मृगपक्षिगणाश्चैव सिद्धाश्रमनिवासिन:। अनुजग्मुर्महात्मानं विश्वामित्रं महामुनिम्।।1.31.18।। निवर्तयामास तत: पक्षिसङ्घान् मृगानपि।
Meaning
The deer and flocks of birds dwelling in Siddhashrama also followed the great sage Vishvamitra; he then sent the flocks of birds and deer back.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| mṛga-pakṣi-gaṇāḥ ca eva | मृग-पक्षि-गणाः च एव | and the herds of deer and flocks of birds too | Nominative plural |
| siddha-āśrama-nivāsinaḥ | सिद्ध-आश्रम-निवासिनः | dwellers of Siddhashrama | Nominative plural |
| anujagmuḥ mahā-ātmānam | अनुजग्मुः महा-आत्मानम् | followed the great-souled one | Verb (perfect) / Accusative |
| viśvāmitram mahā-munim | विश्वामित्रम् महा-मुनिम् | Vishvamitra, the great sage | Accusative singular |
| nivartayāmāsa tataḥ | निवर्तयामास ततः | then he sent back | Verb (periphrastic perfect) |
| pakṣi-saṃghān mṛgān api | पक्षि-संघान् मृगान् अपि | the flocks of birds and the deer too | Accusative plural |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source reads the animals and birds of Siddhashrama following Vishvamitra as he departs, and his sending them back, as an illustration of an etiquette custom: when a guest sets out from a place, it is the courtesy of that place's residents to accompany him partway rather than simply 'showing him the door.' Here Vishvamitra is the guest of the hermitage's woodland deities and creatures.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.31.18 · Bāla Kāṇḍa