वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-10, verse-39

कुम्भकर्णस्तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा वचनमब्रवीत् ।
स्वप्तुं वर्षाण्यनेकानि देवदेव ममेप्सितम् ॥३९॥

39. kumbhakarṇastu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā vacanamabravīt ,
svaptuṃ varṣāṇyanekāni devadeva mamepsitam.

39. kumbhakarṇaḥ tu tat vākyam śrutvā vacanam abravīt
svaptum varṣāṇi anekāni devadeva mama īpsitam

39. tu kumbhakarṇaḥ tat vākyam śrutvā vacanam abravīt
he devadeva mama anekāni varṣāṇi svaptum īpsitam

39. But Kumbhakarṇa, having heard those words, spoke a statement: "O lord of gods, my desire is to sleep for many years."

Words meanings summery:

• कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarna

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

• तत् (tat) - that

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, words, statement

• श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

• वचनम् (vacanam) - words, statement

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

• स्वप्तुम् (svaptum) - to sleep

• वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

• अनेकानि (anekāni) - many, numerous

• देवदेव (devadeva) - O lord of gods, O god of gods

• मम (mama) - my, mine, to me

• ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, wished for, longed for

Words meanings and morphology

कुम्भकर्णः (kumbhakarṇaḥ) - Kumbhakarna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kumbhakarṇa

kumbhakarṇa - Kumbhakarṇa (a Rākṣasa, brother of Rāvaṇa)

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kumbha+karṇa)

• kumbha – pot, pitcher, elephant's frontal globe
  noun (masculine)
• karṇa – ear
  noun (masculine)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

तत् (tat) - that

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - speech, words, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākyam

vākyam - speech, word, statement, sentence

Derived from vac (to speak) + ṇyaT suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

श्रुत्वा (śrutvā) - having heard

(indeclinable)

Absolutive/Gerund

Absolutive form from the root śru (to hear).

Root: śru (class 5)

वचनम् (vacanam) - words, statement

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - speaking, word, statement, sentence

Derived from root vac (to speak) + -ana suffix.

Root: vac (class 2)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - he spoke, he said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

स्वप्तुम् (svaptum) - to sleep

(indeclinable)

Infinitive

Infinitive form from the root svap (to sleep).

Root: svap (class 1)

वर्षाणि (varṣāṇi) - years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of varṣa

varṣa - rain, a year, a division of the earth

अनेकानि (anekāni) - many, numerous

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, plural of aneka

aneka - not one, manifold, many, numerous

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+eka)

• a – not, non-, un-
  indeclinable
• eka – one, single, unique
  numeral (masculine)

देवदेव (devadeva) - O lord of gods, O god of gods

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of devadeva

devadeva - god of gods, lord of gods

Compound type : tatpurusha (deva+deva)

• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)
• deva – god, divine
  noun (masculine)

मम (mama) - my, mine, to me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (pronoun)

ईप्सितम् (īpsitam) - desired, wished for, longed for

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of īpsita

īpsita - desired, wished, aimed at, suitable

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle from the desiderative stem īpsa- (from āp, to obtain).

Root: āp (class 5)