वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-38, verse-2

श्रोतुमिछामि भद्रं ते विस्तरेण कथामिमाम् ।
पूर्वको मे कथं ब्रह्मन्यज्ञं वै समुपाहरत् ॥२॥

2. śrotumichāmi bhadraṃ te vistareṇa kathāmimām ,
pūrvako me kathaṃ brahmanyajñaṃ vai samupāharat.

2. śrotum icchāmi bhadram te vistareṇa kathām imām
pūrvakaḥ me katham brahman yajñam vai samupāharat

2. brahman te bhadram imām kathām vistareṇa śrotum
icchāmi me pūrvakaḥ katham vai yajñam samupāharat

2. O Brahmin, may good fortune be with you. I wish to hear this story in detail: how indeed did my ancestor perform the Vedic ritual (yajña)?

Words meanings summery:

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - welfare, good fortune, auspiciousness

• ते (te) - to you, your

• विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively

• कथाम् (kathām) - story, narrative

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

• पूर्वकः (pūrvakaḥ) - ancestor, predecessor, former

• मे (me) - my, to me

• कथम् (katham) - how, why

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

• यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Vedic ritual

• वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

• समुपाहरत् (samupāharat) - offered, performed, brought near

Words meanings and morphology

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Derived from root śru with suffix -tum

Root: śru (class 5)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, Present (Laṭ) of iṣ

Present active 1st person singular of root iṣ, 6th class

Root: iṣ (class 6)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - welfare, good fortune, auspiciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - welfare, good, auspicious

Note: Part of the idiom 'bhadraṃ te' (may it be well with you)

ते (te) - to you, your

(pronoun)

Dative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

Note: Part of the idiom 'bhadraṃ te' (may it be well with you)

विस्तरेण (vistareṇa) - in detail, extensively

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of vistara

vistara - detail, extent, expansion

कथाम् (kathām) - story, narrative

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, narrative

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

पूर्वकः (pūrvakaḥ) - ancestor, predecessor, former

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of pūrvaka

pūrvaka - former, first, ancestor

मे (me) - my, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

कथम् (katham) - how, why

(indeclinable)

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O Brahmin

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - Brahmin, priest, the supreme reality (brahman)

यज्ञम् (yajñam) - Vedic ritual

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yajña

yajña - Vedic ritual, sacrifice

वै (vai) - indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

समुपाहरत् (samupāharat) - offered, performed, brought near

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Imperfect (Laṅ) of samupāhṛ

Imperfect active 3rd person singular of root hṛ with prefixes sam, upa, ā

Prefixes: sam+upa+ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)