Shloka 15.31Unverified draft
तत: पद्मपलाशाक्ष: कृत्वाऽऽत्मानं चतुर्विधम्। पितरं रोचयामास तथा दशरथन्नृपम्।।1.15.30।।
Meaning
Then that lotus-eyed lord, having divided himself into four forms, chose King Dasaratha to be his father.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tataḥ padma-palāśa-akṣaḥ | ततः पद्म-पलाश-अक्षः | then he, the lotus-petal-eyed one | Nominative singular |
| kṛtvā ātmānam catur-vidham | कृत्वा आत्मानम् चतुर्-विधम् | having made himself fourfold | Gerund (having done) |
| pitaram rocayāmāsa | पितरम् रोचयामास | resolved upon as father | Verb (periphrastic perfect) |
| tathā daśaratham nṣpam | तथा दशरथम् न्ष्पम् | King Dasharatha likewise | Accusative singular |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses the epithet 'Madhusuudana' used of Vishnu here: he earned this name (one of his thousand names) in an earlier era by killing the demon Madhu and Madhu's brother Kaitabha.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.15.31 · Bāla Kāṇḍa