वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-54, verse-6

लक्ष्मणस्य भयाद् येन नाधर्मभयभीरुणा ।
आदिष्टा मार्गितुं सीतां धर्ममस्मिन् कथं भवेत् ॥६॥

6. lakṣmaṇasya bhayād yena nādharmabhayabhīruṇā ,
ādiṣṭā mārgituṃ sītāṃ dharmamasmin kathaṃ bhavet.

6. lakṣmaṇasya bhayāt yena na adharma-bhaya-bhīruṇā
ādiṣṭā mārgitum sītāṃ dharmaḥ asmin kathaṃ bhavet

6. yena lakṣmaṇasya bhayāt na adharma-bhaya-bhīruṇā
sītāṃ mārgitum ādiṣṭā asmin dharmaḥ kathaṃ bhavet

6. How can righteousness (dharma) exist in this person, by whom Sītā was commanded to be searched for not out of fear of unrighteousness (adharma), but out of fear of Lakṣmaṇa?

Words meanings summery:

• लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakṣmaṇa

• भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear

• येन (yena) - by whom, by which

• न (na) - not

• अधर्म-भय-भीरुणा (adharma-bhaya-bhīruṇā) - (by one who is) not afraid of unrighteousness (adharma) itself (by one who is afraid of unrighteousness; by one who is not afraid of unrighteousness (when combined with 'na'))

• आदिष्टा (ādiṣṭā) - commanded, instructed, ordered

• मार्गितुम् (mārgitum) - to search for, to seek

• सीतां (sītāṁ) - Sītā

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, duty, virtue, natural law

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (person, matter)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - how

• भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be, would exist

Words meanings and morphology

लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakṣmaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of lakṣmaṇa

lakṣmaṇa - Lakṣmaṇa (name of Rama's brother)

भयात् (bhayāt) - from fear

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension

येन (yena) - by whom, by which

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

अधर्म-भय-भीरुणा (adharma-bhaya-bhīruṇā) - (by one who is) not afraid of unrighteousness (adharma) itself (by one who is afraid of unrighteousness; by one who is not afraid of unrighteousness (when combined with 'na'))

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adharma-bhaya-bhīru

adharma-bhaya-bhīru - one who is afraid of unrighteousness

Compound type : bahuvrihi (adharma+bhaya+bhīru)

• adharma – unrighteousness, injustice, impiety
  noun (masculine)
  From 'a' (not) and 'dharma'.
• bhaya – fear, dread
  noun (neuter)
• bhīru – fearful, timid
  adjective (masculine)

आदिष्टा (ādiṣṭā) - commanded, instructed, ordered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ādiṣṭa

ādiṣṭa - commanded, instructed, ordered

Past Passive Participle

From prefix ā- and root diś (to show, instruct) with suffix kta.

Prefix: ā

Root: diś (class 6)

मार्गितुम् (mārgitum) - to search for, to seek

(indeclinable)

infinitive

Infinitive form from root mṛg or mārg (10th class) with suffix tumun.

Root: mṛg (class 10)

सीतां (sītāṁ) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (name of Rama's wife)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - righteousness, duty, virtue, natural law

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - righteousness, duty, law, virtue, cosmic order, intrinsic nature

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this (person, matter)

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

कथं (kathaṁ) - how

(indeclinable)

भवेत् (bhavet) - would be, should be, would exist

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)