वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-4, chapter-55, verse-17

को ऽयं गिरा घोषयति प्राणैः प्रियतरस्य मे ।
जटायुषो वधं भ्रातुः कम्पयन्निव मे मनः ॥१७॥

17. ko'yaṃ girā ghoṣayati prāṇaiḥ priyatarasya me ,
jaṭāyuṣo vadhaṃ bhrātuḥ kampayanniva me manaḥ.

17. kaḥ ayam girā ghoṣayati prāṇaiḥ priyatarasya me
jaṭāyuṣaḥ vadham bhrātuḥ kampayan iva me manaḥ

17. kaḥ ayam prāṇaiḥ priyatarasya me bhrātuḥ jaṭāyuṣaḥ
vadham girā ghoṣayati me manaḥ kampayan iva

17. Who is this proclaiming with a voice the death of my brother Jaṭāyu, who was dearer to me than life itself, thereby seemingly shaking my mind?

Words meanings summery:

• कः (kaḥ) - who

• अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this, he)

• गिरा (girā) - with a voice (with voice, with speech)

• घोषयति (ghoṣayati) - he is proclaiming (he announces, he proclaims, he causes to sound)

• प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than life (lit. with vital breaths/lives, used with comparison in the sense "than") (with lives, by breaths, with vital airs)

• प्रियतरस्य (priyatarasya) - of him who was dearer (of the dearer, of the more beloved)

• मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

• जटायुषः (jaṭāyuṣaḥ) - of Jaṭāyu

• वधम् (vadham) - the death (death, killing, slaughter)

• भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of (my) brother (of the brother)

• कम्पयन् (kampayan) - shaking (shaking, causing to tremble)

• इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, similar to)

• मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

• मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, spirit, intellect)

Words meanings and morphology

कः (kaḥ) - who

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kim

kim - who, what, which

Note: Interrogative pronoun.

अयम् (ayam) - this (person) (this, he)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of idam

idam - this, he, she, it

Note: Demonstrative pronoun.

गिरा (girā) - with a voice (with voice, with speech)

(noun)

Instrumental, feminine, singular of gir

gir - voice, speech

घोषयति (ghoṣayati) - he is proclaiming (he announces, he proclaims, he causes to sound)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of ghuṣ

Present, 3rd person singular, causal

Causal form of root ghuṣ (class 1).

Root: ghuṣ (class 1)

Note: Causal verb.

प्राणैः (prāṇaiḥ) - than life (lit. with vital breaths/lives, used with comparison in the sense "than") (with lives, by breaths, with vital airs)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of prāṇa

prāṇa - breath, life, vital air

Note: Instrumental case used to express comparison (than).

प्रियतरस्य (priyatarasya) - of him who was dearer (of the dearer, of the more beloved)

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, singular of priyatara

priyatara - dearer, more beloved

Comparative degree of priya (dear) with -tara suffix.

Note: Agrees with 'Jaṭāyuṣaḥ'.

मे (me) - to me (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun.

जटायुषः (jaṭāyuṣaḥ) - of Jaṭāyu

(proper noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of jaṭāyu

jaṭāyu - Jaṭāyu (proper name, a mythical vulture)

वधम् (vadham) - the death (death, killing, slaughter)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of vadha

vadha - death, killing, slaughter

Note: Object of ghoṣayati.

भ्रातुः (bhrātuḥ) - of (my) brother (of the brother)

(noun)

Genitive, masculine, singular of bhrātṛ

bhrātṛ - brother

Note: Agrees with 'Jaṭāyuṣaḥ'.

कम्पयन् (kampayan) - shaking (shaking, causing to tremble)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kampayat

kampayat - shaking, causing to tremble

Present Active Participle (causal)

Present active participle of the causal form of root kamp (to tremble).

Root: kamp (class 1)

Note: Refers to the subject of ghoṣayati.

इव (iva) - as if (as if, like, similar to)

(indeclinable)

मे (me) - my (to me, for me, my)

(pronoun)

Genitive, singular of aham

aham - I

Note: Enclitic form of the 1st person pronoun.

मनः (manaḥ) - mind (mind, spirit, intellect)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of manas

manas - mind, spirit, intellect

Note: Object of kampayan.