वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-28, verse-13

रामश्च यदि पृच्छेन्मां किं मां सीताब्रवीद्वचः ।
किमहं तं प्रतिब्रूयामसंभाष्य सुमध्यमाम् ॥१३॥

13. rāmaśca yadi pṛcchenmāṃ kiṃ māṃ sītābravīdvacaḥ ,
kimahaṃ taṃ pratibrūyāmasaṃbhāṣya sumadhyamām.

13. rāmaḥ ca yadi pṛcchet mām kim mām sītā abravīt vacaḥ
kim aham tam pratibrūyām asaṃbhāṣya sumadhyamām

13. And if Rāma should ask me, 'What words did Sītā speak to me?', what would I say to him, without having spoken to the slender-waisted one (Sītā)?

Words meanings summery:

• रामः (rāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma (Rāma (proper noun))

• च (ca) - and (and, also)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• पृच्छेत् (pṛcchet) - he should ask

• माम् (mām) - me (Hanuman) (me (accusative))

• किम् (kim) - what (words) (what, what kind of)

• माम् (mām) - to me (Rāma) (to me)

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā, wife of Rāma (Sītā (proper noun))

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she spoke (she said, she spoke)

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

• किम् (kim) - what (would I say) (what, how)

• अहम् (aham) - I (Hanuman) (I)

• तम् (tam) - to him (Rāma) (him, that)

• प्रतिब्रूयाम् (pratibrūyām) - I should say in response (I should speak in return, I should answer)

• असंभाष्य (asaṁbhāṣya) - without having spoken to (without speaking to, without conversing with)

• सुमध्यमाम् (sumadhyamām) - to the slender-waisted Sītā (to the slender-waisted one, to the one with a beautiful waist)

Words meanings and morphology

रामः (rāmaḥ) - Lord Rāma (Rāma (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, son of Daśaratha)

Note: Subject of pṛcchet.

च (ca) - and (and, also)

(indeclinable)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

conditional particle

पृच्छेत् (pṛcchet) - he should ask

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of √prach

Optative mood, 3rd person singular

From √prach (to ask).

Root: √prach (class 6)

Note: Used in a conditional clause.

माम् (mām) - me (Hanuman) (me (accusative))

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Object of pṛcchet.

किम् (kim) - what (words) (what, what kind of)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Refers to 'vacaḥ'.

माम् (mām) - to me (Rāma) (to me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

First person pronoun.

Note: Dative sense 'to me' is common for accusative of pronouns with verbs of speaking. Here it refers to Rāma's perspective in Sītā's message.

सीता (sītā) - Sītā, wife of Rāma (Sītā (proper noun))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (proper name, wife of Rāma)

Note: Subject of abravīt.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she spoke (she said, she spoke)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of √brū

Imperfect tense, 3rd person singular

From √brū (to speak).

Root: √brū (class 2)

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

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacas

vacas - word, speech, saying

From √vac (to speak) + as.

Root: √vac (class 2)

Note: Object of abravīt.

किम् (kim) - what (would I say) (what, how)

(interrogative pronoun)

Note: Functions as an interrogative adverb here, like 'how'.

अहम् (aham) - I (Hanuman) (I)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I

first person singular pronoun

Note: Subject of pratibrūyām.

तम् (tam) - to him (Rāma) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

Note: Object of pratibrūyām, with dative sense.

प्रतिब्रूयाम् (pratibrūyām) - I should say in response (I should speak in return, I should answer)

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of pratibrū

Optative mood, 1st person singular

From √brū (to speak) with prefix prati.

Prefix: prati

Root: √brū (class 2)

असंभाष्य (asaṁbhāṣya) - without having spoken to (without speaking to, without conversing with)

(indeclinable)

gerund/absolutive with negation

From √bhāṣ (to speak) with prefix sam and negation 'a'. The gerund is formed with -ya.

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+saṃbhāṣya)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
  negation prefix
• saṃbhāṣya – having spoken to, conversing with
  indeclinable
  gerund/absolutive
  From √bhāṣ + sam + l-yap
  Prefix: sam
  Root: √bhāṣ (class 1)

Note: It functions adverbially, meaning "without having spoken".

सुमध्यमाम् (sumadhyamām) - to the slender-waisted Sītā (to the slender-waisted one, to the one with a beautiful waist)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sumadhyamā

sumadhyamā - a woman with a slender waist, beautiful-waisted

Compound of su (good, well) and madhyama (middle, waist).

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (su+madhyamā)

• su – good, well, beautiful
  indeclinable
  prefix
• madhyamā – middle, central, waist
  noun (feminine)

Note: Object of the implied verb of 'speaking to' from asaṃbhāṣya.