कोपेन स महातेजास्तपोऽपहरणे कृते। इन्द्रियैरजितै राम न लेभे शान्तिमात्मन:
Meaning
O Rama highly powerful Viswamitra was deprived of his ascetic merit due to his anger. He had no peace of mind for his inability to control his senses.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kopena sa mahā-tejāḥ | कोपेन स महा-तेजाः | through anger, he of great energy | Instrumental / Nominative / Nominative |
| tapaḥ-apaharaṇe kṛte | तपः-अपहरणे कृते | when the theft of his austerity had been accomplished | Locative absolute |
| indriyaiḥ ajitaiḥ rāma | इन्द्रियैः अजितैः राम | with senses unconquered, O Rama | Instrumental plural / Instrumental plural / Vocative |
| na lebhe śāntim ātmanaḥ | न लेभे शान्तिम् आत्मनः | did not obtain peace of self | Negation / Verb (perfect, middle) / Accusative / Genitive |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source cites Manu's definition of a self-senses-conquered person, jitendriya: shrutvaa spR^iShTvaa ca dR^iShTvaa ca bhaktvaa ghraatvaa ca yau naraH | na hR^iShyati glaayati vaa sa vij~neyo jitendriyaH -- 'he who, on hearing, touching, seeing, eating, or smelling, neither rejoices nor grieves, should be known as one who has conquered his senses.' It pairs this with a matching verse from the Bhagavad Gita's karma yoga chapter (3.41), quoted in Sir Edwin Arnold's translation: 'He that, being self-contained, hath vanquished doubt, disparting self from service, soul from works, enlightened and emancipate... works fetter him no more! Cut then atwain with sword of wisdom, Son of Bharata!' -- framing Vishvamitra's resolve here as an attempt to finally achieve what his anger at Rambha just proved he had not yet mastered.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.64.16 · Bāla Kāṇḍa