यथा दशरथस्येयं तथाऽयोध्या पुरी मम। प्रभुत्वे नास्ति सन्देहो यथार्हं कर्तुमर्हथ।
Meaning
'This city of Mithila belongs to Dasaratha as much as it does to me; there is no question of authority here — do as you see fit.'
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| yathā daśarathasya iyam | यथा दशरथस्य इयम् | as this belongs to Dasharatha | Adverbial / Genitive / Nominative |
| tathā ayodhyā purī mama | तथा अयोध्या पुरी मम | so is Ayodhya, the city, mine | Adverbial / Nominative / Nominative / Genitive |
| prabhutve na asti sandehaḥ | प्रभुत्वे न अस्ति सन्देहः | there is no doubt in [my] authority | Locative / Negation / Verb (present) / Nominative |
| yathā-arham kartum arhatha | यथा-अर्हम् कर्तुम् अर्हथ | you ought to do as is fitting | Accusative / Infinitive / Verb (present) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source explains that Janaka's offer of his own throne, his brother's, and Dasharatha's to Vishvamitra and Vashishtha is a symbolic gesture: it grants the two sages temporary rulership over all three kingdoms, Ayodhya, Mithila, and Samkasya, so the wedding arrangements can proceed without any hitch of protocol across the three courts.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.72.16 · Bāla Kāṇḍa