उवाच च नरश्रेष्ठो नरश्रेष्ठं मुदाऽन्वित:। स्वागतं ते महाराज दिष्ट्या प्राप्तोऽसि राघव। पुत्रयोरुभयो: प्रीतिं लप्स्यसे वीर्यनिर्जिताम्।
Meaning
The joyful Janaka said: 'Welcome, great king! By good fortune you have come, O descendant of Raghu; you shall know the joy of both your sons having won their brides through valour.'
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
Shloka 1.69.9
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| uvāca ca nara-śreṣṭhaḥ | उवाच च नर-श्रेष्ठः | and the best of men said | Verb (imperfect) / Adverbial / Nominative |
| nara-śreṣṭham mudā anvitaḥ | नर-श्रेष्ठम् मुदा अन्वितः | to the best of men, filled with joy | Accusative / Instrumental / Nominative |
Shloka 1.69.10
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| svāgatam te mahā-rāja | स्वागतम् ते महा-राज | welcome to you, O great king | Nominative / Genitive / Vocative |
| diṣṭyā prāptaḥ asi rāghava | दिष्ट्या प्राप्तः असि राघव | by good fortune you have arrived, O descendant of Raghu | Instrumental / Nominative / Verb (present) / Vocative |
| putrayoḥ ubhayoḥ prītim | पुत्रयोः उभयोः प्रीतिम् | the joy of both your sons | Genitive dual / Genitive dual / Accusative |
| lapsyase vīrya-nirjitām | लप्स्यसे वीर्य-निर्जिताम् | you shall obtain, won by valor | Verb (future, middle) / Accusative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source notes that although Rama alone broke Shiva's bow, Janaka's words here credit both sons with the feat. This is explained as a recurring unified laudation for the brothers' inseparable bond -- the same pattern recurs later when Lakshmana alone disfigures Shurpanakha, yet both brothers are said to have done it.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.69.9-10 · Bāla Kāṇḍa