Shloka 47.6Unverified draft
चत्वारस्तु सुरश्रेष्ठ दिशो वै तव शासनात्। सञ्चरिष्यन्तु भद्रं ते देवभूता ममात्मजा:।।1.47.6।।
Meaning
Best of gods, let the remaining four, by your command, roam the directions; may you prosper, my sons, having become gods.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| catvāraḥ tu sura-śreṣṭha | चत्वारः तु सुर-श्रेष्ठ | but four, O best of gods | Nominative / Adverbial / Vocative |
| diśaḥ vai tava śāsanāt | दिशः वै तव शासनात् | the directions, indeed, by your command | Accusative / Adverbial / Genitive / Ablative |
| sañcariṣyanti bhadram te | सञ्चरिष्यन्ति भद्रम् ते | shall range about; good fortune to you | Verb (future) / Nominative / Genitive |
| deva-bhūtāḥ mama ātmajāḥ | देव-भूताः मम आत्मजाः | my children, become divine | Nominative plural / Genitive / Nominative plural |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses the name 'Marut' as coming directly from Indra's words to the wailing, dismembered embryo -- 'maa ruda, maa ruda,' do not cry, do not cry -- from which the name Maruta is said to derive.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.47.6 · Bāla Kāṇḍa