वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-6, verse-10

गुणदोषावनिश्चित्य त्यक्त्वा दैवव्यपाश्रयम् ।
करिष्यामीति यः कार्यमुपेक्षेत् स नराधमः ॥१०॥

10. guṇadoṣāvaniścitya tyaktvā daivavyapāśrayam ,
kariṣyāmīti yaḥ kāryamupekṣet sa narādhamaḥ.

10. guṇadoṣau aniścitya tyaktvā daivavyapāśrayam
kariṣyāmi iti yaḥ kāryam upekṣet saḥ narādhamaḥ

10. yaḥ guṇadoṣau aniścitya daivavyapāśrayam tyaktvā
kariṣyāmi iti kāryam upekṣet saḥ narādhamaḥ

10. He who, without ascertaining the advantages and disadvantages, and having abandoned reliance on divine will (daiva), thinks 'I will do this!' but then neglects the task, he is the lowest among men.

Words meanings summery:

• गुणदोषौ (guṇadoṣau) - merits and demerits, advantages and disadvantages

• अनिश्चित्य (aniścitya) - without determining, without ascertaining, without deciding

• त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

• दैवव्यपाश्रयम् (daivavyapāśrayam) - reliance on divine will (daiva) (reliance on destiny, dependence on fate)

• करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I shall perform

• इति (iti) - introduces a quotation or thought ('thinking this') (thus, so)

• यः (yaḥ) - who, which

• कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, action (object)

• उपेक्षेत् (upekṣet) - should neglect, should disregard, should ignore

• सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

• नराधमः (narādhamaḥ) - lowest of men, wretched man

Words meanings and morphology

गुणदोषौ (guṇadoṣau) - merits and demerits, advantages and disadvantages

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of guṇadoṣa

guṇadoṣa - merits and demerits, good and bad qualities, advantages and disadvantages

Compound type : dvandva (guṇa+doṣa)

• guṇa – quality, virtue, merit, excellence
  noun (masculine)
• doṣa – fault, defect, vice, demerit, sin
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'duṣ' (to be corrupt).
  Root: duṣ (class 4)

अनिश्चित्य (aniścitya) - without determining, without ascertaining, without deciding

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund) with negative prefix

Negative prefix 'a' + absolutive of 'niści' (to ascertain, determine), root 'ci' with prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: ci (class 5)

त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā) - having abandoned, having given up

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'tyaj' (to abandon) with suffix 'ktvā'.

Root: tyaj (class 1)

दैवव्यपाश्रयम् (daivavyapāśrayam) - reliance on divine will (daiva) (reliance on destiny, dependence on fate)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of daivavyapāśraya

daivavyapāśraya - dependence on destiny, reliance on fate

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (daiva+vyapāśraya)

• daiva – divine, celestial; destiny, fate
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from 'deva' (god).
• vyapāśraya – dependence, reliance, refuge, resort
  noun (masculine)
  Derived from root 'śri' (to resort to, lean upon) with prefixes 'vi' and 'apa'.
  Prefixes: vi+apa
  Root: śri (class 1)

करिष्यामि (kariṣyāmi) - I will do, I shall perform

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - introduces a quotation or thought ('thinking this') (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

यः (yaḥ) - who, which

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what (relative pronoun)

कार्यम् (kāryam) - task, duty, action (object)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kārya

kārya - to be done, fit to be done; duty, business, action, purpose

Gerundive

Derived from root 'kṛ' (to do) with suffix 'ṇyat'.

Root: kṛ (class 8)

उपेक्षेत् (upekṣet) - should neglect, should disregard, should ignore

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of upekṣ

Root 'īkṣ' (to see, behold) with prefix 'upa' (towards, near, neglecting).

Prefix: upa

Root: īkṣ (class 1)

सः (saḥ) - he, that (person)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

नराधमः (narādhamaḥ) - lowest of men, wretched man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of narādhama

narādhama - lowest of men, mean man, wretched man

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+adhama)

• nara – man, person, male, human being
  noun (masculine)
• adhama – lowest, inferior, mean, vile, worst
  adjective (masculine)

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