Shloka 2.28Unverified draft
पापात्मना कृतं कष्टं वैरग्रहणबुद्धिना । यस्तादृशं चारुरवं क्रौञ्चं हन्यादकारणात् ।।1.2.28।।
Meaning
"A cruel act, done by a sinner bent on hostility, who without cause killed that sweet-voiced krauncha," he thought.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| pāpātmanā | पापात्मना | by that evil-souled one | Instrumental — agent |
| kṛtam | कृतम् | was done | Past passive participle — nominative neuter |
| kaṣṭam | कष्टम् | a cruel deed | Subject — nominative neuter |
| vairagrahaṇabuddhinā | वैरग्रहणबुद्धिना | whose mind was set on taking up enmity | Instrumental adjective |
| yaḥ | यः | who | Relative pronoun — nominative |
| tādṛśam | तादृशम् | such a | Adjective — accusative |
| cārum ravam | चारुं रवम् | of so lovely a cry | Adjectival phrase qualifying krauñcam |
| krauñcam | क्रौञ्चम् | the krauncha bird | Object — accusative singular |
| hanyāt | हन्यात् | would kill | Optative 3rd sg |
| akāraṇāt | अकारणात् | without any cause | Ablative of reason |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Part of the second-recitation passage, shlokas 28-30 -- see the fuller note at shloka 30.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.2.28 · Bāla Kāṇḍa