विद्यासमुदितो रामश्शुशुभे भूरिविक्रम:। सहस्ररश्मिर्भगवान् शरदीव दिवाकर:।।1.22.21।। गुरुकार्याणि सर्वाणि नियुज्य कुशिकात्मजे। ऊषुस्तां रजनीं तत्र सरय्वां सुसुखं त्रय:।।1.22.22।।
Meaning
Endowed with the teachings, the greatly valorous Rama shone like the thousand-rayed sun in autumn. Having attended to all the guru's needs for Kaushika's son, the three of them passed that night happily on the Sarayu's bank.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
Shloka 1.22.22
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| vidyā-samuditaḥ rāmaḥ śuśubhe | विद्या-समुदितः रामः शुशुभे | Rama, endowed with the sciences, shone forth | Verb (perfect, middle) |
| bhūri-vikramaḥ | भूरि-विक्रमः | of vast valor | Nominative singular |
| sahasra-raśmiḥ bhagavān | सहस्र-रश्मिः भगवान् | the thousand-rayed divine one | Nominative singular |
| śaradi iva divākaraḥ | शरदि इव दिवाकरः | like the sun in autumn | Nominative singular (simile) |
Shloka 1.22.23
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| guru-kāryāṇi sarvāṇi niyujya | गुरु-कार्याणि सर्वाणि नियुज्य | having entrusted all the duties due to the preceptor | Gerund (having done) |
| kuśika-ātmaje | कुशिक-आत्मजे | to the son of Kushika | Dative singular |
| ūṣuḥ tām rajanīm tatra | ऊषुः ताम् रजनीम् तत्र | dwelt that night there | Verb (perfect) |
| sarayvām su-sukham trayaḥ | सरय्वाम् सु-सुखम् त्रयः | on the Sarayu, the three, very happily | Locative singular / Nominative plural |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
(Same clarification about guru-service duties and the teaching being given to both brothers as shloka 21 -- see the fuller note there.)
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.22.22-23 · Bāla Kāṇḍa