Shloka 2.23Unverified draft
आजगाम ततो ब्रह्मा लोककर्ता स्वयं प्रभु: । चतुर्मुखो महातेजा द्रष्टुं तं मुनिपुङ्गवम् ।।1.2.23।।
Meaning
Just then, the effulgent four-faced Brahma, creator and lord of all worlds, arrived on his own to see that foremost of sages.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| ājagāma | आजगाम | came, arrived | Main verb — perfect 3rd sg |
| tataḥ | ततः | then | Adverb — sequential |
| brahmā | ब्रह्मा | Brahma | Subject — nominative singular |
| lokakartā | लोककर्ता | maker of the worlds | Epithet — nominative |
| svayam | स्वयम् | of his own accord | Adverb |
| prabhuḥ | प्रभुः | the sovereign lord | Epithet — nominative |
| caturmukhaḥ | चतुर्मुखः | the four-faced one | Epithet — nominative |
| mahātejāḥ | महातेजाः | of great effulgence | Epithet — nominative |
| draṣṭum | द्रष्टुम् | in order to see | Infinitive of purpose |
| tam munipuṅgavam | तं मुनिपुङ्गवम् | that bull among sages | Object — accusative singular |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Part of the Brahma's-arrival passage, shlokas 23-27 -- see the fuller note at shloka 27.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.2.23 · Bāla Kāṇḍa