Shloka 39.20Unverified draft
नागानां मथ्यमानानामसुराणां च राघव । राक्षसानां च दुर्धर्षस्सत्त्वानां निनदोऽभवत्।।1.39.19।।
Meaning
Raghava, as serpents, demons, and unassailable rakshasas were churned and crushed, a terrible clamor of creatures arose.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| nāgānām mathyamānānām | नागानाम् मथ्यमानानाम् | of the serpents being churned | Genitive plural |
| asurāṇām ca rāghava | असुराणाम् च राघव | and of the demons, O descendant of Raghu | Genitive / Vocative |
| rākṣasānām ca durdharṣaḥ | राक्षसानाम् च दुर्धर्षः | and of the rakshasas, hard to withstand | Genitive / Nominative |
| sattvānām ninadaḥ abhavat | सत्त्वानाम् निनदः अभवत् | of [other] beings, a din arose | Genitive / Nominative / Verb (imperfect) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source explains that the princes' digging reaches down to 'rasaa tala,' the sixth and nethermost of the subterranean planes in the cosmology, effectively turning the earth's outermost plane into this deepest level.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.39.20 · Bāla Kāṇḍa