वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-9, verse-15

किं तु विद्धि हि मां ब्रह्मञ् शासनात् पितुरागताम् ।
कैकसी नाम नाम्नाहं शेषं त्वं ज्ञातुमर्हसि ॥१५॥

15. kiṃ tu viddhi hi māṃ brahmañ śāsanāt piturāgatām ,
kaikasī nāma nāmnāhaṃ śeṣaṃ tvaṃ jñātumarhasi.

15. kim tu viddhi hi mām brahman śāsanāt pituḥ āgatām
kaikasī nāma nāmnā aham śeṣam tvam jñātum arhasi

15. kim tu hi brahman pituḥ śāsanāt āgatām mām viddhi
aham nāmnā kaikasī nāma tvam śeṣam jñātum arhasi

15. O brahmin (brahman), know this: I have come by my father's command. My name is Kaikasī. You should be able to discern the rest.

Words meanings summery:

• किम् (kim) - but, however (particle) (what, but, however)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, yet)

• विद्धि (viddhi) - know (know, understand)

• हि (hi) - indeed, surely (emphasizing) (indeed, surely, because)

• माम् (mām) - me

• ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin (vocative address to the sage) (O brahmin, O one related to Brahman)

• शासनात् (śāsanāt) - by the command (from command, by order, from instruction)

• पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (of the father, from the father)

• आगताम् (āgatām) - having come (feminine singular) (arrived, come, approached)

• कैकसी (kaikasī) - Kaikasī (Kaikasī (proper name))

• नाम (nāma) - indeed (particle, reinforcing 'by name') (by name, indeed, namely)

• नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name

• अहम् (aham) - I

• शेषम् (śeṣam) - the remaining facts (the rest, remainder)

• त्वम् (tvam) - you (the sage) (you)

• ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know (to know, to understand)

• अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought (to know) (you are able, you ought, you deserve)

Words meanings and morphology

किम् (kim) - but, however (particle) (what, but, however)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with `tu` to mean 'but'

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used with `kim` to mean 'but'

विद्धि (viddhi) - know (know, understand)

(verb)

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

Imperative 2nd singular of root `vid` (class 2)

Root: vid (class 2)

हि (hi) - indeed, surely (emphasizing) (indeed, surely, because)

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - me

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Pronominal stem for 1st person singular

Note: Object of `viddhi`

ब्रह्मन् (brahman) - O brahmin (vocative address to the sage) (O brahmin, O one related to Brahman)

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of brahman

brahman - brahmin, priest, the Absolute (brahman), sacred word

`n`-stem noun

Note: Address to the sage.

शासनात् (śāsanāt) - by the command (from command, by order, from instruction)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of śāsana

śāsana - command, order, instruction, teaching, governing

From root `śās` (to command, instruct)

Root: śās (class 2)

Note: Expresses cause or origin

पितुः (pituḥ) - of my father (of the father, from the father)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of pitṛ

pitṛ - father

`ṛ`-stem noun

Note: Qualifies `śāsanāt`

आगताम् (āgatām) - having come (feminine singular) (arrived, come, approached)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of āgata

āgata - come, arrived, approached

Past Passive Participle

From root `gam` with prefix `ā`

Prefix: ā

Root: gam (class 1)

Note: Predicative adjective for `mām`

कैकसी (kaikasī) - Kaikasī (Kaikasī (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kaikasī

kaikasī - A proper name, mother of Rāvaṇa

Note: Subject of implied 'I am'

नाम (nāma) - indeed (particle, reinforcing 'by name') (by name, indeed, namely)

(indeclinable)

Also noun `nāman` (name), but here used as particle

Note: Emphasizes `nāmnā`

नाम्ना (nāmnā) - by name

(noun)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of nāman

nāman - name

`n`-stem noun

Note: Means 'by name'

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Pronominal stem for 1st person singular

Note: Subject of implied 'I am Kaikasī'

शेषम् (śeṣam) - the remaining facts (the rest, remainder)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of śeṣa

śeṣa - remainder, rest, what is left

From root `śiṣ` (to leave as a remainder)

Root: śiṣ (class 7)

Note: Object of `jñātum`

त्वम् (tvam) - you (the sage) (you)

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Pronominal stem for 2nd person singular

Note: Subject of `arhasi`

ज्ञातुम् (jñātum) - to know (to know, to understand)

(indeclinable)

infinitive

From root `jñā` (to know)

Root: jñā (class 9)

Note: Used with `arhasi`

अर्हसि (arhasi) - you ought (to know) (you are able, you ought, you deserve)

(verb)

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

Root: arh (class 1)