Shloka 13.9Unverified draft
इष्टका बहु साहस्राश्शीघ्रमानीयतामिति। उपकार्या: क्रियन्तां च राज्ञां बहुगुणान्विता:।।1.13.9।।
Meaning
"Let many thousands of bricks be brought quickly, and let well-appointed guesthouses be built for the visiting kings."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| iṣṭakā bahu-sāhasrāḥ | इष्टका बहु-साहस्राः | many thousands of bricks | Nominative plural |
| śīghram ānīyatām iti | शीघ्रम् आनीयताम् इति | let be quickly brought | Verb (passive imperative) |
| upakāryāḥ kriyantām ca | उपकार्याः क्रियन्ताम् च | and let lodging-houses be built | Verb (passive imperative) |
| rājñām bahu-guṇa-anvitāḥ | राज्ञाम् बहु-गुण-अन्विताः | for the kings, endowed with many amenities | Nominative plural |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Part of the ritual-ground construction passage, shlokas 6-9 -- see the fuller note at shloka 6.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.13.9 · Bāla Kāṇḍa