वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-57, verse-7

राक्षसीभिः परिवृता शोकसंतापकर्शिता ।
मेघलेखापरिवृता चन्द्रलेखेव निष्प्रभा ॥७॥

7. rākṣasībhiḥ parivṛtā śokasaṃtāpakarśitā ,
meghalekhāparivṛtā candralekheva niṣprabhā.

7. rākṣasībhiḥ parivṛtā śokasaṃtāpakarśitā
meghalekhāparivṛtā candralekhā iva niṣprabhā

7. rākṣasībhiḥ parivṛtā śokasaṃtāpakarśitā
meghalekhāparivṛtā candralekhā iva niṣprabhā

7. She was surrounded by female demons, emaciated by sorrow and anguish, and like a crescent moon enveloped by a bank of clouds, she was without luster.

Words meanings summery:

• राक्षसीभिः (rākṣasībhiḥ) - by the demonesses guarding her (by female demons)

• परिवृता (parivṛtā) - surrounded (surrounded, encompassed)

• शोकसंतापकर्शिता (śokasaṁtāpakarśitā) - emaciated by sorrow and anguish

• मेघलेखापरिवृता (meghalekhāparivṛtā) - enveloped by a bank of clouds (surrounded by a streak of clouds, enveloped by a cloud bank)

• चन्द्रलेखा (candralekhā) - a crescent moon (crescent moon, digit of the moon)

• इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

• निष्प्रभा (niṣprabhā) - without luster (without luster, dim, faint)

Words meanings and morphology

राक्षसीभिः (rākṣasībhiḥ) - by the demonesses guarding her (by female demons)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, plural of rākṣasī

rākṣasī - female demon, demoness

Feminine form of rākṣasa

परिवृता (parivṛtā) - surrounded (surrounded, encompassed)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of parivṛta

parivṛta - surrounded, encompassed, covered

Past Passive Participle

From prefix pari- and root vṛ (to cover, enclose)

Prefix: pari

Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to Sītā.

शोकसंतापकर्शिता (śokasaṁtāpakarśitā) - emaciated by sorrow and anguish

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of śokasaṃtāpakarśita

śokasaṁtāpakarśita - emaciated by grief and suffering

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (śoka+saṃtāpa+karśita)

• śoka – sorrow, grief
  noun (masculine)
• saṃtāpa – anguish, suffering, affliction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tap (class 1)
• karśita – emaciated, weakened, distressed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛś (to make thin, weaken)
  Root: kṛś (class 1)

Note: Refers to Sītā.

मेघलेखापरिवृता (meghalekhāparivṛtā) - enveloped by a bank of clouds (surrounded by a streak of clouds, enveloped by a cloud bank)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of meghalekhāparivṛta

meghalekhāparivṛta - surrounded by a line of clouds

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (meghalekhā+parivṛta)

• meghalekhā – streak of clouds, cloud-line
  noun (feminine)
• parivṛta – surrounded, encompassed
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  From prefix pari- and root vṛ (to cover, enclose)
  Prefix: pari
  Root: vṛ (class 5)

Note: Refers to Sītā.

चन्द्रलेखा (candralekhā) - a crescent moon (crescent moon, digit of the moon)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of candralekhā

candralekhā - crescent moon, digit of the moon

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (candra+lekhā)

• candra – moon
  noun (masculine)
• lekhā – line, streak, digit
  noun (feminine)

Note: Used as the object of comparison.

इव (iva) - like (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

निष्प्रभा (niṣprabhā) - without luster (without luster, dim, faint)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of niṣprabha

niṣprabha - lusterless, dim, without radiance

From niṣ- (without) and prabhā (light, radiance)

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (nis+prabhā)

• nis – out, forth, without (prefix)
  indeclinable
  negative prefix
• prabhā – light, splendor, radiance
  noun (feminine)
  Prefix: pra
  Root: bhā (class 2)

Note: Refers to Sītā.