वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-5, chapter-63, verse-24

इति मामब्रवीत् सीता कृशाङ्गी धर्म चारिणी ।
रावणान्तःपुरे रुद्धा मृगीवोत्फुल्ललोचना ॥२४॥

24. iti māmabravīt sītā kṛśāṅgī dharma cāriṇī ,
rāvaṇāntaḥpure ruddhā mṛgīvotphullalocanā.

24. iti mām abravīt sītā kṛśāṅgī dharmacāriṇī |
rāvaṇāntaḥpure ruddhā mṛgī iva utphullalocanā

24. iti sītā kṛśāṅgī dharmacāriṇī rāvaṇāntaḥpure
ruddhā mṛgī iva utphullalocanā mām abravīt

24. Thus spoke Sītā to me, her body emaciated, steadfast in her [dharma], confined in Rāvaṇa's inner palace, with wide-open eyes like a startled doe.

Words meanings summery:

• इति (iti) - thus, saying this

• माम् (mām) - to me (Hanumān) (to me)

• अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she spoke, said

• सीता (sītā) - Sītā

• कृशाङ्गी (kṛśāṅgī) - thin-bodied, emaciated

• धर्मचारिणी (dharmacāriṇī) - steadfast in her intrinsic nature or moral conduct (practicing [dharma], righteous)

• रावणान्तःपुरे (rāvaṇāntaḥpure) - in Rāvaṇa's inner palace/harem

• रुद्धा (ruddhā) - confined, imprisoned

• मृगी (mṛgī) - doe, female deer

• इव (iva) - like, as if

• उत्फुल्ललोचना (utphullalocanā) - with wide-open eyes, startled-eyed

Words meanings and morphology

इति (iti) - thus, saying this

(indeclinable)

माम् (mām) - to me (Hanumān) (to me)

(pronoun)

Accusative, singular of asmad

asmad - I, me

अब्रवीत् (abravīt) - she spoke, said

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past imperfect (laṅ) of bru

Imperfect Past Tense, Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

Root: bru (class 2)

सीता (sītā) - Sītā

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sītā

sītā - Sītā (proper name of Rāma's wife)

कृशाङ्गी (kṛśāṅgī) - thin-bodied, emaciated

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kṛśāṅgī

kṛśāṅgī - thin-bodied, slender-limbed, emaciated

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṛśa+aṅga)

• kṛśa – thin, emaciated, lean
  adjective (masculine)
• aṅga – body, limb, part
  noun (neuter)

धर्मचारिणी (dharmacāriṇī) - steadfast in her intrinsic nature or moral conduct (practicing [dharma], righteous)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of dharmacāriṇī

dharmacārin - practicing [dharma], righteous, virtuous, devout

Compound 'dharma' + 'cārin' (from root 'car')

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (dharma+cārin)

• dharma – [dharma], righteousness, duty, natural law
  noun (masculine)
  Root: dhṛ
• cārin – practicing, observing, acting, going
  adjective (masculine)
  Agent noun/adjective
  Derived from root 'car' (to move, act)
  Root: car (class 1)

रावणान्तःपुरे (rāvaṇāntaḥpure) - in Rāvaṇa's inner palace/harem

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of rāvaṇāntaḥpura

rāvaṇāntaḥpura - Rāvaṇa's inner palace/harem

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (rāvaṇa+antaḥpura)

• rāvaṇa – Rāvaṇa (name of the demon king)
  proper noun (masculine)
• antaḥpura – inner palace, harem, women's apartments
  noun (neuter)

रुद्धा (ruddhā) - confined, imprisoned

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of ruddha

ruddha - obstructed, checked, confined, imprisoned

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'rudh'

Root: rudh (class 7)

Note: Refers to Sītā.

मृगी (mṛgī) - doe, female deer

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mṛgī

mṛgī - a doe, female deer

इव (iva) - like, as if

(indeclinable)

उत्फुल्ललोचना (utphullalocanā) - with wide-open eyes, startled-eyed

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of utphullalocana

utphullalocana - having wide-open or blooming eyes

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (utphulla+locana)

• utphulla – wide open, blooming, expanded
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root 'phul' with prefix 'ut-'
  Prefix: ut
  Root: phul (class 1)
• locana – eye
  noun (neuter)

Note: Refers to Sītā.