वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-104, verse-8

यद्यहं गात्रसंस्पर्शं गतास्मि विवशा प्रभो ।
कामकारो न मे तत्र दैवं तत्रापराध्यति ॥८॥

8. yadyahaṃ gātrasaṃsparśaṃ gatāsmi vivaśā prabho ,
kāmakāro na me tatra daivaṃ tatrāparādhyati.

8. yadi aham gātrasaṃsparśam gatā asmi vivaśā prabho
kāmakāraḥ na me tatra daivam tatra aparādhyati

8. prabho,
yadi aham vivaśā gātrasaṃsparśam gatā asmi,
tatra me kāmakāraḥ na (asti); tatra daivam aparādhyati.

8. O lord (prabho), if I, being helpless, came into bodily contact, it was not by my own will in that instance; destiny (daiva) is to blame there.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• अहम् (aham) - I

• गात्रसंस्पर्शम् (gātrasaṁsparśam) - bodily contact, touch of the body

• गता (gatā) - gone, reached, attained

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• विवशा (vivaśā) - helpless, powerless, unwilling, constrained

• प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

• कामकारः (kāmakāraḥ) - free will, action done out of desire, caprice

• न (na) - not, no

• मे (me) - my, to me, by me

• तत्र (tatra) - in that instance (there, in that place, in that matter)

• दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine power, divine will

• तत्र (tatra) - in that instance (there, in that place, in that matter)

• अपराध्यति (aparādhyati) - is to blame (offends, errs, does wrong, transgresses)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

गात्रसंस्पर्शम् (gātrasaṁsparśam) - bodily contact, touch of the body

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of gātrasaṃsparśa

gātrasaṁsparśa - bodily contact, touch of the body

Compound type : tatpurusha (gātra+saṃsparśa)

• gātra – limb, body, member
  noun (neuter)
• saṃsparśa – touch, contact, proximity
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from sam-spṛś (to touch thoroughly)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: spṛś (class 6)

गता (gatā) - gone, reached, attained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, reached, obtained

Past Passive Participle

From root gam (to go)

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Used here with 'asmi' to form a perfect tense-like construction 'I have gone'.

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

विवशा (vivaśā) - helpless, powerless, unwilling, constrained

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vivaśa

vivaśa - helpless, powerless, dependent, unwilling

Negative compound (na) with vaśa (will, control)

Note: The 'vi' prefix here acts as a negative or privative sense.

प्रभो (prabho) - O lord, O master

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of prabhu

prabhu - lord, master, king, powerful, able

कामकारः (kāmakāraḥ) - free will, action done out of desire, caprice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kāmakāra

kāmakāra - acting at will, arbitrary action, free will

Compound of kāma (desire) and kāra (act, doing)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kāma+kāra)

• kāma – desire, wish, longing
  noun (masculine)
  From root kam (to desire)
  Root: kam (class 1)
• kāra – making, doing, action, agent
  noun (masculine)
  From root kṛ (to do)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my, to me, by me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun, dative/genitive singular form.

तत्र (tatra) - in that instance (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from demonstrative pronoun tad

दैवम् (daivam) - destiny, fate, divine power, divine will

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of daiva

daiva - divine, relating to deities, destiny, fate, divine will

Derived from deva (god, divine)

Note: Often refers to fate or destiny, sometimes personified as divine agency.

तत्र (tatra) - in that instance (there, in that place, in that matter)

(indeclinable)

Adverb formed from demonstrative pronoun tad

अपराध्यति (aparādhyati) - is to blame (offends, errs, does wrong, transgresses)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of aparādh

Root rādh with prefix apa

Prefix: apa

Root: rādh (class 4)