पूर्णे वर्षसहस्रे तु काष्ठभूतं महामुनिम्। विघ्नैर्बहुभिराधूतं क्रोधो नान्तर आविशत् स कृत्वा निश्चयं राम तप आतिष्टदव्ययम्।
Meaning
After completion of a thousand years the great ascetic became a piece of wood. In spite of many impediments, he was unshaken, anger did not enter into his mind. O Rama with firm determination he practised austerities.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
Shloka 1.65.3
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| pūrṇe varṣa-sahasre tu | पूर्णे वर्ष-सहस्रे तु | when a thousand years were complete | Locative absolute |
| kāṣṭha-bhūtam mahā-munim | काष्ठ-भूतम् महा-मुनिम् | the great sage having become like a piece of wood | Accusative (x2) |
| vighnaiḥ bahubhiḥ ādhūtam | विघ्नैः बहुभिः आधूतम् | though shaken by many obstacles | Instrumental plural / Instrumental plural / Accusative |
| krodhaḥ na antara āviśat | क्रोधः न अन्तर आविशत् | anger did not enter within [him] | Nominative / Negation / Adverbial / Verb (imperfect) |
Shloka 1.65.4
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sa kṛtvā niścayam rāma | स कृत्वा निश्चयम् राम | he, having made a firm resolve, O Rama | Nominative / Gerund / Accusative / Vocative |
| tapaḥ ātiṣṭhat avyayam | तपः आतिष्ठत् अव्ययम् | continued his unfailing austerity | Accusative / Verb (imperfect) / Accusative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses the meal Vishvamitra prepares here as vaishvadevam, a sacred, self-cooked preparation, citing the annotation: anena vaishvadeva ante samaagato atithiH svayam upoShyaa api sviiya anna pradaanena sambhojya iti suucitam -- 'by this it is indicated that a guest who arrives just as the vaishvadeva rite concludes must be fed from that very food, even if it means the host himself goes without.' This explains why Vishvamitra, on completing a thousand years of ascesis for this one meal, unhesitatingly surrenders all of it to Indra disguised as a Brahmin guest, and starves rather than break the guest-feeding obligation.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.65.3-4 · Bāla Kāṇḍa