देवदुन्दुभिनिर्घोष: पुष्पवर्षो महानभूत्। एवं दत्त्वा तदा सीतां मन्त्रोदकपुरस्कृताम्।
Meaning
a great sound of celestial kettledrums arose and a mighty shower of flowers fell from the sky. Having thus given Sita, accompanied by the mantra-consecrated water,
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| deva-dundubhi-nirghoṣaḥ | देव-दुन्दुभि-निर्घोषः | a great sound of divine drums | Nominative |
| puṣpa-varṣaḥ mahān abhūt | पुष्प-वर्षः महान् अभूत् | there was a great rain of flowers | Nominative / Nominative / Verb (imperfect) |
| evam dattvā tadā sītām | एवम् दत्त्वा तदा सीताम् | thus, having given Sita then | Adverbial / Gerund / Adverbial / Accusative |
| mantra-udaka-puraskṛtām | मन्त्र-उदक-पुरस्कृताम् | preceded by mantra-consecrated water | Accusative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source poses and answers why the gods mark this particular wedding with flower-showers and drumbeats -- greater celebration, it notes, than even Rama's killing of Tataka received. It argues Sita is being recognized here as the true efficient cause of Ravana's eventual destruction, since Lanka is ultimately ruined through her, by Hanuman and Fire, rather than by Rama's weapons directly; Rama's role is only the instrumental cause that finishes off an already-doomed Ravana.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.73.29 · Bāla Kāṇḍa