Shloka 75.22Unverified draft
ऋचीकस्तु महातेजा: पुत्रस्याप्रतिकर्मण:। पितुर्मम ददौ दिव्यं जमदग्नेर्महात्मन:।
Meaning
'Brilliant Richika, in turn, gave this divine bow to his own incomparable son — my father, the great Jamadagni.'
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| ṛcīkaḥ tu mahā-tejāḥ | ऋचीकः तु महा-तेजाः | but Richika, of great energy | Nominative / Adverbial / Nominative |
| putrasya apratikarmaṇaḥ | पुत्रस्य अप्रतिकर्मणः | whose son was matchless in action | Genitive / Genitive |
| pituḥ mama dadau divyam | पितुः मम ददौ दिव्यम् | gave that divine [bow] to my father | Dative / Genitive / Verb (perfect) / Accusative |
| jamadagneḥ mahā-ātmanaḥ | जमदग्नेः महा-आत्मनः | the great-souled Jamadagni | Genitive (x2) |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source gives an etymology for the name Jamadagni: derived from a wordplay reducing 'ja jaamat agni' (born repeatedly of, and sustained by, ritual fire) to 'jamat agni' and finally 'Jamadagni,' marking him as one whose very identity is bound up with the Vedic ritual fire.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.75.22 · Bāla Kāṇḍa