वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-59, verse-21

किं ते व्याधिसमुत्थानं पक्षयोः पतनं कथम् ।
दण्डो वायं धृतः केन सर्वमाख्याहि पृच्छतः ॥२१॥

21. kiṃ te vyādhisamutthānaṃ pakṣayoḥ patanaṃ katham ,
daṇḍo vāyaṃ dhṛtaḥ kena sarvamākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ.

21. kim te vyādhi-samutthānam pakṣayoḥ patanam katham
daṇḍaḥ vā ayam dhṛtaḥ kena sarvam ākhyāhi pṛcchataḥ

21. te vyādhi-samutthānam kim pakṣayoḥ patanam katham
vā ayam daṇḍaḥ kena dhṛtaḥ pṛcchataḥ sarvam ākhyāhi

21. What is the cause of your affliction? How did your wings fall off? And by whom was this staff wielded? Please tell me everything, as I inquire.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, how?)

• ते (te) - your (to you, your, by you)

• व्याधि-समुत्थानम् (vyādhi-samutthānam) - the cause of your affliction (origin of disease, cause of illness)

• पक्षयोः (pakṣayoḥ) - of your wings (of the two wings, from the two wings)

• पतनम् (patanam) - the falling off (falling, descent, fall)

• कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, why?, in what manner?)

• दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - staff (the one he is holding) (staff, stick, rod, punishment)

• वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

• अयम् (ayam) - this (staff) (this, this one)

• धृतः (dhṛtaḥ) - held (held, borne, supported)

• केन (kena) - by whom (by whom, by what)

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, everything)

• आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell (tell, relate, describe)

• पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - as I inquire (from me, the one asking) (of one asking, to one asking, by one asking)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - what? (what?, why?, how?)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, why?

Note: Can be used as an interrogative pronoun or adverb.

ते (te) - your (to you, your, by you)

(pronoun)

singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Enclitic form of the 2nd person pronoun.

व्याधि-समुत्थानम् (vyādhi-samutthānam) - the cause of your affliction (origin of disease, cause of illness)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of vyādhisamutthāna

vyādhisamutthāna - origin of disease, cause of illness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vyādhi+samutthāna)

• vyādhi – disease, sickness, affliction
  noun (masculine)
• samutthāna – rising up, origin, cause
  noun (neuter)
  From sam-ud-sthā + ana
  Prefixes: sam+ud
  Root: sthā (class 1)

पक्षयोः (pakṣayoḥ) - of your wings (of the two wings, from the two wings)

(noun)

masculine, dual of pakṣa

pakṣa - wing, side, party

Note: Here implies 'of the wings' in a possessive or ablative sense of falling from them.

पतनम् (patanam) - the falling off (falling, descent, fall)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of patana

patana - falling, descent, fall

From pat + ana

Root: pat (class 1)

कथम् (katham) - how? (how?, why?, in what manner?)

(indeclinable)

दण्डः (daṇḍaḥ) - staff (the one he is holding) (staff, stick, rod, punishment)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daṇḍa

daṇḍa - staff, stick, rod, punishment

वा (vā) - or (or, either...or)

(indeclinable)

अयम् (ayam) - this (staff) (this, this one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this

Note: Masculine nominative singular form of idam.

धृतः (dhṛtaḥ) - held (held, borne, supported)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of dhṛta

dhṛta - held, borne, supported

Past Passive Participle

From root dhṛ + kta suffix

Root: dhṛ (class 1)

Note: Modifies daṇḍaḥ.

केन (kena) - by whom (by whom, by what)

(pronoun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

सर्वम् (sarvam) - everything (all, whole, everything)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, whole, every

Note: Functions as a noun here, meaning 'everything'.

आख्याहि (ākhyāhi) - tell (tell, relate, describe)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, Imperative (lot) of ākhyā

Imperative

From ā-khyā (√khyā) (2nd class, Parasmaipada, like √brū)

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

पृच्छतः (pṛcchataḥ) - as I inquire (from me, the one asking) (of one asking, to one asking, by one asking)

(adjective)

masculine, singular of pṛcchat

pṛcchat - asking, inquiring

Present Active Participle

From root pṛcch (prac) + śatṛ suffix

Root: prac (class 6)

Note: Often used substantively, 'of the one asking'.