Shloka 38.5Unverified draft
ताभ्यां सह महाराज: पत्नीभ्यां तप्तवांस्तप:। हिमवन्तं समासाद्य भृगुप्रस्रवणे गिरौ।।1.38.5।।
Meaning
With these two wives the great king performed austerity, having reached the Himalayas, on the mountain called Bhrigu-prasravana.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tābhyām saha mahā-rājaḥ | ताभ्याम् सह महा-राजः | together with those two, the great king | Instrumental dual / Nominative |
| patnībhyām taptavān tapaḥ | पत्नीभ्याम् तप्तवान् तपः | practiced austerity together with [his] wives | Instrumental / Nominative / Accusative |
| himavantam samāsādya | हिमवन्तम् समासाद्य | having gone to Himavan | Accusative / Gerund |
| bhṛgu-prasravaṇe girau | भृगु-प्रस्रवणे गिरौ | on the mountain of Bhrigu's spring | Locative singular |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses the mountain's name, Bhrigu-prasravana, as 'the peak among the Himalayan range on which the kindness of Sage Bhrigu is ever-flowing.'
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.38.5 · Bāla Kāṇḍa