वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-26, verse-14

तत्त्वया चरता लोकान्धर्मो विनिहतो महान् ।
अधर्मः प्रगृहीतश्च तेनास्मद्बलिनः परे ॥१४॥

14. tattvayā caratā lokāndharmo vinihato mahān ,
adharmaḥ pragṛhītaśca tenāsmadbalinaḥ pare.

14. tat tvayā caratā lokān dharmaḥ vinihataḥ mahān
adharmaḥ pragṛhītaḥ ca tena asmat balinaḥ pare

14. tat,
lokān caratā tvayā mahān dharmaḥ vinihataḥ.
ca adharmaḥ pragṛhītaḥ.
tena pare asmat balinaḥ.

14. Therefore, by you who wander through the worlds, great natural law (dharma) has been utterly destroyed, and unrighteousness (adharma) has been embraced. Because of this, our enemies have become stronger.

Words meanings summery:

• तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• चरता (caratā) - by you who wander (by wandering, by moving, by practicing)

• लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds (worlds (accusative plural))

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (natural law, constitution, righteousness, intrinsic nature, duty, virtue)

• विनिहतः (vinihataḥ) - utterly destroyed (utterly destroyed, struck down, killed)

• महान् (mahān) - great (great, large, mighty)

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness (unrighteousness, injustice, vice, evil, not natural law)

• प्रगृहीतः (pragṛhītaḥ) - embraced (grasped, seized, embraced, taken)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• तेन (tena) - by that, because of this (by that, by him, therefore)

• अस्मत् (asmat) - than us (used in comparison with balinaḥ) (from us (ablative); our (genitive - context dependent))

• बलिनः (balinaḥ) - stronger (strong, powerful (nominative plural))

• परे (pare) - our enemies (others, enemies, superior ones (nominative plural))

Words meanings and morphology

तत् (tat) - therefore (that, therefore)

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular or plural, formal)

चरता (caratā) - by you who wander (by wandering, by moving, by practicing)

(participle)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of carant

carant - wandering, moving, going, practicing

Present Active Participle

From root car (to move, wander), 1st conjugation, parasmaipada

Root: car (class 1)

Note: Agrees with tvayā

लोकान् (lokān) - the worlds (worlds (accusative plural))

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, space

Note: Object of caratā

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (natural law, constitution, righteousness, intrinsic nature, duty, virtue)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, righteousness, intrinsic nature, duty, virtue, custom, religion

From root dhṛ (to uphold, support)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

विनिहतः (vinihataḥ) - utterly destroyed (utterly destroyed, struck down, killed)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vinihata

vinihata - utterly destroyed, killed, struck down, defeated

Past Passive Participle

From root han (to strike, kill), with prefixes vi- and ni-

Prefixes: vi+ni

Root: han (class 2)

महान् (mahān) - great (great, large, mighty)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahat

mahat - great, large, vast, mighty, noble

Note: Agrees with dharmaḥ

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness (unrighteousness, injustice, vice, evil, not natural law)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, vice, evil, not natural law, not constitution

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound of a (not) and dharma

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• dharma – natural law, constitution, righteousness, intrinsic nature, duty, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to uphold, support)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

प्रगृहीतः (pragṛhītaḥ) - embraced (grasped, seized, embraced, taken)

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pragṛhīta

pragṛhīta - grasped, seized, embraced, taken, accepted

Past Passive Participle

From root grah (to seize, take), with prefix pra-

Prefix: pra

Root: grah (class 9)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by that, because of this (by that, by him, therefore)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the destruction of dharma and embracing of adharma

अस्मत् (asmat) - than us (used in comparison with balinaḥ) (from us (ablative); our (genitive - context dependent))

(pronoun)

Ablative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

बलिनः (balinaḥ) - stronger (strong, powerful (nominative plural))

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of balin

balin - strong, powerful, mighty

Possessive suffix -(i)n from bala (strength)

परे (pare) - our enemies (others, enemies, superior ones (nominative plural))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of para

para - other, another, distant, subsequent, enemy, supreme