तस्याभ्याशे तु मिथुनं चरन्तमनपायिनम् । ददर्श भगवांस्तत्र क्रौञ्चयोश्चारुनिस्वनम् ।।1.2.9।।
Meaning
Near that spot, the revered sage noticed a pair of sweet-voiced krauncha birds moving through the forest together, inseparable.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tasya abhyāśe | तस्याभ्याशे | near that spot | Locative of place |
| tu | तु | and | Connective particle |
| mithunam | मिथुनम् | a mated pair | Object — accusative singular |
| carantam | चरन्तम् | moving about, ranging | Present participle — accusative |
| anapāyinam | अनपायिनम् | never parting, inseparable | Adjective qualifying mithunam |
| dadarśa | ददर्श | saw | Main verb — perfect 3rd sg |
| bhagavān | भगवान् | the revered one (Valmiki) | Subject — nominative singular |
| tatra | तत्र | there | Adverb of place |
| krauñcayoḥ | क्रौञ्चयोः | of the two krauncha birds | Genitive dual |
| cārunisvanam | चारुनिस्वनम् | sweet-voiced | Adjective qualifying mithunam |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The krauncha pair are introduced as sweet-voiced, moving through the forest together, and explicitly 'fearless of any calamity' -- a detail the narration returns to immediately afterward, since it is precisely that fearlessness that makes what follows land as a violation rather than an ordinary event of forest life.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.2.9 · Bāla Kāṇḍa