वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-21, verse-4

पौलस्त्यस्य वरिष्ठस्य रावणस्य महात्मनः ।
दशग्रीवस्य भार्यात्वं सीते न बहु मन्यसे ॥४॥

4. paulastyasya variṣṭhasya rāvaṇasya mahātmanaḥ ,
daśagrīvasya bhāryātvaṃ sīte na bahu manyase.

4. paulastyasya variṣṭhasya rāvaṇasya mahātmanaḥ
daśagrīvasya bhāryātvam sīte na bahu manyase

4. sīte paulastyasya variṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
daśagrīvasya rāvaṇasya bhāryātvam na bahu manyase

4. O Sītā, you do not highly regard being the wife of the great and chief Rāvaṇa, the ten-necked son of Pulastya.

Words meanings summery:

• पौलस्त्यस्य (paulastyasya) - of the son of Pulastya (of Pulastya's son, of Ravana)

• वरिष्ठस्य (variṣṭhasya) - of the chief (of the most excellent, chief, best)

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa (of Ravana)

• महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great (of the great-souled, magnanimous, mighty)

• दशग्रीवस्य (daśagrīvasya) - of the ten-necked (Rāvaṇa) (of the ten-necked one)

• भार्यात्वम् (bhāryātvam) - being the wife (wifehood, the state of being a wife)

• सीते (sīte) - O Sītā (O Sita)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• बहु (bahu) - highly (much, many, often, highly)

• मन्यसे (manyase) - you regard (you think, you consider, you believe)

Words meanings and morphology

पौलस्त्यस्य (paulastyasya) - of the son of Pulastya (of Pulastya's son, of Ravana)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of paulastya

paulastya - son of Pulastya (referring to Ravana or other descendants)

Apatya formation from Pulastya

Note: Refers to Rāvaṇa.

वरिष्ठस्य (variṣṭhasya) - of the chief (of the most excellent, chief, best)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of variṣṭha

variṣṭha - best, most excellent, chief, most desirable

superlative of vara (excellent)

Root: vṛ (class 9)

Note: Agrees with rāvaṇasya.

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa (of Ravana)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Ravana (the king of Lanka)

महात्मनः (mahātmanaḥ) - of the great (of the great-souled, magnanimous, mighty)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of mahātman

mahātman - great-souled, magnanimous, noble, mighty

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahat+ātman)

• mahat – great, large, extensive, strong
  adjective (masculine)
• ātman – self, soul, spirit, vital breath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: an (class 2)

Note: Agrees with rāvaṇasya.

दशग्रीवस्य (daśagrīvasya) - of the ten-necked (Rāvaṇa) (of the ten-necked one)

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of daśagrīva

daśagrīva - ten-necked (epithet of Ravana)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (daśan+grīvā)

• daśan – ten
  numeral
• grīvā – neck
  noun (feminine)

Note: Agrees with rāvaṇasya.

भार्यात्वम् (bhāryātvam) - being the wife (wifehood, the state of being a wife)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of bhāryātva

bhāryātva - wifehood, condition of being a wife

formed from bhāryā + tva (abstract noun suffix)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (bhāryā+tva)

• bhāryā – wife, married woman
  noun (feminine)
  Gerundive/Future Passive Participle
  from root bhṛ (to bear, support, maintain)
  Root: bhṛ (class 1)
• tva – suffix forming abstract nouns, -ness, -hood
  suffix (neuter)

Note: Object of manyase.

सीते (sīte) - O Sītā (O Sita)

(proper noun)

Vocative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (daughter of Janaka, wife of Rama); furrow; boundary line

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

बहु (bahu) - highly (much, many, often, highly)

(indeclinable)

Note: Modifies manyase.

मन्यसे (manyase) - you regard (you think, you consider, you believe)

(verb)

2nd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of man

present 2nd singular middle (ātmanepada)

Root: man (class 4)