वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-34, verse-40

नैव दंशान्न मशकान्न कीटान्न सरीसृपान् ।
राघवो ऽपनयेद्गत्रात्त्वद्गतेनान्तरात्मना ॥४०॥

40. naiva daṃśānna maśakānna kīṭānna sarīsṛpān ,
rāghavo'panayedgatrāttvadgatenāntarātmanā.

40. na eva daṃśān na maśakān na kīṭān na sarīsṛpān
rāghavaḥ apanayet gātrāt tvadgatena antarātmanā

40. Rama (Rāghava), with his inner self (ātman) completely absorbed in you, does not even ward off flies, mosquitoes, insects, or reptiles from his body.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• एव (eva) - indeed, even, only

• दंशान् (daṁśān) - flies, gnats

• न (na) - nor

• मशकान् (maśakān) - mosquitoes

• न (na) - nor

• कीटान् (kīṭān) - insects, worms

• न (na) - nor

• सरीसृपान् (sarīsṛpān) - reptiles, creeping animals

• राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama, descendant of Raghu

• अपनयेत् (apanayet) - would ward off, would remove, would drive away

• गात्रात् (gātrāt) - from the body, from the limb

• त्वद्गतेन (tvadgatena) - fixed on you, absorbed in you, devoted to you

• अन्तरात्मना (antarātmanā) - by the inner self (ātman), by the mind

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Forms 'naiva' with 'eva'.

एव (eva) - indeed, even, only

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the negation, 'not even'.

दंशान् (daṁśān) - flies, gnats

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of daṃśa

daṁśa - fly, gnat, biting insect

Root: daṃś (class 1)

Note: Object of 'apanayet'.

न (na) - nor

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects and negates the list of insects/reptiles.

मशकान् (maśakān) - mosquitoes

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of maśaka

maśaka - mosquito, gnat

Note: Object of 'apanayet'.

न (na) - nor

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects and negates the list of insects/reptiles.

कीटान् (kīṭān) - insects, worms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of kīṭa

kīṭa - insect, worm, vermin

Note: Object of 'apanayet'.

न (na) - nor

(indeclinable)

Note: Connects and negates the list of insects/reptiles.

सरीसृपान् (sarīsṛpān) - reptiles, creeping animals

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of sarīsṛpa

sarīsṛpa - reptile, creeping animal, snake

Root: sṛp (class 1)

Note: Object of 'apanayet'.

राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rama, descendant of Raghu

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, a name for Rama

Patronymic from Raghu.

Note: Subject of 'apanayet'.

अपनयेत् (apanayet) - would ward off, would remove, would drive away

(verb)

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

optative mood

From root nī (to lead) with upasarga apa-.

Prefix: apa

Root: nī (class 1)

गात्रात् (gātrāt) - from the body, from the limb

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of gātra

gātra - body, limb, member

Root: gā (class 3)

Note: Indicates separation, 'from the body'.

त्वद्गतेन (tvadgatena) - fixed on you, absorbed in you, devoted to you

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tvadgata

tvadgata - gone to you, fixed on you, absorbed in you

Compound type : tatpurusha (tvat+gata)

• tvat – you (singular, ablative form of 'you')
  pronoun
• gata – gone, reached, resorted to, being in
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root gam (to go).
  Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies 'antarātmanā'.

अन्तरात्मना (antarātmanā) - by the inner self (ātman), by the mind

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of antarātman

antarātman - inner soul, inner spirit, mind, conscience, inner being (ātman)

Compound type : tatpurusha (antara+ātman)

• antara – inner, interior, within, between
  adjective (neuter)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essence, life, mind
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Indicates the means or cause by which Rama does not ward off the insects.