रघुकाननशालेन रामेण रिपुघातिना । भृशमित्थं स्थितेनैव वयं खेदमुपागताः ॥ ४० ॥
raghukānanaśālēna rāmēṇa ripughātinā | bhṛśamitthaṁ sthitēnaiva vayaṁ khēdamupāgatāḥ || 40 ||
Translation
"Because Rāma, the śāla tree of the forest of the Raghus, the slayer of enemies, is in such a state, we have come to great distress.
Word by word
- raghu
- of the Raghus
- kānana
- of the forest
- śālēna
- the śāla tree
- rāmēṇa
- Rāma
- ripu
- of enemies
- ghātinā
- the slayer
- bhṛśam
- great
- itthaṁ
- in such a state
- sthitēna
- being
- ēva
- indeed
- vayaṁ
- we
- khēdam
- distress
- upāgatāḥ
- have come to
Meaning
The śāla is the tallest tree of the forest: Rāma is the glory of his line.