वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-8, verse-3

नारायण न जानीषे क्षत्रधर्मं सनातनम् ।
अयुद्धमनसो भग्नान्यो ऽस्मान् हंसि यथेतरः ॥३॥

3. nārāyaṇa na jānīṣe kṣatradharmaṃ sanātanam ,
ayuddhamanaso bhagnānyo'smān haṃsi yathetaraḥ.

3. nārāyaṇa na jānīṣe kṣatradharmam sanātanam
ayuddhamanasaḥ bhagnān anyaḥ asmān haṃsi yathā itaraḥ

3. nārāyaṇa sanātanam kṣatradharmam na jānīṣe
ayuddhamanasaḥ bhagnān asmān anyaḥ yathā itaraḥ haṃsi

3. O Nārāyaṇa, you do not know the eternal warrior's code (kṣatradharma). You are killing us, who are defeated and disinclined to fight, just like any ordinary foe.

Words meanings summery:

• नारायण (nārāyaṇa) - O Nārāyaṇa

• न (na) - not

• जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know

• क्षत्रधर्मम् (kṣatradharmam) - the warrior's duty/code

• सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

• अयुद्धमनसः (ayuddhamanasaḥ) - whose minds are not for battle, unwilling to fight

• भग्नान् (bhagnān) - defeated, broken, shattered

• अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, someone else, other

• अस्मान् (asmān) - us

• हंसि (haṁsi) - you kill, you strike

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

• इतरः (itaraḥ) - another, other, ordinary

Words meanings and morphology

नारायण (nārāyaṇa) - O Nārāyaṇa

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of nārāyaṇa

nārāyaṇa - Nārāyaṇa (name of Viṣṇu)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

जानीषे (jānīṣe) - you know

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā

Root: jñā (class 9)

क्षत्रधर्मम् (kṣatradharmam) - the warrior's duty/code

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣatradharma

kṣatradharma - the duty/code (dharma) of a kṣatriya (warrior class)

Compound type : tatpurusha (kṣatra+dharma)

• kṣatra – warrior, member of the kṣatriya class, rule, dominion
  noun (neuter)
• dharma – constitution, natural law, intrinsic nature, duty, righteousness, virtue
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ (class 1)

सनातनम् (sanātanam) - eternal, ancient, everlasting

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of sanātana

sanātana - eternal, ancient, perpetual

अयुद्धमनसः (ayuddhamanasaḥ) - whose minds are not for battle, unwilling to fight

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of ayuddhamanas

ayuddhamanas - one whose mind is not for battle

Compound type : bahuvrihi (a+yuddha+manas)

• a – not, non-, un- (negative prefix)
  indeclinable
• yuddha – battle, war, fight
  noun (neuter)
  Root: yudh (class 4)
• manas – mind, intellect, thought, spirit
  noun (neuter)

भग्नान् (bhagnān) - defeated, broken, shattered

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bhagna

bhagna - broken, defeated, shattered

Past Passive Participle

Root: bhañj (class 7)

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - another, someone else, other

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of anya

anya - other, different, another

अस्मान् (asmān) - us

(pronoun)

Accusative, plural of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

हंसि (haṁsi) - you kill, you strike

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of han

Root: han (class 2)

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

(indeclinable)

इतरः (itaraḥ) - another, other, ordinary

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of itara

itara - other, another, different, inferior

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