वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-51, verse-15

न नूनं चात्मनः श्रेयः पथ्यं वा समवेक्षसे ।
मृत्युकाले यथा मर्त्यो विपरीतानि सेवते ॥१५॥

15. na nūnaṃ cātmanaḥ śreyaḥ pathyaṃ vā samavekṣase ,
mṛtyukāle yathā martyo viparītāni sevate.

15. na nūnam ca ātmanaḥ śreyaḥ pathyam vā samavekṣase
mṛtyukāle yathā martyaḥ viparītāni sevate

15. nūnam ca ātmanaḥ śreyaḥ vā pathyam na samavekṣase
yathā martyaḥ mṛtyukāle viparītāni sevate

15. You certainly do not consider what is good or beneficial for your own self (ātman), just as a mortal person at the time of death resorts to actions that are contrary to their own welfare.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

• च (ca) - and, also

• आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, your own

• श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, prosperity

• पथ्यम् (pathyam) - beneficial, wholesome, suitable

• वा (vā) - or, either

• समवेक्षसे (samavekṣase) - you consider, you regard, you perceive

• मृत्युकाले (mṛtyukāle) - at the time of death

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

• मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal, human being

• विपरीतानि (viparītāni) - actions or things contrary to welfare (contrary, opposite, inverted things)

• सेवते (sevate) - he pursues, he resorts to, he serves

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

नूनम् (nūnam) - surely, certainly, indeed

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of the self, your own

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of ātman

ātman - self, soul, spirit, essence

श्रेयः (śreyaḥ) - good, welfare, prosperity

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, excellence, better

Comparative form of 'śrī' (beauty, prosperity), used as a noun meaning 'good'.

पथ्यम् (pathyam) - beneficial, wholesome, suitable

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of pathya

pathya - suitable, fit, wholesome, beneficial (for a path or journey)

Gerundive

Derived from 'patha' (path) + '-ya'.

वा (vā) - or, either

(indeclinable)

समवेक्षसे (samavekṣase) - you consider, you regard, you perceive

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of sam-ava-īkṣ

Present Indicative

Present tense, 2nd person, singular, middle voice (ātmanepada). Prefixes 'sam-' and 'ava-'.

Prefixes: sam+ava

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

मृत्युकाले (mṛtyukāle) - at the time of death

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of mṛtyukāla

mṛtyukāla - time of death

Compound noun.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mṛtyu+kāla)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
  From root √mṛ (to die).
  Root: mṛ (class 6)
• kāla – time, season, period, death
  noun (masculine)

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, according to

(indeclinable)

मर्त्यः (martyaḥ) - mortal, human being

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of martya

martya - mortal, human, a man

From root √mṛ (to die) + -tya suffix.

Root: mṛ (class 6)

विपरीतानि (viparītāni) - actions or things contrary to welfare (contrary, opposite, inverted things)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of viparīta

viparīta - contrary, opposite, inverted, perverse, adverse

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle of root √ī (to go) with prefixes 'vi-' and 'pari-'.

Prefixes: vi+pari

Root: ī (class 2)

सेवते (sevate) - he pursues, he resorts to, he serves

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of sev

Present Indicative

Present tense, 3rd person, singular, middle voice (ātmanepada).

Root: sev (class 1)