वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-55, verse-4

विधिः किल नरं लोके विधानेनानुवर्तते ।
यथायं विहितो भक्ष्यश्चिरान्मह्यमुपागतः ॥४॥

4. vidhiḥ kila naraṃ loke vidhānenānuvartate ,
yathāyaṃ vihito bhakṣyaścirānmahyamupāgataḥ.

4. vidhiḥ kila naraṃ loke vidhānen anuvartate yathā
ayaṃ vihitaḥ bhakṣyaḥ cirān mahyam upāgataḥ

4. kila loke vidhiḥ vidhānen naraṃ anuvartate yathā
ayaṃ vihitaḥ bhakṣyaḥ cirān mahyam upāgataḥ

4. Indeed, fate (vidhi) surely follows a person in this world by its own arrangement. Just so, this ordained food has arrived for me after a long time.

Words meanings summery:

• विधिः (vidhiḥ) - destiny (rule, method, destiny, ordinance)

• किल (kila) - surely (indeed, surely, certainly, an emphatic particle)

• नरं (naraṁ) - a person (man, human being)

• लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

• विधानेन् (vidhānen) - by its arrangement (by rule, by arrangement, by ordinance)

• अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows (follows, accords with, conforms to)

• यथा (yathā) - just so (as, just as, in the manner that)

• अयं (ayaṁ) - this

• विहितः (vihitaḥ) - ordained (ordained, appointed, arranged, prescribed)

• भक्ष्यः (bhakṣyaḥ) - food (food, eatable, prey)

• चिरान् (cirān) - after a long time (after a long time, for a long time)

• मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me

• उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - has arrived (approached, arrived, come near)

Words meanings and morphology

विधिः (vidhiḥ) - destiny (rule, method, destiny, ordinance)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vidhi

vidhi - rule, method, manner, destiny, fate, divine ordinance, precept

Derived from √dhā with vi prefix, meaning placing, arranging, ordaining.

Prefix: vi

Root: √dhā (class 3)

किल (kila) - surely (indeed, surely, certainly, an emphatic particle)

(indeclinable)

नरं (naraṁ) - a person (man, human being)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

लोके (loke) - in this world (in the world, in the realm)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, mankind

Root: √lok (class 10)

विधानेन् (vidhānen) - by its arrangement (by rule, by arrangement, by ordinance)

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, ordinance, rule, method, creation

Derived from √dhā with vi prefix

Prefix: vi

Root: √dhā (class 3)

अनुवर्तते (anuvartate) - follows (follows, accords with, conforms to)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of anu-vṛt

Prefix: anu

Root: √vṛt (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - just so (as, just as, in the manner that)

(indeclinable)

अयं (ayaṁ) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this (demonstrative pronoun)

विहितः (vihitaḥ) - ordained (ordained, appointed, arranged, prescribed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vihita

vihita - arranged, performed, appointed, ordained, prescribed

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √dhā with vi prefix

Prefix: vi

Root: √dhā (class 3)

भक्ष्यः (bhakṣyaḥ) - food (food, eatable, prey)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣya

bhakṣya - food, eatable, prey, what is to be eaten

Gerundive

Gerundive of √bhakṣ

Root: √bhakṣ (class 1)

चिरान् (cirān) - after a long time (after a long time, for a long time)

(indeclinable)

Ablative form of cira used adverbially.

मह्यम् (mahyam) - to me

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of mad

mad - I (first person pronoun)

उपागतः (upāgataḥ) - has arrived (approached, arrived, come near)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of upāgata

upāgata - approached, arrived, come near, obtained

Past Passive Participle

PPP of √gam with upa and ā prefixes

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: √gam (class 1)