वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-29, verse-7

एको हि कुरुते पापं कालपाशवशं गतः ।
नीचेनात्मापचारेण कुलं तेन विनश्यति ॥७॥

7. eko hi kurute pāpaṃ kālapāśavaśaṃ gataḥ ,
nīcenātmāpacāreṇa kulaṃ tena vinaśyati.

7. ekaḥ hi kurute pāpam kālapāśavaśam gataḥ
nīcena ātmāpacāreṇa kulam tena vinaśyati

7. ekaḥ hi kālapāśavaśam gataḥ pāpam kurute.
nīcena ātmāpacāreṇa tena kulam vinaśyati

7. Indeed, one person commits an evil deed, having fallen under the sway of the noose of destiny. By that base individual's self-inflicted wrong (ātmāpacāra), his entire family is destroyed.

Words meanings summery:

• एकः (ekaḥ) - one person (one, a single, unique)

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

• कुरुते (kurute) - commits (does, makes, performs)

• पापम् (pāpam) - an evil deed (sin, evil, vice, wickedness)

• कालपाशवशम् (kālapāśavaśam) - under the sway of the noose of destiny (under the sway of the noose of time/death)

• गतः (gataḥ) - having fallen (gone, having gone, reached, attained)

• नीचेन (nīcena) - by that base (individual) (by the low, by the base, by the vile)

• आत्मापचारेण (ātmāpacāreṇa) - by self-inflicted wrong (by self-offense, by offense against oneself)

• कुलम् (kulam) - his entire family (family, lineage, clan)

• तेन (tena) - by that (act/person) (by him, by that, with that)

• विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - is destroyed (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

Words meanings and morphology

एकः (ekaḥ) - one person (one, a single, unique)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of eka

eka - one, a single, unique

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle.

कुरुते (kurute) - commits (does, makes, performs)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Present Middle

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The root kṛ is often ātmāne-padi for specific meanings.

पापम् (pāpam) - an evil deed (sin, evil, vice, wickedness)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pāpa

pāpa - sin, evil, vice, wickedness

Note: Object of 'kurute'.

कालपाशवशम् (kālapāśavaśam) - under the sway of the noose of destiny (under the sway of the noose of time/death)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kālapāśavaśa

kālapāśavaśa - under the sway of the noose of time/death

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kāla+pāśa+vaśa)

• kāla – time, death, destiny
  noun (masculine)
• pāśa – noose, snare, bond
  noun (masculine)
• vaśa – sway, power, control
  noun (masculine)

Note: Object of 'gataḥ'.

गतः (gataḥ) - having fallen (gone, having gone, reached, attained)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, having gone, reached, attained

Past Passive Participle

From gam 'to go'

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'ekaḥ'.

नीचेन (nīcena) - by that base (individual) (by the low, by the base, by the vile)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of nīca

nīca - low, base, vile, mean

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa.

आत्मापचारेण (ātmāpacāreṇa) - by self-inflicted wrong (by self-offense, by offense against oneself)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of ātmāpacāra

ātmāpacāra - self-offense, offense against oneself, self-damage

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ātman+apacāra)

• ātman – self, soul, spirit, ego
  noun (masculine)
• apacāra – offense, transgression, improper conduct
  noun (masculine)
  From apa- + car 'to move'
  Prefix: apa
  Root: car (class 1)

Note: Cause for the destruction of the family.

कुलम् (kulam) - his entire family (family, lineage, clan)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kula

kula - family, lineage, clan, race, community

Note: Subject of 'vinaśyati'.

तेन (tena) - by that (act/person) (by him, by that, with that)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it

Note: Refers to the 'base individual' and his 'self-offense'.

विनश्यति (vinaśyati) - is destroyed (perishes, is destroyed, disappears)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vi-naś

Present Active

From vi- + naś 'to perish'

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

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