वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-54, verse-3

भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य यो भार्यां जीवितो महिषीं प्रियाम् ।
धर्मेण मातरं यस्तु स्वीकरोति जुगुप्सितः ॥३॥

3. bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya yo bhāryāṃ jīvito mahiṣīṃ priyām ,
dharmeṇa mātaraṃ yastu svīkaroti jugupsitaḥ.

3. bhrātuḥ jyeṣṭhasya yaḥ bhāryām jīvitaḥ mahiṣīm
priyām dharmeṇa mātaram yaḥ tu svīkaroti jugupsitaḥ

3. That despicable person who takes his elder brother's dear queen and wife, while his brother is still alive, and (then hypocritically) accepts her as a mother according to (dharma)...

Words meanings summery:

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

• ज्येष्ठस्य (jyeṣṭhasya) - of the elder, of the oldest

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

• जीवितः (jīvitaḥ) - while his elder brother is alive (alive, living)

• महिषीम् (mahiṣīm) - queen, chief queen

• प्रियाम् (priyām) - dear, beloved

• धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by (dharma), according to (dharma), righteously

• मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• स्वीकरोति (svīkaroti) - takes, accepts, makes one's own

• जुगुप्सितः (jugupsitaḥ) - despicable, hateful, reprehensible

Words meanings and morphology

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of the brother

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

ज्येष्ठस्य (jyeṣṭhasya) - of the elder, of the oldest

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jyeṣṭha

jyeṣṭha - eldest, oldest, chief, best

Note: Modifies 'bhrātuḥ'

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Refers to Sugrīva

भार्याम् (bhāryām) - wife

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, a woman to be supported

Gerundive/Future Passive Participle

Derived from root bhṛ (to bear, support)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

जीवितः (jīvitaḥ) - while his elder brother is alive (alive, living)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jīvita

jīvita - alive, living, life

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root jīv (to live)

Root: jīv (class 1)

Note: Refers to the elder brother implied by the context of the story, not the subject 'yaḥ'

महिषीम् (mahiṣīm) - queen, chief queen

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mahiṣī

mahiṣī - queen, chief queen, royal consort

प्रियाम् (priyām) - dear, beloved

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - dear, beloved, pleasing

Note: Modifies 'bhāryām' and 'mahiṣīm'

धर्मेण (dharmeṇa) - by (dharma), according to (dharma), righteously

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of dharma

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

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

मातरम् (mātaram) - mother

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

स्वीकरोति (svīkaroti) - takes, accepts, makes one's own

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of svīkṛ

Present Active

3rd person singular present active

Prefix: svī

Root: kṛ (class 8)

जुगुप्सितः (jugupsitaḥ) - despicable, hateful, reprehensible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of jugupsita

jugupsita - despicable, hateful, censured, abhorred

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root gup (to blame, censure) with intensive reduplication

Root: gup (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'yaḥ' (Sugrīva)