वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-23, verse-6

एवमुक्त्वा तु वैदेही वेपमाना तपस्विनी ।
जगाम जगतीं बाला छिन्ना तु कदली यथा ॥६॥

6. evamuktvā tu vaidehī vepamānā tapasvinī ,
jagāma jagatīṃ bālā chinnā tu kadalī yathā.

6. evam uktvā tu vaidehī vepamānā tapasvinī
jagāma jagatīm bālā chinnā tu kadalī yathā

6. vaidehī bālā tapasvinī vepamānā evam uktvā
tu chinnā kadalī yathā jagatīm jagāma

6. Having spoken thus, the young Vaidehi, trembling and appearing like an ascetic in her suffering, fell to the ground, just like a severed banana tree.

Words meanings summery:

• एवम् (evam) - in this way, referring to her previous speech (thus, in this manner)

• उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken her lament (having said, having spoken)

• तु (tu) - an emphatic or connective particle (but, indeed, yet)

• वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita, daughter of Janaka (princess of Videha, Sita)

• वेपमाना (vepamānā) - trembling due to grief and shock (trembling, shaking)

• तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - a suffering woman, deserving of pity, or one in an austere state due to her distress (ascetic woman, suffering woman, virtuous woman)

• जगाम (jagāma) - fell, collapsed (went)

• जगतीम् (jagatīm) - to the ground, indicating a collapse (to the earth, to the ground)

• बाला (bālā) - young woman, emphasizing Sita's youth and fragility (young woman, maiden, girl)

• छिन्ना (chinnā) - severed from its stem, like a banana tree (cut, severed, broken)

• तु (tu) - an emphatic or connective particle (but, indeed, yet)

• कदली (kadalī) - banana tree, known for its soft trunk that easily falls when cut (plantain tree, banana tree)

• यथा (yathā) - as, introducing a comparison (as, just as, like)

Words meanings and morphology

एवम् (evam) - in this way, referring to her previous speech (thus, in this manner)

(indeclinable)

उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken her lament (having said, having spoken)

(indeclinable)

absolutive

formed from root vac- (to speak) with suffix -ktvā

Root: vac (class 2)

तु (tu) - an emphatic or connective particle (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

वैदेही (vaidehī) - Sita, daughter of Janaka (princess of Videha, Sita)

(proper noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vaidehī

vaidehī - princess of Videha, Sita

feminine form derived from Videha

Note: Refers to Sita.

वेपमाना (vepamānā) - trembling due to grief and shock (trembling, shaking)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vepamāna

vepamāna - trembling, shaking

present participle

from root vep- (to tremble) with suffix śānac (present participle middle)

Root: vep (class 1)

Note: Qualifies Vaidehī.

तपस्विनी (tapasvinī) - a suffering woman, deserving of pity, or one in an austere state due to her distress (ascetic woman, suffering woman, virtuous woman)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tapasvin

tapasvin - ascetic, devotee, suffering person, virtuous

from tapas (austerity) + -vin (possessive suffix)

Note: Qualifies Vaidehī.

जगाम (jagāma) - fell, collapsed (went)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of gam

perfect tense

reduplicated perfect, 3rd person singular active

Root: gam (class 1)

जगतीम् (jagatīm) - to the ground, indicating a collapse (to the earth, to the ground)

(noun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of jagatī

jagatī - earth, ground, world

Note: Object of 'went/fell'.

बाला (bālā) - young woman, emphasizing Sita's youth and fragility (young woman, maiden, girl)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bālā

bālā - young girl, maiden, young woman, daughter

feminine form of bāla

Note: Appositive to Vaidehī.

छिन्ना (chinnā) - severed from its stem, like a banana tree (cut, severed, broken)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of chinna

chinna - cut, split, severed, broken

past passive participle

from root chid- (to cut, to sever) + -kta (suffix for P.P.P.)

Root: chid (class 7)

Note: Qualifies kadalī.

तु (tu) - an emphatic or connective particle (but, indeed, yet)

(indeclinable)

कदली (kadalī) - banana tree, known for its soft trunk that easily falls when cut (plantain tree, banana tree)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of kadalī

kadalī - plantain tree, banana tree

Note: Part of the simile.

यथा (yathā) - as, introducing a comparison (as, just as, like)

(indeclinable)