वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-3, chapter-54, verse-25

वचनादेव तास्तस्य विकृता घोरदर्शनाः ।
कृतप्राञ्जलयो भूत्वा मैथिलीं पर्यवारयन् ॥२५॥

25. vacanādeva tāstasya vikṛtā ghoradarśanāḥ ,
kṛtaprāñjalayo bhūtvā maithilīṃ paryavārayan.

25. vachanāt eva tāḥ tasya vikṛtāḥ ghoradarśanāḥ
kṛtaprāñjalayaḥ bhūtvā maithilīm paryavārayan

25. tasya vachanāt eva vikṛtāḥ ghoradarśanāḥ tāḥ
kṛtaprāñjalayaḥ bhūtvā maithilīm paryavārayan

25. Just by his command, those disfigured, terrifying-looking (rakṣasī) women, having folded their hands in supplication, surrounded Sītā (Maithilī).

Words meanings summery:

• वछनात् (vachanāt) - from his command (from the word, from the command, from the speech)

• एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, certainly

• ताः (tāḥ) - those (rakṣasīs) (those (feminine), them)

• तस्य (tasya) - his (Rāvaṇa's) (his, of him, of that)

• विकृताः (vikṛtāḥ) - disfigured, deformed, altered

• घोरदर्शनाः (ghoradarśanāḥ) - terrifying to behold, dreadful in appearance

• कृतप्राञ्जलयः (kṛtaprāñjalayaḥ) - having folded their hands in supplication (having folded hands, with folded hands (in respect or supplication))

• भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

• मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sītā (Maithili, princess of Mithila (Sītā))

• पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - they surrounded, they enclosed

Words meanings and morphology

वछनात् (vachanāt) - from his command (from the word, from the command, from the speech)

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of vacana

vacana - word, speech, saying, command

Derived from root vac (to speak) with suffix -ana

Root: vac (class 2)

एव (eva) - just, only, indeed, certainly

(indeclinable)

ताः (tāḥ) - those (rakṣasīs) (those (feminine), them)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तस्य (tasya) - his (Rāvaṇa's) (his, of him, of that)

(pronoun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

विकृताः (vikṛtāḥ) - disfigured, deformed, altered

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of vikṛta

vikṛta - changed, altered, disfigured, deformed, ugly

Past Passive Participle

Past Passive Participle of root kṛ with upasarga vi

Prefix: vi

Root: kṛ (class 8)

घोरदर्शनाः (ghoradarśanāḥ) - terrifying to behold, dreadful in appearance

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of ghoradarśana

ghoradarśana - terrifying to behold, dreadful in appearance, having a terrible sight

Compound type : bahuvrihi (ghora+darśana)

• ghora – terrible, dreadful, fierce, frightful
  adjective (masculine)
• darśana – sight, vision, appearance, seeing, philosophy
  noun (neuter)
  Derived from root dṛś (to see) with suffix -ana
  Root: dṛś (class 1)

कृतप्राञ्जलयः (kṛtaprāñjalayaḥ) - having folded their hands in supplication (having folded hands, with folded hands (in respect or supplication))

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of kṛtaprāñjali

kṛtaprāñjali - one who has made a gesture of folded hands, having folded hands

Compound type : bahuvrihi (kṛta+prāñjali)

• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Past Passive Participle of root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)
• prāñjali – folded hands, a respectful gesture
  noun (masculine)
  from pra-añjali
  Prefix: pra
  Root: añj (class 7)

भूत्वा (bhūtvā) - having become, having been

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Absolutive form of root bhū

Root: bhū (class 1)

मैथिलीम् (maithilīm) - Sītā (Maithili, princess of Mithila (Sītā))

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of maithilī

maithilī - Maithili (princess of Mithila), Sītā

Feminine derivative of Mithila

पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - they surrounded, they enclosed

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of paryavāraya

Causative verb form

Causative of root vṛ (to cover, choose) with upasargas pari and ava

Prefixes: pari+ava

Root: vṛ (class 5)