Kundendivara Sundarau Atibalau Vigyanadhamau Ubhau
Shloka 1 · Kishkindha Kand
Shloka Text
कुन्देन्दीवरसुन्दरावतिबलौ विज्ञानधामावुभौ शोभाढ्यौ वरधन्विनौ श्रुतिनुतौ गोविप्रवृन्दप्रियौ। मायामानुषरूपिणौ रघुवरौ सद्धर्मवर्मौ हितौ सीतान्वेषणतत्परौ पथिगतौ भक्तिप्रदौ तौ हि नः॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kundendīvarasundarāvatibalau vijñānadhāmāvubhau śobhāḍhyau varadhanvinau śrutinutau govipravṛndapriyau। māyāmānuṣarūpiṇau raghuvarau saddharmavarmau hitau sītānveṣaṇatatparau pathigatau bhaktipradau tau hi naḥ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning
May those two brothers—Rama and Lakshmana—be gracious to us: they are beautiful like the kunda flower and the blue lotus, immensely powerful, abodes of wisdom, splendid, master archers praised by the Vedas, dear to cows and to assemblies of Brahmins, appearing in human form by Maya, the noblest of the Raghu line, shields of righteous duty, intent on seeking Sita, traveling on the path, and bestowers of devotion.
Context
This is Shloka 1 from Kishkindha Kand, in the episode “Invocation”. The episode describes the auspicious opening invocation of Kishkindha Kand praising Rama, Shiva, and Kashi.