रामायणम्
Shloka 2.13Unverified draft

तदा तु तं द्विजं दृष्ट्वा निषादेन निपातितम् । ऋषेर्धर्मात्मनस्तस्य कारुण्यं समपद्यत ।।1.2.13।।

Meaning

Seeing the bird brought down by the hunter, the righteous-minded sage was overcome with compassion.

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
tadā tuतदा तुthen indeedAdverb — temporal
tam dvijamतं द्विजम्that birdObject of dṛṣṭvā — accusative
dṛṣṭvāदृष्ट्वाhaving seenAbsolutive
niṣādenaनिषादेनby the hunterInstrumental — agent
nipātitamनिपातितम्brought down, felledPast passive participle — accusative
ṛṣeḥऋषेःof the sageGenitive — the one in whom it arose
dharmātmanaḥधर्मात्मनःrighteous-souledGenitive adjective
tasyaतस्यthatDemonstrative — genitive
kāruṇyamकारुण्यम्compassionSubject — nominative singular
samapadyataसमपद्यतarose, came into beingMain verb — imperfect middle 3rd sg

Scholar commentary

valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary

Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes

(Part of the compassion passage, shlokas 13-14 -- see the fuller note at shloka 14.)

1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.

Reference: 1.2.13 · Bāla Kāṇḍa