वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-21, verse-2

अपश्यत् स यमं तत्र देवमग्निपुरस्कृतम् ।
विधानमुपतिष्ठन्तं प्राणिनो यस्य यादृशम् ॥२॥

2. apaśyat sa yamaṃ tatra devamagnipuraskṛtam ,
vidhānamupatiṣṭhantaṃ prāṇino yasya yādṛśam.

2. apaśyat sa yamam tatra devam agnipuraskṛtam |
vidhānam upatiṣṭhantam prāṇinaḥ yasya yādṛśam

2. sa tatra agnipuraskṛtam devam yamam prāṇinaḥ
yasya yādṛśam vidhānam upatiṣṭhantam apaśyat

2. He saw Yama there, the deity revered with Vedic fire rituals, who was overseeing the specific constitution (vidhāna) or destiny of each living being.

Words meanings summery:

• अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw

• स (sa) - he (Nārada) (he, that)

• यमम् (yamam) - Yama

• तत्र (tatra) - there (in Yama's abode) (there, in that place)

• देवम् (devam) - the deity (Yama) (god, deity)

• अग्निपुरस्कृतम् (agnipuraskṛtam) - revered with fire rituals (having fire at the front, honored by fire)

• विधानम् (vidhānam) - the constitution or destiny (arrangement, ordinance, rule, creation, destiny)

• उपतिष्ठन्तम् (upatiṣṭhantam) - overseeing, attending to (standing near, attending, honoring, serving, overseeing)

• प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - of living beings (of living beings, creatures)

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, for each (being) (whose, of which, of whom)

• यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - whatever kind (it might be), specific (to each) (of what kind, such as, similar to what)

Words meanings and morphology

अपश्यत् (apaśyat) - he saw

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect past (laṅ) of paś

Imperfect active third person singular of root dṛś (paś is the replacment for dṛś in present/imperfect)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

स (sa) - he (Nārada) (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to Nārada.

यमम् (yamam) - Yama

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yama

yama - Yama (the god of death), restraint

तत्र (tatra) - there (in Yama's abode) (there, in that place)

(indeclinable)

देवम् (devam) - the deity (Yama) (god, deity)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of deva

deva - god, deity, divine

Note: In apposition to yamam.

अग्निपुरस्कृतम् (agnipuraskṛtam) - revered with fire rituals (having fire at the front, honored by fire)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of agnipuraskṛta

agnipuraskṛta - honored by fire, preceded by fire, having fire rituals as principal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (agni+puraskṛta)

• agni – fire, the god Agni
  noun (masculine)
• puraskṛta – placed in front, honored, revered, appointed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from puras + kṛ
  Prefix: puras
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Qualifies devam (Yama).

विधानम् (vidhānam) - the constitution or destiny (arrangement, ordinance, rule, creation, destiny)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidhāna

vidhāna - arrangement, ordinance, rule, creation, method, destiny

Derived from vi + dhā

Prefix: vi

Root: dhā (class 3)

उपतिष्ठन्तम् (upatiṣṭhantam) - overseeing, attending to (standing near, attending, honoring, serving, overseeing)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of upatiṣṭhat

upatiṣṭhat - standing near, attending, honoring, serving, overseeing

Present Active Participle

Derived from upa + sthā

Prefix: upa

Root: sthā (class 1)

Note: Qualifies yamam. Literally 'him who was standing near/attending'.

प्राणिनः (prāṇinaḥ) - of living beings (of living beings, creatures)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of prāṇin

prāṇin - living being, animate creature, sentient being

यस्य (yasya) - whose, for each (being) (whose, of which, of whom)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what, whose

Note: Refers to prāṇinaḥ indirectly or generally. Could be 'for whom', 'of whom/which'.

यादृशम् (yādṛśam) - whatever kind (it might be), specific (to each) (of what kind, such as, similar to what)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yādṛśa

yādṛśa - of what kind, of such a nature, such as

Note: Qualifies vidhānam. 'Whatever kind of arrangement/destiny'.