Shloka 1.17Unverified draft
स च सर्वगुणोपेत: कौसल्यानन्दवर्धन: । समुद्र इव गाम्भीर्ये धैर्येण हिमवानिव ।।1.1.17।।
Meaning
Gifted with every virtue, he is the very increase of his mother Kausalya's joy -- unfathomable as the ocean in the depth of his feeling, and as unshaken as the Himalayas in patience.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kausalya ānanda vardhanaḥ | कौसल्य आनन्द वर्धनः | one who betters Kausalya's (his mother's) happiness | Compound phrase |
| saḥ ca | सः च | he is also | Compound phrase |
| sarva guṇa upetaḥ | सर्व गुण उपेतः | embodied with all noble merits | Compound phrase |
| gāmbhīrye samudra iva | गाम्भीर्ये समुद्र इव | like an ocean in profundity -- his inmost heart is unfathomable like an ocean | Compound phrase |
| dhairyeṇa himavān iva | धैर्येण हिमवान् इव | by fortitude like the Himalayan mountain | Compound phrase |
Scholar commentary
IIT Kanpur English Commentary
Modern synthesis of traditional Sanskrit commentaries (Desiraju Hanumanta Rao & K.M.K. Murthy)
(Commentary on this passage spans shlokas 7-18 -- see the fuller note under shloka 18.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.1.17 · Bāla Kāṇḍa