Shloka 77.28Unverified draft
गुणाद्रूपगुणाच्चापि प्रीतिर्भूयोऽभ्यवर्धत। तस्याश्च भर्ता द्विगुणं हृदये परिवर्तते। अन्तर्जातमपि व्यक्तमाख्याति हृदयं हृदा। तस्य भूयो विशेषेण मैथिली जनकात्मजा। देवताभि: समा रूपे सीता श्रीरिव रूपिणी।
Meaning
and his heart, given wholly over to her, was ever devoted to her alone. Through her virtue and the virtue of her beauty his love grew ever greater still, and her husband dwelt doubly within her heart. What lay within the heart, the heart made plainly known through the heart alone; and to him especially, Maithili, Janaka's own daughter, Sita, equal to the goddesses in form, was as Shri herself embodied.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| guṇāt | गुणात् | from (her) virtue | ablative |
| rūpaguṇāt | रूपगुणात् | from (her) beauty and virtue | ablative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| api | अपि | also | particle |
| prīti: | प्रीतिः | love/affection | nominative |
| bhūya: | भूयः | increasingly, more | adverb |
| abhyavardhata | अभ्यवर्धत | grew, increased | verb, past |
| tasyā: | तस्याः | her | genitive |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| bhartā | भर्ता | husband | nominative |
| dviguṇam | द्विगुणम् | twofold | adverb |
| hṛdaye | हृदये | in the heart | locative |
| parivartate | परिवर्तते | dwells, revolves | verb, present |
| antarjātam | अन्तर्जातम् | what has arisen within | accusative adjective |
| api | अपि | even | particle |
| vyaktam | व्यक्तम् | clearly, manifestly | adverb |
| ākhyāti | आख्याति | declares, reveals | verb, present |
| hṛdayam | हृदयम् | the heart | nominative |
| hṛdā | हृदा | by the heart | instrumental |
| tasya | तस्य | his | genitive |
| bhūya: | भूयः | still more | adverb |
| viśeṣeṇa | विशेषेण | especially, distinctly | instrumental |
| maithilī | मैथिली | the princess of Mithila | nominative |
| janakātmajā | जनकात्मजा | the daughter of Janaka | nominative |
| devatābhi: | देवताभिः | with the goddesses | instrumental |
| samā | समा | equal | nominative adjective |
| rūpe | रूपे | in beauty | locative |
| sītā | सीता | Sita | nominative |
| śrī: | श्रीः | Shri (goddess of fortune) | nominative |
| iva | इव | like | particle |
| rūpiṇī | रूपिणी | embodied | nominative adjective |
Reference: 1.77.28 · Bāla Kāṇḍa