वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-44, verse-13

श्रूयतां राम शक्रस्य कथां कथयतः शुभाम् ।
अस्मिन्देशे हि यद्वृत्तं शृणु तत्त्वेन राघव ॥१३॥

13. śrūyatāṃ rāma śakrasya kathāṃ kathayataḥ śubhām ,
asmindeśe hi yadvṛttaṃ śṛṇu tattvena rāghava.

13. śrūyatām rāma śakrasya kathām kathayataḥ śubhām
asmin deśe hi yat vṛttam śṛṇu tattvena rāghava

13. rāma rāghava śakrasya śubhām kathām kathayataḥ [mama]
śrūyatām hi asmin deśe yat vṛttam [tat] tattvena śṛṇu

13. O Rāma, let the auspicious story of Śakra be heard as I narrate it. O Rāghava, listen attentively and truly to whatever happened in this very land.

Words meanings summery:

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma! (son of Daśaratha) (O Rāma!)

• शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of the deity Indra (of Śakra, of Indra)

• कथाम् (kathām) - the story of Śakra (story, tale)

• कथयतः (kathayataḥ) - of me (Viśvāmitra) who narrates (of him who narrates, of the speaker)

• शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious, beautiful, good

• अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

• देशे (deśe) - in the country, in the region, in the place

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

• यत् (yat) - whatever (what, which, whatever)

• वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - whatever event occurred (happened, occurred, event, conduct)

• शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen!, hear!

• तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in essence, accurately, by means of truth

• राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma! (descendant of Raghu) (O Rāghava! (descendant of Raghu))

Words meanings and morphology

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard

(verb)

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

Imperative (Loṭ) passive voice, 3rd person singular

Root 'śru', passive stem 'śrūya'.

Root: śru (class 5)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma! (son of Daśaratha) (O Rāma!)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (name of a king, son of Daśaratha), pleasing, charming

Root: ram (class 1)

शक्रस्य (śakrasya) - of the deity Indra (of Śakra, of Indra)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of śakra

śakra - powerful, mighty, a name of Indra

Root: śak (class 5)

कथाम् (kathām) - the story of Śakra (story, tale)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of kathā

kathā - story, tale, narrative, speech

From root 'kath'

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Object of 'śrūyatām'.

कथयतः (kathayataḥ) - of me (Viśvāmitra) who narrates (of him who narrates, of the speaker)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kathayat

kathayat - narrating, telling

Present active participle

From root 'kath' (10th class) + 'śatṛ' suffix

Root: kath (class 10)

Note: Refers to Viśvāmitra, the narrator.

शुभाम् (śubhām) - auspicious, beautiful, good

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śubhā

śubhā - auspicious, shining, beautiful, good

Feminine form of 'śubha'

Root: śubh (class 1)

अस्मिन् (asmin) - in this

(pronoun)

Locative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, that

Note: Agrees with 'deśe'.

देशे (deśe) - in the country, in the region, in the place

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of deśa

deśa - place, country, region

Root: diś (class 6)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely, because

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - whatever (what, which, whatever)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

Note: Antecedent to 'vṛttam'.

वृत्तम् (vṛttam) - whatever event occurred (happened, occurred, event, conduct)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, event, course, conduct

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛt' + 'kta' suffix

Root: vṛt (class 1)

शृणु (śṛṇu) - listen!, hear!

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Imperative (Loṭ) active voice, 2nd person singular

Root 'śru'.

Root: śru (class 5)

तत्त्वेन (tattvena) - truly, in essence, accurately, by means of truth

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of tattva

tattva - reality, truth, essence, principle, true nature

From 'tat' (that) + 'tva' (suffix for abstract noun)

Note: Adverbial use.

राघव (rāghava) - O Rāma! (descendant of Raghu) (O Rāghava! (descendant of Raghu))

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (epithet of Rāma)

From 'raghu' + 'aṇ' suffix