वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-49, verse-22

बद्धस्त्वं कालपाशेन क्व गतस्तस्य मोक्ष्यसे ।
वधाय बडिशं गृह्य सामिषं जलजो यथा ॥२२॥

22. baddhastvaṃ kālapāśena kva gatastasya mokṣyase ,
vadhāya baḍiśaṃ gṛhya sāmiṣaṃ jalajo yathā.

22. baddhaḥ tvam kālapāśena kva gataḥ tasya mokṣyase
vadhāya baḍiśam gṛhya sāmiṣam jalajaḥ yathā

22. tvam kālapāśena baddhaḥ (asi),
kva gataḥ tasya mokṣyase? yathā sāmiṣam baḍiśam gṛhya jalajaḥ vadhāya (gacchati,
tathā tvam).

22. You are bound by the noose of Death (kāla); having gone where will you find liberation (mokṣa) from it? It is just like an aquatic creature, taking a baited hook, for its own destruction.

Words meanings summery:

• बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, restrained

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• कालपाशेन (kālapāśena) - by the noose of time, by the noose of Death (kāla)

• क्व (kva) - where?

• गतः (gataḥ) - gone, having gone

• तस्य (tasya) - from that (noose of Death) (of that, from that)

• मोक्ष्यसे (mokṣyase) - you will achieve liberation (mokṣa) (you will be freed, released)

• वधाय (vadhāya) - for its (the aquatic creature's) destruction (for slaughter, for killing, for destruction)

• बडिशम् (baḍiśam) - a hook, a fish-hook

• गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized, having taken

• सामिषम् (sāmiṣam) - baited, with flesh, meaty

• जलजः (jalajaḥ) - fish (aquatic creature, born in water, fish)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

Words meanings and morphology

बद्धः (baddhaḥ) - bound, tied, restrained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of baddha

baddha - bound, tied, fettered, restrained, caught

Past Passive Participle

From root bandh 'to bind'.

Root: bandh (class 1)

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

2nd person pronoun.

Note: Subject of the sentence.

कालपाशेन (kālapāśena) - by the noose of time, by the noose of Death (kāla)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kālapāśa

kālapāśa - the noose of time or death (kāla)

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+pāśa)

• kāla – time, death, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• pāśa – noose, snare, bond
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of binding.

क्व (kva) - where?

(indeclinable)

Interrogative adverb.

Note: Inquires about location.

गतः (gataḥ) - gone, having gone

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, moved, past, deceased, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam 'to go'.

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicative to 'tvam'.

तस्य (tasya) - from that (noose of Death) (of that, from that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Here used with ablative sense with mokṣyase.

मोक्ष्यसे (mokṣyase) - you will achieve liberation (mokṣa) (you will be freed, released)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, passive/middle, future (lṛṭ) of mokṣ

Future stem

From root muc 'to free' (6th class), in desiderative stem. Here used in passive/middle form (ātmanepada).

Root: muc (class 6)

Note: Associated with liberation (mokṣa).

वधाय (vadhāya) - for its (the aquatic creature's) destruction (for slaughter, for killing, for destruction)

(noun)

Dative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - striking, slaying, killing, destruction

From root han 'to strike, kill'.

Root: han (class 2)

बडिशम् (baḍiśam) - a hook, a fish-hook

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of baḍiśa

baḍiśa - a hook, a fish-hook

Note: Object of gṛhya.

गृह्य (gṛhya) - having seized, having taken

(indeclinable)

Absolutive

From root grah 'to seize, take' (9th class).

Root: grah (class 9)

सामिषम् (sāmiṣam) - baited, with flesh, meaty

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sāmiṣa

sāmiṣa - baited, with flesh, meaty

Compound with 'sa-' prefix.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+āmiṣa)

• sa – with, accompanied by
  indeclinable
  Prefix indicating accompaniment or possession.
• āmiṣa – flesh, meat, bait, anything eaten with rice
  noun (neuter)

जलजः (jalajaḥ) - fish (aquatic creature, born in water, fish)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jalaja

jalaja - born in water, aquatic, a fish, lotus, conch-shell, water-lily

Compound from jala + ja.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (jala+ja)

• jala – water
  noun (neuter)
• ja – born, produced from
  suffix/adjective (masculine)
  From root jan 'to be born'.
  Root: jan (class 4)

Note: Subject of the simile.

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which way

(indeclinable)

Correlative particle.

Note: Introduces the simile.