वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-18, verse-3

कामये त्वां विशालाक्षि बहुमन्यस्व मां प्रिये ।
सर्वाङ्गगुणसंपन्ने सर्वलोकमनोहरे ॥३॥

3. kāmaye tvāṃ viśālākṣi bahumanyasva māṃ priye ,
sarvāṅgaguṇasaṃpanne sarvalokamanohare.

3. kāmaye tvām viśālākṣi bahumanyasva mām
priye sarvāṅgaguṇasaṃpanne sarvalokamanohare

3. viśālākṣi priye sarvāṅgaguṇasaṃpanne
sarvalokamanohare tvām kāmaye mām bahumanyasva

3. O wide-eyed one, I desire you! My beloved, honor me greatly! O you who are endowed with all excellent bodily qualities, you who captivate the minds of all beings!

Words meanings summery:

• कामये (kāmaye) - I desire, I am enamored of (I desire, I love, I wish)

• त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Sītā) (you)

• विशालाक्षि (viśālākṣi) - O wide-eyed Sītā (O wide-eyed one)

• बहुमन्यस्व (bahumanyasva) - honor me greatly (regard highly, esteem, honor greatly)

• माम् (mām) - me (Rāvaṇa) (me)

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

• सर्वाङ्गगुणसंपन्ने (sarvāṅgaguṇasaṁpanne) - O you who possess all virtues of the body (O you who are endowed with all excellent bodily qualities)

Words meanings and morphology

कामये (kāmaye) - I desire, I am enamored of (I desire, I love, I wish)

(verb)

1st person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of kam

Denominative verb from kāma 'desire', or root √kam (1P, 1A).

Root: kam (class 1)

Note: Middle voice often used with verbs of desire.

त्वाम् (tvām) - you (Sītā) (you)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of yuṣmad

yuṣmad - you

Note: Object of 'kāmaye'.

विशालाक्षि (viśālākṣi) - O wide-eyed Sītā (O wide-eyed one)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of viśālākṣī

viśālākṣī - wide-eyed, large-eyed woman

Compound of viśāla 'wide, large' and akṣi 'eye'. Feminine form.

Compound type : bahuvrihi (viśāla+akṣi)

• viśāla – wide, broad, large, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Vocative used to address Sītā.

बहुमन्यस्व (bahumanyasva) - honor me greatly (regard highly, esteem, honor greatly)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, imperative (loṭ) of bahumany

Compound verb from bahu 'much, many' and √man 'to think, regard'.

Root: man (class 4)

Note: Command directed to Sītā.

माम् (mām) - me (Rāvaṇa) (me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of aham

aham - I, me

Note: Object of 'bahumanyasva'.

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

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of priyā

priyā - dear, beloved, pleasing woman

Feminine of priya 'dear'.

Note: Vocative used to address Sītā.

सर्वाङ्गगुणसंपन्ने (sarvāṅgaguṇasaṁpanne) - O you who possess all virtues of the body (O you who are endowed with all excellent bodily qualities)

(adjective)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sarvāṅgaguṇasaṃpannā

sarvāṅgaguṇasaṁpannā - endowed with all excellent bodily qualities

Compound: sarva (all) + aṅga (body part) + guṇa (quality) + saṃpannā (endowed, feminine PPP of saṃ-pad).

Compound type : bahuvrihi (sarva+aṅga+guṇa+saṃpanna)

• sarva – all, every
  pronoun (masculine)
• aṅga – limb, body, part
  noun (neuter)
• guṇa – quality, virtue, attribute
  noun (masculine)
• saṃpanna – endowed with, furnished with, accomplished
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past passive participle of saṃ-pad 'to happen, obtain, be furnished'.
  Prefix: sam
  Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Compound vocative addressing Sītā.

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