एवं सुसत्कृतस्तेन सहोषित्वा नरर्षभ:। सप्ताष्टदिवसान्राजा राजानमिदमब्रवीत्।।1.11.18।।
Meaning
Thus well-honored, that finest of men stayed with him for seven or eight days, and then spoke these words to Romapada.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| evam su-sat-kṛtaḥ | एवम् सु-सत्-कृतः | thus well-honored | Nominative singular |
| tena saha uṣitvā | तेन सह उषित्वा | having dwelt together with him | Gerund (having done) |
| nara-ṛṣabhaḥ | नर-ऋषभः | bull among men | Nominative singular |
| sapta-aṣṭa-divasān | सप्त-अष्ट-दिवसान् | for seven or eight days | Accusative (adverbial) |
| rājā rājānam idam abravīt | राजा राजानम् इदम् अब्रवीत् | the king said this to the [other] king | Verb (imperfect) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source cites Ralph T.H. Griffith's translation (1870-1874) here, which renders Romapada's reply as making explicit that Shanta is by birth Dasharatha's own daughter, given to Romapada out of friendship and compassion when he was childless: 'This king,' he said, 'from days of old / A well beloved friend I hold. / To me this pearl of dames he gave / From childless woe mine age to save... In him thy Santa's father see: / As I am even so is he.'
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.11.19 · Bāla Kāṇḍa