रामायणम्
Shloka 1.91Unverified draft

न पुत्रमरणं किञ्चिद्द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुरुषा: क्वचित् । नार्यश्चाविधवा नित्यं भविष्यन्ति पतिव्रता: ।।1.1.91।।

Meaning

Under Rama's rule, no man would see his own son die before him, and no woman would be widowed -- wives stayed devoted to their husbands always.

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
puruṣāḥपुरुषाःmenNominative singular — epithet/adjective
na drakṣyantiन द्रक्ष्यन्तिwill not seeCompound phrase
putra maraṇamपुत्र मरणम्the death of a sonCompound phrase
kvacitक्वचित्anywhereEpithet / descriptive term
nāryaḥ caनार्यः चand womenCompound phrase
avidhavāḥअविधवाःwithout becoming widowedNominative singular — epithet/adjective
nityam bhaviṣyanti pativratāḥनित्यम् भविष्यन्ति पतिव्रताःwill always remain devoted to their husbandsCompound phrase

Scholar commentary

IIT Kanpur English Commentary

Modern synthesis of traditional Sanskrit commentaries (Desiraju Hanumanta Rao & K.M.K. Murthy)

(Commentary on Rama's future rule spans shlokas 90-97 -- see the fuller note under shloka 97.)

1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.

Reference: 1.1.91 · Bāla Kāṇḍa