वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-25, verse-7

मत्प्रियं यदि कर्तव्यं यदि बुद्धिः स्थिरा तव ।
ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तं गत्वा किं करोतीति रावणः ॥७॥

7. matpriyaṃ yadi kartavyaṃ yadi buddhiḥ sthirā tava ,
jñātumicchāmi taṃ gatvā kiṃ karotīti rāvaṇaḥ.

7. mat-priyam yadi kartavyam yadi buddhiḥ sthirā tava
jñātum icchāmi tam gatvā kim karoti iti rāvaṇaḥ

7. yadi mat-priyam kartavyam,
yadi tava buddhiḥ sthirā,
(aham) tam gatvā rāvaṇaḥ kim karoti iti jñātum icchāmi

7. If my wish is to be fulfilled, and if your resolve is firm, I wish to know, by going to him, what Ravana is doing.

Words meanings summery:

• मत्-प्रियम् (mat-priyam) - my wish or desire (my dear, what is dear to me, my wish)

• यदि (yadi) - if

• कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - is to be done, should be done, is proper

• यदि (yadi) - if

• बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, resolve

• स्थिरा (sthirā) - firm, steady, unwavering

• तव (tava) - your

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know, to learn

• इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

• तम् (tam) - him (Ravana) (him, that one)

• गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

• किम् (kim) - what (is Ravana doing) (what?, why?)

• करोति (karoti) - he does, he makes

• इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

• रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana (the king of Lanka)

Words meanings and morphology

मत्-प्रियम् (mat-priyam) - my wish or desire (my dear, what is dear to me, my wish)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of mat-priya

mat-priya - dear to me, my beloved, my wish, my favorite

Compound type : tatpurusha (mad+priya)

• mad – me (stem form of aham)
  pronoun
• priya – dear, beloved, pleasing; a beloved person or thing
  adjective (masculine)

Note: Used as a noun, 'my wish'.

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

कर्तव्यम् (kartavyam) - is to be done, should be done, is proper

(gerundive)

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

बुद्धिः (buddhiḥ) - intellect, understanding, resolve

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of buddhi

buddhi - intellect, understanding, perception, mind, resolve, wisdom

स्थिरा (sthirā) - firm, steady, unwavering

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sthira

sthira - firm, steady, stable, constant, durable

तव (tava) - your

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you (singular)

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know, to learn

(infinitive)

Note: Infinitive form from root jñā with tumun suffix

इच्छामि (icchāmi) - I wish, I desire

(verb)

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

Root: iṣ (class 6)

तम् (tam) - him (Ravana) (him, that one)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

गत्वा (gatvā) - having gone

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'gam' (to go) with 'ktvā' suffix.

Root: gam (class 1)

किम् (kim) - what (is Ravana doing) (what?, why?)

(pronoun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of kim

kim - what?, which?, why?, how?

Note: Used as an interrogative pronoun.

करोति (karoti) - he does, he makes

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

इति (iti) - thus, so (quotation marker)

(indeclinable)

रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Ravana (the king of Lanka)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the demon king of Lanka, antagonist in the Ramayana)