अतीत्यैकादशाहं तु नामकर्म तथाऽकरोत्। ज्येष्ठं रामं महात्मानं भरतं कैकयीसुतम्।।1.18.20।। सौमित्रिं लक्ष्मणमिति शत्रुघ्नमपरं तथा। वसिष्ठ: परमप्रीतो नामानि कृतवान् तदा।।1.18.21।।
Meaning
When eleven days had passed, he performed the naming ceremony: the great-souled eldest was named Rama, Kaikeyi's son Bharata, and Sumitra's sons Lakshmana and Shatrughna — Vashishtha, greatly pleased, gave these names.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
Shloka 1.18.21
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| atītya ekādaśa-aham tu | अतीत्य एकादश-अहम् तु | having passed the eleventh day | Gerund (having done) |
| nāma-karma tathā akarot | नाम-कर्म तथा अकरोत् | he then performed the naming-ceremony | Verb (imperfect) |
| jyeṣṭham rāmam mahātmānam | ज्येष्ठम् रामम् महात्मानम् | the eldest, the great-souled Rama | Accusative singular |
| bharatam kaikayī-sutam | भरतम् कैकयी-सुतम् | Bharata, the son of Kaikeyi | Accusative singular |
Shloka 1.18.22
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| saumitrim lakṣmaṇam iti | सौमित्रिम् लक्ष्मणम् इति | the son of Sumitra as Lakshmana | Accusative singular |
| śatrughnam aparam tathā | शत्रुघ्नम् अपरम् तथा | and the other likewise as Shatrughna | Accusative singular |
| vasiṣṭhaḥ parama-prītaḥ | वसिष्ठः परम-प्रीतः | Vasishtha, greatly pleased | Nominative singular |
| nāmāni kṛtavān tadā | नामानि कृतवान् तदा | gave these names then | Verb (periphrastic perfect) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Continues the name-etymology discussion from shloka 20 -- 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: 1.18.21-22 · Bāla Kāṇḍa