वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-34, verse-14

शशमालक्ष्य सिंहो वा पन्नगं गरुडो यथा ।
न चिन्तयति तं वाली रावणं पापनिश्चयम् ॥१४॥

14. śaśamālakṣya siṃho vā pannagaṃ garuḍo yathā ,
na cintayati taṃ vālī rāvaṇaṃ pāpaniścayam.

14. śaśam ālakṣya siṃhaḥ vā pannagam garuḍaḥ yathā
na cintayati tam vālī rāvaṇam pāpaniścayam

14. vālī tam pāpaniścayam rāvaṇam na cintayati
yathā siṃhaḥ śaśam ālakṣya vā garuḍaḥ pannagam

14. Vālin does not concern himself with that Rāvaṇa, who is intent on evil, just as a lion does not concern itself with a hare it has spotted, or Garuḍa with a snake.

Words meanings summery:

• शशम् (śaśam) - a hare, a rabbit

• आलक्ष्य (ālakṣya) - having perceived, having seen, having noticed

• सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - a lion

• वा (vā) - or, either...or

• पन्नगम् (pannagam) - a snake, a reptile

• गरुडः (garuḍaḥ) - Garuḍa (the mythical eagle)

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

• न (na) - not, no

• चिन्तयति (cintayati) - (he/she/it) considers, thinks about, worries about

• तम् (tam) - that (one), him

• वाली (vālī) - Vālin

• रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

• पापनिश्चयम् (pāpaniścayam) - whose resolve is evil, firm in evil, determined by evil

Words meanings and morphology

शशम् (śaśam) - a hare, a rabbit

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of śaśa

śaśa - a hare, a rabbit

आलक्ष्य (ālakṣya) - having perceived, having seen, having noticed

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Derived from root 'lakṣ' (to observe, perceive) with prefix 'ā' and suffix 'lyap'.

Prefix: ā

Root: lakṣ (class 10)

सिंहः (siṁhaḥ) - a lion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of siṃha

siṁha - a lion

वा (vā) - or, either...or

(indeclinable)

पन्नगम् (pannagam) - a snake, a reptile

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pannaga

pannaga - a snake, a reptile (literally 'foot-goer')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pad+ga)

• pad – foot
  noun (neuter)
• ga – going, moving
  adjective
  agent noun/derivative adjective
  From root gam (to go) with suffix -a.
  Root: gam (class 1)

गरुडः (garuḍaḥ) - Garuḍa (the mythical eagle)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of garuḍa

garuḍa - Garuḍa (mythical bird, vehicle of Viṣṇu, enemy of snakes)

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in the manner that

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

चिन्तयति (cintayati) - (he/she/it) considers, thinks about, worries about

(verb)

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

Derived from root 'cit' with causative suffix 'nic' (making it a 10th class verb).

Root: cit (class 10)

तम् (tam) - that (one), him

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

वाली (vālī) - Vālin

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vālin

vālin - Vālin (name of a powerful monkey king)

रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the name of the demon king of Laṅkā)

पापनिश्चयम् (pāpaniścayam) - whose resolve is evil, firm in evil, determined by evil

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāpaniścaya

pāpaniścaya - one whose resolve is evil; evil determination

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (pāpa+niścaya)

• pāpa – evil, sin
  noun (neuter)
• niścaya – determination, certainty, resolve
  noun (masculine)
  From root 'ci' with prefixes 'nis' and 'sam'.
  Prefixes: nis+sam
  Root: ci (class 5)