योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-6, chapter-7, verse-21

पूर्वं गृहीत्वा कर्णाभ्यां स्फुरन्ती परिनिश्चयम् ।
जराजर्जरमार्जारी यौवनाखुं निकृन्तति ॥ २१ ॥

pūrvaṃ gṛhītvā karṇābhyāṃ sphurantī pariniścayam ,
jarājarjaramārjārī yauvanākhuṃ nikṛntati 21

21. pūrvaṃ gṛhītvā karṇābhyām sphurantī pariniścayam
jarājarjaramārjārī yauvanākhūm nikṛntati

21. jarājarjaramārjārī pūrvaṃ pariniścayam karṇābhyām
sphurantī yauvanākhūm gṛhītvā nikṛntati

21. First, having definitively seized the trembling youthful mouse by its two ears, the old, decrepit cat devours it.

Words meanings summery:

• पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - first, previously, before

• गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having taken, having grasped

• कर्णाभ्याम् (karṇābhyām) - by the two ears

• स्फुरन्ती (sphurantī) - trembling, throbbing, quivering

• परिनिश्चयम् (pariniścayam) - certainly, definitively, with certainty

• जराजर्जरमार्जारी (jarājarjaramārjārī) - the old, decrepit cat

• यौवनाखूम् (yauvanākhūm) - the youthful mouse

• निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - cuts off, tears apart, devours

Words meanings and morphology

पूर्वं (pūrvaṁ) - first, previously, before

(indeclinable)

गृहीत्वा (gṛhītvā) - having seized, having taken, having grasped

(indeclinable)

Absolutive (Gerund)

Formed from root 'grah' with suffix -tvā.

Root: grah (class 9)

कर्णाभ्याम् (karṇābhyām) - by the two ears

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, dual of karṇa

karṇa - ear

स्फुरन्ती (sphurantī) - trembling, throbbing, quivering

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of sphurant

sphur - to throb, tremble, quiver, flash, dart

Present Active Participle

From root 'sphur' (to throb), Parasmaipada, 6th conjugation.

Root: sphur (class 6)

परिनिश्चयम् (pariniścayam) - certainly, definitively, with certainty

(indeclinable)

Prefixes: pari+ni

Root: ci (class 5)

जराजर्जरमार्जारी (jarājarjaramārjārī) - the old, decrepit cat

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jarājarjaramārjārī

jarājarjaramārjārī - an old and decrepit cat

Compound type : karmadhāraya (jarājarjara+mārjārī)

• jarā – old age, decrepitude
  noun (feminine)
• jarjara – decrepit, worn out, fragile, old
  adjective
• mārjārī – female cat
  noun (feminine)

यौवनाखूम् (yauvanākhūm) - the youthful mouse

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of yauvanākhu

yauvanākhu - a youthful mouse

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (yauvana+ākhu)

• yauvana – youth, youthfulness
  noun (neuter)
• ākhu – mouse, rat
  noun (masculine)

निकृन्तति (nikṛntati) - cuts off, tears apart, devours

(verb)

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

Present active, 3rd person singular

Root 'kṛnt' (to cut), Parasmaipada, 6th conjugation. With prefix 'ni'.

Prefix: ni

Root: kṛnt (class 6)