वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-18, verse-41

यत्त्वमात्थ नरश्रेष्ठ तदेवं नात्र संशयः ।
प्रतिवक्तुं प्रकृष्टे हि नापकृष्टस्तु शक्नुयात् ॥४१॥

41. yattvamāttha naraśreṣṭha tadevaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ,
prativaktuṃ prakṛṣṭe hi nāpakṛṣṭastu śaknuyāt.

41. yat tvam āttha naraśreṣṭha tat evam na atra saṃśayaḥ
| prativaktum prakṛṣṭe hi na apakṛṣṭaḥ tu śaknuyāt

41. naraśreṣṭha yat tvam āttha tat evam atra saṃśayaḥ
na hi apakṛṣṭaḥ tu prakṛṣṭe prativaktum na śaknuyāt

41. O best among men, what you say is indeed so; there is no doubt about it. For an inferior person truly cannot reply to a superior one.

Words meanings summery:

• यत् (yat) - what, which

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• आत्थ (āttha) - you say, you speak

• नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• न (na) - not, no

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

• प्रतिवक्तुम् (prativaktum) - to reply, to speak against

• प्रकृष्टे (prakṛṣṭe) - to a superior, to an excellent one

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

• न (na) - not, no

• अपकृष्टः (apakṛṣṭaḥ) - an inferior person, a low-ranking one

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

• शक्नुयात् (śaknuyāt) - one would be able, he might be able

Words meanings and morphology

यत् (yat) - what, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - what, which, that

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of tvam

yuṣmad - you

आत्थ (āttha) - you say, you speak

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of brū

Irregular perfect form of root brū

Root: brū (class 2)

नरश्रेष्ठ (naraśreṣṭha) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of naraśreṣṭha

naraśreṣṭha - best among men

Compound type : saptaī-tatpuruṣa (nara+śreṣṭha)

• nara – man, human
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, excellent
  adjective (masculine)
  superlative of praśasya

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

प्रतिवक्तुम् (prativaktum) - to reply, to speak against

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Prefix: prati

Root: vac (class 2)

प्रकृष्टे (prakṛṣṭe) - to a superior, to an excellent one

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, singular of prakṛṣṭa

prakṛṣṭa - superior, excellent, distinguished

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: pra

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun meaning 'to a superior person'

हि (hi) - indeed, for, because

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अपकृष्टः (apakṛṣṭaḥ) - an inferior person, a low-ranking one

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of apakṛṣṭa

apakṛṣṭa - inferior, low, degraded

Past Passive Participle

Prefix: apa

Root: kṛṣ (class 1)

Note: Used as a noun meaning 'an inferior person'

तु (tu) - but, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

शक्नुयात् (śaknuyāt) - one would be able, he might be able

(verb)

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

Root: śak (class 5)