वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-20, verse-6

किमयं वध्यते लोकस्त्वयावध्येन दैवतैः ।
हत एव ह्ययं लोको यदा मृत्युवशं गतः ॥६॥

6. kimayaṃ vadhyate lokastvayāvadhyena daivataiḥ ,
hata eva hyayaṃ loko yadā mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ.

6. kim ayam vadhyate lokaḥ tvayā avadhyena daivataiḥ
hata eva hi ayam lokaḥ yadā mṛtyuvaśam gataḥ

6. kim ayam lokaḥ tvayā avadhyena daivataiḥ vadhyate
hi ayam lokaḥ hata eva yadā mṛtyuvaśam gataḥ

6. Why do you slay this world, O you who are unslayable by the gods? This world is, indeed, already slain, for it has fallen under the sway of death.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why (why, what)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular nominative)

• वध्यते (vadhyate) - is being slain, is killed

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world (world, people, realm)

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• अवध्येन (avadhyena) - by you, the unslayable one (by the unslayable, by the one who cannot be killed)

• दैवतैः (daivataiḥ) - by the gods

• हतः (hataḥ) - already slain (slain, killed, dead)

• एव (eva) - indeed, already (indeed, just, only)

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

• अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular nominative)

• लोकः (lokaḥ) - world (world, people, realm)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• मृत्युवशम् (mṛtyuvaśam) - under the power of death, to the sway of death

• गतः (gataḥ) - fallen into (the sway of death) (gone, reached, fallen into)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why (why, what)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

वध्यते (vadhyate) - is being slain, is killed

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of vadh

Root: han (class 2)

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world (world, people, realm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, common experience

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (pronoun)

अवध्येन (avadhyena) - by you, the unslayable one (by the unslayable, by the one who cannot be killed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of avadhya

avadhya - not to be killed, unslayable, inviolable

Gerundive

Derived from the root 'han' (to slay) with the suffix '-ya', prefixed with 'a-' for negation.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+vadhya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• vadhya – slayable, killable
  adjective (masculine)
  Gerundive
  Derived from the root 'han' with '-ya' suffix.
  Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'tvayā'.

दैवतैः (daivataiḥ) - by the gods

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of devata

devata - a deity, a god (feminine 'devatā' is common, but 'deva' for masculine)

हतः (hataḥ) - already slain (slain, killed, dead)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of hata

hata - struck, killed, slain, destroyed, gone, lost

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'han' (to strike, slay) with the suffix '-kta'.

Root: han (class 2)

एव (eva) - indeed, already (indeed, just, only)

(indeclinable)

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

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (masculine singular nominative)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, this one

लोकः (lokaḥ) - world (world, people, realm)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, common experience

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

मृत्युवशम् (mṛtyuvaśam) - under the power of death, to the sway of death

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mṛtyuvaśa

mṛtyuvaśa - subjection to death, sway of death

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (mṛtyu+vaśa)

• mṛtyu – death
  noun (masculine)
• vaśa – will, power, control, sway
  noun (masculine)

Note: Used adverbially here to indicate destination or state.

गतः (gataḥ) - fallen into (the sway of death) (gone, reached, fallen into)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of gata

gata - gone, arrived, reached, obtained, fallen into, become

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'gam' (to go) with the suffix '-kta'.

Root: gam (class 1)