वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-13, verse-14

किमेतज्ज्ञातुमिच्छामि सखे कौतूहलं मम ।
कौतूहलापनयनं कर्तुमिच्छाम्यहं त्वया ॥१४॥

14. kimetajjñātumicchāmi sakhe kautūhalaṃ mama ,
kautūhalāpanayanaṃ kartumicchāmyahaṃ tvayā.

14. kim etat jñātum icchāmi sakhe kautūhalam mama
| kautūhalāpanayanam kartum icchāmi aham tvayā

14. sakhe mama kautūhalam etat kim jñātum icchāmi
aham tvayā kautūhalāpanayanam kartum icchāmi

14. My friend, I am curious. I wish to know what this is. I desire that you remove my curiosity.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what, why

• एतत् (etat) - this

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know, to understand

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• सखे (sakhe) - O friend

• कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eager interest

• मम (mama) - my, of me

• कौतूहलापनयनम् (kautūhalāpanayanam) - removal of curiosity, dispelling of eagerness

• कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• अहम् (aham) - I

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what, why

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what, which, why

एतत् (etat) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of etad

etad - this, this here

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know, to understand

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive suffix -tum

Root: jñā (class 9)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, active voice

Root: iṣ (class 6)

सखे (sakhe) - O friend

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of sakhi

sakhi - friend, companion

कौतूहलम् (kautūhalam) - curiosity, eager interest

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kautūhala

kautūhala - curiosity, eager interest, wonder

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

कौतूहलापनयनम् (kautūhalāpanayanam) - removal of curiosity, dispelling of eagerness

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of kautūhalāpanayana

kautūhalāpanayana - removal of curiosity, dispelling of eager interest

compound noun

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kautūhala+apanayana)

• kautūhala – curiosity, eager interest
  noun (neuter)
• apanayana – removal, taking away
  noun (neuter)
  derived from prefix apa- + root nī (to lead)
  Prefix: apa
  Root: nī (class 1)

Note: Karma-tatpuruṣa compound: 'removal of curiosity'.

कर्तुम् (kartum) - to do, to make

(indeclinable)

infinitive

infinitive suffix -tum

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of iṣ

present active

1st person singular, present indicative, active voice

Root: iṣ (class 6)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I, ego (ahaṅkāra)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you