Shloka 75.4Unverified draft
तदहं ते बलं दृष्ट्वा धनुषोऽस्य प्रपूरणे। द्वन्द्वयुद्धं प्रदास्यामि वीर्यश्लाघ्यस्य राघव
Meaning
"After witnessing your strength, I shall engage you in a duel."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tat aham te balam dṛṣṭvā | तत् अहम् ते बलम् दृष्ट्वा | then I, having seen your strength | Adverbial / Nominative / Genitive / Accusative / Gerund |
| dhanuṣaḥ asya prapūraṇe | धनुषः अस्य प्रपूरणे | in the stringing of this bow | Genitive / Genitive / Locative |
| dvandva-yuddham pradāsyāmi | द्वन्द्व-युद्धम् प्रदास्यामि | shall grant single combat | Accusative / Verb (future) |
| vīrya-ślāghyasya rāghava | वीर्य-श्लाघ्यस्य राघव | to one whose valor is worthy of praise, O descendant of Raghu | Genitive / Vocative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source cites Pt. Satya Vrat's 'The Ramayana -- A Linguistic Study' on the phrase used here for 'I will give you a duel': just as English speaks of 'giving a fight' to an enemy, Sanskrit uses the same idiom, yuddha daanam, treating combat itself as something offered.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.75.4 · Bāla Kāṇḍa