वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-109, verse-18

शिथिलां वलितां वृद्धां जरापाण्डुरमूर्धजाम् ।
सततं वेपमानाङ्गीं प्रवाते कदली यथा ॥१८॥

18. śithilāṃ valitāṃ vṛddhāṃ jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajām ,
satataṃ vepamānāṅgīṃ pravāte kadalī yathā.

18. śithilām valitām vṛddhām jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajām
satatam vepamānāṅgīm pravāte kadalī yathā

18. śithilām valitām vṛddhām jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajām
satatam vepamānāṅgīm pravāte kadalī yathā

18. She was frail, wrinkled, and old, with hair whitened by age, her body constantly trembling like a plantain tree swaying in the wind.

Words meanings summery:

• शिथिलाम् (śithilām) - loose, slack, frail, feeble (feminine singular accusative)

• वलिताम् (valitām) - wrinkled, bent, folded (feminine singular accusative)

• वृद्धाम् (vṛddhām) - old, aged, grown (feminine singular accusative)

• जरापाण्डुरमूर्धजाम् (jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajām) - with hair whitened by old age (feminine singular accusative)

• सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always

• वेपमानाङ्गीम् (vepamānāṅgīm) - with a trembling body (feminine singular accusative)

• प्रवाते (pravāte) - in the wind, in a strong breeze (masculine singular locative)

• कदली (kadalī) - plantain tree, banana tree

• यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

Words meanings and morphology

शिथिलाम् (śithilām) - loose, slack, frail, feeble (feminine singular accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śithilā

śithila - loose, slack, frail, feeble, languid

वलिताम् (valitām) - wrinkled, bent, folded (feminine singular accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of valitā

valita - wrinkled, folded, bent, curled

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'val' (to turn, move, be agitated)

Root: val (class 1)

वृद्धाम् (vṛddhām) - old, aged, grown (feminine singular accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vṛddhā

vṛddha - old, aged, grown, increased

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'vṛdh' (to grow, increase)

Root: vṛdh (class 1)

जरापाण्डुरमूर्धजाम् (jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajām) - with hair whitened by old age (feminine singular accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajā

jarāpāṇḍuramūrdhajā - whose hair is whitened by old age (feminine)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (jarā+pāṇḍura+mūrdhaja)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
• pāṇḍura – whitish, pale, yellowish-white
  adjective (masculine)
• mūrdhaja – hair (lit. born from the head)
  noun (masculine)

सततम् (satatam) - constantly, perpetually, always

(indeclinable)

वेपमानाङ्गीम् (vepamānāṅgīm) - with a trembling body (feminine singular accusative)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of vepamānāṅgī

vepamānāṅgī - whose limbs are trembling, having a trembling body (feminine)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (vepamāna+aṅgī)

• vepamāna – trembling, quivering, shaking
  adjective (masculine)
  Present Middle Participle
  Derived from the root 'vep' (to tremble)
  Root: vep (class 1)
• aṅgī – body, limb (feminine form of aṅga)
  noun (feminine)

प्रवाते (pravāte) - in the wind, in a strong breeze (masculine singular locative)

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of pravāta

pravāta - strong breeze, wind, storm

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (pra+vāta)

• pra – forth, forward, very, intensely
  indeclinable
• vāta – wind, air, atmosphere
  noun (masculine)

कदली (kadalī) - plantain tree, banana tree

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kadalī

kadalī - plantain tree, banana tree

यथा (yathā) - just as, like, as

(indeclinable)