सनत्कुमारो भगवान्पूर्वं कथितवान्कथाम्। ऋषीणां सन्निधौ राजन् तव पुत्रागमं प्रति।।1.9.2।।
Meaning
"O king, the divine sage Sanatkumara once narrated, in the presence of other sages, a story concerning the coming of your sons."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| sanatkumāraḥ | सनत्कुमारः | Sanatkumara (proper name) | Nominative singular |
| bhagavān | भगवान् | the divine, blessed one | Nominative singular |
| pūrvam | पूर्वम् | formerly | Indeclinable/particle |
| kathitavān | कथितवान् | told, narrated | Nominative singular (past participle) |
| kathām | कथाम् | a story | Accusative singular |
| ṛṣīṇām | ऋषीणाम् | of the sages | Genitive plural |
| sannidhau | सन्निधौ | in the presence of | Locative singular |
| rājan | राजन् | O king | Vocative singular |
| tava | तव | your | Genitive singular (pronoun) |
| putra-āgamam prati | पुत्र-आगमम् प्रति | regarding the coming of a son | Accusative (with 'prati') |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source glosses the phrase Sumantra uses, tava putra aagamam, as literally 'the arrival of your sons' rather than an ordinary birth -- noting that Sanatkumara had earlier used the same word 'arrival' to predict Vishnu's own coming as Rama, framing Dasharatha's sons as arriving into the world rather than simply being born through ordinary parturition.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.9.2 · Bāla Kāṇḍa