Shloka 2.35Unverified draft
न ते वागनृता काव्ये काचिदत्र भविष्यति । कुरु रामकथां पुण्यां श्लोकबद्धां मनोरमाम् ।।1.2.35।।
Meaning
"Not a single word of yours in this poem shall ever prove false. Compose the sacred and delightful story of Rama, bound in verse."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| na | न | not | Negative particle |
| te | ते | your | Genitive singular |
| vāk | वाक् | word, utterance | Subject — nominative singular |
| anṛtā | अनृता | untrue, false | Predicate adjective — feminine nominative |
| kāvye | काव्ये | in the poem | Locative of place |
| kācit | काचित् | any whatsoever | Indefinite pronoun — feminine nominative |
| atra | अत्र | herein | Adverb |
| bhaviṣyati | भविष्यति | shall be | Future 3rd sg |
| kuru | कुरु | compose! | Imperative 2nd sg |
| rāmakathām | रामकथाम् | the story of Rama | Object — accusative singular |
| puṇyām | पुण्याम् | holy, merit-bestowing | Adjective qualifying rāmakathām |
| ślokabaddhām | श्लोकबद्धाम् | bound in slokas | Adjective qualifying rāmakathām |
| manoramām | मनोरमाम् | delightful to the mind | Adjective qualifying rāmakathām |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Part of Brahma's charge to Valmiki, shlokas 31-37 -- see the fuller note at shloka 37.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.2.35 · Bāla Kāṇḍa