जातरूपमिति ख्यातं तदा प्रभृति राघव। सुवर्णं पुरुषव्याघ्र हुताशनसमप्रभम्।।1.37.22।। तृणवृक्षलतागुल्मं सर्वं भवति काञ्चनम्।
Meaning
From that time on, tiger among men, it was known as jataruupa gold, resembling fire itself in brilliance, and all grass, trees, creepers, and shrubs there turned to gold.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| jāta-rūpam iti khyātam | जात-रूपम् इति ख्यातम् | known as 'Jataroopa' | Nominative singular |
| tadā prabhṛti rāghava | तदा प्रभृति राघव | from then on, O descendant of Raghu | Adverbial / Vocative |
| suvarṇam puruṣa-vyāghra | सुवर्णम् पुरुष-व्याघ्र | gold, O tiger among men | Nominative / Vocative |
| hutāśana-sama-prabham | हुताशन-सम-प्रभम् | of splendor equal to fire | Nominative singular |
| tṛṇa-vṛkṣa-latā-gulmam sarvam | तृण-वृक्ष-लता-गुल्मम् सर्वम् | grass, trees, creepers, and shrubs, all | Nominative singular |
| bhavati kāñcanam | भवति काञ्चनम् | become golden | Verb (present) / Nominative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses gold's name 'jaata ruupa' (birth-time-form) as originating in this very episode: when Ganga discharged her womb, a fire-god-like radiance appeared, and gold glowing like fire is called by this name at many places in the Ramayana. [After Dr. Satya Vrat.]
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.37.22 · Bāla Kāṇḍa