Shloka 14.48Unverified draft
रतास्स्वाध्यायकरणे वयं नित्यं हि भूमिप। निष्क्रयं किञ्चिदेवेह प्रयच्छतु भवानिति।।1.14.48।।
Meaning
"We are always devoted to the study and teaching of the scriptures, O king; give us instead some other modest token."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| ratāḥ svādhyāya-karaṇe | रताः स्वाध्याय-करणे | devoted to the practice of Vedic recitation | Nominative plural |
| vayam nityam hi bhūmipa | वयम् नित्यम् हि भूमिप | we, always, O protector of the earth | Nominative plural |
| niṣkrayam kiñcit eva iha | निष्क्रयम् किञ्चित् एव इह | some [other] compensation here instead | Accusative singular |
| prayacchatu bhavān iti | प्रयच्छतु भवान् इति | let you give — thus [they said] | Verb (imperative) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Same barter-exception explanation as shloka 47 -- see the fuller note there.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.14.48 · Bāla Kāṇḍa