ततो वितिमिरास्सर्वा दिशश्चोपदिशस्तथा। सुरा स्सर्षिगणा रामं प्रशशंसुरुदायुधम्।
Meaning
Then all directions and their intermediate points grew clear of darkness, and the gods and sages praised Rama as he stood there still holding the bow.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tato | ततो | then | adverb |
| vitimirā: | वितिमिराः | free from darkness | nominative adjective |
| sarvā: | सर्वाः | all | nominative |
| diśa: | दिशः | the directions | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| upadiśa: | उपदिशः | the intermediate directions | nominative |
| tathā | तथा | likewise | adverb |
| surā: | सुराः | the gods | nominative |
| sarṣigaṇā: | सर्षिगणाः | together with the hosts of sages | nominative |
| rāmam | रामम् | Rama | accusative |
| praśaśaṃsu: | प्रशशंसुः | praised | verb, past |
| udāyudham | उदायुधम् | wielder of the raised weapon | accusative adjective |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source reconciles several differing accounts elsewhere in the epic of how Shiva's bow came to Janaka's dynasty: it is said to have been given during a Vedic ritual (1.31.8), placed directly in Devarata's hand (1.75.20), traced back to the aftermath of Daksha's ritual (1.66.9), and credited to the god Varuna in the Ayodhya Kanda (2.118). It resolves these as compatible rather than contradictory: after Daksha's ritual, Shiva entrusted the bow to Varuna as a custodial trust rather than a bequest, Varuna passed it to Devarata on the gods' behalf, and Janaka later persuaded the gods, through his own ritual, to leave it permanently with his line -- which Rama then broke.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.76.23 · Bāla Kāṇḍa