वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-8, verse-4

मिथ्यावाक्यं न ते भूतं न भविष्यति राघव ।
कुतो ऽभिलषणं स्त्रीणां परेषां धर्मनाशनम् ॥४॥

4. mithyāvākyaṃ na te bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati rāghava ,
kuto'bhilaṣaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ pareṣāṃ dharmanāśanam.

4. mithyāvākyam na te bhūtam na bhaviṣyati rāghava
kutaḥ abhilaṣaṇam strīṇām pareṣām dharma-nāśanam

4. rāghava te mithyāvākyam na bhūtam na bhaviṣyati
kutaḥ pareṣām strīṇām abhilaṣaṇam dharma-nāśanam

4. O Rāghava, a false statement has never been spoken by you, nor will it ever be. From where then would arise a desire for other men's wives, which is destructive of righteousness (dharma)?

Words meanings summery:

• मिथ्यावाक्यम् (mithyāvākyam) - false statement, untruthful speech

• न (na) - not, no

• ते (te) - by you, yours

• भूतम् (bhūtam) - been, existed, happened

• न (na) - not, no

• भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will happen

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

• कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, why

• अभिलषणम् (abhilaṣaṇam) - desire, longing

• स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

• परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of other men (referring to their wives) (of others, belonging to others)

• धर्म-नाशनम् (dharma-nāśanam) - destructive of righteousness, destroying natural law

Words meanings and morphology

मिथ्यावाक्यम् (mithyāvākyam) - false statement, untruthful speech

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mithyāvākya

mithyāvākya - false speech, untrue statement

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mithyā+vākya)

• mithyā – falsely, untruly; false, untrue
  indeclinable
• vākya – speech, word, statement
  noun (neuter)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

ते (te) - by you, yours

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (pronoun)

भूतम् (bhūtam) - been, existed, happened

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhūta

bhūta - been, become, past, created being

Past Passive Participle

From root bhū + kta suffix

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Used here as a predicate, meaning 'has been'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will be, will happen

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu; Rama

कुतः (kutaḥ) - from where, why

(indeclinable)

अभिलषणम् (abhilaṣaṇam) - desire, longing

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of abhilaṣaṇa

abhilaṣaṇa - desire, longing, wishing for

Verbal Noun

From root laṣ with prefix abhi

Prefix: abhi

Root: laṣ (class 1)

स्त्रीणाम् (strīṇām) - of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī

strī - woman, female

परेषाम् (pareṣām) - of other men (referring to their wives) (of others, belonging to others)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, supreme, distant

Note: Agrees with strīṇām in case and number, referring to 'other men'.

धर्म-नाशनम् (dharma-nāśanam) - destructive of righteousness, destroying natural law

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of dharma-nāśana

dharma-nāśana - destruction of dharma; that which destroys dharma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+nāśana)

• dharma – righteousness, natural law, duty, virtue, constitution
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• nāśana – destroying, destruction, ruining
  noun (neuter)
  Verbal Noun
  From root naś + ana suffix
  Root: naś (class 4)

Note: Agrees with abhilaṣaṇam.