वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-47, verse-11

यथा भ्रातृषु वर्तेथास्तथा पौरेषु नित्यदा ।
परमो ह्येष धर्मः स्यादेषा कीर्तिरनुत्तमा ॥११॥

11. yathā bhrātṛṣu vartethāstathā paureṣu nityadā ,
paramo hyeṣa dharmaḥ syādeṣā kīrtiranuttamā.

11. yathā bhrātṛṣu varteṭhāḥ tathā paureṣu nityadā |
paramaḥ hi eṣaḥ dharmaḥ syāt eṣā kīrtiḥ anuttamā

11. yathā bhrātṛṣu varteṭhāḥ tathā nityadā paureṣu
hi eṣaḥ paramaḥ dharmaḥ syāt eṣā anuttamā kīrtiḥ

11. You should always treat your citizens just as you would treat your brothers. For this is indeed the highest natural law (dharma), and this would be supreme glory.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

• भ्रातृषु (bhrātṛṣu) - among brothers, to brothers

• वर्तेठाः (varteṭhāḥ) - you should behave, you should act

• तथा (tathā) - so too, likewise, in that manner

• पौरेषु (paureṣu) - among citizens, to citizens

• नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, constantly

• परमः (paramaḥ) - highest, supreme, best

• हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

• एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

• धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

• स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame, glory, reputation

• अनुत्तमा (anuttamā) - unequalled, supreme, best

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, in which manner

(indeclinable)

भ्रातृषु (bhrātṛṣu) - among brothers, to brothers

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

वर्तेठाः (varteṭhāḥ) - you should behave, you should act

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, optative (liṅ) of vṛt

Root class 1, middle voice, optative mood

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तथा (tathā) - so too, likewise, in that manner

(indeclinable)

पौरेषु (paureṣu) - among citizens, to citizens

(noun)

Locative, masculine, plural of paura

paura - citizen, city-dweller

नित्यदा (nityadā) - always, constantly

(indeclinable)

परमः (paramaḥ) - highest, supreme, best

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parama

parama - highest, supreme, best, ultimate

हि (hi) - indeed, for, certainly

(indeclinable)

एषः (eṣaḥ) - this (masculine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etas

etas - this

धर्मः (dharmaḥ) - natural law (natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dharma

dharma - natural law, constitution, duty, righteousness, virtue

स्यात् (syāt) - would be, should be

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhi-liṅ) of as

Root class 2, active voice, optative mood

Root: as (class 2)

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etas

etas - this

कीर्तिः (kīrtiḥ) - fame, glory, reputation

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kīrti

kīrti - fame, glory, reputation, renown

अनुत्तमा (anuttamā) - unequalled, supreme, best

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of anuttama

anuttama - unequalled, supreme, best, incomparable

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+uttama)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• uttama – best, highest, supreme, excellent
  adjective