Shloka 2.3Unverified draft
स मुहूर्तं गते तस्मिन्देवलोकं मुनिस्तदा । जगाम तमसातीरं जाह्नव्यास्त्वविदूरत: ।।1.2.3।।
Meaning
Soon after Narada departed for the celestial world, sage Valmiki set out for the bank of the river Tamasa, not far from the Ganga.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| saḥ | सः | he (Valmiki) | Subject — nominative singular |
| muhūrtam | मुहूर्तम् | for a short while | Accusative of duration |
| gate tasmin | गते तस्मिन् | when he (Narada) had gone | Locative absolute construction |
| devalokam | देवलोकम् | to the world of the gods | Accusative — goal of motion |
| muniḥ | मुनिः | the sage | Subject — nominative singular |
| tadā | तदा | then | Adverb — temporal |
| jagāma | जगाम | went | Main verb — perfect 3rd sg |
| tamasātīram | तमसातीरम् | to the bank of the Tamasa | Accusative — destination |
| jāhnavyāḥ | जाह्नव्याः | from the Ganga (Jahnavi) | Genitive/ablative with avidūrataḥ |
| tu | तु | and | Connective particle |
| avidūrataḥ | अविदूरतः | not far off | Adverb of place |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Part of the journey-to-the-river passage, shlokas 3-8 -- see the fuller note at shloka 8.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.2.3 · Bāla Kāṇḍa