रामायणम्
Shloka 32.10Unverified draft

सैषा हि मागधी राम वसोस्तस्य महात्मन:। पूर्वाभिचरिता राम सुक्षेत्रा सस्यमालिनी।।1.32.10।।

Meaning

This is that same Magadhi, Rama, once tended by the great-souled Vasu, whose fair fields it graces with abundant crops.

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
sā eṣā hi māgadhī rāmaसा एषा हि मागधी रामthis same Magadhi river, O RamaNominative singular / Vocative
vasoḥ tasya mahā-ātmanaḥवसोः तस्य महा-आत्मनःof that great-souled VasuGenitive singular
pūrva-abhicaritā rāmaपूर्व-अभिचरिता रामformerly frequented, O RamaNominative singular / Vocative
su-kṣetrā sasya-mālinīसु-क्षेत्रा सस्य-मालिनीof good fields, garlanded with cropsNominative singular

Scholar commentary

valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary

Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes

The source identifies this river's confluence with the Ganga as the point now near present-day Patna, Bihar.

1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.

Reference: 1.32.10 · Bāla Kāṇḍa