Shloka 2.5Unverified draft
अकर्दममिदं तीर्थं भरद्वाज निशामय । रमणीयं प्रसन्नाम्बु सन्मनुष्यमनो यथा ।।1.2.5।।
Meaning
"O Bharadwaja, behold this pure and pleasant water — clear and untroubled, like the mind of a virtuous man," Valmiki said.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| akardamam | अकर्दमम् | mud-free, unsullied | Adjective — accusative neuter |
| idam | इदम् | this | Demonstrative — accusative neuter |
| tīrtham | तीर्थम् | bathing-ford | Object — accusative singular |
| bharadvāja | भरद्वाज | O Bharadvaja | Vocative — address to the disciple |
| niśāmaya | निशामय | behold! observe! | Imperative 2nd sg |
| ramaṇīyam | रमणीयम् | delightful | Adjective qualifying tīrtham |
| prasannāmbu | प्रसन्नाम्बु | whose water is clear and calm | Bahuvrihi adjective |
| sanmanuṣyamanaḥ | सन्मनुष्यमनः | the mind of a good man | Object of comparison — nominative |
| yathā | यथा | just like | Particle of comparison (upamā) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Part of the journey-to-the-river passage, shlokas 3-8 -- see the fuller note at shloka 8.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.2.5 · Bāla Kāṇḍa