search
person
arrow_back Back to Sarga 48
Verse 125.5

Sarga 48

नष्टं दृष्ट्वा नाभ्यनन्दन् विपुलं वा धनागमम्। पुत्रं प्रथमजं लब्ध्वा जननी नाभ्यनन्दत।।2.48.5।।

naṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā nābhyanandan vipulaṃ vā dhanāgamam. putraṃ prathamajaṃ labdhvā jananī nābhyanandata..2.48.5..

language

English Translation

"Neither loss nor acquisition of wealth mattered (to the people). No mother rejoiced over getting her firstborn son."

menu_book

Word Meanings

नष्टम् loss, दृष्ट्वा having seen, नाभ्यनन्दन् stood indifferent, विपुलम् vast, धनागमं वा or acquired wealth, जननी mother, प्रथमजम् firstborn, पुत्रम् son, लब्ध्वा having obtained, नाभ्यनन्दत not rejoiced.

history_edu

Source

Valmiki Ramayana

mic

Chapter

Sarga 48

update

Verse

125.5