वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-45, verse-24

बह्वीनामुत्तमस्त्रीणामाहृतानामितस्ततः ।
सर्वासामेव भद्रं ते ममाग्रमहिषी भव ॥२४॥

24. bahvīnāmuttamastrīṇāmāhṛtānāmitastataḥ ,
sarvāsāmeva bhadraṃ te mamāgramahiṣī bhava.

24. bahvīnām uttamastrīṇām āhṛtānām itas tataḥ
sarvāsām eva bhadram te mama agramahiṣī bhava

24. te bhadram,
itas tataḥ āhṛtānām bahvīnām uttamastrīṇām sarvāsām eva mama agramahiṣī bhava

24. May good fortune be with you! Become my chief queen, surpassing all the many excellent women I have gathered from various places.

Words meanings summery:

• बह्वीनाम् (bahvīnām) - of many, of numerous

• उत्तमस्त्रीणाम् (uttamastrīṇām) - of excellent women, of the best women

• आहृतानाम् (āhṛtānām) - of those brought, of those gathered

• इतस् (itas) - from here, hence

• ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thence, then

• सर्वासाम् (sarvāsām) - of all

• एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

• भद्रम् (bhadram) - welfare, good fortune, happiness

• ते (te) - to you, your (2nd person pronoun)

• मम (mama) - my, of me (1st person pronoun)

• अग्रमहिषी (agramahiṣī) - chief queen, principal consort

• भव (bhava) - be, become!

Words meanings and morphology

बह्वीनाम् (bahvīnām) - of many, of numerous

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of bahvī

bahvī - many, much, numerous (feminine)

उत्तमस्त्रीणाम् (uttamastrīṇām) - of excellent women, of the best women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of uttamastrī

uttamastrī - excellent woman, best woman

Compound type : karmadhāraya (uttama+strī)

• uttama – best, excellent, highest
  adjective
• strī – woman, wife
  noun (feminine)

आहृतानाम् (āhṛtānām) - of those brought, of those gathered

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of āhṛta

āhṛta - brought, gathered, collected

Past Passive Participle

Past passive participle from root hṛ with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: hṛ (class 1)

इतस् (itas) - from here, hence

(indeclinable)

ततः (tataḥ) - from there, thence, then

(indeclinable)

सर्वासाम् (sarvāsām) - of all

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sarvā

sarvā - all, every (feminine)

एव (eva) - indeed, only, just, quite

(indeclinable)

भद्रम् (bhadram) - welfare, good fortune, happiness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhadra

bhadra - auspicious, fortunate, excellent; welfare, good fortune

ते (te) - to you, your (2nd person pronoun)

(pronoun)

Dative, feminine, singular of tvad

tvad - you (2nd person pronoun)

मम (mama) - my, of me (1st person pronoun)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me (1st person pronoun)

अग्रमहिषी (agramahiṣī) - chief queen, principal consort

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of agramahiṣī

agramahiṣī - chief queen, principal consort

Compound type : karmadhāraya (agra+mahiṣī)

• agra – front, tip, foremost, chief
  adjective
• mahiṣī – queen, empress, a chief wife
  noun (feminine)

भव (bhava) - be, become!

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)