वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-23, verse-12

लोकप्रवादः सत्यो ऽयं पण्डितैः समुदाहृतः ।
अकाले दुर्लभो मृत्युः स्त्रिया वा पुरुषस्य वा ॥१२॥

12. lokapravādaḥ satyo'yaṃ paṇḍitaiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ ,
akāle durlabho mṛtyuḥ striyā vā puruṣasya vā.

12. lokapravādaḥ satyaḥ ayam paṇḍitaiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ ।
akāle durlabhaḥ mṛtyuḥ striyāḥ vā puruṣasya vā

12. This popular saying, declared by the wise, is true: "Death is difficult to obtain out of its proper time, whether for a woman or a man."

Words meanings summery:

• लोकप्रवादः (lokapravādaḥ) - popular saying, common proverb

• सत्यः (satyaḥ) - true, real, existent

• अयम् (ayam) - this

• पण्डितैः (paṇḍitaiḥ) - by the wise, by scholars

• समुदाहृतः (samudāhṛtaḥ) - declared, stated, enunciated

• अकाले (akāle) - at an improper time, untimely

• दुर्लभः (durlabhaḥ) - difficult to obtain, rare, inaccessible

• मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

• स्त्रियाः (striyāḥ) - of a woman, for a woman

• वा (vā) - or

• पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a man, for a man

• वा (vā) - or

Words meanings and morphology

लोकप्रवादः (lokapravādaḥ) - popular saying, common proverb

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of lokapravāda

lokapravāda - popular saying, common rumor, tradition

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (loka+pravāda)

• loka – world, people, folk
  noun (masculine)
• pravāda – saying, rumor, report, utterance
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root vad- (to speak) with prefix pra-
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vad (class 1)

सत्यः (satyaḥ) - true, real, existent

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of satya

satya - true, real, existing, truth

अयम् (ayam) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

पण्डितैः (paṇḍitaiḥ) - by the wise, by scholars

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of paṇḍita

paṇḍita - wise, learned, scholar, pundit

समुदाहृतः (samudāhṛtaḥ) - declared, stated, enunciated

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samudāhṛta

samudāhṛta - declared, stated, narrated, cited

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root hṛ- (to carry) with prefixes sam-, ud-, ā-

Prefixes: sam+ud+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

अकाले (akāle) - at an improper time, untimely

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of akāla

akāla - improper time, untimely, bad season

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kāla)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
• kāla – time, season, death
  noun (masculine)

दुर्लभः (durlabhaḥ) - difficult to obtain, rare, inaccessible

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of durlabha

durlabha - difficult to obtain, rare, hard to get

Gerundive

Derived from root labh- (to obtain) with prefix dur- (difficult)

Prefix: dur

Root: labh (class 1)

मृत्युः (mṛtyuḥ) - death

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, mortality

Root: mṛ (class 6)

स्त्रियाः (striyāḥ) - of a woman, for a woman

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of strī

strī - woman, female

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)

पुरुषस्य (puruṣasya) - of a man, for a man

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of puruṣa

puruṣa - man, male, person, spirit

वा (vā) - or

(indeclinable)