वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-7, chapter-87, verse-18

बहुवर्षसहस्राणि तपश्चर्या मया कृता ।
तस्याः फलमुपाश्नीयामपापा मैथिली यथा ॥१८॥

18. bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapaścaryā mayā kṛtā ,
tasyāḥ phalamupāśnīyāmapāpā maithilī yathā.

18. bahuvarṣasahastrāṇi tapaścaryā mayā kṛtā
tasyāḥ phalam upāśnīyām apāpā maithilī yathā

18. mayā bahuvarṣasahastrāṇi tapaścaryā kṛtā.
(aham) tasyāḥ phalam upāśnīyām yathā apāpā maithilī (upāśnīyāt)

18. May I enjoy the fruit of the spiritual practices (tapas) I have performed for many thousands of years, just as the blameless daughter of Mithila (Maithilī) does.

Words meanings summery:

• बहुवर्षसहस्त्राणि (bahuvarṣasahastrāṇi) - many thousands of years

• तपश्चर्या (tapaścaryā) - asceticism, penance, spiritual practice (tapas)

• मया (mayā) - by me

• कृता (kṛtā) - performed, done, made

• तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that spiritual practice (tapas) (of her, of that (feminine))

• फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

• उपाश्नीयाम् (upāśnīyām) - may I enjoy, may I partake of, may I consume

• अपापा (apāpā) - sinless, blameless, faultless

• मैथिली (maithilī) - Sita (princess of Mithila, Sita)

• यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

Words meanings and morphology

बहुवर्षसहस्त्राणि (bahuvarṣasahastrāṇi) - many thousands of years

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, plural of bahuvarṣasahastra

bahuvarṣasahastra - many thousands of years

Compound type : karmadhāraya (bahu+varṣa+sahastra)

• bahu – many, much
  adjective (neuter)
• varṣa – year, rain
  noun (neuter)
• sahastra – thousand
  noun (neuter)

Note: Often used adverbially to denote duration.

तपश्चर्या (tapaścaryā) - asceticism, penance, spiritual practice (tapas)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapaścaryā

tapaścaryā - practice of austerity, performance of penance

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (tapas+caryā)

• tapas – asceticism, penance, spiritual heat, austerity
  noun (neuter)
  From root tap (to heat, to suffer).
  Root: tap (class 1)
• caryā – practice, conduct, performance
  noun (feminine)
  From root car (to move, to practice).
  Root: car (class 1)

मया (mayā) - by me

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of asmad

asmad - I, we

Note: Used as agent in passive construction.

कृता (kṛtā) - performed, done, made

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ (to do, to make).

Root: kṛ (class 8)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that spiritual practice (tapas) (of her, of that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Demonstrative pronoun.

फलम् (phalam) - fruit, result, consequence

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of phala

phala - fruit, result, reward

उपाश्नीयाम् (upāśnīyām) - may I enjoy, may I partake of, may I consume

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present optative (liṅ) of aś

optative mood, present tense

From root aś (class 5, Parasmaipada) with upasarga upa-.

Prefix: upa

Root: aś (class 5)

अपापा (apāpā) - sinless, blameless, faultless

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of apāpa

apāpa - sinless, faultless

Negation of pāpa (sin).

Note: Agrees with 'maithilī'.

मैथिली (maithilī) - Sita (princess of Mithila, Sita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - a woman from Mithila, Sita

Taddhita derivative from Mithila.

यथा (yathā) - as, just as, in what manner

(indeclinable)