योजनानां सहस्राणि षष्टिं तु रघुनन्दन । बिभिदुर्धरणीं वीरा: रसातलमनुत्तमम्।।1.39.20।।
Meaning
Delight of Raghu, the heroes clove the earth through sixty thousand leagues, down to the supreme nether region.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| yojanānām sahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭim | योजनानाम् सहस्राणि षष्टिम् | sixty thousand yojanas | Accusative plural |
| tu raghu-nandana | तु रघु-नन्दन | O delight of the Raghus | Vocative singular |
| bibhiduḥ dharaṇīm vīrāḥ | बिभिदुः धरणीम् वीराः | the heroes split the earth | Verb (perfect) / Accusative / Nominative |
| rasātalam anuttamam | रसातलम् अनुत्तमम् | down to the unsurpassed netherworld | Accusative singular |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses Jambudvipa as one of seven mythological continents named in Hindu cosmology, citing the verse: jambuu plaksha aahya dviipau shaalmaliH ca aparo dvija | kushaH krauncaH tathaa shakaH puShkaraH ca eva ca saptamaH -- the seven continents being Jambu, Plaksha, Shalmali, Kusha, Kraunca, Shaka, and Pushkara, of which Jambudvipa is one.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.39.21 · Bāla Kāṇḍa