वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-15, verse-17

यो हि मातॄः पितॄन्भ्रातॄनाचर्यांश्चावमन्यते ।
स पश्यति फलं तस्य प्रेतराजवशं गतः ॥१७॥

17. yo hi mātṝḥ pitṝnbhrātṝnācaryāṃścāvamanyate ,
sa paśyati phalaṃ tasya pretarājavaśaṃ gataḥ.

17. yaḥ hi mātṝḥ pitṝn bhrātṝn ācāryān ca avamanyate
| saḥ paśyati phalam tasya pretarāja-vaśam gataḥ

17. yaḥ hi mātṝḥ pitṝn bhrātṝn ācāryān ca avamanyate,
saḥ tasya phalam pretarāja-vaśam gataḥ paśyati.

17. Indeed, whoever disrespects mothers, fathers, brothers, and teachers, that person experiences the consequence of it, having fallen under the sway of the king of the dead.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• मातॄः (mātṝḥ) - mothers

• पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers

• भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

• आचार्यान् (ācāryān) - teachers

• च (ca) - and

• अवमन्यते (avamanyate) - disrespects, despises

• सः (saḥ) - he, that person

• पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, experiences

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

• तस्य (tasya) - of that, of him

• प्रेतराज-वशम् (pretarāja-vaśam) - under the sway of the king of the dead

• गतः (gataḥ) - having fallen (under the sway of) (having gone, fallen, reached)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - who, whoever

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, who, what

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

मातॄः (mātṝḥ) - mothers

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, plural of mātṛ

mātṛ - mother

पितॄन् (pitṝn) - fathers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

भ्रातॄन् (bhrātṝn) - brothers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

आचार्यान् (ācāryān) - teachers

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ācārya

ācārya - teacher, preceptor, master

च (ca) - and

(indeclinable)

अवमन्यते (avamanyate) - disrespects, despises

(verb)

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

4th class verb, middle voice

Prefix: ava

Root: man (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - he, that person

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

पश्यति (paśyati) - sees, experiences

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of paś

present stem of root dṛś

Root: dṛś (class 1)

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

तस्य (tasya) - of that, of him

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

प्रेतराज-वशम् (pretarāja-vaśam) - under the sway of the king of the dead

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pretarāja-vaśa

pretarāja-vaśa - control of the king of ghosts/dead

Compound type : tatpurusha (pretarāja+vaśa)

• pretarāja – king of the dead/ghosts (Yama)
  noun (masculine)
• vaśa – control, sway, submission, power
  noun (masculine)

गतः (gataḥ) - having fallen (under the sway of) (having gone, fallen, reached)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, reached, obtained, fallen

Past Passive Participle

derived from root gam

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'saḥ'