द्वैविध्यं ब्रह्मचर्यस्य भविष्यति महात्मन:। लोकेषु प्रथितं राजन्विप्रैश्च कथितं सदा।।1.9.5।।
Meaning
"O king, that great soul would become celebrated in the worlds, ever praised by brahmins for his twofold life of celibate discipline."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| dvaividhyam | द्वैविध्यम् | twofold nature | Nominative singular |
| brahmacaryasya | ब्रह्मचर्यस्य | of the celibate discipline | Genitive singular |
| bhaviṣyati | भविष्यति | shall be | Verb (future) |
| mahātmanaḥ | महात्मनः | of the great-souled one | Genitive singular |
| lokeṣu | लोकेषु | among people | Locative plural |
| prathitam | प्रथितम् | renowned | Nominative singular |
| rājan | राजन् | O king | Vocative singular |
| vipraiḥ ca | विप्रैः च | and by the Brahmins | Instrumental plural |
| kathitam | कथितम् | spoken of | Nominative singular |
| sadā | सदा | always | Indeclinable/particle |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source flags the term for his 'twofold' celibacy (dvaividhyam) as ambiguous between two readings: either the two recognized kinds of Brahmanical celibate vow -- vratitva (lifelong bachelorhood) and praajaapatya (voluntary abstinence after marriage, observed on specific forbidden days such as full moon, new moon, and eclipses, as a form of self-imposed family planning) -- or, in a reading the source itself considers closer to the sense here, simply 'hindrance' to his renowned celibacy, rather than a description of two marital states.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.9.5 · Bāla Kāṇḍa