प्रीतिं च मम राजेन्द्र निर्वर्तयितुमर्हसि। पुत्रयोरुभयोरेव प्रीतिं त्वमपि लप्स्यसे।
Meaning
'You will gain not only my goodwill, O foremost of kings, but the joy of seeing both your sons again.'
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| prītim ca mama rāja-indra | प्रीतिम् च मम राज-इन्द्र | and my joy, O lord of kings | Accusative / Adverbial / Genitive / Vocative |
| nirvartayitum arhasi | निर्वर्तयितुम् अर्हसि | you ought to fulfill | Infinitive / Verb (present) |
| putrayoḥ ubhayoḥ eva | पुत्रयोः उभयोः एव | of both your sons indeed | Genitive dual / Genitive dual / Adverbial |
| prītim tvam api lapsyase | प्रीतिम् त्वम् अपि लप्स्यसे | you too shall obtain the joy | Accusative / Nominative / Adverbial / Verb (future, middle) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source notes a wordplay here: Janaka tells Dasharatha he will take joy not only in seeing his two sons again, but in seeing Sita too, since she will become 'a hyphenated daughter' of his -- sutascha sutaa ca tayoH eka sheshaH, 'son and daughter' collapsing grammatically into a single compound term, with the added suffix of daughter-in-law-hood.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.68.13 · Bāla Kāṇḍa