रामो राजीवपत्राक्षो यतः प्रभृति चाऽऽगतः । सविप्रस्तीर्थयात्रायास्ततः प्रभृति दुर्मनाः ॥ ९ ॥
rāmō rājīvapatrākṣō yataḥ prabhṛti cā’’gataḥ | saviprastīrthayātrāyāstataḥ prabhṛti durmanāḥ || 9 ||
Translation
"From the day lotus-eyed Rāma came back with the brahmins from his pilgrimage, from that day he has been downcast.
Word by word
- rāmō
- (rāmaḥ) Rāma
- rājīva
- lotus
- patra
- petal
- akṣō
- (akṣaḥ) eyed
- yataḥ
- from the day
- prabhṛti
- on
- ca
- and
- āgataḥ
- came back
- sa
- with
- vipras
- (vipraḥ) the brahmins
- tīrtha
- from the holy places
- yātrāyās
- (yātrāyāḥ) the journey
- tataḥ
- from that day
- durmanāḥ
- downcast
Meaning
The attendant dates the change exactly: the return from the pilgrimage of sarga 3. What he saw on his journey is what changed him, as sarga 12 will show.