वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-15, verse-15

यो हि मोहाद्विषं पीत्वा नावगच्छति मानवः ।
परिणामे स वि मूढो जानीते कर्मणः फलम् ॥१५॥

15. yo hi mohādviṣaṃ pītvā nāvagacchati mānavaḥ ,
pariṇāme sa vi mūḍho jānīte karmaṇaḥ phalam.

15. yaḥ hi mohāt viṣam pītvā na avagacchati mānavaḥ
pariṇāme sa vimūḍhaḥ jānīte karmaṇaḥ phalam

15. yaḥ hi mānavaḥ mohāt viṣam pītvā na avagacchati,
saḥ vimūḍhaḥ pariṇāme karmaṇaḥ phalam jānīte

15. Indeed, a human being who, out of delusion, drinks poison and does not comprehend its nature, that deluded person eventually understands the consequence of their action (karma).

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

• मोहात् (mohāt) - out of delusion (from delusion, due to infatuation, out of ignorance)

• विषम् (viṣam) - poison

• पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

• न (na) - not, no

• अवगच्छति (avagacchati) - understands, comprehends, knows

• मानवः (mānavaḥ) - human being, man

• परिणामे (pariṇāme) - eventually, in the end (in the end, in the consequence, in the transformation)

• स (sa) - that (deluded) person (he, that)

• विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - deluded, foolish, bewildered

• जानीते (jānīte) - knows, understands

• कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of their action (karma) (of action, of deed, of (karma))

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

हि (hi) - indeed (indeed, surely, because, for)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

मोहात् (mohāt) - out of delusion (from delusion, due to infatuation, out of ignorance)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of moha

moha - delusion, infatuation, confusion, ignorance

derived from muh (to be deluded)

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Cause or origin

विषम् (viṣam) - poison

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of viṣa

viṣa - poison

Note: Object of 'pītvā'

पीत्वा (pītvā) - having drunk

(indeclinable)

absolutive/gerund

formed with -tvā suffix

Root: pā (class 1)

Note: absolutive form

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'avagacchati'

अवगच्छति (avagacchati) - understands, comprehends, knows

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of avagam

present 3rd singular active

Prefix: ava

Root: gam (class 1)

मानवः (mānavaḥ) - human being, man

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mānava

mānava - human, descendant of Manu, man

derived from Manu

Note: Subject of the clause

परिणामे (pariṇāme) - eventually, in the end (in the end, in the consequence, in the transformation)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pariṇāma

pariṇāma - change, transformation, result, consequence, end

derived from pari-nam (to change, turn into)

Prefix: pari

Root: nam (class 1)

स (sa) - that (deluded) person (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Correlative to 'yaḥ'

विमूढः (vimūḍhaḥ) - deluded, foolish, bewildered

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vimūḍha

vimūḍha - confused, deluded, foolish, bewildered

Past Passive Participle

from vi-muh (to be bewildered)

Prefix: vi

Root: muh (class 4)

Note: Qualifies 'sa'

जानीते (jānīte) - knows, understands

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jñā

present 3rd singular middle

Root: jñā (class 9)

कर्मणः (karmaṇaḥ) - of their action (karma) (of action, of deed, of (karma))

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, singular of karman

karman - action, deed, (karma), ritual

n-stem noun

Root: kṛ (class 8)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

Note: Object of 'jānīte'