इत्युक्तस्तेन भूपालस्तं रामानुचरं जनम् । सर्वमाश्वासयामास पप्रच्छ च यथाक्रमम् ॥ ६ ॥
ityuktastēna bhūpālastaṁ rāmānucaraṁ janam | sarvamāśvāsayāmāsa papraccha ca yathākramam || 6 ||
Translation
Told this, the king comforted all of Rāma's attendants and questioned them one by one.
Word by word
- iti
- thus
- uktas
- (uktaḥ) told
- tēna
- by him
- bhūpālas
- (bhūpālaḥ) the king
- taṁ
- that
- rāma
- Rāma's
- anucaraṁ
- attending
- janam
- people
- sarvam
- all
- āśvāsayāmāsa
- comforted
- papraccha
- questioned
- ca
- and
- yathākramam
- one by one
Meaning
From here the speaker is one of Rāma's attendants. Through his eyes the reader sees the change in Rāma in detail.