वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-27, verse-12

नीलमेघाश्रिता विद्युत् स्फुरन्ती प्रतिभाति मे ।
स्फुरन्ती रावणस्याङ्के वैदेहीव तपस्विनी ॥१२॥

12. nīlameghāśritā vidyut sphurantī pratibhāti me ,
sphurantī rāvaṇasyāṅke vaidehīva tapasvinī.

12. nīlameghāśritā vidyut sphurantī pratibhāti me
sphurantī rāvaṇasya aṅke vaidehī iva tapasvinī

12. nīlameghāśritā sphurantī vidyut me pratibhāti
rāvaṇasya aṅke sphurantī tapasvinī vaidehī iva

12. The lightning, which is flickering and dwelling within the dark clouds, appears to me like the suffering (tapasvinī) Vaidehī (Sītā) trembling in Rāvaṇa's embrace.

Words meanings summery:

• नीलमेघाश्रिता (nīlameghāśritā) - dwelling in dark clouds, residing on dark clouds

• विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning, flash

• स्फुरन्ती (sphurantī) - Describing lightning as flickering (flickering, shining, flashing)

• प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, shines forth, seems

• मे (me) - to me, for me

• स्फुरन्ती (sphurantī) - Describing Vaidehī as trembling with fear/distress (trembling, struggling)

• रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

• अङ्के (aṅke) - in the lap, in the embrace

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā, daughter of the king of Videha (Vaidehī (Sītā))

• इव (iva) - as if, like

• तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - Suffering (tapasvinī) Vaidehī, indicating her distressed state. (ascetic woman, suffering woman, pious woman)

Words meanings and morphology

नीलमेघाश्रिता (nīlameghāśritā) - dwelling in dark clouds, residing on dark clouds

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of nīlameghāśrita

nīlameghāśrita - dwelling in dark clouds, dependent on dark clouds

Compound type : Tatpurusha (nīla+megha+āśrita)

• nīla – dark blue, black, indigo
  adjective
• megha – cloud, mass
  noun (masculine)
• āśrita – resided, dependent on, dwelling in, resorted to
  adjective
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

Note: Agrees with 'vidyut'

विद्युत् (vidyut) - lightning, flash

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vidyut

vidyut - lightning, flash of lightning, electricity

स्फुरन्ती (sphurantī) - Describing lightning as flickering (flickering, shining, flashing)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sphurant

sphurant - flickering, shining, throbbing, trembling, quivering

Present Active Participle

Feminine nominative singular form of the participle of 'sphur'

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'vidyut'

प्रतिभाति (pratibhāti) - appears, shines forth, seems

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present indicative (laṭ) of pratibhā

Prefix: prati

Root: bhā (class 2)

मे (me) - to me, for me

(pronoun)

singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

Note: Used as dative here.

स्फुरन्ती (sphurantī) - Describing Vaidehī as trembling with fear/distress (trembling, struggling)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sphurant

sphurant - flickering, shining, throbbing, trembling, quivering

Present Active Participle

Feminine nominative singular form of the participle of 'sphur'

Root: sphur (class 6)

Note: Agrees with 'vaidehī'

रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of rāvaṇa

rāvaṇa - Rāvaṇa (the king of Laṅkā in the Rāmāyaṇa)

अङ्के (aṅke) - in the lap, in the embrace

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of aṅka

aṅka - lap, embrace, side, mark, number

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sītā, daughter of the king of Videha (Vaidehī (Sītā))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - Vaidehī (name of Sītā, daughter of Janaka, king of Videha)

इव (iva) - as if, like

(indeclinable)

तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - Suffering (tapasvinī) Vaidehī, indicating her distressed state. (ascetic woman, suffering woman, pious woman)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapasvinī

tapasvinī - female ascetic, a pious woman, suffering woman, unfortunate woman

Feminine form of tapasvin

Note: Agrees with 'vaidehī'