वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-1, verse-5

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं परं कौतूहलं हि मे ।
महर्षे त्वं समर्थो ऽसि ज्ञातुमेवंविधं नरम् ॥५॥

5. etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me ,
maharṣe tvaṃ samartho'si jñātumevaṃvidhaṃ naram.

5. etat icchāmi ahaṃ śrotum param kautūhalam hi me |
maharṣe tvam samarthaḥ asi jñātum evaṃvidham naram

5. aham etat śrotum icchāmi hi me param kautūhalam maharṣe,
tvam evaṃvidham naram jñātum samarthaḥ asi

5. I indeed wish to hear this, for my curiosity is great. O great sage, you are capable of knowing about such a person.

Words meanings summery:

• एतत् (etat) - this (matter/question) (this, that)

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

• अहं (ahaṁ) - I

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, to listen)

• परम् (param) - great (great, supreme, excellent, highest)

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity (curiosity, eagerness, interest)

• हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, for, because)

• मे (me) - my (my, to me)

• महर्षे (maharṣe) - O great sage

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable (capable, able, competent)

• असि (asi) - you are

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know (to know, to understand)

• एवंविधम् (evaṁvidham) - such a kind of (such, of this kind)

• नरम् (naram) - person (man, person)

Words meanings and morphology

एतत् (etat) - this (matter/question) (this, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, that

Note: Forms the object of the verb icchāmi.

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish (I wish, I desire)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √iṣ

present active

6th class verb

Root: √iṣ (class 6)

अहं (ahaṁ) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Subject of the verb icchāmi.

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear (to hear, to listen)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with -tum suffix

Root: √śru (class 5)

Note: Expresses the purpose of 'icchāmi'.

परम् (param) - great (great, supreme, excellent, highest)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of para

para - supreme, excellent, ultimate

Note: Agrees with 'kautūhalam'.

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity (curiosity, eagerness, interest)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eager interest

Note: Subject of an implied 'is'.

हि (hi) - indeed, for (indeed, for, because)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphasizes the reason.

मे (me) - my (my, to me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Possessive, 'my curiosity'.

महर्षे (maharṣe) - O great sage

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of maharṣi

maharṣi - great sage, seer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ṛṣi)

• mahā – great, large, mighty
  adjective
• ṛṣi – sage, seer, inspired poet
  noun (masculine)

Note: Addressed to the listener.

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuşmad

yuşmad - you

Note: Subject of the verb 'asi'.

समर्थः (samarthaḥ) - capable (capable, able, competent)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of samartha

samartha - capable, able, competent

Prefix: sam

Root: √arth

Note: Predicate adjective for 'tvam'.

असि (asi) - you are

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of √as

present active

2nd class verb

Root: √as (class 2)

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know (to know, to understand)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

formed with -tum suffix

Root: √jñā (class 9)

Note: Expresses the object of 'samarthaḥ'.

एवंविधम् (evaṁvidham) - such a kind of (such, of this kind)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of evaṃvidha

evaṁvidha - such, of this kind

Note: Agrees with 'naram'.

नरम् (naram) - person (man, person)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

Note: Object of the infinitive 'jñātum'.