वीर्यहीनमिवाशक्तं क्षत्रधर्मेण भार्गव। अवजानासि मे तेज: पश्य मेऽद्य पराक्रमम्
Meaning
"You underrate me. Witness my strength and valor."
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| vīryahīnam | वीर्यहीनम् | as one devoid of valor | accusative |
| iva | इव | as if | particle |
| aśaktam | अशक्तम् | as powerless | accusative |
| kṣatradharmeṇa | क्षत्रधर्मेण | by the duty of a warrior | instrumental |
| bhārgava | भार्गव | O descendant of Bhrigu | vocative |
| avajānāsi | अवजानासि | you disregard/disdain | verb, present |
| me | मे | my | genitive |
| teja: | तेजः | power, radiance | accusative |
| paśya | पश्य | behold | imperative |
| me | मे | my | genitive |
| adya | अद्य | today | adverb |
| parākramam | पराक्रमम् | prowess | accusative |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source draws an analogy to the Bhagavad Gita: just as Krishna is said to have frozen time to teach all eighteen chapters to Arjuna unseen by either army, with only Sanjaya's 'wisdom-eye' witnessing it from a distance, readers here must borrow that same wisdom-eye to watch the private duel about to unfold between the two Ramas, since everyone else present has been rendered unconscious except Dasharatha, Vashishtha, and Rama's brothers.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.76.3 · Bāla Kāṇḍa