वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-92, verse-4

न राज्ञां यत्र पीदा स्यान्नाश्रमाणां विनाशनम् ।
स देशो दृश्यतां सौम्य नापराध्यामहे यथा ॥४॥

4. na rājñāṃ yatra pīdā syānnāśramāṇāṃ vināśanam ,
sa deśo dṛśyatāṃ saumya nāparādhyāmahe yathā.

4. na rājñām yatra pīḍā syāt na āśramāṇām vināśanam
saḥ deśaḥ dṛśyatām saumya na aparādhyāmahe yathā

4. saumya yatra rājñām pīḍā na syāt āśramāṇām vināśanam
na saḥ deśaḥ dṛśyatām yathā na aparādhyāmahe

4. O gentle one, let such a country be found where there is no oppression for rulers, nor destruction for the spiritual retreats (āśrama), so that we do not commit any wrong.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings, of rulers

• यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

• पीडा (pīḍā) - oppression, affliction, trouble, pain

• स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

• न (na) - not, no

• आश्रमाणाम् (āśramāṇām) - of spiritual retreats (āśrama) (of hermitages, of spiritual retreats, of stages of life)

• विनाशनम् (vināśanam) - destruction, ruin, annihilation

• सः (saḥ) - that, he

• देशः (deśaḥ) - country, region, place

• दृश्यताम् (dṛśyatām) - let it be seen, let it be found, let it be looked for

• सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one, O mild one

• न (na) - not, no

• अपराध्यामहे (aparādhyāmahe) - we may err, we may offend, we may commit a fault

• यथा (yathā) - as, so that, in such a way that

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

राज्ञाम् (rājñām) - of kings, of rulers

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of rājan

rājan - king, ruler, sovereign

Root: rāj (class 1)

यत्र (yatra) - where, in which place

(indeclinable)

Note: Locative adverb.

पीडा (pīḍā) - oppression, affliction, trouble, pain

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of pīḍā

pīḍā - oppression, affliction, trouble, pain, distress

Root: pīḍ (class 10)

स्यात् (syāt) - may be, should be, would be

(verb)

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

Optative, Parasmaipada

Root: as (class 2)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

आश्रमाणाम् (āśramāṇām) - of spiritual retreats (āśrama) (of hermitages, of spiritual retreats, of stages of life)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, plural of āśrama

āśrama - hermitage, spiritual retreat, stage of life, order of life

Prefix: ā

Root: śram (class 4)

विनाशनम् (vināśanam) - destruction, ruin, annihilation

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vināśana

vināśana - destruction, ruin, annihilation

From root naś (to perish) with upasarga vi- and suffix -ana

Prefix: vi

Root: naś (class 4)

सः (saḥ) - that, he

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, it, he, she

देशः (deśaḥ) - country, region, place

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - country, region, place

दृश्यताम् (dṛśyatām) - let it be seen, let it be found, let it be looked for

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of dṛś

Imperative, Passive Voice

From root dṛś (to see)

Root: dṛś (class 1)

सौम्य (saumya) - O gentle one, O mild one

(adjective)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumya

saumya - gentle, mild, auspicious, son of Soma

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negative particle.

अपराध्यामहे (aparādhyāmahe) - we may err, we may offend, we may commit a fault

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative (liṅ) of apa-rādh

Optative/Subjunctive, Ātmanepada

From root rādh (to succeed, to accomplish) with upasarga apa- (here indicating deviation/failure).

Prefix: apa

Root: rādh (class 4)

Note: Ātmanepada form.

यथा (yathā) - as, so that, in such a way that

(indeclinable)

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