श्रीब्रह्मोवाच । गुरुं वाल्मीकिमत्राऽऽशु प्रार्थयस्व प्रयत्नतः । तेनेदं यत्समारब्धं रामायणमनिन्दितम् ॥ ९ ॥
śrībrahmōvāca | guruṁ vālmīkimatrā’’śu prārthayasva prayatnataḥ | tēnēdaṁ yatsamārabdhaṁ rāmāyaṇamaninditam || 9 ||
Translation
Brahmā said: Go quickly to your teacher Vālmīki here and ask him earnestly. The flawless Rāmāyaṇa he has begun
Word by word
- śrī
- the blessed
- brahmā
- Brahmā
- uvāca
- said
- guruṁ
- your teacher
- vālmīkim
- Vālmīki
- atra
- here
- āśu
- quickly
- prārthayasva
- ask
- prayatnataḥ
- earnestly
- tēna
- by him
- idaṁ
- this
- yat
- which
- samārabdhaṁ
- has been begun
- rāmāyaṇam
- Rāmāyaṇa
- aninditam
- flawless
Meaning
Brahmā sends Bharadvāja back to his own teacher. The "flawless Rāmāyaṇa" is the work now to be told, the teaching of liberation that completes the first.