वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-41, verse-43

एवं तन्न भवेद् रक्षो वातापिरिव लक्ष्मण ।
मद्विधं यो ऽतिमन्येत धर्मनित्यं जितेन्द्रियम् ॥४३॥

43. evaṃ tanna bhaved rakṣo vātāpiriva lakṣmaṇa ,
madvidhaṃ yo'timanyeta dharmanityaṃ jitendriyam.

43. evam tat na bhavet rakṣaḥ vātāpiḥ iva lakṣmaṇa
madvidham yaḥ atimanyeta dharmanityam jitendriyam

43. lakṣmaṇa,
yaḥ dharmanityam jitendriyam madvidham atimanyeta,
tat rakṣaḥ vātāpiḥ iva evam na bhavet.

43. O Lakshmana, a demon (rakṣas) who would disregard someone like me—who is always dedicated to natural law (dharma) and has conquered his senses—would not fare like Vātāpi (i.e., would meet a swift and dire end).

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

• तत् (tat) - that

• न (na) - not, no

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

• रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - demon, evil spirit

• वातापिः (vātāpiḥ) - Vātāpi

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana

• मद्विधम् (madvidham) - one like me

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• अतिमन्येत (atimanyeta) - would disrespect, would disregard

• धर्मनित्यम् (dharmanityam) - always devoted to natural law (dharma)

• जितेन्द्रियम् (jitendriyam) - one who has conquered senses, self-controlled

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this way

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

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

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

रक्षः (rakṣaḥ) - demon, evil spirit

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of rakṣas

rakṣas - demon, evil spirit, monster

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

वातापिः (vātāpiḥ) - Vātāpi

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vātāpi

vātāpi - Vātāpi (name of a demon)

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa) - O Lakshmana

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakshmana (Rama's brother)

मद्विधम् (madvidham) - one like me

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of madvidha

madvidha - like me, of my kind

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mat+vidha)

• mat – I, me (ablative form of asmad, used in compounds)
  pronoun
• vidha – kind, sort, manner
  noun (masculine)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

अतिमन्येत (atimanyeta) - would disrespect, would disregard

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of ati-man

Root man with prefix ati- meaning 'to over-think, despise, disregard'.

Prefix: ati

Root: man (class 4)

धर्मनित्यम् (dharmanityam) - always devoted to natural law (dharma)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharmanitya

dharmanitya - always devoted to dharma, constantly righteous

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+nitya)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• nitya – constant, eternal, always, perpetual
  adjective (masculine)

जितेन्द्रियम् (jitendriyam) - one who has conquered senses, self-controlled

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of jitendriya

jitendriya - one who has conquered his senses, self-controlled

Compound type : bahuvrihi (jita+indriya)

• jita – conquered, subdued, won
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root ji (to conquer).
  Root: ji (class 1)
• indriya – sense organ, faculty, power
  noun (neuter)