वाल्मीकिरुवाच । तथा वसिष्ठे ब्रुवति राजा दशरथः सुतम् । संप्रहृष्टमना राममाजुहाव सलक्ष्मणम् ॥ १ ॥
vālmīkiruvāca | tathā vasiṣṭhē bruvati rājā daśarathaḥ sutam | saṁprahṛṣṭamanā rāmamājuhāva salakṣmaṇam || 1 ||
Translation
Vālmīki said: When Vasiṣṭha had spoken so, King Daśaratha, his mind now gladdened, summoned his son Rāma, with Lakṣmaṇa.
Word by word
- vālmīkiḥ
- Vālmīki
- uvāca
- said
- tathā
- so
- vasiṣṭhē
- when Vasiṣṭha
- bruvati
- had spoken
- rājā
- King
- daśarathaḥ
- Daśaratha
- sutam
- his son
- saṁprahṛṣṭa
- now gladdened
- manā
- (manāḥ) his mind
- rāmam
- Rāma
- ājuhāva
- summoned
- sa
- with
- lakṣmaṇam
- Lakṣmaṇa
Meaning
Vasiṣṭha's reassurance (sarga 9) has worked: the king consents. But when the messenger comes back, the sarga turns from the court's affairs to the state of Rāma himself, and that becomes the real subject of this part of the work.