Shloka 1.17Unverified draft
मूलं पुष्पं फलं वन्यमाश्रमं च महात्मनः । निवेदयित्वा धर्मज्ञास्ततः प्राञ्जलयोऽब्रुवन् ।।3.1.17।।
Meaning
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| mūlaṃ | मूलं | roots | accusative object |
| puṣpaṃ | पुष्पं | flowers | accusative object |
| phalaṃ | फलं | fruit | accusative object |
| vanyam | वन्यम् | forest produce | accusative object |
| āśramaṃ | आश्रमं | the hermitage | accusative object |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| mahātmanaḥ | महात्मनः | of the great-souled one (Rāma's) | genitive |
| nivedayitvā | निवेदयित्वा | having offered/presented | gerund |
| dharmajñās | धर्मज्ञास् | those who know dharma | nominative subject |
| tataḥ | ततः | then | adverb |
| prāñjalayo | प्राञ्जलयो | with joined palms | nominative adjective |
| abruvan | अब्रुवन् | they said | verb |
Reference: 3.1.17 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa