वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-76, verse-9

किं न स्मरसि तद् युद्धे प्रथमे मत्पराक्रमम् ।
निबद्धस्त्वं सह भ्रात्रा यदा युधि विचेष्टसे ॥९॥

9. kiṃ na smarasi tad yuddhe prathame matparākramam ,
nibaddhastvaṃ saha bhrātrā yadā yudhi viceṣṭase.

9. kim na smarasi tat yuddhe prathame matparākramam
nibaddhaḥ tvam saha bhrātrā yadā yudhi viceṣṭase

9. kim na smarasi tat prathame yuddhe matparākramam
yadā tvam bhrātrā saha yudhi nibaddhaḥ viceṣṭase

9. Why do you not remember my prowess in that first battle? When you, along with your brother, were bound and struggled in the fight?

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - why, what, whether

• न (na) - not, no

• स्मरसि (smarasi) - you remember, you recall

• तत् (tat) - the prior event/battle (that)

• युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in the fight

• प्रथमे (prathame) - first

• मत्पराक्रमम् (matparākramam) - my prowess, my valor

• निबद्धः (nibaddhaḥ) - bound, tied, restrained

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• सह (saha) - with, together with

• भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - with your brother (Rāma) (by the brother, with the brother)

• यदा (yadā) - when

• युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in the fight

• विचेष्टसे (viceṣṭase) - you struggled, you squirmed, you moved about

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - why, what, whether

(indeclinable)

Note: Interrogative particle

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

स्मरसि (smarasi) - you remember, you recall

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of smṛ

present active

Present form of √smṛ (class 1)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - the prior event/battle (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the prior event/battle

युद्धे (yuddhe) - in battle, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of yuddha

yuddha - battle, fight, war

From √yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

प्रथमे (prathame) - first

(adjective)

Locative, neuter, singular of prathama

prathama - first, foremost, initial

Note: Agrees with yuddhe

मत्पराक्रमम् (matparākramam) - my prowess, my valor

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of matparākrama

matparākrama - my prowess

Compound type : tatpurusha (mad+parākrama)

• mad – my (form of 'I')
  pronoun
  Ablative form of asmad, used here as a possessive prefix in a compound.
• parākrama – prowess, valor, heroism, might
  noun (masculine)
  From √kram with prefix parā-
  Prefix: parā
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Object of smarasi

निबद्धः (nibaddhaḥ) - bound, tied, restrained

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nibaddha

nibaddha - bound, tied, restrained, fastened

Past Passive Participle

From √bandh with prefix ni-

Prefix: ni

Root: bandh (class 9)

Note: Agrees with tvam

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

सह (saha) - with, together with

(indeclinable)

भ्रात्रा (bhrātrā) - with your brother (Rāma) (by the brother, with the brother)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Refers to Rāma

यदा (yadā) - when

(indeclinable)

युधि (yudhi) - in battle, in the fight

(noun)

Locative, feminine, singular of yudh

yudh - battle, fight, war

From √yudh

Root: yudh (class 4)

विचेष्टसे (viceṣṭase) - you struggled, you squirmed, you moved about

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of viceṣṭ

present middle

Present form of √ceṣṭ (class 1) with prefix vi-

Prefix: vi

Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)