merits, of virtues

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of guṇa

guṇa - quality, virtue, merit, strand, primary constituents of nature

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

संप्रधार्य (saṁpradhārya) - having carefully weighed (having fully considered, having weighed, having deliberated)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Derived from root dhṛ (to hold) with upasargas sam- and pra- and suffix -ya.

Prefixes: sam+pra

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

बलाबलम् (balābalam) - the relative strengths and weaknesses (strength and weakness, relative strength, respective power)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of balābala

balābala - strength and weakness, relative strength

Compound type : dvandva (bala+abala)

• bala – strength, power, force
  noun (neuter)
• abala – weakness, lack of strength
  noun (neuter)
  Negative particle 'a' + 'bala'.

Note: Refers to the relative strength of the faults and merits.