वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-70, verse-21

वध्यन्ते पापकर्माणो यद्यधर्मेण राघव ।
वधकर्महतो धर्मः स हतः कं वधिष्यति ॥२१॥

21. vadhyante pāpakarmāṇo yadyadharmeṇa rāghava ,
vadhakarmahato dharmaḥ sa hataḥ kaṃ vadhiṣyati.

21. vadhyante pāpakarmāṇaḥ yadi adharmeṇa rāghava |
vadha-karma-hataḥ dharmaḥ sa hataḥ kam vadhiṣyati

21. rāghava,
yadi pāpakarmāṇaḥ adharmeṇa vadhyante,
[tarhi] vadha-karma-hataḥ dharmaḥ sa hataḥ kam vadhiṣyati

21. O Rāghava, if those who commit sinful deeds are killed by unrighteousness (adharma), then natural law (dharma) itself, being destroyed by the act of punishment, becomes powerless; for, being destroyed, whom can it then destroy?

Words meanings summery:

• वध्यन्ते (vadhyante) - they are killed, they are slain, they are destroyed

• पापकर्माणः (pāpakarmāṇaḥ) - those who commit sinful deeds, evildoers

• यदि (yadi) - if

• अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - by unrighteousness, by injustice

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rama (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama))

• वध-कर्म-हतः (vadha-karma-hataḥ) - destroyed by the act of killing/punishment

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, righteousness, duty

• स (sa) - that (dharma) (he, that)

• हतः (hataḥ) - being destroyed (killed, destroyed, slain)

• कम् (kam) - whom, what

• वधिष्यति (vadhiṣyati) - will it kill, will it destroy

Words meanings and morphology

वध्यन्ते (vadhyante) - they are killed, they are slain, they are destroyed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, passive, present (lat) of vadh

Root: han (class 2)

पापकर्माणः (pāpakarmāṇaḥ) - those who commit sinful deeds, evildoers

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of pāpakarmāṇ

pāpakarmāṇ - one who commits sinful deeds, evildoer, sinner

Compound type : bahuvrihi (pāpa+karman)

• pāpa – sin, evil, wicked, bad
  noun (neuter)
• karman – action, deed, work, ritual, fate
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

अधर्मेण (adharmeṇa) - by unrighteousness, by injustice

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of adharma

adharma - unrighteousness, injustice, vice, non-duty

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+dharma)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• dharma – natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

राघव (rāghava) - O Rama (O Rāghava (descendant of Raghu, an epithet for Rama))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu, patronymic, especially for Rama

Derived from Raghu (Vṛddhi formation)

वध-कर्म-हतः (vadha-karma-hataḥ) - destroyed by the act of killing/punishment

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vadha-karma-hata

vadha-karma-hata - destroyed or slain by the act of killing or punishment

Past Passive Participle (hata) in a compound

Compound type : tatpurusha (vadha-karma+hata)

• vadha – killing, slaughter, punishment, blow
  noun (masculine)
  Root: han (class 2)
• karman – action, deed, act
  noun (neuter)
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• hata – killed, struck, destroyed, ruined
  participle (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of han
  Root: han (class 2)

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law, righteousness, duty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, intrinsic nature, righteousness, duty, virtue, merit, justice

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

स (sa) - that (dharma) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

हतः (hataḥ) - being destroyed (killed, destroyed, slain)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, ruined

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of han

Root: han (class 2)

कम् (kam) - whom, what

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

वधिष्यति (vadhiṣyati) - will it kill, will it destroy

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of vadh

Root: han (class 2)