वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-37, verse-1

एवमस्मि तदा मुक्तः कथं चित्तेन संयुगे ।
इदानीमपि यद्वृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व यदुत्तरम् ॥१॥

1. evamasmi tadā muktaḥ kathaṃ cittena saṃyuge ,
idānīmapi yadvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva yaduttaram.

1. evam asmi tadā muktaḥ kathaṃ cit tena saṃyuge
idānīm api yat vṛttam tat śṛṇuṣva yat uttaram

1. evam tadā saṃyuge tena kathaṃ cit muktaḥ asmi.
idānīm api yat vṛttam yat uttaram tat śṛṇuṣva.

1. Thus, at that time, I was somehow freed by him in battle. Now, listen also to what happened next.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

• अस्मि (asmi) - I am

• तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

• मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - freed (freed, liberated, released)

• कथं (kathaṁ) - somehow (part of kathaṃ cit) (how, in what way, why)

• चित् (cit) - somehow (part of kathaṃ cit) (indeed, even, any (indefinite particle))

• तेन (tena) - by him (Rāvaṇa or the illusion created by him) (by that, by him)

• संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in combat, in conjunction)

• इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at present)

• अपि (api) - also (also, even)

• यत् (yat) - what (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

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

• तत् (tat) - that (referring to what happened) (that, it)

• शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (listen, hear (imperative middle))

• यत् (yat) - what (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

• उत्तरम् (uttaram) - what is subsequent / next (later, subsequent, northern, answer, superior)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - thus (thus, so, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

अस्मि (asmi) - I am

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of as

Root: as (class 2)

तदा (tadā) - at that time (then, at that time)

(indeclinable)

मुक्तः (muktaḥ) - freed (freed, liberated, released)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mukta

mukta - freed, liberated, released

Past Passive Participle

from root muc 'to release'

Root: muc (class 6)

कथं (kathaṁ) - somehow (part of kathaṃ cit) (how, in what way, why)

(indeclinable)

चित् (cit) - somehow (part of kathaṃ cit) (indeed, even, any (indefinite particle))

(indeclinable)

तेन (tena) - by him (Rāvaṇa or the illusion created by him) (by that, by him)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it (demonstrative pronoun)

संयुगे (saṁyuge) - in battle (in battle, in combat, in conjunction)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of saṃyuga

saṁyuga - battle, combat, conjunction

इदानीम् (idānīm) - now (now, at present)

(indeclinable)

अपि (api) - also (also, even)

(indeclinable)

यत् (yat) - what (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

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

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vṛtta

vṛtta - happened, occurred, event, conduct

Past Passive Participle

from root vṛt 'to be, exist, happen'

Root: vṛt (class 1)

तत् (tat) - that (referring to what happened) (that, it)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

शृणुष्व (śṛṇuṣva) - listen (listen, hear (imperative middle))

(verb)

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

Root: śru (class 5)

यत् (yat) - what (which, what, that (relative pronoun))

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of yad

yad - which, what, that (relative pronoun)

उत्तरम् (uttaram) - what is subsequent / next (later, subsequent, northern, answer, superior)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of uttara

uttara - later, subsequent, northern, answer, superior