वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-38, verse-4

भरतेन वयं पश्चात् समानीता निरर्थकम् ।
हता हि राक्षसास्तत्र पार्थिवैः स्युर्न संशयः ॥४॥

4. bharatena vayaṃ paścāt samānītā nirarthakam ,
hatā hi rākṣasāstatra pārthivaiḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ.

4. bharatena vayam paścāt samānītāḥ nirarthakam hatāḥ
hi rākṣasāḥ tatra pārthivaiḥ syuḥ na saṃśayaḥ

4. वयम् पश्चात् भरतेन निरर्थकम् समानीताः हि
राक्षसाः तत्र पार्थिवैः हताः स्युः न संशयः

4. We were uselessly brought here by Bharata afterwards. Indeed, the Rākṣasas would certainly have been killed there by the kings; there is no doubt about it.

Words meanings summery:

• भरतेन (bharatena) - by Bharata

• वयम् (vayam) - we

• पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

• समानीताः (samānītāḥ) - brought, led together

• निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - uselessly, in vain, for no purpose

• हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain

• हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

• राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, Rākṣasas

• तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

• पार्थिवैः (pārthivaiḥ) - by kings, by earthly rulers

• स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they should be

• न (na) - not, no

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

Words meanings and morphology

भरतेन (bharatena) - by Bharata

(proper noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bharata

bharata - Bharata (proper name, particularly Rama's brother)

वयम् (vayam) - we

(pronoun)

Nominative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

पश्चात् (paścāt) - afterwards, later, behind

(indeclinable)

समानीताः (samānītāḥ) - brought, led together

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of samānīta

samānīta - brought together, collected, led, fetched

Past Passive Participle

From root 'nī' (to lead) with prefixes 'sam' and 'ā'.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vayam' (referring to kings)

निरर्थकम् (nirarthakam) - uselessly, in vain, for no purpose

(indeclinable)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+arthaka)

• nis – without, out of, away
  indeclinable
• arthaka – meaningful, having purpose or object
  adjective (neuter)

Note: Functions as an adverb.

हताः (hatāḥ) - killed, slain

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of hata

hata - killed, struck, destroyed, injured

Past Passive Participle

From root 'han' (to strike, kill).

Root: han (class 2)

Note: Agrees with 'rākṣasāḥ'

हि (hi) - indeed, certainly, because

(indeclinable)

राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - demons, Rākṣasas

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of rākṣasa

rākṣasa - a Rākṣasa (a class of mythological beings, often depicted as demons or ogres)

तत्र (tatra) - there, in that place

(indeclinable)

पार्थिवैः (pārthivaiḥ) - by kings, by earthly rulers

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of pārthiva

pārthiva - earthly, terrestrial; a king, a prince, ruler of the earth

स्युः (syuḥ) - they would be, they should be

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, optative (vidhilin) of as

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)