वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-44, verse-11

अकीर्तिर्यस्य गीयेत लोके भूतस्य कस्य चित् ।
पतत्येवाधमांल् लोकान्यावच्छब्दः स कीर्त्यते ॥११॥

11. akīrtiryasya gīyeta loke bhūtasya kasya cit ,
patatyevādhamāṃl lokānyāvacchabdaḥ sa kīrtyate.

11. akīrtiḥ yasya gīyeta loke bhūtasya kasya cit
patati eva adhamān lokān yāvat śabdaḥ saḥ kīrtyate

11. yasya kasya cit bhūtasya akīrtiḥ loke gīyeta saḥ
eva yāvat śabdaḥ kīrtyate adhamān lokān patati

11. If the infamy of any being is sung about in the world, that being certainly falls to the lower realms as long as that (infamous) name is mentioned.

Words meanings summery:

• अकीर्तिः (akīrtiḥ) - infamy, disgrace, disrepute

• यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

• गीयेत (gīyeta) - may be sung, should be sung, is sung

• लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

• भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - of a being, of a creature, of that which has been

• कस्य (kasya) - of whom, of what

• चित् (cit) - (when combined with an interrogative, indicates 'any') (even, any, indeed, 'certain' (after interrogatives))

• पतति (patati) - falls, descends

• एव (eva) - certainly, indeed, only

• अधमान् (adhamān) - lower, inferior, worst

• लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

• यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, as much as

• शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - (here, referring to the infamous name or reputation) (word, sound, name, reputation (good or bad))

• सः (saḥ) - (referring to the infamous 'word' or 'being') (he, that)

• कीर्त्यते (kīrtyate) - (here, in the context of infamy, it implies 'is circulated' or 'is remembered') (is mentioned, is spoken of, is praised)

Words meanings and morphology

अकीर्तिः (akīrtiḥ) - infamy, disgrace, disrepute

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of akīrti

akīrti - infamy, disgrace, ignominy, disrepute

Formed with 'a' (negation) + kīrti (fame).

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kīrti)

• a – not, non, un-
  indeclinable
  Negative particle
• kīrti – fame, glory, renown
  noun (feminine)
  From √kīrt 'to mention, to praise'
  Root: kīrt (class 10)

यस्य (yasya) - whose, of whom

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of yad

yad - which, what, who, whose

गीयेत (gīyeta) - may be sung, should be sung, is sung

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, optative (vidhiliṅ) of √gai

Optative

Passive voice, 3rd person singular, optative mood. Root √gai changes to gī.

Root: gai (class 1)

लोके (loke) - in the world, in the realm

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

भूतस्य (bhūtasya) - of a being, of a creature, of that which has been

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhūta

bhūta - being, creature, past, element

Past Passive Participle

From √bhū 'to be, to exist'. Used as a noun here.

Root: bhū (class 1)

कस्य (kasya) - of whom, of what

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

चित् (cit) - (when combined with an interrogative, indicates 'any') (even, any, indeed, 'certain' (after interrogatives))

(indeclinable)

पतति (patati) - falls, descends

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √pat

Present active

3rd person singular, present indicative, parasmaipada.

Root: pat (class 1)

एव (eva) - certainly, indeed, only

(indeclinable)

Emphatic particle.

अधमान् (adhamān) - lower, inferior, worst

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of adhama

adhama - lowest, inferior, vile, worst

Superlative of adha (below).

लोकान् (lokān) - worlds, realms

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of loka

loka - world, realm, people, community

यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, as far as, as much as

(indeclinable)

Correlative of tāvat.

शब्दः (śabdaḥ) - (here, referring to the infamous name or reputation) (word, sound, name, reputation (good or bad))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of śabda

śabda - sound, word, speech, name, reputation

Root: śabd (class 10)

सः (saḥ) - (referring to the infamous 'word' or 'being') (he, that)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Masculine nominative singular of tad.

कीर्त्यते (kīrtyate) - (here, in the context of infamy, it implies 'is circulated' or 'is remembered') (is mentioned, is spoken of, is praised)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, present (laṭ) of √kīrt

Present passive

3rd person singular, present indicative, passive voice, ātmanepada.

Root: kīrt (class 10)