भवतोऽनुमते ब्रह्मन् शीघ्रं गच्छन्तु मन्त्रिण:। मम कौशिक भद्रं ते अयोध्यां त्वरिता रथै:
Meaning
O Brahmarshi Kausika, be blessed With your consent my ministers will take the chariots to Ayodhya immediately.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| bhavataḥ anumate brahman | भवतः अनुमते ब्रह्मन् | with your consent, O Brahmin | Genitive / Locative absolute / Vocative |
| śīghram gacchantu mantriṇaḥ | शीघ्रम् गच्छन्तु मन्त्रिणः | let my ministers go quickly | Adverbial / Verb (imperative) / Nominative plural |
| mama kauśika bhadram te | मम कौशिक भद्रम् ते | O son of Kushika, good fortune to you | Genitive / Vocative / Nominative / Genitive |
| ayodhyām tvaritā rathaiḥ | अयोध्याम् त्वरिता रथैः | swiftly to Ayodhya by chariots | Accusative / Nominative plural / Instrumental plural |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source adds a wry aside imagining Rama's likely private objection here: that he only wanted to feel the bow's heft and test it, that its breaking was an accident, and that he never proposed marriage on his own authority -- since he is bound to marry whomever his father decides. Janaka's proposal to send ministers to Ayodhya is framed as proceeding with full awareness of this, contingent on Vishvamitra's and ultimately Dasharatha's consent, not on any claim by Rama himself.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.67.24 · Bāla Kāṇḍa