वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-101, verse-37

लोकहिंसाविहाराणां रक्षसां कामरूपिणम् ।
कुर्वतामपि पापानि नैव कार्यमशोभनम् ॥३७॥

37. lokahiṃsāvihārāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ kāmarūpiṇam ,
kurvatāmapi pāpāni naiva kāryamaśobhanam.

37. lokahiṃsāvihārāṇām rakṣasām kāmarūpiṇām
kurvatām api pāpāni na eva kāryam aśobhanam

37. lokahiṃsāvihārāṇām kāmarūpiṇām rakṣasām
pāpāni kurvatām api aśobhanam kāryam na eva

37. Even towards the Rākṣasas (rakṣas) who delight in harming people and can assume any form at will, one should certainly not commit any ignoble act, even when they perform sinful deeds.

Words meanings summery:

• लोकहिंसाविहाराणाम् (lokahiṁsāvihārāṇām) - of those who delight in harming people (of those whose sport/delight is harming people)

• रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas (rakṣas) (of the Rākṣasas, of demons)

• कामरूपिणाम् (kāmarūpiṇām) - of those who can assume any form at will (of those who can change form at will, assuming desired forms)

• कुर्वताम् (kurvatām) - of those performing (of those who are doing, performing)

• अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

• पापानि (pāpāni) - sinful deeds (sins, evil deeds)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only)

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - act should be done (here: committed) (to be done, proper to be done, duty)

• अशोभनम् (aśobhanam) - ignoble (act) (unseemly, ignoble, ugly, improper)

Words meanings and morphology

लोकहिंसाविहाराणाम् (lokahiṁsāvihārāṇām) - of those who delight in harming people (of those whose sport/delight is harming people)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of lokahiṃsāvihāra

lokahiṁsāvihāra - one whose sport is harming people

compound of loka (people), hiṃsā (harming), and vihāra (sport/delight)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (loka+hiṃsā+vihāra)

• loka – world, people, folk
  noun (masculine)
  Root: lok (class 1)
• hiṃsā – harm, injury, violence
  noun (feminine)
  from root hiṃs (to harm)
  Root: hiṃs (class 7)
• vihāra – sport, play, recreation, delight
  noun (masculine)
  from vi-hṛ (to roam, to sport)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hṛ (class 1)

रक्षसाम् (rakṣasām) - of the Rākṣasas (rakṣas) (of the Rākṣasas, of demons)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of rakṣas

rakṣas - a demon, an evil spirit, Rākṣasa

Root: rakṣ (class 1)

कामरूपिणाम् (kāmarūpiṇām) - of those who can assume any form at will (of those who can change form at will, assuming desired forms)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kāmarūpin

kāmarūpin - assuming any form at will, possessing the power of changing form

compound of kāma (desire/will) and rūpin (having form)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kāma+rūpin)

• kāma – desire, wish, will
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• rūpin – having a form, appearing as, beautiful
  adjective (masculine)
  from rūpa (form) with suffix -in

कुर्वताम् (kurvatām) - of those performing (of those who are doing, performing)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of kurvat

kurvat - doing, performing, making

Present Active Participle

from root kṛ (to do) with present participle suffix -at

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अपि (api) - even (also, even, too)

(indeclinable)

पापानि (pāpāni) - sinful deeds (sins, evil deeds)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, bad; a sin, an evil deed

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - certainly (indeed, certainly, only)

(indeclinable)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - act should be done (here: committed) (to be done, proper to be done, duty)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, to be performed, duty, business

Gerundive

from root kṛ (to do) with suffix -ya

Root: kṛ (class 8)

अशोभनम् (aśobhanam) - ignoble (act) (unseemly, ignoble, ugly, improper)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of aśobhana

aśobhana - unseemly, ignoble, ugly, improper

negative prefix a- with śobhana (beautiful, proper)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+śobhana)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• śobhana – beautiful, proper, auspicious, good
  adjective (neuter)
  from root śubh (to shine, to be beautiful)
  Root: śubh (class 1)

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