वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-18, verse-22

औरसीं भगिनीं वापि भार्यां वाप्यनुजस्य यः ।
प्रचरेत नरः कामात्तस्य दण्डो वधः स्मृतः ॥२२॥

22. aurasīṃ bhaginīṃ vāpi bhāryāṃ vāpyanujasya yaḥ ,
pracareta naraḥ kāmāttasya daṇḍo vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ.

22. aurasīm bhaginīm vā api bhāryām vā api anujasya yaḥ
pracareta naraḥ kāmāt tasya daṇḍaḥ vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ

22. yaḥ naraḥ kāmāt aurasīm bhaginīm vā api anujasya bhāryām vā api pracareta,
tasya daṇḍaḥ vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ

22. The man who, driven by lust, violates his own sister, or even his younger brother's wife, for him, the punishment declared is death.

Words meanings summery:

• औरसीम् (aurasīm) - one's own (sister/daughter), legitimate

• भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - sister

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also

• भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

• वा (vā) - or

• अपि (api) - even, also

• अनुजस्य (anujasya) - of the younger brother

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• प्रचरेत (pracareta) - should approach, should violate, should engage in

• नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

• कामात् (kāmāt) - out of lust, from desire

• तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him

• दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - punishment

• वधः (vadhaḥ) - death, killing

• स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is declared, is remembered (as a rule)

Words meanings and morphology

औरसीम् (aurasīm) - one's own (sister/daughter), legitimate

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of aurasī

aurasī - born of one's own breast/body, legitimate, own (feminine)

Derived from 'urasi' (in the breast) + aṇ-pratyaya.

भगिनीम् (bhaginīm) - sister

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhaginī

bhaginī - sister

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife (one to be supported)

Gerundive (substantivized)

From root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support) with nyaT suffix, meaning 'one to be supported'

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even, also

(indeclinable)

अनुजस्य (anujasya) - of the younger brother

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of anuja

anuja - younger brother

From 'anu' (after) + root 'jan' (to be born) + ḍa suffix.

Prefix: anu

Root: jan (class 4)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

प्रचरेत (pracareta) - should approach, should violate, should engage in

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of car

From root 'car' (to move) with prefix 'pra'.

Prefix: pra

Root: car (class 1)

नरः (naraḥ) - man, person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, human being

कामात् (kāmāt) - out of lust, from desire

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, lust, love, pleasure

तस्य (tasya) - of him, for him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine/neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - punishment

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - punishment, staff, rod

वधः (vadhaḥ) - death, killing

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - killing, slaying, death, destruction

From root 'han' (to strike, kill), with suffix 'a'. 'vadha' is the substitute form for 'han' in certain nominal derivations.

Root: han (class 2)

स्मृतः (smṛtaḥ) - is declared, is remembered (as a rule)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of smṛta

smṛta - remembered, recollected, declared, prescribed (as a rule or tradition)

Past Passive Participle

From root 'smṛ' (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)