वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-70, verse-17

यद्यधर्मो भवेद्भूतो रावणो नरकं व्रजेत् ।
भवांश्च धर्मसंयुक्तो नैवं व्यसनमाप्नुयात् ॥१७॥

17. yadyadharmo bhavedbhūto rāvaṇo narakaṃ vrajet ,
bhavāṃśca dharmasaṃyukto naivaṃ vyasanamāpnuyāt.

17. yadi adharmaḥ bhavet bhūtaḥ rāvaṇaḥ narakam vrajet
| bhavān ca dharmasaṃyuktaḥ na evam vyasanam āpnuyāt

17. yadi adharmaḥ bhūtaḥ bhavet,
rāvaṇaḥ narakam vrajet ca dharmasaṃyuktaḥ bhavān evam vyasanam na āpnuyāt

17. If unrighteousness (`adharma`) were truly effective, Ravana would certainly go to hell. And you, being endowed with natural law (`dharma`), would not suffer such misfortune.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if, whether

• अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, vice, non-dharma

• भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, would be, may be

• भूतः (bhūtaḥ) - truly existing or effective (manifest, real, happened, been)

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana (the demon king)

• नरकम् (narakam) - hell, underworld

• व्रजेत् (vrajet) - would go, should go

• भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), sir

• च (ca) - and

• धर्मसंयुक्तः (dharmasaṁyuktaḥ) - endowed with dharma, righteous

• न (na) - not, no

• एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

• व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction

• आप्नुयात् (āpnuyāt) - would obtain, should obtain, would experience

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if, whether

(indeclinable)

अधर्मः (adharmaḥ) - unrighteousness, injustice, vice, non-dharma

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, vice, evil, non-dharma

Negative compound (nañ-tatpuruṣa) of dharma.

Compound type : nañ-tatpurusha (a+dharma)

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

भवेत् (bhavet) - should be, would be, may be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhū

Optative active 3rd singular

Root: bhū (class 1)

भूतः (bhūtaḥ) - truly existing or effective (manifest, real, happened, been)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhūta

bhūta - a being, creature, ghost, element (earth, water, fire, air, ether); (adj) been, become, manifest, real

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root bhū (to be, exist)

Root: bhū (class 1)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana (the demon king)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the demon king of Lanka in the Rāmāyaṇa epic)

Root: ru (class 2)

नरकम् (narakam) - hell, underworld

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of naraka

naraka - hell, underworld, abode of punishment

Note: Object of vrajet.

व्रजेत् (vrajet) - would go, should go

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of vraj

Optative active 3rd singular

Root: vraj (class 1)

भवान् (bhavān) - you (respectful), sir

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhavat

bhavat - your honor, sir, you (respectful)

Present Active Participle (masculine nominative singular)

From root bhū (to be), used as a polite second-person pronoun.

Root: bhū (class 1)

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

धर्मसंयुक्तः (dharmasaṁyuktaḥ) - endowed with dharma, righteous

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharmasaṃyukta

dharmasaṁyukta - endowed with dharma, connected with dharma, righteous

Tatpurusha compound.

Compound type : tatpurusha (dharma+saṃyukta)

• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhṛ (to uphold, sustain)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)
• saṃyukta – joined, united, endowed with, possessed of
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root yuj (to join) with prefix sam.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: yuj (class 7)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner

(indeclinable)

Note: Qualifies āpnuyāt or the entire predicate.

व्यसनम् (vyasanam) - misfortune, calamity, distress, addiction

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vyasana

vyasana - misfortune, calamity, distress, adversity, vice, addiction

From root as (to throw) with prefix vi.

Prefix: vi

Root: as (class 4)

Note: Object of āpnuyāt.

आप्नुयात् (āpnuyāt) - would obtain, should obtain, would experience

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of āp

Optative active 3rd singular

Prefix: ā

Root: āp (class 5)