वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-54, verse-5

सत्यात् पाणिगृहीतश्च कृतकर्मा महायशाः ।
विस्मृतो राघवो येन स कस्य सुकृतं स्मरेत् ॥५॥

5. satyāt pāṇigṛhītaśca kṛtakarmā mahāyaśāḥ ,
vismṛto rāghavo yena sa kasya sukṛtaṃ smaret.

5. satyāt pāṇigṛhītaḥ ca kṛtakarmā mahāyaśāḥ
vismṛtaḥ rāghavaḥ yena saḥ kasya sukṛtaṃ smaret

5. yena satyāt pāṇigṛhītaḥ ca kṛtakarmā mahāyaśāḥ
rāghavaḥ vismṛtaḥ saḥ kasya sukṛtaṃ smaret

5. By whom Rāma, who was truthful, accepted as an ally, and highly renowned for his great achievements, has been forgotten, how can such a person remember anyone else's good deeds?

Words meanings summery:

• सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth, truthfully, loyally

• पाणिगृहीतः (pāṇigṛhītaḥ) - accepted as an ally (one who has been taken by the hand, married, accepted, allied)

• च (ca) - and

• कृतकर्मा (kṛtakarmā) - renowned for his great achievements (one who has performed deeds, accomplished)

• महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - highly renowned, glorious, famous

• विस्मृतः (vismṛtaḥ) - forgotten, unremembered

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma, descendant of Raghu

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• सः (saḥ) - he, that person

• कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

• सुकृतं (sukṛtaṁ) - good deed, meritorious act, virtue

• स्मरेत् (smaret) - would remember, should remember

Words meanings and morphology

सत्यात् (satyāt) - from truth, truthfully, loyally

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of satya

satya - truth, reality, sincerity

पाणिगृहीतः (pāṇigṛhītaḥ) - accepted as an ally (one who has been taken by the hand, married, accepted, allied)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pāṇigṛhīta

pāṇigṛhīta - taken by the hand, married, accepted, allied

Past Passive Participle

Compound of pāṇi (hand) and gṛhīta (taken), from root grah with suffix kta.

Compound type : tatpurusha (pāṇi+gṛhīta)

• pāṇi – hand
  noun (masculine)
• gṛhīta – taken, seized, accepted
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root grah (to seize, take) with suffix kta.
  Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

कृतकर्मा (kṛtakarmā) - renowned for his great achievements (one who has performed deeds, accomplished)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṛtakarmā

kṛtakarmā - one who has performed deeds, accomplished, rendered service

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+karman)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (masculine/feminine/neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ (to do) with suffix kta.
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• karman – deed, action, work
  noun (neuter)

महायशाः (mahāyaśāḥ) - highly renowned, glorious, famous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahāyaśas

mahāyaśas - highly renowned, glorious, famous

Compound type : bahuvrihi (mahā+yaśas)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• yaśas – fame, glory, reputation
  noun (neuter)

विस्मृतः (vismṛtaḥ) - forgotten, unremembered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vismṛta

vismṛta - forgotten, unremembered

Past Passive Participle

From prefix vi- and root smṛ (to remember) with suffix kta.

Prefix: vi

Root: smṛ (class 1)

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāma, descendant of Raghu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - Rāma (a descendant of Raghu)

Derived from Raghu (name of an ancestor) + aṇ (patronymic suffix).

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

सः (saḥ) - he, that person

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

कस्य (kasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

सुकृतं (sukṛtaṁ) - good deed, meritorious act, virtue

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sukṛta

sukṛta - good deed, meritorious act, virtue, well-done

स्मरेत् (smaret) - would remember, should remember

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of smṛ

Root: smṛ (class 1)