Shloka 1.96Unverified draft
राजवंशान्शतगुणान्स्थापयिष्यति राघव: । चातुर्वर्ण्यं च लोकेऽस्मिन् स्वे स्वे धर्मे नियोक्ष्यति ।।1.1.96।।
Meaning
Rama would found a hundred royal dynasties in this world, and set each of the four social orders to its own proper duty.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| rājavaṃśān | राजवंशान् | royal dynasties | Accusative plural -- object |
| śataguṇān | शतगुणान् | a hundredfold | Accusative plural -- qualifies rajavamshan |
| sthāpayiṣyati | स्थापयिष्यति | will establish | Future tense verb |
| rāghavaḥ | राघवः | Raghava (Rama) | Nominative singular -- subject |
| cāturvarṇyaṃ | चातुर्वर्ण्यं | the four social orders (varnas) | Accusative singular -- object |
| loke'smin | लोकेऽस्मिन् | in this world | Locative singular |
| sve sve dharme | स्वे स्वे धर्मे | each in its own proper duty | Locative singular (distributive) |
| niyokṣyati | नियोक्ष्यति | will set / appoint | Future tense verb |
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: 1.1.96 · Bāla Kāṇḍa