मङ्गलालम्भनैश्चापि शोभिता: क्षौमवासस:। देवतायतनान्याशु सर्वास्ता: प्रत्यपूजयन्
Meaning
Dressed in silk and carrying auspicious articles, all the brides at once went to the family shrines to offer worship.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| maṅgalālambhanai: | मङ्गलालम्भनैः | with auspicious touches/anointings | instrumental |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| api | अपि | also | particle |
| śobhitā: | शोभिताः | adorned | nominative adjective |
| kṣaumavāsasa: | क्षौमवाससः | clad in linen garments | nominative adjective |
| devatāyatanāni | देवतायतनानि | the temples of the deities | accusative |
| āśu | आशु | quickly | adverb |
| sarvā: | सर्वाः | all | nominative |
| tā: | ताः | they | nominative |
| pratyapūjayan | प्रत्यपूजयन् | worshipped | verb, past |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source adds a wry, physical detail to the brides' ritual of 'paying respects to elders': it requires paada abhivandana, bowing to touch each elder's feet in turn, a demanding sequence made harder still by a bride's unfamiliarity with managing a heavy, unaccustomed bridal sari, which often becomes entangled underfoot during the process.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.77.13 · Bāla Kāṇḍa