अब्रवीज्जनको राजा कौसल्यानन्दवर्धनम्। इयं सीता मम सुता सहधर्मचरी तव।
Meaning
Janaka said to Rama, the delight of Kausalya: 'This is my daughter Sita, who will share your dharma as your wife;
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| abravīt janakaḥ rājā | अब्रवीत् जनकः राजा | King Janaka said | Verb (imperfect) / Nominative / Nominative |
| kausalyā-nanda-vardhanam | कौसल्या-नन्द-वर्धनम् | to the increaser of Kausalya's joy | Accusative |
| iyam sītā mama sutā | इयम् सीता मम सुता | this is Sita, my daughter | Nominative (x2) / Genitive / Nominative |
| saha-dharma-carī tava | सह-धर्म-चरी तव | your partner in the practice of righteousness | Nominative / Genitive |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source raises and answers a pointed question: where is Kausalya during all of this? Rama's mother and the other queens have not been mentioned since sarga 69. It argues, based on Valmiki's habit of leaving routine or assumed matters unstated, that the queens are implicitly present throughout -- Dasharatha would not have performed the cow-donations and rituals without his wives at his side, and they are folded into the 'et cetera and others' of earlier verses describing his retinue.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.73.26 · Bāla Kāṇḍa