तस्मिन् प्रयाते भगवत्यहं विस्मयमागतः । पुनस्तत्र भरद्वाजमपृच्छं स्वस्थया धिया ॥ १७ ॥
tasmin prayātē bhagavatyahaṁ vismayamāgataḥ | punastatra bharadvājamapṛcchaṁ svasthayā dhiyā || 17 ||
Translation
When the Lord had gone I was filled with wonder. Then, with a settled mind, I asked Bharadvāja again:
Word by word
- tasmin
- when he
- prayātē
- had gone
- bhagavati
- the Lord
- ahaṁ
- I
- vismayam
- wonder
- āgataḥ
- was filled with
- punaḥ
- again
- tatra
- then
- bharadvājam
- Bharadvāja
- apṛcchaṁ
- I asked
- svasthayā
- settled
- dhiyā
- with a mind
Meaning
Vālmīki is moved by the visit, and once composed he asks his disciple what Brahmā meant.