वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-2, chapter-98, verse-17

यथा फलानं पक्वानां नान्यत्र पतनाद्भयम् ।
एवं नरस्य जातस्य नान्यत्र मरणाद्भयम् ॥१७॥

17. yathā phalānaṃ pakvānāṃ nānyatra patanādbhayam ,
evaṃ narasya jātasya nānyatra maraṇādbhayam.

17. yathā phalānām pakvānām na anyatra patanāt bhayam
evam narasya jātasya na anyatra maraṇāt bhayam

17. yathā pakvānām phalānām patanāt anyatra bhayam na.
evam jātasya narasya maraṇāt anyatra bhayam na

17. Just as ripe fruits (phala) have no fear of anything other than falling (patana), so too a born person (nara) has no fear of anything other than death (maraṇa).

Words meanings summery:

• यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

• फलानाम् (phalānām) - of fruits, of results

• पक्वानाम् (pakvānām) - of ripe (fruits) (of ripe, of cooked, of mature)

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - from anything other than (elsewhere, from another, otherwise)

• पतनात् (patanāt) - from falling, from a fall

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

• एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

• नरस्य (narasya) - of a man, of a person

• जातस्य (jātasya) - of one who is born, of a born one

• न (na) - not, no

• अन्यत्र (anyatra) - from anything other than (elsewhere, from another, otherwise)

• मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death, from dying

• भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

Words meanings and morphology

यथा (yathā) - just as, as, like

(indeclinable)

फलानाम् (phalānām) - of fruits, of results

(noun)

Genitive, neuter, plural of phala

phala - fruit, result, consequence, reward

पक्वानाम् (pakvānām) - of ripe (fruits) (of ripe, of cooked, of mature)

(adjective)

Genitive, neuter, plural of pakva

pakva - ripe, cooked, mature, developed

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'pac' (to cook, ripen) with the suffix 'kta'.

Root: pac (class 1)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - from anything other than (elsewhere, from another, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

पतनात् (patanāt) - from falling, from a fall

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of patana

patana - falling, descent, fall, dropping

Derived from the root 'pat' (to fall) with the suffix 'ana'.

Root: pat (class 1)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension, danger

Derived from the root 'bhī' (to fear) with the suffix 'a'.

Root: bhī (class 3)

एवम् (evam) - thus, so, in this manner

(indeclinable)

नरस्य (narasya) - of a man, of a person

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, human being

जातस्य (jātasya) - of one who is born, of a born one

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jāta

jāta - born, produced, arisen, happened

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root 'jan' (to be born) with the suffix 'kta'.

Root: jan (class 4)

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

अन्यत्र (anyatra) - from anything other than (elsewhere, from another, otherwise)

(indeclinable)

मरणात् (maraṇāt) - from death, from dying

(noun)

Ablative, neuter, singular of maraṇa

maraṇa - death, dying, mortality

Derived from the root 'mṛ' (to die) with the suffix 'ana'.

Root: mṛ (class 1)

भयम् (bhayam) - fear, dread

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of bhaya

bhaya - fear, dread, apprehension, danger

Derived from the root 'bhī' (to fear) with the suffix 'a'.

Root: bhī (class 3)