अहं तावदयं जातो निजेऽस्मिन् पितृसद्मनि । क्रमेण वृद्धिं संप्राप्तः प्राप्तविद्यश्च संस्थितः ॥ ३ ॥
ahaṁ tāvadayaṁ jātō nijē’smin pitṛsadmani | kramēṇa vṛddhiṁ saṁprāptaḥ prāptavidyaśca saṁsthitaḥ || 3 ||
Translation
I was born here, in this my father's house; in due course I grew up, gained learning, and settled into life.
Word by word
- ahaṁ
- I
- tāvat
- first
- ayaṁ
- this
- jātō
- (jātaḥ) was born
- nijē
- my own
- asmin
- in this
- pitṛ
- father's
- sadmani
- in the house
- kramēṇa
- in due course
- vṛddhiṁ
- growth
- saṁprāptaḥ
- gained
- prāpta
- gained
- vidyaś
- (vidyaḥ) learning
- ca
- and
- saṁsthitaḥ
- settled
Meaning
Rāma tells his life plainly, in a single line: birth, growth, education. It is the life everyone is given and everyone takes for granted. Nothing in it has yet been examined. The point of telling it so briefly is that it could be anyone's.