हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि श्रुणु तत्त्वेन राघव।।1.48.14।। यस्येदमाश्रमपदं शप्तं कोपान्महात्मना।
Meaning
Listen, Raghava, I shall tell you truly to whom this hermitage-ground belonged, cursed in anger by that great soul.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| hanta te kathayiṣyāmi | हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि | well then, I shall tell you | Interjection / Genitive / Verb (future) |
| śṛṇu tattvena rāghava | शृणु तत्त्वेन राघव | hear it truly, O descendant of Raghu | Verb (imperative) / Instrumental / Vocative |
| yasya idam āśrama-padam | यस्य इदम् आश्रम-पदम् | whose hermitage site this | Genitive / Nominative / Nominative |
| śaptam kopāt mahā-ātmanā | शप्तम् कोपात् महा-आत्मना | was cursed in anger by a great soul | Nominative / Ablative / Instrumental |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source notes that Vishvamitra's expressed pleasure in telling this legend is not incidental: it anticipates the arrival of the very moment described within the story itself, since Rama's own presence at this hermitage will be the occasion of Ahalya's release from her curse.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.48.14 · Bāla Kāṇḍa