वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-47, verse-4

रात्रिं कथं चिदेवेमां सौमित्रे वर्तयामहे ।
उपावर्तामहे भूमावास्तीर्य स्वयमार्जितैः ॥४॥

4. rātriṃ kathaṃ cidevemāṃ saumitre vartayāmahe ,
upāvartāmahe bhūmāvāstīrya svayamārjitaiḥ.

4. rātrim katham cit eva imām saumitre vartayāmahe
upāvartāmahe bhūmau āstīrya svayam ārjitaiḥ

4. saumitre imām rātrim katham cit eva vartayāmahe
svayam ārjitaiḥ āstīrya bhūmau upāvartāmahe

4. O Lakṣmaṇa, son of Sumitrā, somehow we must pass this night. We shall lie down on the ground, having spread what we ourselves have gathered.

Words meanings summery:

• रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night

• कथम् (katham) - somehow (how, somehow, in what manner)

• चित् (cit) - even, indeed, (an indefinite particle)

• एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

• इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

• सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O Lakṣmaṇa (O son of Sumitrā, O Lakṣmaṇa)

• वर्तयामहे (vartayāmahe) - let us pass (the night) (let us spend, let us cause to exist)

• उपावर्तामहे (upāvartāmahe) - let us lie down, let us rest

• भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

• आस्तीर्य (āstīrya) - having spread, having strewn over

• स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, automatically

• आर्जितैः (ārjitaiḥ) - by what was gathered (by those acquired, by those gathered)

Words meanings and morphology

रात्रिम् (rātrim) - night

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of rātri

rātri - night

कथम् (katham) - somehow (how, somehow, in what manner)

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - even, indeed, (an indefinite particle)

(indeclinable)

एव (eva) - only, indeed, just, very

(indeclinable)

इमाम् (imām) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of idam

idam - this

सौमित्रे (saumitre) - O Lakṣmaṇa (O son of Sumitrā, O Lakṣmaṇa)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of saumitri

saumitri - son of Sumitrā

वर्तयामहे (vartayāmahe) - let us pass (the night) (let us spend, let us cause to exist)

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative/imperative (vi-liṅ/loṭ) of vṛt

Causative, First Person Plural

Causative stem vartaya-, Atmanepada, Optative/Imperative mood, First Person Plural

Root: vṛt (class 1)

उपावर्तामहे (upāvartāmahe) - let us lie down, let us rest

(verb)

1st person , plural, active, optative/imperative (vi-liṅ/loṭ) of vṛt

First Person Plural

Atmanepada, Optative/Imperative mood, First Person Plural, prefixed with upa and ā

Prefixes: upa+ā

Root: vṛt (class 1)

भूमौ (bhūmau) - on the ground, on the earth

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of bhūmi

bhūmi - earth, ground, land

आस्तीर्य (āstīrya) - having spread, having strewn over

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form from root stṛ with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: stṛ (class 5)

स्वयम् (svayam) - by oneself, personally, automatically

(indeclinable)

आर्जितैः (ārjitaiḥ) - by what was gathered (by those acquired, by those gathered)

(adjective)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of ārjita

ārjita - acquired, gained, earned

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of the root ṛj

Root: ṛj (class 1)

Note: Functions as a substantivized adjective referring to things gathered.