वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-24, verse-2

न शोकपरितापेन श्रेयसा युज्यते मृतः ।
यदत्रानन्तरं कार्यं तत् समाधातुमर्हथ ॥२॥

2. na śokaparitāpena śreyasā yujyate mṛtaḥ ,
yadatrānantaraṃ kāryaṃ tat samādhātumarhatha.

2. na śokaparitāpena śreyasā yujyate mṛtaḥ yat
atra anantaram kāryam tat samādhātum arhatha

2. mṛtaḥ śokaparitāpena śreyasā na yujyate yat
atra anantaram kāryam tat samādhātum arhatha

2. A deceased person does not gain any benefit (śreyas) from grief and lamentation. Therefore, you should attend to whatever task needs to be done immediately after this.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• शोकपरितापेन (śokaparitāpena) - by grief and lamentation

• श्रेयसा (śreyasā) - any benefit (śreyas) (by good fortune, by welfare, by benefit)

• युज्यते (yujyate) - gains, obtains (is joined, obtains, attains)

• मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead one, deceased

• यत् (yat) - whatever (what, which)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

• अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - next, immediately after

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, duty, task

• तत् (tat) - that

• समाधातुम् (samādhātum) - to accomplish, to resolve, to attend to

• अर्हथ (arhatha) - you ought, you are able

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

शोकपरितापेन (śokaparitāpena) - by grief and lamentation

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śokaparitāpa

śokaparitāpa - grief and lamentation, sorrow and distress

Compound type : dvandva (śoka+paritāpa)

• śoka – grief, sorrow, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  From root śuc (to grieve, lament)
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• paritāpa – pain, distress, torment, affliction
  noun (masculine)
  From root tap (to heat, suffer) with prefix pari (around, thoroughly)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: tap (class 1)

श्रेयसा (śreyasā) - any benefit (śreyas) (by good fortune, by welfare, by benefit)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good fortune, prosperity, merit, benefit

Comparative form of śrī (prosperity) or praśasta (excellent)

युज्यते (yujyate) - gains, obtains (is joined, obtains, attains)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of yuj

Root: yuj (class 7)

मृतः (mṛtaḥ) - dead one, deceased

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛta

mṛta - dead, deceased, died

Past Passive Participle

From root mṛ (to die)

Root: mṛ (class 6)

Note: Used substantively as 'the deceased person'

यत् (yat) - whatever (what, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter

(indeclinable)

अनन्तरम् (anantaram) - next, immediately after

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of anantara

anantara - without interval, next, immediately after

Negative compound of an (not) + antara (interval)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (an+antara)

• an – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative prefix
• antara – interval, space, difference
  noun (neuter)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - to be done, duty, task

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, proper to be done, duty, action, business

Gerundive (Potentive Passive Participle)

From root kṛ (to do, make)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

समाधातुम् (samādhātum) - to accomplish, to resolve, to attend to

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

From root dhā (to place, hold) with prefixes sam (together) + ā (to, towards)

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

अर्हथ (arhatha) - you ought, you are able

(verb)

2nd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of arh

Root: arh (class 1)

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