वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-22, verse-13

ततस्तां शिंशपां सीता राक्षसीभिः समावृता ।
अभिगम्य विशालाक्षी तस्थौ शोकपरिप्लुता ॥१३॥

13. tatastāṃ śiṃśapāṃ sītā rākṣasībhiḥ samāvṛtā ,
abhigamya viśālākṣī tasthau śokapariplutā.

13. tataḥ tām śiṃśapām sītā rākṣasībhiḥ samāvṛtā
abhigamya viśālākṣī tasthau śokaparīplutā

13. tataḥ viśālākṣī sītā rākṣasībhiḥ samāvṛtā
śokaparīplutā tām śiṃśapām abhigamya tasthau

13. Then, the wide-eyed Sītā, surrounded by ogresses and completely overcome by sorrow, went to that Śiṃśapā tree and stood there.

Words meanings summery:

• ततः (tataḥ) - then, following the previous event (then, thence, afterwards)

• ताम् (tām) - that specific Śiṃśapā tree (that)

• शिंशपाम् (śiṁśapām) - the Śiṃśapā tree she approached (to the Śiṃśapā tree)

• सीता (sītā) - Rāma's wife (Sītā)

• राक्षसीभिः (rākṣasībhiḥ) - by the ogresses (Rāvaṇa's attendants) (by the ogresses, by the female demons)

• समावृता (samāvṛtā) - Sītā, being surrounded (surrounded, covered, enveloped)

• अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - Sītā having approached the tree (having approached, having gone towards)

• विशालाक्षी (viśālākṣī) - Sītā, having wide eyes (large-eyed, wide-eyed)

• तस्थौ (tasthau) - Sītā stood (stood, remained)

• शोकपरीप्लुता (śokaparīplutā) - Sītā, overwhelmed by her sorrow (overwhelmed by sorrow, immersed in grief)

Words meanings and morphology

ततः (tataḥ) - then, following the previous event (then, thence, afterwards)

(indeclinable)

From the pronominal base 'tad' with suffix -tas.

Note: Adverb of time.

ताम् (tām) - that specific Śiṃśapā tree (that)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, he, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun modifying 'śiṃśapām'.

शिंशपाम् (śiṁśapām) - the Śiṃśapā tree she approached (to the Śiṃśapā tree)

(proper noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of śiṃśapā

śiṁśapā - name of a tree (Dalbergia sissoo)

Note: Object of motion 'abhigamya'.

सीता (sītā) - Rāma's wife (Sītā)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (proper name), furrow

Note: Subject of the sentence.

राक्षसीभिः (rākṣasībhiḥ) - by the ogresses (Rāvaṇa's attendants) (by the ogresses, by the female demons)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - ogress, female demon

Feminine form of rākṣasa.

Note: Agent of being 'surrounded'.

समावृता (samāvṛtā) - Sītā, being surrounded (surrounded, covered, enveloped)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of samāvṛta

samāvṛta - surrounded, covered, enveloped

Past Passive Participle

From √vṛ (5U, 'to cover') with prefixes sam + ā.

Prefixes: sam+ā

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Participle acting as an adjective modifying 'sītā'.

अभिगम्य (abhigamya) - Sītā having approached the tree (having approached, having gone towards)

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

From √gam (1P, 'to go') with prefix abhi-. Formed with suffix -ya after a prefix.

Prefix: abhi

Root: gam (class 1)

विशालाक्षी (viśālākṣī) - Sītā, having wide eyes (large-eyed, wide-eyed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of viśālākṣī

viśālākṣī - large-eyed, wide-eyed

Bahuvrīhi compound: viśāla (wide) + akṣi (eye). Feminine form.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (viśāla+akṣi)

• viśāla – wide, large, extensive
  adjective (masculine)
• akṣi – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Epithet for Sītā.

तस्थौ (tasthau) - Sītā stood (stood, remained)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, Perfect (lit) of sthā

Root √sthā (1P). Perfect tense form.

Root: sthā (class 1)

शोकपरीप्लुता (śokaparīplutā) - Sītā, overwhelmed by her sorrow (overwhelmed by sorrow, immersed in grief)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śokaparīpluta

śokaparīpluta - overwhelmed by sorrow, immersed in grief

Past Passive Participle

Tatpuruṣa compound: śoka (sorrow) + parīpluta (overwhelmed). Parīpluta is from √plu (1P, 'to float, swim') with prefix pari-.

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+parīpluta)

• śoka – sorrow, grief, lamentation
  noun (masculine)
  From √śuc (1P, 'to grieve').
  Root: śuc (class 1)
• parīpluta – overflowed, overwhelmed, immersed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From √plu (1P, 'to float, swim') with prefix pari-.
  Prefix: pari
  Root: plu (class 1)

Note: Participle acting as an adjective modifying 'sītā'.