वाल्मीकि-रामायणम् vālmīki-rāmāyaṇam - book-6, chapter-17, verse-28

यस्तु कर्णौ विवृणुते जृम्भते च पुनः पुनः ।
न च संविजते मृत्योर्न च यूथाद्विधावति ॥२८॥

28. yastu karṇau vivṛṇute jṛmbhate ca punaḥ punaḥ ,
na ca saṃvijate mṛtyorna ca yūthādvidhāvati.

28. yaḥ tu karṇau vivṛṇute jṛmbhate ca punaḥ punaḥ
na ca saṃvijate mṛtyoḥ na ca yūthāt vidhāvāti

28. yaḥ tu karṇau vivṛṇute punaḥ punaḥ ca jṛmbhate,
mṛtyoḥ ca na saṃvijate,
yūthāt ca na vidhāvāti

28. But he who pricks up his ears and yawns repeatedly does not tremble at death, nor does he flee from the group.

Words meanings summery:

• यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

• तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

• कर्णौ (karṇau) - ears

• विवृणुते (vivṛṇute) - pricks up (ears) (opens, stretches, uncovers)

• जृम्भते (jṛmbhate) - yawns (yawns, stretches oneself)

• च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, back, furthermore)

• पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (in conjunction with the preceding punaḥ) (again, back, furthermore)

• न (na) - not (not, no)

• च (ca) - and (not) (and, also, moreover)

• संविजते (saṁvijate) - trembles (at) (trembles, fears, is afraid)

• मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - at death (from death, of death)

• न (na) - nor (not) (not, no)

• च (ca) - nor (and) (and, also, moreover)

• यूथात् (yūthāt) - from the group (from the group, from the herd)

• विधावाति (vidhāvāti) - flees (runs away, flees)

Words meanings and morphology

यः (yaḥ) - he who (who, which)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of yat

yat - which, who, what, that

तु (tu) - but (but, indeed, however)

(indeclinable)

कर्णौ (karṇau) - ears

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, dual of karṇa

karṇa - ear, rudder, a proper name

विवृणुते (vivṛṇute) - pricks up (ears) (opens, stretches, uncovers)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of vivṛ

Root vṛ (to cover) with prefix vi (separation, undoing)

Prefix: vi

Root: vṛ (class 5)

जृम्भते (jṛmbhate) - yawns (yawns, stretches oneself)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of jṛmbh

Root: jṛmbh (class 1)

च (ca) - and (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - again (again, back, furthermore)

(indeclinable)

पुनः (punaḥ) - repeatedly (in conjunction with the preceding punaḥ) (again, back, furthermore)

(indeclinable)

Note: Used in repetition 'punaḥ punaḥ' to mean 'repeatedly'.

न (na) - not (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - and (not) (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

संविजते (saṁvijate) - trembles (at) (trembles, fears, is afraid)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, middle, present (lat) of saṃvij

Root vij (to tremble) with prefix sam (together, completely)

Prefix: sam

Root: vij (class 6)

मृत्योः (mṛtyoḥ) - at death (from death, of death)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of mṛtyu

mṛtyu - death, dying, the god of death

न (na) - nor (not) (not, no)

(indeclinable)

च (ca) - nor (and) (and, also, moreover)

(indeclinable)

यूथात् (yūthāt) - from the group (from the group, from the herd)

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of yūtha

yūtha - herd, flock, troop, group

विधावाति (vidhāvāti) - flees (runs away, flees)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vidhāv

Root dhāv (to run) with prefix vi (away, apart)

Prefix: vi

Root: dhāv (class 1)