भ्राता मम महातेजा यवीयानतिधार्मिक:। कुशध्वज इति ख्यात: पुरीमध्यवसच्छुभाम्। वार्याफलकपर्यन्तां पिबन्निक्षुमतीं नदीम्। साङ्काश्यां पुण्यसङ्काशां विमानमिव पुष्पकम्
Meaning
He said his righteous younger brother Kushadhwaja rules the sacred city of Sankasya, on the bank of the river Ikshumati, which resembles the celestial chariot Pushpaka.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
Shloka 1.70.2
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| bhrātā mama mahā-tejā | भ्राता मम महा-तेजा | my brother, of great energy | Nominative / Genitive / Nominative |
| yavīyān ati-dhārmikaḥ | यवीयान् अति-धार्मिकः | younger, exceedingly righteous | Nominative (x2) |
| kuśadhvajaḥ iti khyātaḥ | कुशध्वजः इति ख्यातः | known as Kushadhvaja | Nominative / Quotation / Nominative |
| purīm adhyavasat śubhām | पुरीम् अध्यवसत् शुभाम् | dwelt in an auspicious city | Accusative / Verb (imperfect) / Accusative |
Shloka 1.70.3
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| vārya-phalaka-paryantām | वार्य-फलक-पर्यन्ताम् | bounded by [the place] Varyaphalaka | Accusative |
| pibat ikṣumatīm nadīm | पिबत् इक्षुमतीम् नदीम् | drinking of the river Ikshumati | Nominative (participle) / Accusative / Accusative |
| sāṅkāśyām puṇya-saṅkāśām | साङ्काश्याम् पुण्य-सङ्काशाम् | at Sankashya, of sacred splendor | Locative / Accusative |
| vimānam iva puṣpakam | विमानम् इव पुष्पकम् | resembling the celestial car Pushpaka | Accusative / Comparative / Accusative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source offers an alternate reading of the descriptive phrase for Sankasya: rather than 'surrounded by a moat staked with tridents,' the same words can mean 'surrounded by a plantation of citrus grapefruits famous for their health benefits.'
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.70.2-3 · Bāla Kāṇḍa