वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-12, verse-5

मयस्त्वथाब्रवीद् राम पृच्छन्तं तं निशाचरम् ।
श्रूयतां सर्वमाख्यास्ये यथावृत्तमिदं मम ॥५॥

5. mayastvathābravīd rāma pṛcchantaṃ taṃ niśācaram ,
śrūyatāṃ sarvamākhyāsye yathāvṛttamidaṃ mama.

5. mayaḥ tu atha abravīt rāma pṛcchantam tam niśācaram
śrūyatām sarvam ākhyāsye yathāvṛttam idam mama

5. rāma atha mayaḥ tu pṛcchantam tam niśācaram abravīt
śrūyatām mama idam yathāvṛttam sarvam ākhyāsye

5. O Rāma, then Maya spoke to that inquiring night-wanderer: "Listen! I will relate my entire story, exactly as it transpired, regarding myself."

Words meanings summery:

• मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya (proper name)

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• अथ (atha) - then, now

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• पृच्छन्तम् (pṛcchantam) - the night-wanderer who was asking (asking, inquiring)

• तम् (tam) - the night-wanderer (Daśagrīva) (him, that)

• निशाचरम् (niśācaram) - Daśagrīva (night-wanderer, demon)

• श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard; listen!

• सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

• आख्यास्ये (ākhyāsye) - I will narrate, I will tell

• यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, as it transpired, the exact account

• इदम् (idam) - this story/account (this)

• मम (mama) - my, of me

Words meanings and morphology

मयः (mayaḥ) - Maya (proper name)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of maya

maya - Maya (proper name, an architect of dānavas)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

अथ (atha) - then, now

(indeclinable)

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke, said

(verb)

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

Root: brū (class 2)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (proper name)

पृच्छन्तम् (pṛcchantam) - the night-wanderer who was asking (asking, inquiring)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pṛcchat

pṛcchat - asking, inquiring

Present Active Participle

formed from root prach + śatṛ suffix

Root: prach (class 6)

तम् (tam) - the night-wanderer (Daśagrīva) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

निशाचरम् (niśācaram) - Daśagrīva (night-wanderer, demon)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niśācara

niśācara - night-wanderer, demon, rākṣasa

Compound type : tatpurusha (niśā+cara)

• niśā – night
  noun (feminine)
• cara – wanderer, moving
  adjective (masculine)
  Root: car (class 1)

श्रूयताम् (śrūyatām) - let it be heard; listen!

(verb)

3rd person , singular, passive, imperative (loṭ) of śru

Root: śru (class 5)

सर्वम् (sarvam) - all, everything

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of sarva

sarva - all, every, whole, complete

आख्यास्ये (ākhyāsye) - I will narrate, I will tell

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of ākhyā

Prefix: ā

Root: khyā (class 2)

Note: Ātmanepada form of future tense.

यथावृत्तम् (yathāvṛttam) - as it happened, as it transpired, the exact account

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of yathāvṛtta

yathāvṛtta - as it happened, in the manner it occurred, the complete account

Compound type : avyayibhāva (yathā+vṛtta)

• yathā – as, just as, in what manner
  indeclinable
• vṛtta – happened, occurred, transpired (past passive participle)
  participle (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  formed from root vṛt (to be, exist, happen)
  Root: vṛt (class 1)

इदम् (idam) - this story/account (this)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of idam

idam - this

मम (mama) - my, of me

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me