दशरथ उवाच । प्रतीहार महाबाहुं रामं सत्यपराक्रमम् । सलक्ष्मणमविघ्नेन पुण्यार्थं शीघ्रमानय ॥ २ ॥
daśaratha uvāca | pratīhāra mahābāhuṁ rāmaṁ satyaparākramam | salakṣmaṇamavighnēna puṇyārthaṁ śīghramānaya || 2 ||
Translation
Daśaratha said: "Doorkeeper, bring long-armed Rāma, of true prowess, quickly here, with Lakṣmaṇa, without fail, for a sacred purpose."
Word by word
- daśaratha
- Daśaratha
- uvāca
- said
- pratīhāra
- doorkeeper
- mahābāhuṁ
- long-armed
- rāmaṁ
- Rāma
- satya
- of true
- parākramam
- prowess
- sa
- with
- lakṣmaṇam
- Lakṣmaṇa
- avighnēna
- without fail
- puṇya
- a sacred
- arthaṁ
- for purpose
- śīghram
- quickly
- ānaya
- bring
Meaning
The "sacred purpose" (puṇyārtha) is the sage's sacrifice, or, as another commentary takes it, keeping the king's promise. He says "quickly" so that nothing else can get in the way.