रामायणम्
Shloka 14.25Unverified draft

एकविंशतियूपास्ते एकविंशत्यरत्नय:। वासोभिरेकविंशद्भिरेकैकं समलङ्कृता:।।1.14.23।।

Meaning

There were twenty-one posts, each twenty-one aratnis tall, and each was adorned with its own decorative cloth.

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
ekaviṃśati-yūpāḥ teएकविंशति-यूपाः तेthose posts, twenty-one in numberNominative plural
ekaviṃśati-aratnayaḥएकविंशति-अरत्नयःeach twenty-one cubits [tall]Nominative plural
vāsobhiḥ ekaviṃśadbhiḥवासोभिः एकविंशद्भिःwith twenty-one garmentsInstrumental plural
eka-ekam samalaṅkṛtāḥएक-एकम् समलङ्कृताःeach one fully adornedNominative plural

Scholar commentary

valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary

Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes

The source identifies 'the seven sages' in this simile as the constellation Ursa Major (sapta rishi maNDala), naming the seven as Atri, Angirasa, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Marichi, and Vashishtha.

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

Reference: 1.14.25 · Bāla Kāṇḍa