सम्राड् भवेति पार्श्वस्थं वदन्तमनुजीविनम् । प्रलपन्तमिवोन्मत्तं हसत्यन्यमना मुनिः ॥ ३३ ॥
samrāḍ bhavēti pārśvasthaṁ vadantamanujīvinam | pralapantamivōnmattaṁ hasatyanyamanā muniḥ || 33 ||
Translation
"When an attendant beside him says 'Be an emperor', the sage, his mind elsewhere, laughs as if at a madman babbling.
Word by word
- samrāḍ
- (samrāṭ) an emperor
- bhava
- be
- iti
- thus
- pārśvasthaṁ
- beside him
- vadantam
- saying
- anujīvinam
- an attendant
- pralapantam
- babbling
- iva
- as if
- unmattaṁ
- a madman
- hasati
- laughs
- anya
- elsewhere
- manā
- (manāḥ) his mind
- muniḥ
- the sage
Meaning
The servant calls him "muni", sage: that is how he seems to them. Another commentary reads "emperor" as the Self, the true sovereign, to which Rāma's mind is turned.