स्वबाहुबलमाश्रित्य जहीमां दुष्टचारिणीम्। मन्नियोगादिमं देशं कुरु निष्कण्टकं पुन:।।1.24.30।।
Meaning
"Relying on the strength of your own arms, slay this evildoer — by my command, make this land free of thorns once more."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sva-bāhu-balam āśritya | स्व-बाहु-बलम् आश्रित्य | relying on the strength of your own arms | Gerund (having done) |
| jahi imām duṣṭa-cāriṇīm | जहि इमाम् दुष्ट-चारिणीम् | slay this evil-behaving one | Verb (imperative) |
| mat-niyogāt imam deśam | मत्-नियोगात् इमम् देशम् | at my behest, this country | Ablative singular / Accusative |
| kuru niṣ-kaṇṭakam punaḥ | कुरु निष्-कण्टकम् पुनः | make free of thorns again | Verb (imperative) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses Vishvamitra's charge to Rama with the maxim kriyaa siddhiH sattve bhavati mahataam, na upakaraNe -- 'great persons accomplish their deeds through their own resolve, not through their equipment' -- framing this instruction as deliberately testing Rama's self-reliance rather than simply assigning a task.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.24.30 · Bāla Kāṇḍa