तत एते कथोपाया भरद्वाजेन धीमता । कस्मिंश्चिन्मेरुगहने ब्रह्मणोऽग्र उदाहृताः ॥ ६ ॥
tata ētē kathōpāyā bharadvājēna dhīmatā | kasmiṁścinmērugahanē brahmaṇō’gra udāhṛtāḥ || 6 ||
Translation
Then the wise Bharadvāja recited these stories before Brahmā, in a thicket on Mount Meru.
Word by word
- tataḥ
- then
- ētē
- these
- kathā
- stories
- upāyāḥ
- means
- bharadvājēna
- by Bharadvāja
- dhīmatā
- the wise
- kasmiṁścit
- in a certain
- mēru
- Meru
- gahanē
- in a thicket of
- brahmaṇaḥ
- of Brahmā
- agrē
- before
- udāhṛtāḥ
- were recited
Meaning
Bharadvāja, having learned the first Rāmāyaṇa, recites it to Brahmā, the creator, on the world-mountain Meru.