वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-10, verse-2

वसेत् सह सपत्नेन क्रुद्धेनाशीविषेण वा ।
न तु मित्रप्रवादेन संवसेच्छत्रुसेविना ॥२॥

2. vaset saha sapatnena kruddhenāśīviṣeṇa vā ,
na tu mitrapravādena saṃvasecchatrusevinā.

2. vaset saha sapatnena kruddhena āśīviṣeṇa vā
na tu mitra-pravādena saṃvaset śatru-sevinā

2. sapatnena vā kruddhena āśīviṣeṇa saha vaset.
tu mitra-pravādena śatru-sevinā saha na saṃvaset.

2. One may dwell with a rival or even with an enraged venomous snake, but one should certainly not live with someone who, under the pretext of being a friend, serves one's enemy.

Words meanings summery:

• वसेत् (vaset) - one may dwell, one should live

• सह (saha) - with, along with, together with

• सपत्नेन (sapatnena) - with a rival (or a co-wife, implying domestic strife) (with a co-wife, with a rival, with an enemy)

• क्रुद्धेन (kruddhena) - enraged (by an enraged one, by an angry one)

• आशीविषेण (āśīviṣeṇa) - with a venomous snake, with a serpent

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• न (na) - not, no

• तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

• मित्र-प्रवादेन (mitra-pravādena) - under the pretext of a friend, by the deception of a friend

• संवसेत् (saṁvaset) - one should live together, one should associate with

• शत्रु-सेविना (śatru-sevinā) - with one who serves an enemy

Words meanings and morphology

वसेत् (vaset) - one may dwell, one should live

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of vas

Root: vas (class 1)

सह (saha) - with, along with, together with

(indeclinable)

सपत्नेन (sapatnena) - with a rival (or a co-wife, implying domestic strife) (with a co-wife, with a rival, with an enemy)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of sapatna

sapatna - co-wife, rival, enemy

क्रुद्धेन (kruddhena) - enraged (by an enraged one, by an angry one)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kruddha

kruddha - enraged, angry, furious

Past Passive Participle

From √kudh

Root: kudh (class 4)

Note: Agrees with 'āśīviṣeṇa'

आशीविषेण (āśīviṣeṇa) - with a venomous snake, with a serpent

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of āśīviṣa

āśīviṣa - venomous snake, serpent (literally, 'one whose poison is in its fangs')

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

तु (tu) - but, on the other hand, indeed

(indeclinable)

मित्र-प्रवादेन (mitra-pravādena) - under the pretext of a friend, by the deception of a friend

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mitra-pravāda

mitra-pravāda - pretext of friendship, false friend

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mitra+pravāda)

• mitra – friend, companion
  noun (neuter)
• pravāda – speech, report, rumor, pretext
  noun (masculine)
  From pra + √vad
  Prefix: pra
  Root: vad (class 1)

Note: Instrumental of means/accompaniment

संवसेत् (saṁvaset) - one should live together, one should associate with

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi liṅ) of sam-vas

Prefix: sam

Root: vas (class 1)

शत्रु-सेविना (śatru-sevinā) - with one who serves an enemy

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of śatru-sevin

śatru-sevin - one who serves an enemy

Nominalized agent noun from √sev with śatru as object

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śatru+sevin)

• śatru – enemy, foe
  noun (masculine)
• sevin – serving, attending, worshipping; one who serves
  noun (masculine)
  Agent noun
  From √sev + -in suffix
  Root: sev (class 1)