वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-35, verse-18

यदि वास्ति त्वभिप्रायस्तच्छ्रोतुं तव राघव ।
समाधाय मतिं राम निशामय वदाम्यहम् ॥१८॥

18. yadi vāsti tvabhiprāyastacchrotuṃ tava rāghava ,
samādhāya matiṃ rāma niśāmaya vadāmyaham.

18. yadi vā asti tu abhiprāyaḥ tat śrotum tava
rāghava samādhāya matim rāma niśāmaya vadāmi aham

18. rāghava tava tat śrotum abhiprāyaḥ tu yadi vā
asti rāma matim samādhāya niśāmaya aham vadāmi

18. But if you, O Rāghava, have a desire to hear that, then O Rāma, concentrate your mind and listen, I will tell (it).

Words meanings summery:

• यदि (yadi) - if

• वा (vā) - or, optionally

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

• अभिप्रायः (abhiprāyaḥ) - intention, desire, meaning

• तत् (tat) - that, it

• श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

• तव (tava) - your, of you

• राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma

• समाधाय (samādhāya) - having concentrated, having fixed

• मतिम् (matim) - mind, intellect, thought

• राम (rāma) - O Rāma

• निशामय (niśāmaya) - listen, observe, behold

• वदामि (vadāmi) - I speak, I tell

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

यदि (yadi) - if

(indeclinable)

वा (vā) - or, optionally

(indeclinable)

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

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

Root: as (class 2)

तु (tu) - but, indeed, however

(indeclinable)

अभिप्रायः (abhiprāyaḥ) - intention, desire, meaning

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of abhiprāya

abhiprāya - intention, purpose, design, meaning, desire

Derived from the root 'i' (to go) with prefixes 'abhi' and 'pra'.

Prefixes: abhi+pra

Root: i (class 2)

तत् (tat) - that, it

(pronoun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, it (demonstrative pronoun)

श्रोतुम् (śrotum) - to hear, to listen

(verbal derivative)

तव (tava) - your, of you

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of tvad

tvad - you (second person pronoun)

राघव (rāghava) - O descendant of Raghu, O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāghava

rāghava - descendant of Raghu (an epithet for Rāma)

Derived from Raghu with the patronymic suffix 'aṇ'.

समाधाय (samādhāya) - having concentrated, having fixed

(verbal derivative)

मतिम् (matim) - mind, intellect, thought

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intellect, thought, opinion, intention

Derived from root man (to think).

Root: man (class 4)

राम (rāma) - O Rāma

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rāma

rāma - Rāma (a proper name, the seventh avatar of Viṣṇu)

निशामय (niśāmaya) - listen, observe, behold

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of niśāmaya

Imperative form of the verb niśāmayati (from root śam with prefix ni, 10th class causative).

Prefix: ni

Root: śam (class 10)

वदामि (vadāmi) - I speak, I tell

(verb)

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

Root: vad (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we (first person pronoun)