सुचक्षुश्चैव सीता च सिन्धुश्चैव महानदी। तिस्रस्त्वेता दिशं जग्मु: प्रतीचीं तु शुभोदका:।।1.43.13।।
Meaning
Suchakshu, Sita, and the great river Sindhu — these three, with their auspicious waters, flowed toward the west.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sucakṣuḥ ca eva sītā ca | सुचक्षुः च एव सीता च | Suchakshu, and likewise Sita | Nominative singular |
| sindhuḥ ca eva mahā-nadī | सिन्धुः च एव महा-नदी | and the great river Sindhu | Nominative singular |
| tisraḥ tu etā diśam jagmuḥ | तिस्रः तु एता दिशम् जग्मुः | but these three went toward the direction | Nominative / Accusative / Verb (perfect) |
| pratīcīm tu śubha-udakāḥ | प्रतीचीम् तु शुभ-उदकाः | of auspicious waters, toward the west | Accusative / Nominative plural |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source explains that Ganga is also called 'tri patha gaa,' she who courses in three ways: one reading takes this as her flow from heaven to Shiva's head and then to earth; another reading, used here, takes it as her three-way division from Bindu Lake -- one stream eastward, one westward, and one southward following Bhagiratha. The source identifies the westward stream Sindhu with the Indus, and the eastward stream Nalini with the present-day Brahmaputra.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.43.14 · Bāla Kāṇḍa