वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-15, verse-14

पूर्वमेव मया वीर श्रुतं कथयतो वचः ।
अङ्गदस्य कुमारस्य वक्ष्यामि त्वा हितं वचः ॥१४॥

14. pūrvameva mayā vīra śrutaṃ kathayato vacaḥ ,
aṅgadasya kumārasya vakṣyāmi tvā hitaṃ vacaḥ.

14. pūrvam eva mayā vīra śrutam kathayataḥ vacaḥ
aṅgadasya kumārasya vakṣyāmi tvā hitam vacaḥ

14. vīra mayā pūrvam eva kumārasya aṅgadasya
kathayataḥ vacaḥ śrutam tvā hitam vacaḥ vakṣyāmi

14. O hero, I have indeed heard the words spoken by Prince Angada earlier. (But now) I will speak beneficial words to you.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - earlier (before, formerly, earlier, previously)

• एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• वीर (vīra) - O hero (Rāvaṇa) (hero, brave man, warrior)

• श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by me) (heard, listened, famous, traditional knowledge)

• कथयतः (kathayataḥ) - of him who spoke (Prince Angada) (of one speaking, relating, narrating)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech, saying)

• अङ्गदस्य (aṅgadasya) - of Angada

• कुमारस्य (kumārasya) - of the prince (of the prince, of the young boy)

• वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak (I will speak, I will say, I will tell)

• त्वा (tvā) - to you (you (accusative, enclitic form))

• हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (beneficial, salutary, suitable, friendly)

• वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech, saying)

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वम् (pūrvam) - earlier (before, formerly, earlier, previously)

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial usage

एव (eva) - indeed (indeed, only, just, exactly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Emphatic particle

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)

वीर (vīra) - O hero (Rāvaṇa) (hero, brave man, warrior)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of vīra

vīra - hero, brave, powerful, man

श्रुतम् (śrutam) - heard (by me) (heard, listened, famous, traditional knowledge)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of śruta

śru - to hear, to listen

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root śru with the -ta suffix.

Root: śru (class 5)

Note: Acts as the predicate of the sentence 'vacaḥ śrutam' (the word was heard).

कथयतः (kathayataḥ) - of him who spoke (Prince Angada) (of one speaking, relating, narrating)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kathayat

kath - to tell, to narrate, to speak

Present Active Participle

Derived from the causal stem of the root kath (class 10) with the śatṛ suffix.

Root: kath (class 10)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Note: Object of 'śrutam'.

अङ्गदस्य (aṅgadasya) - of Angada

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of aṅgada

aṅgada - Angada (name of a monkey prince)

Note: Qualifies 'kumārasya' and 'kathayataḥ'.

कुमारस्य (kumārasya) - of the prince (of the prince, of the young boy)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of kumāra

kumāra - boy, youth, prince, son

Note: Qualifies 'kathayataḥ'.

वक्ष्यामि (vakṣyāmi) - I will speak (I will speak, I will say, I will tell)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (Lṛṭ) of vac

Future Tense

From root vac, Lṛṭ lakāra, 1st person singular active voice.

Root: vac (class 2)

त्वा (tvā) - to you (you (accusative, enclitic form))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (second person pronoun)

Note: Used as the indirect object here, meaning 'to you'.

हितम् (hitam) - beneficial (beneficial, salutary, suitable, friendly)

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of hita

hita - beneficial, good, placed, done

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root dhā (to place) + -kta suffix, with irregular sandhi; also commonly means 'good' or 'beneficial'.

Root: dhā (class 3)

वचः (vacaḥ) - words (word, speech, saying)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

Note: Direct object of 'vakṣyāmi'.