वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-29, verse-16

किमार्य कामस्य वशंगतेन किमात्मपौरुष्यपराभवेन ।
अयं सदा संहृइयते समाधिः किमत्र योगेन निवर्तितेन ॥१६॥

16. kimārya kāmasya vaśaṃgatena kimātmapauruṣyaparābhavena ,
ayaṃ sadā saṃhṛiyate samādhiḥ kimatra yogena nivartitena.

16. kim ārya kāmasya vaśaṃgatena kim ātmapauruṣyaparābhavena
ayam sadā saṃhṛiyate samādhiḥ kim atra yogena nivartitena

16. ārya kāmasya vaśaṃgatena kim ātmapauruṣyaparābhavena kim
ayam samādhiḥ sadā saṃhṛiyate atra nivartitena yogena kim

16. O noble one, what good is it to be overcome by desire? What good is the defeat of one's own manliness? This concentration (samādhi) is always being diminished. What purpose is there in this spiritual discipline (yoga) that is abandoned?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what good (is there)? (what? why? what good?)

• आर्य (ārya) - O noble one, O respected one

• कामस्य (kāmasya) - of desire, of love

• वशंगतेन (vaśaṁgatena) - by one who has fallen under the sway of, by one overcome by

• किम् (kim) - what good (is there)? (what? why? what good?)

• आत्मपौरुष्यपराभवेन (ātmapauruṣyaparābhavena) - by the defeat of one's own manliness/valor

• अयम् (ayam) - this (your current state or previously known practice) (this)

• सदा (sadā) - always, ever, constantly

• संहृइयते (saṁhṛiyate) - is diminished, is destroyed, is obstructed, is contracted

• समाधिः (samādhiḥ) - deep meditation, concentration, mental composure (samādhi)

• किम् (kim) - what purpose (is there)? (what? why? what good?)

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, in this context

• योगेन (yogena) - by yoga (spiritual discipline), by effort, by practice

• निवर्तितेन (nivartitena) - by that which is abandoned, by that which is stopped, by discontinued

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what good (is there)? (what? why? what good?)

(indeclinable)

आर्य (ārya) - O noble one, O respected one

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of ārya

ārya - noble, respectable, honorable, Arya

कामस्य (kāmasya) - of desire, of love

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāma

kāma - desire, wish, love, sensual pleasure

From root 'kam' (to desire).

Root: kam (class 1)

वशंगतेन (vaśaṁgatena) - by one who has fallen under the sway of, by one overcome by

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vaśaṃgata

vaśaṁgata - fallen into power, succumbed, controlled by

Past Passive Participle

Compound of 'vaśam' (under control) and 'gata' (gone).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vaśa+gata)

• vaśa – will, control, power, authority
  noun (masculine)
• gata – gone, arrived at, obtained, fallen into
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root 'gam' (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what good (is there)? (what? why? what good?)

(indeclinable)

आत्मपौरुष्यपराभवेन (ātmapauruṣyaparābhavena) - by the defeat of one's own manliness/valor

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātmapauruṣyaparābhava

ātmapauruṣyaparābhava - defeat of one's own manliness/valor

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+pauruṣya+parābhava)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence
  noun (masculine)
• pauruṣya – manliness, valor, strength, human effort
  noun (neuter)
  From 'puruṣa' (man, person) + suffix '-ya'.
• parābhava – defeat, humiliation, overthrow, disrespect
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'bhū' (to be) with prefix 'parā' (away, back).
  Prefix: parā
  Root: bhū (class 1)

अयम् (ayam) - this (your current state or previously known practice) (this)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (near speaker)

सदा (sadā) - always, ever, constantly

(indeclinable)

संहृइयते (saṁhṛiyate) - is diminished, is destroyed, is obstructed, is contracted

(verb)

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

From root 'hṛ' (to carry, to take) with prefix 'sam' (together, completely).

Prefix: sam

Root: hṛ (class 1)

समाधिः (samādhiḥ) - deep meditation, concentration, mental composure (samādhi)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samādhi

samādhi - concentration, deep meditation, profound contemplation, mental composure, absorption

From root 'dhā' (to place) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: dhā (class 3)

किम् (kim) - what purpose (is there)? (what? why? what good?)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, in this context

(indeclinable)

योगेन (yogena) - by yoga (spiritual discipline), by effort, by practice

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yoga

yoga - union, spiritual discipline, method, application, effort, practice

From root 'yuj' (to join, to unite).

Root: yuj (class 7)

निवर्तितेन (nivartitena) - by that which is abandoned, by that which is stopped, by discontinued

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nivartita

nivartita - abandoned, stopped, discontinued, caused to turn back

Past Passive Participle (causative)

Formed from the causative stem of root 'vṛt' (to turn, to be) with prefix 'ni' (down, away) and suffix '-ta'.

Prefix: ni

Root: vṛt (class 1)