वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-111, verse-8

अत्र मन्दोदरी नाम भार्या तं पर्यदेवयत् ।
सपत्नीनां सहस्रेण सास्रेण परिवारिता ॥८॥

8. atra mandodarī nāma bhāryā taṃ paryadevayat ,
sapatnīnāṃ sahasreṇa sāsreṇa parivāritā.

8. atra mandodarī nāma bhāryā taṃ paryadevayat
sapatnīnāṃ sahasreṇa sāstreṇa parivāritā

8. atra nāma mandodarī bhāryā sāstreṇa sapatnīnāṃ
sahasreṇa parivāritā taṃ paryadevayat

8. Here, his wife, Mandodarī by name, surrounded by a thousand weeping co-wives, lamented him.

Words meanings summery:

• अत्र (atra) - In this context (of battle and death) (here, in this place)

• मन्दोदरी (mandodarī) - Mandodarī (name of Rāvaṇa's chief wife)

• नाम (nāma) - by name (by name, indeed, verily)

• भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

• तं (taṁ) - him (Rāvaṇa) (him, that)

• पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented, mourned

• सपत्नीनां (sapatnīnāṁ) - of co-wives

• सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - by a thousand

• सास्त्रेण (sāstreṇa) - weeping (with tears, tearful)

• परिवारिता (parivāritā) - surrounded

Words meanings and morphology

अत्र (atra) - In this context (of battle and death) (here, in this place)

(indeclinable)

मन्दोदरी (mandodarī) - Mandodarī (name of Rāvaṇa's chief wife)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mandodarī

mandodarī - soft-bellied; name of Rāvaṇa's chief queen

'manda' (soft, slow) + 'udara' (belly) + feminine suffix 'ī'

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (manda+udara)

• manda – soft, slow, dull
  adjective
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

Note: Subject of lamenting.

नाम (nāma) - by name (by name, indeed, verily)

(indeclinable)

भार्या (bhāryā) - wife

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhāryā

bhāryā - wife, spouse

Gerundive (to be maintained/supported), commonly used as a noun 'wife'

From root 'bhṛ' (to bear, support) + 'ya' suffix (feminine 'ā' stem)

Root: bhṛ (class 3)

Note: Appositive to Mandodarī.

तं (taṁ) - him (Rāvaṇa) (him, that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he/she/it

Note: Object of lamenting, refers to Rāvaṇa.

पर्यदेवयत् (paryadevayat) - lamented, mourned

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paryadev

Imperfect (Laṅ)

From root 'dev' (to lament, weep) with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: dev (class 1)

सपत्नीनां (sapatnīnāṁ) - of co-wives

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, plural of sapatnī

sapatnī - co-wife, rival wife

'sa' (with) + 'patnī' (wife)

Compound type : karmadhāraya (sa+patnī)

• sa – with, together
  indeclinable
• patnī – wife
  noun (feminine)

Note: Possessive, modifying 'sahasreṇa'.

सहस्रेण (sahasreṇa) - by a thousand

(numeral)

Note: Indicates the number by which Mandodarī was surrounded.

सास्त्रेण (sāstreṇa) - weeping (with tears, tearful)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of sāstra

sāstra - with tears

'sa' (with) + 'asra' (tear)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+asra)

• sa – with, together
  indeclinable
• asra – tear
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with 'sahasreṇa'.

परिवारिता (parivāritā) - surrounded

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parivārita

parivārita - surrounded, encompassed

Past Passive Participle

From root 'vṛ' (to cover, enclose) with prefix 'pari'

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Qualifies Mandodarī.