Shloka 50.20Unverified draft
कथं पद्भ्यामिह प्राप्तौ किमर्थं कस्य वा मुने।।1.50.20।।
Meaning
"How have these two come here on foot, for what purpose, and whose sons are they?"
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| katham padbhyām iha prāptau | कथम् पद्भ्याम् इह प्राप्तौ | how have they arrived here on foot | Adverbial / Instrumental / Adverbial / Nominative dual |
| kim-artham kasya vā mune | किम्-अर्थम् कस्य वा मुने | for what purpose, and whose, O sage | Adverbial / Genitive / Adverbial / Vocative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source notes these verses closely duplicate King Sumati's earlier question at 1.48.5-6, again with only a small difference in parsing.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.50.20 · Bāla Kāṇḍa