स्वस्रीयं मम राजेन्द्र द्रष्टुकामो महीपति:। तदर्थमुपयातोऽहमयोध्यां रघुनन्दन।
Meaning
'O king, wishing to see my sister's son, I have come to Ayodhya for that purpose, O delight of the Raghus.'
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| svasrīyam mama rāja-indra | स्वस्रीयम् मम राज-इन्द्र | my nephew, O lord of kings | Accusative / Genitive / Vocative |
| draṣṭu-kāmaḥ mahī-patiḥ | द्रष्टु-कामः मही-पतिः | the lord of the earth, desiring to see | Nominative (x2) |
| tat-artham upayātaḥ aham | तत्-अर्थम् उपयातः अहम् | for that purpose I have come | Accusative / Nominative / Nominative |
| ayodhyām raghu-nandana | अयोध्याम् रघु-नन्दन | to Ayodhya, O descendant of Raghu | Accusative / Vocative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source notes that Yudhajit's arrival, asking specifically after 'my sister's son' Bharata rather than all four princes, is a recognizable trope: the interjecting maternal uncle figure common in Indian epics, comparable to Shakuni in the Mahabharata. It leaves open whether this particular uncle's appearance here has any bearing on later events.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.73.4 · Bāla Kāṇḍa