देव दोर्दलिताशेषरिपो रामः स्वमन्दिरे । विमनाः संस्थितो रात्रौ षट्पदः कमले यथा ॥ ४ ॥
dēva dōrdalitāśēṣaripō rāmaḥ svamandirē | vimanāḥ saṁsthitō rātrau ṣaṭpadaḥ kamalē yathā || 4 ||
Translation
"Lord, you who have crushed every enemy with your arms, Rāma sits in his own rooms, dejected, like a bee in a lotus at night.
Word by word
- dēva
- lord
- dōr
- (doḥ) with your arms
- dalita
- who have crushed
- aśēṣa
- every
- ripō
- (ripo) enemy
- rāmaḥ
- Rāma
- sva
- his own
- mandirē
- in rooms
- vimanāḥ
- dejected
- saṁsthitō
- (saṁsthitaḥ) sits
- rātrau
- at night
- ṣaṭpadaḥ
- a bee
- kamalē
- in a lotus
- yathā
- like
Meaning
A lotus closes at night with the bee still inside it; the bee is shut in and silent. So Rāma, closed in on himself.