रामायणम्
Shloka 2.40Unverified draft

समाक्षरैश्चतुर्भिर्य: पादैर्गीतो महर्षिणा । सोऽनुव्याहरणाद्भूयश्श्लोकश्श्लोकत्वमागत: ।।1.2.40।।

Meaning

That verse of four equal-syllabled lines, first sung by the great sage, gained its standing as a sloka through the delight of repeated recitation.

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
samākṣaraiḥसमाक्षरैःof equal syllable-countInstrumental plural qualifying pādaiḥ
caturbhiḥचतुर्भिःfourInstrumental plural qualifying pādaiḥ
yaḥयःwhich (verse)Relative pronoun — nominative
pādaiḥपादैःin quarter-linesInstrumental plural — means
gītaḥगीतःwas sungPast passive participle — nominative
maharṣiṇāमहर्षिणाby the great sageInstrumental — agent
saḥसःthat (verse)Correlative pronoun — nominative
anuvyāharaṇātअनुव्याहरणात्through repeated recitation after himAblative of cause
bhūyaḥभूयःover and overAdverb
ślokaḥश्लोकःthe verseSubject — nominative singular
ślokatvamश्लोकत्वम्the status of being a slokaObject — accusative singular
āgataḥआगतःattainedPast participle — nominative

Scholar commentary

valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary

Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes

(Part of the closing passage, shlokas 38-42 -- see the fuller note at shloka 42.)

1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.

Reference: 1.2.40 · Bāla Kāṇḍa