वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-17, verse-33

अधार्यं चर्म मे सद्भी रोमाण्यस्थि च वर्जितम् ।
अभक्ष्याणि च मांसानि त्वद्विधैर्धर्मचारिभिः ॥३३॥

33. adhāryaṃ carma me sadbhī romāṇyasthi ca varjitam ,
abhakṣyāṇi ca māṃsāni tvadvidhairdharmacāribhiḥ.

33. adhāryam carma me sadbhiḥ romāṇi asthi ca varjitam
abhakṣyāṇi ca māṃsāni tvadvidhaiḥ dharmacāribhiḥ

33. me carma sadbhiḥ adhāryam romāṇi ca asthi varjitam
ca māṃsāni tvadvidhaiḥ dharmacāribhiḥ abhakṣyāṇi

33. My skin is not to be worn by the virtuous, and my hair and bones are to be avoided. And my flesh is inedible for those like you who adhere to natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• अधार्यम् (adhāryam) - not to be worn (referring to skin) (not to be worn, not to be held, not to be carried)

• चर्म (carma) - skin (of the animal speaking) (skin, hide, leather)

• मे (me) - my (possessive) (my, of me, to me)

• सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the virtuous (those following dharma) (by good people, by the virtuous, by the pious)

• रोमाणि (romāṇi) - (my) hair (hair, body hair)

• अस्थि (asthi) - (my) bone (bone)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• वर्जितम् (varjitam) - to be avoided (referring to hair and bone) (avoided, abandoned, prohibited, discarded)

• अभक्ष्याणि (abhakṣyāṇi) - inedible (referring to meats) (not to be eaten, inedible)

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• मांसानि (māṁsāni) - (my) flesh (meats, flesh)

• त्वद्विधैः (tvadvidhaiḥ) - by those like you (Rama, for whom this verse is spoken) (by those like you, by people of your kind)

• धर्मचारिभिः (dharmacāribhiḥ) - by those who adhere to natural law (dharma) (by those who adhere to natural law (dharma), by practitioners of duty)

Words meanings and morphology

अधार्यम् (adhāryam) - not to be worn (referring to skin) (not to be worn, not to be held, not to be carried)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of adhārya

adhārya - not to be held, not to be worn, not to be supported, unsupportable

Gerundive

From a (not) + root dhṛ (to hold, wear) + ṇyat suffix.

Prefix: a

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `carma`.

चर्म (carma) - skin (of the animal speaking) (skin, hide, leather)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of carman

carman - skin, hide, leather, shield

N-stem noun.

Note: Subject of the first clause.

मे (me) - my (possessive) (my, of me, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I, myself

Enclitic form of the first person pronoun.

Note: Possessive, "my".

सद्भिः (sadbhiḥ) - by the virtuous (those following dharma) (by good people, by the virtuous, by the pious)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of sat

sat - good, virtuous, existent, real, being

Present Active Participle

From root as (to be). sat is the nominative singular neuter, here used in plural instrumental as sadbhiḥ.

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Agent of the action `adhāryam`.

रोमाणि (romāṇi) - (my) hair (hair, body hair)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of roman

roman - hair, body hair

N-stem noun.

Note: Subject of the second clause.

अस्थि (asthi) - (my) bone (bone)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asthi

asthi - bone

I-stem noun.

Note: Co-subject with `romāṇi`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects `romāṇi` and `asthi`.

वर्जितम् (varjitam) - to be avoided (referring to hair and bone) (avoided, abandoned, prohibited, discarded)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of varjita

varjita - avoided, abandoned, excluded, prohibited

Past Passive Participle

From root vṛj (to abandon, exclude) + kta suffix.

Root: vṛj (class 1)

Note: Predicate participle for `romāṇi asthi`.

अभक्ष्याणि (abhakṣyāṇi) - inedible (referring to meats) (not to be eaten, inedible)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of abhakṣya

abhakṣya - not to be eaten, inedible, forbidden food

Gerundive

From a (not) + root bhakṣ (to eat) + ṇyat suffix.

Prefix: a

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Qualifies `māṃsāni`.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects the second and third clauses.

मांसानि (māṁsāni) - (my) flesh (meats, flesh)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of māṃsa

māṁsa - meat, flesh

Note: Subject of the third clause.

त्वद्विधैः (tvadvidhaiḥ) - by those like you (Rama, for whom this verse is spoken) (by those like you, by people of your kind)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of tvadvidha

tvadvidha - like you, of your kind/sort

Compound: tvad (you) + vidha (kind, sort).

Compound type : karmadhāraya (tvad+vidha)

• tvad – you (stem)
  pronoun
  Stem form of 2nd person pronoun.
• vidha – kind, sort, manner, type
  noun (masculine)

Note: Agent of the action `abhakṣyāṇi`.

धर्मचारिभिः (dharmacāribhiḥ) - by those who adhere to natural law (dharma) (by those who adhere to natural law (dharma), by practitioners of duty)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of dharmacārin

dharmacārin - one who practices dharma (natural law/duty), virtuous, religious

agent noun/adjective

Compound: dharma (natural law/duty) + cārin (practicing, behaving). dharma is used in the sense of one's inherent nature, duty, or universal moral law.

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+cārin)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• cārin – practicing, behaving, walking, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root `car` (to move, to perform) with the suffix `in`.
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Qualifies `tvadvidhaiḥ`.

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