वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-70, verse-26

बलस्य यदि चेद्धर्मो गुणभूतः पराक्रमे ।
धर्ममुत्सृज्य वर्तस्व यथा धर्मे तथा बले ॥२६॥

26. balasya yadi ceddharmo guṇabhūtaḥ parākrame ,
dharmamutsṛjya vartasva yathā dharme tathā bale.

26. balasya yadi ca it dharmaḥ guṇabhūtaḥ parākrame
dharmam utsṛjya vartasva yathā dharme tathā bale

26. yadi cet balasya parākrame dharmaḥ guṇabhūtaḥ (syāt),
(tadā) dharmam utsṛjya vartasva,
yathā dharme (vartase) tathā bale (vartasva)

26. If (dharma) is merely a secondary quality of valor, then abandon (dharma) and conduct yourself by strength, just as you would by (dharma) itself.

Words meanings summery:

• बलस्य (balasya) - pertaining to strength (of strength, of power)

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

• च (ca) - connects the conditional; often used emphatically with 'yadi' (and, also)

• इत् (it) - emphatic particle (indeed, certainly)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the principle of (dharma) ((dharma), law, righteousness)

• गुणभूतः (guṇabhūtaḥ) - subservient, secondary to strength (become a quality, secondary, subordinate)

• पराक्रमे (parākrame) - in the context of one's prowess or strength (in valor, in prowess, in effort)

• धर्मम् (dharmam) - the principle of (dharma) to be abandoned ((dharma), law, righteousness)

• उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - letting go of (dharma) as a guide (having abandoned, having given up)

• वर्तस्व (vartasva) - operate, behave (act, proceed, conduct yourself)

• यथा (yathā) - introduces a comparison for the manner of acting (as, just as, according to)

• धर्मे (dharme) - with respect to (dharma) or as guided by (dharma) (in (dharma), in law, in righteousness)

• तथा (tathā) - in the same manner (as with dharma) (so, thus, in that manner)

• बले (bale) - with respect to strength or as guided by strength (in strength, in power)

Words meanings and morphology

बलस्य (balasya) - pertaining to strength (of strength, of power)

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

Root: bal (class 1)

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

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - connects the conditional; often used emphatically with 'yadi' (and, also)

(indeclinable)

इत् (it) - emphatic particle (indeed, certainly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Part of the 'ced' sandhi.

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - the principle of (dharma) ((dharma), law, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - intrinsic nature, constitution, natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, religious ordinance

from root dhṛ- (to uphold, to sustain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the clause.

गुणभूतः (guṇabhūtaḥ) - subservient, secondary to strength (become a quality, secondary, subordinate)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of guṇabhūta

guṇabhūta - become a quality of, subservient, secondary, auxiliary

Past Passive Participle (compound)

from guṇa (quality) and bhūta (become)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (guṇa+bhūta)

• guṇa – quality, attribute, excellence, secondary part
  noun (masculine)
• bhūta – become, been, past, creature, element
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  from root bhū- (to be, become)
  Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for dharma.

पराक्रमे (parākrame) - in the context of one's prowess or strength (in valor, in prowess, in effort)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of parākrama

parākrama - valor, prowess, strength, effort, heroism

from root kram- with parā- prefix

Prefix: parā

Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Denotes the sphere in which (dharma) is a secondary quality.

धर्मम् (dharmam) - the principle of (dharma) to be abandoned ((dharma), law, righteousness)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - intrinsic nature, constitution, natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, religious ordinance

from root dhṛ- (to uphold, to sustain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Object of 'utsṛjya'.

उत्सृज्य (utsṛjya) - letting go of (dharma) as a guide (having abandoned, having given up)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

from root sṛj- with ut- prefix

Prefix: ut

Root: sṛj (class 6)

वर्तस्व (vartasva) - operate, behave (act, proceed, conduct yourself)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of vṛt

Imperative

2nd person singular imperative middle voice of root vṛt-

Root: vṛt (class 1)

यथा (yathā) - introduces a comparison for the manner of acting (as, just as, according to)

(indeclinable)

धर्मे (dharme) - with respect to (dharma) or as guided by (dharma) (in (dharma), in law, in righteousness)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - intrinsic nature, constitution, natural law, righteousness, duty, virtue, religious ordinance

from root dhṛ- (to uphold, to sustain)

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Locative of 'dharma'.

तथा (tathā) - in the same manner (as with dharma) (so, thus, in that manner)

(indeclinable)

बले (bale) - with respect to strength or as guided by strength (in strength, in power)

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of bala

bala - strength, power, force, army

Root: bal (class 1)

Note: Locative of 'bala'.