वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-34, verse-11

सत्त्वयुक्ता हि पुरुषास्त्वद्विधाः पुरुषर्षभ ।
अविमृश्य न रोषस्य सहसा यान्ति वश्यताम् ॥११॥

11. sattvayuktā hi puruṣāstvadvidhāḥ puruṣarṣabha ,
avimṛśya na roṣasya sahasā yānti vaśyatām.

11. sattvayuktāḥ hi puruṣāḥ tvadvidhāḥ puruṣarṣabha
avimṛśya na roṣasya sahasā yānti vaśyatām

11. hi puruṣarṣabha,
tvadvidhāḥ sattvayuktāḥ puruṣāḥ,
avimṛśya sahasā roṣasya vaśyatām na yānti

11. Indeed, O best among men, individuals like you, endowed with an intrinsic nature (sattva) of goodness and resolve, do not hastily succumb to the sway of anger without careful deliberation.

Words meanings summery:

• सत्त्वयुक्ताः (sattvayuktāḥ) - endowed with goodness/strength/resolve

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, individuals, persons

• त्वद्विधाः (tvadvidhāḥ) - like you, similar to you

• पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men

• अविमृश्य (avimṛśya) - without deliberating, without reflecting

• न (na) - not, no

• रोषस्य (roṣasya) - of anger

• सहसा (sahasā) - hastily, suddenly, impetuously

• यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they succumb

• वश्यताम् (vaśyatām) - to the state of being controlled, to the sway

Words meanings and morphology

सत्त्वयुक्ताः (sattvayuktāḥ) - endowed with goodness/strength/resolve

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of sattvayukta

sattvayukta - connected with sattva, endowed with courage, possessing goodness, having inherent nature

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sattva+yukta)

• sattva – goodness, reality, existence, essence, intrinsic nature, strength, courage
  noun (neuter)
  Root: as (class 2)
• yukta – joined, connected, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  root yuj + kta suffix
  Root: yuj (class 7)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

पुरुषाः (puruṣāḥ) - men, individuals, persons

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, person, male, cosmic person (puruṣa)

त्वद्विधाः (tvadvidhāḥ) - like you, similar to you

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tvadvidha

tvadvidha - of your kind, like you, similar to you

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tvad+vidha)

• tvad – you (stem of yuṣmad)
  pronoun
  stem of second person pronoun
• vidha – kind, sort, manner, form
  noun (masculine)

पुरुषर्षभ (puruṣarṣabha) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of puruṣarṣabha

puruṣarṣabha - bull among men (idiomatic for best of men)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (puruṣa+ṛṣabha)

• puruṣa – man, person
  noun (masculine)
• ṛṣabha – bull, best, excellent
  noun (masculine)

अविमृश्य (avimṛśya) - without deliberating, without reflecting

(indeclinable)

absolutive (gerund)

root mṛś with upasarga vi, followed by the suffix -ya. Prefixed with 'a-' for negation.

Prefix: vi

Root: mṛś (class 6)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

रोषस्य (roṣasya) - of anger

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of roṣa

roṣa - anger, wrath, rage

Root: ruṣ (class 1)

सहसा (sahasā) - hastily, suddenly, impetuously

(indeclinable)

यान्ति (yānti) - they go, they succumb

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present indicative (laṭ) of yā

Root: yā (class 2)

वश्यताम् (vaśyatām) - to the state of being controlled, to the sway

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vaśyatā

vaśyatā - subjection, obedience, state of being controlled

Derived from vaśa (control) with the suffix -tā (feminine noun forming suffix for abstract quality).

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