त्वं चैव नरशार्दूल सहास्माभिर्गमिष्यसि। अद्भुतं धनुरत्नं च तत्र तद्रष्टुमर्हसि।।1.31.7।।
Meaning
You too, tiger among men, shall come with us; there you deserve to see a marvelous jewel of a bow.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tvam ca eva nara-śārdūla | त्वम् च एव नर-शार्दूल | and you too, O tiger among men | Nominative singular / Vocative |
| saha asmābhiḥ gamiṣyasi | सह अस्माभिः गमिष्यसि | shall go together with us | Instrumental plural / Verb (future) |
| adbhutam dhanu-ratnam ca | अद्भुतम् धनु-रत्नम् च | and that wondrous jewel of a bow | Accusative singular |
| tatra tat draṣṭum arhasi | तत्र तत् द्रष्टुम् अर्हसि | you should see it there | Accusative / Infinitive / Verb (present) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source notes the sages are careful not to directly invite Rama, since kings and princes have their own protocol of proper invitation, and a third party cannot properly invite a prince to another king's ritual on the king's behalf. Instead they tempt him with the prospect of the marvelous bow, invoking the maxim an aahuuto adhvaryam gacChet -- 'even uninvited, one may attend a Vedic ritual.' The source also notes that Sita is not mentioned by the sages at all, since her existence is known to Vishvamitra alone at this point, not to the other sages.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.31.7 · Bāla Kāṇḍa