Canonical Ref: VR 1.15.1
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
ततो नारायणो विष्णुर्नियुक्तः सुरसत्तमैः । जानन्नपि सुरानेवं श्लक्ष्णं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
tato nārāyaṇo viṣṇurniyuktaḥ surasattamaiḥ | jānannapi surānevaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanamabravīt ||
English Scholarly Translation
Thus besought by the foremost of the celestials, that searcher of hearts, Visnu, although cognizant of the means whereby Rāvana was to be destroyed, asked the gods these amiable words,-What, you gods, is the means of compassing which I could slay that thorn of the ascetics? Nara means a multitude, and Ayana, dwellingplace. He whose dwelling-place is a multitude, is Nārāyana. Metaphorically, the word means evidently the Scorcher of hearts, worlds, and dreadful to ascetics!
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
ततो
Lemma: ततस्
POS: ind
नारायणो
Lemma: नारायण
POS: m
विष्णुर्
Lemma: विष्णु
POS: m
नियुक्तः
Lemma: नियुज्
POS: 7. Ā.
सुरसत्तमैः
Lemma: सुर
POS: m
सुरसत्तमैः
Lemma: सत्तम
POS: adj
जानन्न्
Lemma: ज्ञा
POS: 4. Ā.
अपि
Lemma: अपि
POS: ind
सुरान्
Lemma: सुर
POS: m
एवं
Lemma: एवम्
POS: ind
श्लक्ष्णं
Lemma: श्लक्ष्ण
POS: adj
वचनम्
Lemma: वचन
POS: n
अब्रवीत्
Lemma: ब्रू
POS: 2. Ā. • Verb: अब्रवीत्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam, VR 1.15.1. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.