वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-18, verse-44

मामप्यवगतं धर्माद्व्यतिक्रान्तपुरस्कृतम् ।
धर्मसंहितया वाचा धर्मज्ञ परिपालय ॥४४॥

44. māmapyavagataṃ dharmādvyatikrāntapuraskṛtam ,
dharmasaṃhitayā vācā dharmajña paripālaya.

44. mām api avagatam dharmāt vyatikrāntapuraskṛtam
| dharmasaṃhitayā vācā dharmajña paripālaya

44. dharmajña,
mām api dharmāt vyatikrāntapuraskṛtam avagatam dharmasaṃhitayā vācā paripālaya

44. O knower of natural law (dharma)! Protect me—even me, who is known to have transgressed the natural law (dharma) yet was elevated—with words that are in harmony with natural law (dharma).

Words meanings summery:

• माम् (mām) - me

• अपि (api) - even (even, also)

• अवगतम् (avagatam) - known (to be) (understood, known)

• धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from natural law (dharma) (from natural law, from righteousness)

• व्यतिक्रान्तपुरस्कृतम् (vyatikrāntapuraskṛtam) - one who has transgressed (dharma) yet was elevated (one who has transgressed and been honored/elevated)

• धर्मसंहितया (dharmasaṁhitayā) - with words that are in harmony with natural law (dharma) (with words endowed with natural law, with righteous speech)

• वाचा (vācā) - with speech, with words

• धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma)! (O knower of natural law, O righteous one)

• परिपालय (paripālaya) - protect, guard

Words meanings and morphology

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अपि (api) - even (even, also)

(indeclinable)

अवगतम् (avagatam) - known (to be) (understood, known)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of avagata

avagata - known, understood, obtained

Past Passive Participle

from root gam with prefix ava

Prefix: ava

Root: gam (class 1)

धर्मात् (dharmāt) - from natural law (dharma) (from natural law, from righteousness)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty

from root dhṛ

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

व्यतिक्रान्तपुरस्कृतम् (vyatikrāntapuraskṛtam) - one who has transgressed (dharma) yet was elevated (one who has transgressed and been honored/elevated)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vyatikrāntapuraskṛta

vyatikrāntapuraskṛta - one who has transgressed and been placed forward/honored

Compound of vyatikrānta and puraskṛta

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (vyatikrānta+puraskṛta)

• vyatikrānta – transgressed, gone beyond
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kram with prefix vyati
  Prefix: vyati
  Root: kram (class 1)
• puraskṛta – honored, placed in front, rewarded
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root kṛ with prefix puras
  Prefix: puras
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

धर्मसंहितया (dharmasaṁhitayā) - with words that are in harmony with natural law (dharma) (with words endowed with natural law, with righteous speech)

(adjective)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of dharmasaṃhitā

dharmasaṁhitā - joined with dharma, righteous, lawful

Compound of dharma and saṃhitā

Compound type : Bahuvrihi (dharma+saṃhitā)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃhitā – joined, connected, endowed with
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root dhā with prefix sam
  Prefix: sam
  Root: dhā (class 3)

वाचा (vācā) - with speech, with words

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of vāc

vāc - speech, voice, word

धर्मज्ञ (dharmajña) - O knower of natural law (dharma)! (O knower of natural law, O righteous one)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of dharmajña

dharmajña - knower of dharma, righteous

Compound of dharma and jña

Compound type : Tatpurusha (dharma+jña)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  from root dhṛ
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• jña – knowing, knower of
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent Noun
  from root jñā
  Root: jñā (class 9)

परिपालय (paripālaya) - protect, guard

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of paripālaya

Causative stem

from root pāl with prefix pari

Prefix: pari

Root: pāl (class 10)