Shloka 2.41Unverified draft
तस्य बुद्धिरियं जाता वाल्मीकेर्भावितात्मन: । कृत्स्नं रामायणं काव्यमीदृशै: करवाण्यहम् ।।1.2.41।।
Meaning
Then the thought arose in Valmiki, whose mind was now fully awakened: "I shall compose the entire Ramayana as a poem in this very meter."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tasya | तस्य | of him | Genitive singular |
| buddhiḥ iyam | बुद्धिरियम् | this thought | Subject — nominative singular |
| jātā | जाता | arose | Past participle — feminine nominative |
| vālmīkeḥ | वाल्मीकेः | of Valmiki | Genitive singular |
| bhāvitātmanaḥ | भावितात्मनः | whose self had been ripened by contemplation | Genitive adjective |
| kṛtsnam | कृत्स्नम् | entire, complete | Adjective qualifying rāmāyaṇam |
| rāmāyaṇam | रामायणम् | the Ramayana | Object — accusative singular |
| kāvyam | काव्यम् | as a poem | Accusative in apposition |
| īdṛśaiḥ | ईदृशैः | in verses such as this | Instrumental plural — means |
| karavāṇi | करवाणि | let me compose | Imperative 1st sg |
| aham | अहम् | I | Subject — nominative singular |
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: 1.2.41 · Bāla Kāṇḍa