वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-21, verse-5

ततस्त्वेकजटा नाम राक्षसी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।
आमन्त्र्य क्रोधताम्राक्षी सीतां करतलोदरीम् ॥५॥

5. tatastvekajaṭā nāma rākṣasī vākyamabravīt ,
āmantrya krodhatāmrākṣī sītāṃ karatalodarīm.

5. tataḥ tu ekajaṭā nāma rākṣasī vākyam abravīt
āmantrya krodhatāmrākṣī sītām karatalodarīm

5. tataḥ tu ekajaṭā nāma krodhatāmrākṣī rākṣasī
karatalodarīm sītām āmantrya vākyam abravīt

5. Then, the female demon named Ekajaṭā, whose eyes were reddened by anger, spoke words, having addressed Sītā, the slender-waisted one.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

• तु (tu) - (connective particle) (but, indeed, however, and)

• एकजटा (ekajaṭā) - Ekajaṭā (a specific female demon) (Ekajaṭā (proper name))

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

• राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - female demon (female demon, demoness)

• वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, a statement (word, speech, statement)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (she spoke, she said)

• आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having addressed (having addressed, having called)

• क्रोधताम्राक्षी (krodhatāmrākṣī) - whose eyes were reddened by anger (having eyes red with anger)

• सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā (Sita)

• करतलोदरीम् (karatalodarīm) - the slender-waisted one (having a belly like the palm of a hand, slender-waisted)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then (then, thereupon, from that)

(indeclinable)

suffix -tas from pronominal base

तु (tu) - (connective particle) (but, indeed, however, and)

(indeclinable)

एकजटा (ekajaṭā) - Ekajaṭā (a specific female demon) (Ekajaṭā (proper name))

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ekajaṭā

ekajaṭā - one-matted, having a single braid of hair; name of a Rākṣasī

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (eka+jaṭā)

• eka – one, single, alone
  numeral (masculine)
• jaṭā – matted hair, braid of hair
  noun (feminine)

Note: Subject of the verb abravīt.

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

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates proper name.

राक्षसी (rākṣasī) - female demon (female demon, demoness)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, demoness

feminine form of rākṣasa

Note: Appositive to Ekajaṭā.

वाक्यम् (vākyam) - words, a statement (word, speech, statement)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vākya

vākya - speech, word, sentence, statement

from vāc (speech)

Note: Object of abravīt.

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - spoke (she spoke, she said)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, imperfect (laṅ) of brū

imperfect 3rd singular active

Root: brū (class 2)

आमन्त्र्य (āmantrya) - having addressed (having addressed, having called)

(indeclinable)

absolutive / gerund

formed with prefix ā + root mantr + suffix -ya

Prefix: ā

Root: mantr (class 10)

क्रोधताम्राक्षी (krodhatāmrākṣī) - whose eyes were reddened by anger (having eyes red with anger)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of krodhatāmrākṣī

krodhatāmrākṣa - having red eyes from anger

Feminine of krodhatāmrākṣa

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (krodha+tāmra+akṣi)

• krodha – anger, wrath
  noun (masculine)
  Root: krudh (class 4)
• tāmra – copper-colored, red
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with rākṣasī (Ekajaṭā).

सीताम् (sītām) - Sītā (Sita)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sita (daughter of Janaka, wife of Rama); furrow; boundary line

Note: Object of āmantrya.

करतलोदरीम् (karatalodarīm) - the slender-waisted one (having a belly like the palm of a hand, slender-waisted)

(adjective)

Accusative, feminine, singular of karatalodarī

karatalodara - having a belly like the palm of a hand (i.e. very slender)

Feminine of karatalodara

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (karatala+udara)

• karatala – palm of the hand
  noun (neuter)
• udara – belly, abdomen
  noun (neuter)

Note: Agrees with sītām.