बृहस्पतिस्त्वजनयत्तारं नाम महाहरिम्। सर्ववानरमुख्यानां बुद्धिमन्तमनुत्तमम्।।1.17.10।।
Meaning
Brihaspati begot the great monkey named Tara, most intelligent and unsurpassed among all the chief monkeys.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| bṣhaspatiḥ tu ajanayat | ब्ष्हस्पतिः तु अजनयत् | but Brihaspati begot | Verb (imperfect) |
| tāram nāma mahā-harim | तारम् नाम महा-हरिम् | a great monkey named Tara | Accusative singular |
| sarva-vānara-mukhyānām | सर्व-वानर-मुख्यानाम् | among all the chief monkeys | Genitive plural |
| buddhimantam anuttamam | बुद्धिमन्तम् अनुत्तमम् | unsurpassed in intelligence | Accusative singular |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source flags a naming collision worth keeping straight: the Tara named here as Brihaspati's son is a vanara hero, not to be confused with Lady Tara, Vali's wife, who shares the same name later in the epic. The source also notes this is the first point in the text where the word kapiH ('monkey') is used of these forest-rangers.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.17.10 · Bāla Kāṇḍa