वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-53, verse-17

बहूनां स्त्रीसहस्राणां मम यो ऽसौ परिग्रहः ।
तासां त्वमीश्वरी सीते मम भार्या भव प्रिये ॥१७॥

17. bahūnāṃ strīsahasrāṇāṃ mama yo'sau parigrahaḥ ,
tāsāṃ tvamīśvarī sīte mama bhāryā bhava priye.

17. bahūnām strī-sahasrāṇām mama yaḥ asau parigrahaḥ
tāsām tvam īśvarī sīte mama bhāryā bhava priye

17. sīte priye yaḥ asau mama bahūnām strī-sahasrāṇām
parigrahaḥ tāsām tvam īśvarī mama bhāryā bhava

17. O beloved Sītā, you shall be the mistress of those many thousands of women who constitute my household, and you shall become my wife.

Words meanings summery:

• बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - of many

• स्त्री-सहस्राणाम् (strī-sahasrāṇām) - of thousands of women

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• यः (yaḥ) - who (refers to 'parigrahaḥ') (who, which)

• असौ (asau) - that (referring to 'parigrahaḥ') (that, he/she/it)

• परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - collection (of women), harem (acquisition, collection, family, wife)

• तासाम् (tāsām) - of them (the women) (of them (feminine))

• त्वम् (tvam) - you

• ईश्वरी (īśvarī) - mistress, queen (mistress, queen, goddess)

• सीते (sīte) - O Sītā

• मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

• भव (bhava) - become (be, become)

• प्रिये (priye) - O beloved one (addressing Sītā) (O dear, O beloved)

Words meanings and morphology

बहूनाम् (bahūnām) - of many

(adjective)

Genitive, feminine, plural of bahu

bahu - much, many, numerous

Note: Adjective modifying "strī-sahasrāṇām".

स्त्री-सहस्राणाम् (strī-sahasrāṇām) - of thousands of women

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of strī-sahasra

strī-sahasra - thousand of women

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (strī+sahasra)

• strī – woman, female
  noun (feminine)
• sahasra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: The compound is neuter, but the genitive plural ending -āṇām is common for both neuter and feminine (like strī). It refers to female persons.

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

यः (yaḥ) - who (refers to 'parigrahaḥ') (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yad

yad - who, which, what

Note: Relative pronoun.

असौ (asau) - that (referring to 'parigrahaḥ') (that, he/she/it)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of adas

adas - that, that one, yonder

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

परिग्रहः (parigrahaḥ) - collection (of women), harem (acquisition, collection, family, wife)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of parigraha

parigraha - grasping, acquiring, taking, possession, wife, family, harem

from pari-√grah (to seize, surround)

Prefix: pari

Root: grah (class 9)

Note: Here it refers to the body of women under his care/possession.

तासाम् (tāsām) - of them (the women) (of them (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, she, her

Note: Refers back to "strī-sahasrāṇām".

त्वम् (tvam) - you

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Refers to Sītā.

ईश्वरी (īśvarī) - mistress, queen (mistress, queen, goddess)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of īśvarī

īśvarī - mistress, queen, goddess

Feminine form of īśvara (lord, master)

Root: īś (class 2)

Note: Predicate nominative for 'tvam'.

सीते (sīte) - O Sītā

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (proper noun, name of Janaka's daughter)

मम (mama) - my (my, of me)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of asmad

asmad - I

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, she who is to be supported

Gerundive

From √bhṛ (to bear, support) + -ya suffix, then feminine

Root: bhṛ (class 1)

Note: Predicate nominative.

भव (bhava) - become (be, become)

(verb)

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

Root: bhū (class 1)

प्रिये (priye) - O beloved one (addressing Sītā) (O dear, O beloved)

(noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - dear, beloved (feminine noun/adjective)