वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-71, verse-4

वक्तव्यं च नरश्रेष्ठ
श्रूयतां वचनं मम ॥४॥

4. vaktavyaṃ ca naraśreṣṭha
śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama.

4. vaktavyam ca narashreṣṭha
śrūyatām vacanam mama

4. narashreṣṭha ca mama
vacanam vaktavyam śrūyatām

4. And what is to be said, O best among men (narashreṣṭha), let my words (vacana) be heard.

Words meanings summery:

• वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - what is to be said (as a noun) (to be spoken, what should be said, fit to be spoken)

• च (ca) - and, also

• नरस्ह्रेष्ठ (narashreṣṭha) - O best among men

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard, may it be heard, listen

• वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

वक्तव्यम् (vaktavyam) - what is to be said (as a noun) (to be spoken, what should be said, fit to be spoken)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vaktavya

vaktavya - to be spoken, fit to be spoken, what should be said

Gerundive

From root √vac (to speak) with suffix -tavya

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Used here substantively as 'that which is to be spoken'.

च (ca) - and, also

(indeclinable)

Note: Conjunction.

नरस्ह्रेष्ठ (narashreṣṭha) - O best among men

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of narashreṣṭha

narashreṣṭha - best of men, chief among men

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nara+śreṣṭha)

• nara – man, human being
  noun (masculine)
• śreṣṭha – best, most excellent, chief
  adjective
  Superlative of praśasya (excellent), from pra + √śaṃs
  Root: śas (class 2)

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard, may it be heard, listen

(verb)

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

imperative, passive voice

Root √śru, 3rd person singular imperative, passive voice (ātmanepada).

Root: śru (class 5)

वचनम् (vacanam) - word, speech, saying

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, statement

From root √vac (to speak) with suffix -ana.

Root: vac (class 2)

Note: Subject of the passive verb 'śrūyatām'.

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

First person singular pronoun.

Note: Possessive form of 'I'.