वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-10, verse-15

सुनीतं हितकामेन वाक्यमुक्तं दशानन ।
न गृह्णन्त्यकृतात्मानः कालस्य वशमागताः ॥१५॥

15. sunītaṃ hitakāmena vākyamuktaṃ daśānana ,
na gṛhṇantyakṛtātmānaḥ kālasya vaśamāgatāḥ.

15. sunītam hitakāmena vākyam uktam daśānana na
gṛhṇanti akṛtātmānaḥ kālasya vaśam āgatāḥ

15. daśānana hitakāmena sunītam uktam vākyam
akṛtātmānaḥ kālasya vaśam āgatāḥ na gṛhṇanti

15. O Daśānana, good counsel, spoken by one who desires your welfare, is not accepted by those whose inner being (ātman) is unrefined and who have fallen under the dominion of time.

Words meanings summery:

• सुनीतम् (sunītam) - good counsel (well-led, well-guided, good counsel)

• हितकामेन (hitakāmena) - by one who desires welfare (by one desiring welfare, by a well-wisher)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - counsel, statement (word, speech, sentence)

• उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (said, spoken, told)

• दशानन (daśānana) - O Daśānana (Rāvaṇa) (Ten-headed (Rāvaṇa))

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• गृह्णन्ति (gṛhṇanti) - do not accept (they take, grasp, accept)

• अकृतात्मानः (akṛtātmānaḥ) - those whose inner being (ātman) is unrefined (those whose self is not cultivated, unrefined souls, undisciplined persons)

• कालस्य (kālasya) - of time (or fate/death) (of time, of death)

• वशम् (vaśam) - dominion (power, sway, control, dominion)

• आगताः (āgatāḥ) - come under (the sway of) (arrived, come, attained)

Words meanings and morphology

सुनीतम् (sunītam) - good counsel (well-led, well-guided, good counsel)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sunīta

sunīta - well-led, well-conducted, well-advised, good policy, good counsel

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root nī (to lead) with upasarga su

Prefix: su

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Qualifies vākyam.

हितकामेन (hitakāmena) - by one who desires welfare (by one desiring welfare, by a well-wisher)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of hitakāma

hitakāma - desiring welfare, well-wishing, a well-wisher

Compound of hita (welfare) + kāma (desiring)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (hita+kāma)

• hita – beneficial, salutary, welfare, good
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Root dhā
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• kāma – desire, wish, love; desiring
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Agent of uktam.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - counsel, statement (word, speech, sentence)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - word, speech, sentence, statement

Note: Subject of the implied passive construction with uktam.

उक्तम् (uktam) - spoken (said, spoken, told)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of ukta

ukta - said, spoken, told

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -kta

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Agrees with vākyam.

दशानन (daśānana) - O Daśānana (Rāvaṇa) (Ten-headed (Rāvaṇa))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of daśānana

daśānana - having ten faces (anana); epithet of Rāvaṇa

Bahuvrihi compound: daśa (ten) + ānana (face)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśa+ānana)

• daśa – ten
  numeral
• ānana – face, mouth
  noun (neuter)

Note: Address to Rāvaṇa.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb gṛhṇanti.

गृह्णन्ति (gṛhṇanti) - do not accept (they take, grasp, accept)

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of grah

Present (Laṭ) third plural

Root grah, Class 9

Root: grah (class 9)

अकृतात्मानः (akṛtātmānaḥ) - those whose inner being (ātman) is unrefined (those whose self is not cultivated, unrefined souls, undisciplined persons)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of akṛtātman

akṛtātman - one whose self/soul is uncultivated/unrefined; undisciplined

Bahuvrihi compound: akṛta (uncultivated) + ātman (self/soul)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (akṛta+ātman)

• akṛta – undone, unmade, uncultivated, unaccomplished
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle with negative prefix
  Negative particle 'a' + kṛta (done, made, cultivated)
  Prefix: a
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, essential nature, individual soul
  noun (masculine)

Note: Subject of gṛhṇanti.

कालस्य (kālasya) - of time (or fate/death) (of time, of death)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kāla

kāla - time, destiny, death; black

Note: Possessive, "of time".

वशम् (vaśam) - dominion (power, sway, control, dominion)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vaśa

vaśa - will, wish, control, power, dominion

Note: Object of āgatāḥ (forming a compound-like phrase vaśam āgatāḥ).

आगताः (āgatāḥ) - come under (the sway of) (arrived, come, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, attained, approached

Past Passive Participle

Root gam (to go) with upasarga ā

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Qualifies akṛtātmānaḥ.