तत स्सर्वे मुनिगणा: परस्परसमागमे। हर्षेण महता युक्तास्तां निशामवसन् सुखम्।
Meaning
Then all the assembled sages, delighting in one another's company, passed that night together in happiness.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tataḥ sarve muni-gaṇāḥ | ततः सर्वे मुनि-गणाः | then all the hosts of sages | Adverbial / Nominative plural / Nominative plural |
| paraspara-samāgame | परस्पर-समागमे | in that mutual meeting | Locative |
| harṣeṇa mahatā yuktāḥ | हर्षेण महता युक्ताः | joined with great joy | Instrumental / Instrumental / Nominative plural |
| tām niśām avasan sukham | ताम् निशाम् अवसन् सुखम् | dwelt through that night happily | Accusative / Accusative / Verb (imperfect) / Accusative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source devotes a substantial endnote to the epithet raaghavau, 'the pair of Raghavas,' used for Rama and Lakshmana here. While the term is an unremarkable patronymic elsewhere, aestheticians read it in this context as elevating the brothers to 'ornaments' or 'medallists' of Raghu's dynasty -- Gita Press's English version renders it 'the ornaments of Raghu's race,' and R. C. Dutt's poetic version has 'greeted by his children bold' -- because their feat in daring and breaking Shiva's bow sets them apart even from their bow-averse ancestors, who were traditionally allied with the gods rather than testing a god's own weapon.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.69.17 · Bāla Kāṇḍa