वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-70, verse-24

यदि सत् स्यात् सतां मुख्य नासत् स्यात्तव किं चन ।
त्वया यदीदृशं प्राप्तं तस्मात् सन्नोपपद्यते ॥२४॥

24. yadi sat syāt satāṃ mukhya nāsat syāttava kiṃ cana ,
tvayā yadīdṛśaṃ prāptaṃ tasmāt sannopapadyate.

24. yadi sat syāt satām mukhya na asat syāt tava kim cana
tvayā yadi īdṛśam prāptam tasmāt sat na upapadyate

24. satām mukhya,
yadi sat syāt,
(tadā) tava kim cana asat na syāt tvayā yadi īdṛśam prāptam,
tasmāt sat na upapadyate.

24. O foremost among the virtuous, if 'the existent' (sat) were truly effective, then absolutely nothing non-existent (asat) would befall you. But since you have indeed encountered such circumstances, it follows that 'the existent' (sat) is not applicable.

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - introduces a conditional clause (if)

• सत् (sat) - the truly existent, ultimate reality, or the effective principle (existent, real, good)

• स्यात् (syāt) - if it were to be (would be, let it be)

• सताम् (satām) - of those who are existent or virtuous (of the good, of the existent, among the virtuous)

• मुख्य (mukhya) - O chief (vocative) (chief, principal, foremost, main)

• न (na) - negates the verb 'syāt' (not, no)

• असत् (asat) - any non-existent thing, problem, or lack (non-existent, unreal, bad)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would pertain, would exist (would be, let it be)

• तव (tava) - pertaining to you (your, of you)

• किम् (kim) - anything whatsoever (with 'cana') (what, anything)

• चन (cana) - used to make 'kim' indefinite and emphatic, 'anything whatsoever' (even, also, any)

• त्वया (tvayā) - agent in a passive construction (by you)

• यदि (yadi) - introduces a conditional clause (if)

• ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such circumstances or state (referring to the struggles or elusive nature of dharma) (such, of this kind)

• प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - encountered, experienced (attained, reached, obtained)

• तस्मात् (tasmāt) - based on that fact, for that reason (therefore, from that)

• सत् (sat) - 'the existent' (referring to the concept itself, or its straightforward efficacy) (existent, real, good)

• न (na) - negates the verb 'upapadyate' (not, no)

• उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is not justified, does not hold true (is fitting, is appropriate, is established, is proven)

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - introduces a conditional clause (if)

(indeclinable)

सत् (sat) - the truly existent, ultimate reality, or the effective principle (existent, real, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true

Present Active Participle

from root as- (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to the concept of 'existent' or 'reality'.

स्यात् (syāt) - if it were to be (would be, let it be)

(verb)

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

Optative

3rd person singular optative of root as-

Root: as (class 2)

सताम् (satām) - of those who are existent or virtuous (of the good, of the existent, among the virtuous)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, plural of sat

sat - existent, real, good, virtuous

Present Active Participle

from root as- (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Partitive genitive with 'mukhya'.

मुख्य (mukhya) - O chief (vocative) (chief, principal, foremost, main)

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of mukhya

mukhya - chief, principal, foremost, main, excellent

Note: Used as a vocative.

न (na) - negates the verb 'syāt' (not, no)

(indeclinable)

असत् (asat) - any non-existent thing, problem, or lack (non-existent, unreal, bad)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of asat

asat - non-existent, unreal, bad, false

Present Active Participle (negative)

from root as- (to be) with a- privative prefix

Prefix: a

Root: as (class 2)

Note: Refers to the concept of 'non-existent' or 'unreality'.

स्यात् (syāt) - would pertain, would exist (would be, let it be)

(verb)

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

Optative

3rd person singular optative of root as-

Root: as (class 2)

तव (tava) - pertaining to you (your, of you)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Forms 'your' or 'pertaining to you'.

किम् (kim) - anything whatsoever (with 'cana') (what, anything)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, anything

Note: Used with 'cana' to mean 'anything whatsoever'.

चन (cana) - used to make 'kim' indefinite and emphatic, 'anything whatsoever' (even, also, any)

(indeclinable)

त्वया (tvayā) - agent in a passive construction (by you)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

यदि (yadi) - introduces a conditional clause (if)

(indeclinable)

ईदृशम् (īdṛśam) - such circumstances or state (referring to the struggles or elusive nature of dharma) (such, of this kind)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īdṛśa

īdṛśa - such, of this kind, like this

Note: Functions as a noun here.

प्राप्तम् (prāptam) - encountered, experienced (attained, reached, obtained)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of prāpta

prāpta - attained, reached, obtained, happened

Past Passive Participle

from root āp- with pra- prefix

Prefix: pra

Root: āp (class 5)

तस्मात् (tasmāt) - based on that fact, for that reason (therefore, from that)

(indeclinable)

Note: Functions as an adverb 'therefore'.

सत् (sat) - 'the existent' (referring to the concept itself, or its straightforward efficacy) (existent, real, good)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of sat

sat - existent, real, good, true

Present Active Participle

from root as- (to be)

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - negates the verb 'upapadyate' (not, no)

(indeclinable)

उपपद्यते (upapadyate) - is not justified, does not hold true (is fitting, is appropriate, is established, is proven)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of upapad

Present Indicative

3rd person singular present indicative middle voice of root pad- with upa- prefix

Prefix: upa

Root: pad (class 4)