कौसल्या शुशुभे तेन पुत्रेणामिततेजसा।।1.18.11।। यथा वरेण देवानामदितिर्वज्रपाणिना।
Meaning
Kausalya shone forth with that son of measureless splendor, as Aditi once shone with Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kausalyā śuśubhe tena | कौसल्या शुशुभे तेन | Kausalya shone with that | Verb (perfect, middle) |
| putreṇa amita-tejasā | पुत्रेण अमित-तेजसा | son of boundless splendor | Instrumental singular |
| yathā vareṇa devānām | यथा वरेण देवानाम् | as with the best of the gods | Instrumental singular |
| aditiḥ vajra-pāṇinā | अदितिः वज्र-पाणिना | Aditi, with the wielder of the thunderbolt | Instrumental singular |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source clarifies that 'one-fourth of Vishnu' applied to Bharata should be understood as his mother's dessert-share (Kaikeyi received half of the remaining half, i.e. one-eighth of the whole vessel), not as a literal fraction of Vishnu's indivisible being -- the same caution given for Rama's 'half' at shloka 9.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.18.12 · Bāla Kāṇḍa