वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-51, verse-6

देशकालविहीनानि कर्माणि विपरीतवत् ।
क्रियमाणानि दुष्यन्ति हवींष्यप्रयतेष्विव ॥६॥

6. deśakālavihīnāni karmāṇi viparītavat ,
kriyamāṇāni duṣyanti havīṃṣyaprayateṣviva.

6. deśakālavihīnāni karmāṇi viparītavat
kriyamāṇāni duṣyanti havīṃṣi aprayateṣu iva

6. deśakālavihīnāni viparītavat kriyamāṇāni
karmāṇi aprayateṣu havīṃṣi iva duṣyanti

6. Actions (karma) that are performed without due regard for place and time, and contrary to proper procedure, become corrupted, just as oblations offered to the impure are spoiled.

Words meanings summery:

• देशकालविहीनानि (deśakālavihīnāni) - devoid of proper place and time, lacking suitable time and place

• कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, works

• विपरीतवत् (viparītavat) - wrongly, inversely, contrary to rule

• क्रियमाणानि (kriyamāṇāni) - being performed, while being done

• दुष्यन्ति (duṣyanti) - become spoiled, get corrupted, fail, are tainted

• हवींषि (havīṁṣi) - oblations, offerings (especially ghee)

• अप्रयतेषु (aprayateṣu) - in the impure, among the unholy, to those who are not prepared

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if, just as

Words meanings and morphology

देशकालविहीनानि (deśakālavihīnāni) - devoid of proper place and time, lacking suitable time and place

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of deśakālavihīna

deśakālavihīna - devoid of proper place and time, unsuitable in time and place

Compound of deśa (place), kāla (time), and vihīna (devoid of). deśakāla is a dvandva compound (place and time) which then forms a tatpuruṣa compound with vihīna (devoid of place and time).

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deśa+kāla+vihīna)

• deśa – place, region
  noun (masculine)
  Root: diś (class 6)
• kāla – time, suitable time
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kal (class 10)
• vihīna – devoid of, destitute of, forsaken
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Vi- (prefix) + hīna (left, abandoned). From root hā (to abandon) + kta
  Prefix: vi
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Qualifies 'karmāṇi'.

कर्माणि (karmāṇi) - actions, deeds, works

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of karman

karman - action, deed, work, effect of action, (karma)

From root kṛ (to do) + man (suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Subject of 'duṣyanti'.

विपरीतवत् (viparītavat) - wrongly, inversely, contrary to rule

(indeclinable)

From viparīta (inverted, contrary) + vat (adverbial suffix)

Note: Qualifies the manner of 'kriyamāṇāni'.

क्रियमाणानि (kriyamāṇāni) - being performed, while being done

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, plural of kriyamāṇa

kriyamāṇa - being done, being performed

present passive participle

From root kṛ (to do) + śānac (present passive participle suffix)

Root: kṛ (class 8)

दुष्यन्ति (duṣyanti) - become spoiled, get corrupted, fail, are tainted

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, present (laṭ) of duṣ

present

3rd person plural active present from root duṣ

Root: duṣ (class 4)

हवींषि (havīṁṣi) - oblations, offerings (especially ghee)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, plural of havis

havis - oblation, offering (especially clarified butter in Vedic ritual)

From root hu (to offer)

Root: hu (class 3)

Note: Subject of the comparison.

अप्रयतेषु (aprayateṣu) - in the impure, among the unholy, to those who are not prepared

(adjective)

Locative, masculine, plural of aprayata

aprayata - not restrained, impure, unholy, unprepared

Nañ-tatpuruṣa compound: A- (negation) + prayata (pure, restrained). From pra- (prefix) + yam (to restrain) + kta

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+prayatana)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• prayatana – pure, restrained, prepared
  adjective (masculine)
  past passive participle
  Pra- (prefix) + yata (restrained, controlled). From root yam (to restrain)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: yam (class 1)

इव (iva) - like, as, as if, just as

(indeclinable)

Note: Introduces the simile.