इत्युक्त्वा राघव: क्रुद्धो भार्गवस्य शरासनम्। शरं च प्रतिजग्राह हस्ताल्लघुपराक्रम:
Meaning
Rama took the bow of Parasurama and an arrow with swift movement.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| iti | इति | thus | particle |
| uktvā | उक्त्वा | having said | gerund |
| rāghava: | राघवः | the descendant of Raghu (Rama) | nominative |
| kruddha: | क्रुद्धः | angered | nominative adjective |
| bhārgavasya | भार्गवस्य | of the descendant of Bhrigu | genitive |
| śarāsanam | शरासनम् | the bow | accusative |
| śaram | शरम् | arrow | accusative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| pratijagrāha | प्रतिजग्राह | took hold of | verb, past |
| hastāt | हस्तात् | from the hand | ablative |
| laghuparākrama: | लघुपराक्रमः | of swift prowess | nominative adjective |
Scholar commentary
valmikiramayan.net Prose Commentary
Desiraju Hanumanta Rao's prose rendering with embedded explanatory notes
The source cites the Padma Purana on what happens as Rama takes the bow from Parashurama's hands: iti uktvaa devii vaishnavyaa shaktyaa tad gataayaa saha | jagraaha vaishnavam chaapam vinayena cha lilaya -- Rama sportively and respectfully draws away Vishnu's own essential nature from Parashurama along with the bow itself, since, as the source puts it, two swords cannot share one sheath: Parashurama's incarnation must yield as Dasharatha's Rama's begins in earnest.
1 of 16 traditions have commentary on this shloka. Traditions without a verse-specific commentary here are omitted rather than filled in.
Reference: 1.76.4 · Bāla Kāṇḍa