वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-62, verse-16

अदृष्टगुणदोषाणामधृतानां च कर्मणाम् ।
नान्तरेण क्रियां तेषां फलमिष्टं प्रवर्तते ॥१६॥

16. adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣāṇāmadhṛtānāṃ ca karmaṇām ,
nāntareṇa kriyāṃ teṣāṃ phalamiṣṭaṃ pravartate.

16. adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣāṇām adhṛtānām ca karmaṇām na
antareṇa kriyām teṣām phalam iṣṭam pravartate

16. karmaṇām adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣāṇām ca adhṛtānām teṣām
iṣṭam phalam kriyām antareṇa na pravartate

16. Without the performance of actions (karma) whose merits and demerits are not perceived, or which have not been initiated, their desired result does not manifest.

Words meanings summery:

• अदृष्टगुणदोषाणाम् (adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣāṇām) - of those whose merits and demerits are unseen or unknown

• अधृतानाम् (adhṛtānām) - of those actions not undertaken (of those not undertaken, not commenced, not supported)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions (karma) (of actions, of deeds, of rituals)

• न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

• अन्तरेण (antareṇa) - without (without, between, in the middle of)

• क्रियाम् (kriyām) - performance (action, performance, activity)

• तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (actions) (of them, of those)

• फलम् (phalam) - desired outcome (fruit, result, outcome, consequence)

• इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired (desired, wished, beloved)

• प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - manifests (manifests, proceeds, begins, occurs)

Words meanings and morphology

अदृष्टगुणदोषाणाम् (adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣāṇām) - of those whose merits and demerits are unseen or unknown

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣa

adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣa - one whose merits and demerits are not seen/perceived

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (adṛṣṭa+guṇa+doṣa)

• adṛṣṭa – unseen, unperceived
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root `dṛś` (to see) with prefix `a-` (negation).
  Prefix: a
  Root: dṛś (class 1)
• guṇa – merit, quality, virtue
  noun (masculine)
• doṣa – demerit, fault, defect
  noun (masculine)

Note: Qualifies 'karmaṇām'.

अधृतानाम् (adhṛtānām) - of those actions not undertaken (of those not undertaken, not commenced, not supported)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of adhṛta

adhṛta - not undertaken, not commenced, not supported

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root `dhṛ` (to hold, support, undertake) with prefix `a-` (negation).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dhṛta)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• dhṛta – held, supported, undertaken
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Formed from root `dhṛ` (to hold, support, undertake).
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'karmaṇām'.

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

कर्मणाम् (karmaṇām) - of actions (karma) (of actions, of deeds, of rituals)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of karma

karma - action, deed, ritual, fate resulting from past actions

Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not (not, no, nor)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb `pravartate`.

अन्तरेण (antareṇa) - without (without, between, in the middle of)

(indeclinable)

`antara` as an indeclinable governing the accusative case (`kriyām`).

क्रियाम् (kriyām) - performance (action, performance, activity)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kriyā

kriyā - action, deed, performance, ritual

From root `kṛ` (to do).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Governed by `antareṇa`.

तेषाम् (teṣām) - of those (actions) (of them, of those)

(pronoun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to `karmaṇām`.

फलम् (phalam) - desired outcome (fruit, result, outcome, consequence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Subject of the verb `pravartate`.

इष्टम् (iṣṭam) - desired (desired, wished, beloved)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of iṣṭa

iṣṭa - desired, sought, worshipped

Past Passive Participle

Formed from root `iṣ` (to wish, desire, seek).

Root: iṣ (class 6)

Note: Qualifies `phalam`.

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - manifests (manifests, proceeds, begins, occurs)

(verb)

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

Present tense

From root `vṛt` (to be, exist, turn) with prefix `pra-`. Present 3rd person singular.

Prefix: pra

Root: vṛt (class 1)