अलङ्कारो हि नारीणां क्षमा तु पुरुषस्य वा। दुष्करं तच्च यत् क्षान्तं त्रिदशेषु विशेषत:।।1.33.7।। यादृशी व: क्षमा पुत्र्यस्सर्वासामविशेषत:।
Meaning
Forbearance is an ornament for women as for men; it is a hard thing to achieve, especially toward the gods — and the forbearance you all share equally, daughters, is praiseworthy indeed.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| alaṅkāraḥ hi nārīṇām | अलङ्कारः हि नारीणाम् | forbearance indeed is the ornament of women | Nominative / Genitive plural |
| kṣamā tu puruṣasya vā | क्षमा तु पुरुषस्य वा | or of a man as well | Nominative / Genitive |
| duṣkaram tat ca yat kṣāntam | दुष्करम् तत् च यत् क्षान्तम् | and that which is patiently endured is difficult | Nominative singular |
| tridaśeṣu viśeṣataḥ | त्रिदशेषु विशेषतः | especially among the thirty [gods] | Locative plural |
| yādṛśī vaḥ kṣamā putryaḥ | यादृशी वः क्षमा पुत्र्यः | such is your forbearance, O daughters | Nominative singular / Genitive / Vocative |
| sarvāsām aviśeṣataḥ | सर्वासाम् अविशेषतः | of all of you without distinction | Genitive plural |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses the king's praise of his daughters' forgiveness with a further point: as children of the celestial maiden (apsara) Ghritachi, the daughters already possessed excellent, celestial-like qualities, yet still chose to forgive Vayu rather than submit to him for ordinary human bodily pleasure -- making their restraint especially notable.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.33.7 · Bāla Kāṇḍa