अद्यप्रभृति युष्माकमप्रजास्सन्तु पत्नय:।।1.36.22।। एवमुक्त्वासुरान् सर्वान् शशाप पृथिवीमपि।
Meaning
From today, let your wives be childless. Having said this to all the gods, she cursed the earth as well.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| adya-prabhṛti yuṣmākam | अद्य-प्रभृति युष्माकम् | from today, your | Adverbial / Genitive |
| aprajāḥ santu patnayaḥ | अप्रजाः सन्तु पत्नयः | let your wives be without offspring | Nominative plural / Verb (imperative) / Nominative |
| evam uktvā surān sarvān | एवम् उक्त्वा सुरान् सर्वान् | having said this to all the gods | Gerund / Accusative plural |
| śaśāpa pṛthivīm api | शशाप पृथिवीम् अपि | cursed the earth too | Verb (perfect) / Accusative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source further glosses the curse denying the earth joy from her children: the earth does have children, Naraka the demon and Sita, but neither was conceived through any seminal contact by the earth, and for the earth it is as good as not having them at all, given the tumultuous fates of both -- Sita, after many trials, even asks her mother the earth to take her back into her womb.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.36.24 · Bāla Kāṇḍa