वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-1, chapter-32, verse-22

यथाक्रमं ततः पाणिं जग्राह रघुनन्दन ।
ब्रह्मदत्तो मही पालस्तासां देवपतिर्यथा ॥२२॥

22. yathākramaṃ tataḥ pāṇiṃ jagrāha raghunandana ,
brahmadatto mahī pālastāsāṃ devapatiryathā.

22. yathā-kramam tataḥ pāṇim jagrāha raghunandana
brahmadattaḥ mahī-pālaḥ tāsām deva-patiḥ yathā

22. raghunandana tataḥ brahmadattaḥ mahī-pālaḥ yathā
deva-patiḥ yathā-kramam tāsām pāṇim jagrāha

22. Then, O scion of Raghu, Brahmadatta, like the lord of the gods, sequentially took the hand of each of those daughters.

Words meanings summery:

• यथा-क्रमम् (yathā-kramam) - in due order, sequentially

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

• पाणिम् (pāṇim) - hand

• जग्राह (jagrāha) - he took, he grasped, he seized

• रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O scion of Raghu (referring to Rāma) (O delight of Raghu, O scion of Raghu)

• ब्रह्मदत्तः (brahmadattaḥ) - Brahmadatta

• मही-पालः (mahī-pālaḥ) - protector of the earth, king

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of those (daughters) (of them, of those (feminine plural genitive))

• देव-पतिः (deva-patiḥ) - Indra, the lord of the gods (lord of the gods (Indra))

• यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

Words meanings and morphology

यथा-क्रमम् (yathā-kramam) - in due order, sequentially

(indeclinable)

adverbial compound

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+krama)

• yathā – as, like, according to
  indeclinable
• krama – order, sequence, step, course
  noun (masculine)
  Root: kram (class 1)

Note: Adverbial.

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereafter, from that

(indeclinable)

adverbial derivative of tad

Note: Adverbial.

पाणिम् (pāṇim) - hand

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of pāṇi

pāṇi - hand, palm

Note: Object of jagrāha.

जग्राह (jagrāha) - he took, he grasped, he seized

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (lit) of grah

perfect active

perfect third person singular active of root grah

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Main verb.

रघुनन्दन (raghunandana) - O scion of Raghu (referring to Rāma) (O delight of Raghu, O scion of Raghu)

(proper noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of raghunandana

raghunandana - delight of Raghu, son of Raghu, scion of Raghu (an epithet for Rāma)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (raghu+nandana)

• raghu – Raghu (name of a celebrated king, ancestor of Rāma)
  proper noun (masculine)
• nandana – son, child, delight, gladdening
  noun (masculine)
  from root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)

ब्रह्मदत्तः (brahmadattaḥ) - Brahmadatta

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of brahmadatta

brahmadatta - Brahmadatta (a proper name)

Note: Subject of jagrāha.

मही-पालः (mahī-pālaḥ) - protector of the earth, king

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of mahī-pāla

mahī-pāla - protector of the earth, king, sovereign

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (mahī+pāla)

• mahī – earth, ground, land
  noun (feminine)
• pāla – protector, guardian, keeper
  noun (masculine)
  from root pā (to protect)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Appositive to Brahmadatta.

तासाम् (tāsām) - of those (daughters) (of them, of those (feminine plural genitive))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, those

Note: Refers to the hundred daughters.

देव-पतिः (deva-patiḥ) - Indra, the lord of the gods (lord of the gods (Indra))

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of deva-pati

deva-pati - lord of the gods, master of the gods (an epithet for Indra)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (deva+pati)

• deva – god, deity, divine being
  noun (masculine)
  Root: div (class 4)
• pati – lord, master, husband
  noun (masculine)
  Root: pā (class 2)

Note: Used in a simile with yathā.

यथा (yathā) - as, like, just as

(indeclinable)

Note: Used for comparison.