वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-12, verse-3

मित्रभावेन संप्राप्तं न त्यजेयं कथं चन ।
दोषो यद्यपि तस्य स्यात् सतामेतदगर्हितम् ॥३॥

3. mitrabhāvena saṃprāptaṃ na tyajeyaṃ kathaṃ cana ,
doṣo yadyapi tasya syāt satāmetadagarhitam.

3. mitrabhāvena samprāptam na tyajeyam katham cana
doṣaḥ yadi api tasya syāt satām etat agarhitam

3. One who has approached with a friendly disposition, I should not abandon him under any circumstances. Even if a fault were to exist in him, this is not condemned by the virtuous.

Words meanings summery:

• मित्रभावेन (mitrabhāvena) - with a friendly disposition, as a friend

• सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - one who has arrived, approached

• न (na) - not

• त्यजेयम् (tyajeyam) - I should abandon/forsake

• कथम् (katham) - how, by what means

• चन (cana) - (particle, strengthens negation/interrogation)

• दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, vice

• यदि (yadi) - if

• अपि (api) - even

• तस्य (tasya) - of him

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let there be

• सताम् (satām) - of good people, of the virtuous

• एतत् (etat) - this (action/fact)

• अगर्हितम् (agarhitam) - not censured, not blamed

Words meanings and morphology

मित्रभावेन (mitrabhāvena) - with a friendly disposition, as a friend

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of mitrabhāva

mitrabhāva - friendly disposition, friendship

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mitra+bhāva)

• mitra – friend, companion, ally
  noun (neuter)
• bhāva – state, condition, disposition, feeling, existence
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhū (to be)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

सम्प्राप्तम् (samprāptam) - one who has arrived, approached

(verbal derivative)

Note: Object of 'tyajeyam'.

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

त्यजेयम् (tyajeyam) - I should abandon/forsake

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of tyaj

Root: tyaj (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how, by what means

(indeclinable)

चन (cana) - (particle, strengthens negation/interrogation)

(indeclinable)

दोषः (doṣaḥ) - fault, defect, vice

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of doṣa

doṣa - fault, defect, vice, sin

Root: duṣ (class 4)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - even

(indeclinable)

तस्य (tasya) - of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, let there be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (liṅ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

सताम् (satām) - of good people, of the virtuous

(verbal derivative)

एतत् (etat) - this (action/fact)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Refers to the act of not abandoning a supplicant friend.

अगर्हितम् (agarhitam) - not censured, not blamed

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of agarhita

agarhita - not blamed, not censured, faultless

Past Passive Participle (negated)

Negative prefix 'a-' + garhita (blamed), from root garh (to blame)

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (na+garhita)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• garhita – blamed, censured, reproached
  verbal derivative (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root garh (to blame)
  Root: garh (class 1)

Note: Agrees with etat.