वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-45, verse-11

आपत्संशयिता श्रेयो नात्र निःसंशयीकृता ।
प्रतिलोमानुलोमं वा यद्वा नो मन्यसे हितम् ॥११॥

11. āpatsaṃśayitā śreyo nātra niḥsaṃśayīkṛtā ,
pratilomānulomaṃ vā yadvā no manyase hitam.

11. āpat-saṃśayitā śreyas na atra niḥsaṃśayīkṛtā
| pratilomānulomaṃ vā yat vā naḥ manyase hitam

11. āpat-saṃśayitā atra śreyas niḥsaṃśayīkṛtā na
vā pratilomānulomaṃ vā yat naḥ hitam manyase

11. A situation of uncertain danger is not definitively declared here as beneficial. Therefore, [tell us] what you consider advantageous for us, whether it involves an adverse or a favorable approach.

Words meanings summery:

• आपत्-संशयिता (āpat-saṁśayitā) - a situation involving uncertain danger (a situation of doubtful danger, one who doubts danger)

• श्रेयस् (śreyas) - the beneficial or advantageous course of action (welfare, prosperity, the better, good)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• अत्र (atra) - here (in this deliberation/discussion) (here, in this place, in this matter)

• निःसंशयीकृता (niḥsaṁśayīkṛtā) - definitively declared or resolved (made certain, made doubtless, resolved)

• प्रतिलोमानुलोमं (pratilomānulomaṁ) - involving a difficult or an easy approach (adverse and favorable, inverse and direct, against the hair and with the hair)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, that)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either)

• नः (naḥ) - for us (to us, for us, our)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider (you think, you consider, you believe)

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (for us) (beneficial, good, advantageous)

Words meanings and morphology

आपत्-संशयिता (āpat-saṁśayitā) - a situation involving uncertain danger (a situation of doubtful danger, one who doubts danger)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of āpat-saṃśayitā

āpat-saṁśayitā - a state of doubt concerning danger; one who doubts danger

Compound type : tatpurusha (āpat+saṃśayitā)

• āpat – danger, distress, misfortune
  noun (feminine)
• saṃśayitā – doubted, uncertain, full of doubt
  participle (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root śīṅ with prefix sam, then made feminine
  Prefix: sam
  Root: śīṅ (class 2)

Note: Refers to a situation or state of affairs.

श्रेयस् (śreyas) - the beneficial or advantageous course of action (welfare, prosperity, the better, good)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śreyas

śreyas - welfare, good, prosperity, the better, the best

Note: Used predicatively in the translation.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

अत्र (atra) - here (in this deliberation/discussion) (here, in this place, in this matter)

(indeclinable)

निःसंशयीकृता (niḥsaṁśayīkṛtā) - definitively declared or resolved (made certain, made doubtless, resolved)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niḥsaṃśayīkṛta

niḥsaṁśayīkṛta - made doubtless, made certain, resolved

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the denominative root saṃśayīkṛ (to make doubtful) with prefix niṣ (negation/removal), meaning 'made doubtless'

Prefix: nis

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: The word is formed from `niṣ-` + `saṃśayī-kṛta`. `saṃśayī-kṛta` means 'made doubtful'. So `niṣ-saṃśayī-kṛta` means 'not made doubtful' or 'made free from doubt, made certain'.

प्रतिलोमानुलोमं (pratilomānulomaṁ) - involving a difficult or an easy approach (adverse and favorable, inverse and direct, against the hair and with the hair)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of pratilomānuloma

pratilomānuloma - adverse and favorable, inverse and direct, against the current and with the current

Compound type : dvandva (pratiloma+anuloma)

• pratiloma – adverse, contrary, against the grain/current, difficult
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: prati
• anuloma – favorable, regular, with the grain/current, easy
  adjective (masculine)
  Prefix: anu

Note: Used adverbially to describe the approach.

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - whatever (which, what, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that, because

वा (vā) - or (or, either)

(indeclinable)

नः (naḥ) - for us (to us, for us, our)

(pronoun)

Dative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Can also be genitive or accusative.

मन्यसे (manyase) - you consider (you think, you consider, you believe)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of man

Present Indicative

Derived from root man (4th class Atmanepada)

Root: man (class 4)

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (for us) (beneficial, good, advantageous)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, advantageous, suitable, placed, put

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root dhā (to place, put) as irregular P.P.P., or often used as adjective meaning beneficial.

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agrees with implied object of 'manyase' (e.g., 'that').