भरद्वाजेन राजेन्द्र वदेत्युक्तोऽस्मि सादरम् । तदा कर्त्तुं विभोराज्ञामहं वक्तुं प्रवृत्तवान् ॥ २३ ॥
bharadvājēna rājēndra vadētyuktō’smi sādaram | tadā karttuṁ vibhōrājñāmahaṁ vaktuṁ pravṛttavān || 23 ||
Translation
Bharadvāja said to me with respect, "Tell it", O king; and then, to carry out the command of the Lord, I began to speak.
Word by word
- bharadvājēna
- by Bharadvāja
- rājēndra
- O king
- vada
- tell
- iti
- thus
- uktaḥ
- told
- asmi
- I was
- sādaram
- with respect
- tadā
- then
- karttuṁ
- to carry out
- vibhōḥ
- of the Lord
- ājñām
- the command
- ahaṁ
- I
- vaktuṁ
- to speak
- pravṛttavān
- began
Meaning
Vālmīki addresses King Ariṣṭanemi again ("O king"). What follows, to the end of the work, is his telling of how Rāma and his circle lived.