तदा कुशिकपुत्रं तु धनुष्पाणी स्वलङ्कृतौ।।1.22.8।। बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणौ खड्गवन्तौ महाद्युती। कुमारौ चारुवपुषौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ।।1.22.9।। अनुयातौ श्रिया दीप्तौ शोभयेतामनिन्दितौ। स्थाणुं देवमिवाचिन्त्यं कुमाराविव पावकी।।1.22.10।।
Meaning
Then, following Kaushika's son, the two handsome brothers Rama and Lakshmana, well adorned, bows in hand, wearing leather finger-guards, girt with swords and shining with splendor, blameless and radiant, followed him as the twin sons of Fire follow the inconceivable god Shiva.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
Shloka 1.22.9
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tadā kuśika-putram tu | तदा कुशिक-पुत्रम् तु | then, together with the son of Kushika | Accusative singular |
| dhanuḥ-pāṇī su-alaṅkṛtau | धनुः-पाणी सु-अलङ्कृतौ | the two, bows in hand, well-adorned | Nominative dual |
Shloka 1.22.10
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| baddha-godhā-aṅguli-trāṇau | बद्ध-गोधा-अङ्गुलि-त्राणौ | wearing lizard-skin finger-guards | Nominative dual |
| khaḍga-vantau mahā-dyutī | खड्ग-वन्तौ महा-द्युती | bearing swords, of great splendor | Nominative dual |
| kumārau cāru-vapuṣau | कुमारौ चारु-वपुषौ | the two princes of lovely form | Nominative dual |
| bhrātarau rāma-lakṣmaṇau | भ्रातरौ राम-लक्ष्मणौ | the brothers Rama and Lakshmana | Nominative dual |
Shloka 1.22.11
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| anuyātau śriyā dīptau | अनुयातौ श्रिया दीप्तौ | following, blazing with splendor | Nominative dual |
| śobhayetām aninditau | शोभयेताम् अनिन्दितौ | the two faultless ones illumined [him] | Verb (imperfect, dual) |
| sthāṇum devam iva acintyam | स्थाणुम् देवम् इव अचिन्त्यम् | like the inconceivable god Sthanu (Shiva) | Accusative singular |
| kumārau iva pāvakī | कुमारौ इव पावकी | like the two sons of Fire | Nominative dual |
Scholar commentary
Shloka 1.22.9
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Continues the Skanda/Vishakha-Shiva simile from shloka 8 -- 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.
Shloka 1.22.10
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Continues the Skanda/Vishakha-Shiva simile from shloka 8 -- 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: 1.22.9-11 · Bāla Kāṇḍa