Shloka 2.6Unverified draft
न्यस्यतां कलशस्तात दीयतां वल्कलं मम । इदमेवावगाहिष्ये तमसातीर्थमुत्तमम् ।।1.2.6।।
Meaning
"Set the water-pot down, dear one, and bring me my bark garment — I mean to bathe in this best of Tamasa's holy fords," he said.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| nyasyatām | न्यस्यताम् | let it be set down | Passive imperative 3rd sg |
| kalaśaḥ | कलशः | the water-pot | Subject of the passive verb — nominative |
| tāta | तात | dear child | Vocative — affectionate address |
| dīyatām | दीयताम् | let it be given | Passive imperative 3rd sg |
| valkalam | वल्कलम् | the bark garment | Subject of the passive verb — nominative |
| mama | मम | to me | Genitive used in dative sense |
| idam eva | इदमेव | this very one | Demonstrative + emphatic particle |
| avagāhiṣye | अवगाहिष्ये | I shall plunge in / bathe | Future 1st sg middle |
| tamasātīrtham | तमसातीर्थम् | the ford of the Tamasa | Object — accusative singular |
| uttamam | उत्तमम् | finest, best | Adjective qualifying tīrtham |
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: 1.2.6 · Bāla Kāṇḍa