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

नियतः कारणं लोके नियतिः कर्मसाधनम् ।
नियतिः सर्वभूतानां नियोगेष्विह कारणम् ॥४॥

4. niyataḥ kāraṇaṃ loke niyatiḥ karmasādhanam ,
niyatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ niyogeṣviha kāraṇam.

4. niyataḥ kāraṇam loke niyatiḥ karma-sādhanam
niyatiḥ sarva-bhūtānām niyogeṣu iha kāraṇam

4. loke niyataḥ kāraṇam niyatiḥ karma-sādhanam
iha niyatiḥ sarva-bhūtānām niyogeṣu kāraṇam

4. The fixed order is the cause in the world; destiny (niyati) is the means for all actions (karma). Indeed, destiny (niyati) here is the cause for all beings in their various undertakings.

Words meanings summery:

• नियतः (niyataḥ) - that which is fixed or ordained (fixed, destined, regulated, controlled)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause (cause, reason, instrument, motive)

• लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, in the universe, among people)

• नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - destiny (niyati) (destiny, fate, fixed order, necessity, restraint)

• कर्म-साधनम् (karma-sādhanam) - means for all actions (karma) (means of action, instrument for deeds)

• नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - destiny (niyati) (destiny, fate, fixed order, necessity, restraint)

• सर्व-भूतानाम् (sarva-bhūtānām) - of all beings (of all beings, of all creatures)

• नियोगेषु (niyogeṣu) - in their appointed tasks/undertakings (in commands, in assignments, in duties, in injunctions)

• इह (iha) - here, indeed (here, in this world, in this case)

• कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause (cause, reason, instrument, motive)

Words meanings and morphology

नियतः (niyataḥ) - that which is fixed or ordained (fixed, destined, regulated, controlled)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of niyata

niyata - fixed, appointed, destined, regulated, self-controlled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from ni + yam + kta.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

Note: Used nominally here, referring to the fixed order or what is predetermined.

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause (cause, reason, instrument, motive)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Derived from root kṛ with suffix -ana.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

लोके (loke) - in the world (in the world, in the universe, among people)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, universe, people, region

नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - destiny (niyati) (destiny, fate, fixed order, necessity, restraint)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niyati

niyati - destiny, fate, fixed order, necessity, restraint

Derived from ni + yam + kti.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

कर्म-साधनम् (karma-sādhanam) - means for all actions (karma) (means of action, instrument for deeds)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of karma-sādhana

karma-sādhana - means of action, instrument for deeds

Compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (karma+sādhana)

• karma – action, deed, work, ritual
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• sādhana – means, instrument, accomplishing, fulfilling
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root sādh.
  Root: sādh (class 5)

नियतिः (niyatiḥ) - destiny (niyati) (destiny, fate, fixed order, necessity, restraint)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niyati

niyati - destiny, fate, fixed order, necessity, restraint

Derived from ni + yam + kti.

Prefix: ni

Root: yam (class 1)

सर्व-भूतानाम् (sarva-bhūtānām) - of all beings (of all beings, of all creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of sarva-bhūta

sarva-bhūta - all beings, all creatures

Compound.

Compound type : Tatpuruṣa (sarva+bhūta)

• sarva – all, every, whole
  adjective
• bhūta – being, creature, element, past, happened
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root bhū.
  Root: bhū (class 1)

नियोगेषु (niyogeṣu) - in their appointed tasks/undertakings (in commands, in assignments, in duties, in injunctions)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of niyoga

niyoga - command, assignment, duty, injunction, application

Derived from ni + yuj + ghañ.

Prefix: ni

Root: yuj (class 7)

इह (iha) - here, indeed (here, in this world, in this case)

(indeclinable)

कारणम् (kāraṇam) - cause (cause, reason, instrument, motive)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kāraṇa

kāraṇa - cause, reason, instrument, motive

Derived from root kṛ with suffix -ana.

Root: kṛ (class 8)