Shloka 1.7Unverified draft
बहवो दुर्लभाश्चैव ये त्वया कीर्तिता गुणा: । मुने वक्ष्याम्यहं बुद्ध्वा तैर्युक्तश्श्रूयतान्नर: ।।1.1.7।।
Meaning
"Such virtues, gathered all in one man, are rare indeed," Narada said, "yet I know of one. Listen, and I will tell you."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| mune | मुने | oh, sage Valmiki | Locative singular |
| bahavaḥ | बहवः | many | Nominative singular — epithet/adjective |
| ca durlabhāḥ | च दुर्लभाः | and unattainable | Compound phrase |
| eva | एव | indeed | Emphatic particle — "indeed/just" |
| ye guṇāḥ | ये गुणाः | whichever merits | Compound phrase |
| tvayā kīrtitāḥ | त्वया कीर्तिताः | extolled by you | Compound phrase |
| naraḥ | नरः | man | Nominative singular — epithet/adjective |
| taiḥ yuktaḥ | तैः युक्तः | who has these merits | Compound phrase |
| aham buddhvā | अहम् बुद्ध्वा | I, after knowing | Compound phrase |
| vakśyāmi | वक्श्यामि | I will speak | Epithet / descriptive term |
| śrūyatām | श्रूयताम् | let it be heard | Accusative singular (or neuter epithet) |
Scholar commentary
IIT Kanpur English Commentary
Modern synthesis of traditional Sanskrit commentaries (Desiraju Hanumanta Rao & K.M.K. Murthy)
(Commentary on this passage spans shlokas 7-18 -- see the fuller note under shloka 18.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.1.7 · Bāla Kāṇḍa