उत्सङ्गे पुत्र तिष्ठेति वदत्यथ महीपतौ । भूमौ परिजनास्तीर्णे सोंऽशुकेऽथ न्यविक्षत ॥ २८ ॥
utsaṅgē putra tiṣṭhēti vadatyatha mahīpatau | bhūmau parijanāstīrṇē sōṁ’śukē’tha nyavikṣata || 28 ||
Translation
When the lord of the earth said, "Sit on my lap, my son", Rāma sat instead on a cloth spread on the ground by the attendants.
Word by word
- utsaṅgē
- on my lap
- putra
- my son
- tiṣṭha
- sit
- iti
- thus
- vadati
- said
- atha
- then
- mahīpatau
- when the lord of the earth
- bhūmau
- on the ground
- parijana
- by the attendants
- āstīrṇē
- spread
- sō
- (saḥ) he
- aṁśukē
- on a cloth
- nyavikṣata
- sat
Meaning
A small gesture with meaning: he declines the lap, the place of a child, and sits on the ground, the place of a student. Another commentary adds that he sat with his eyes lowered.