तदेतामर्थितां पूर्वां सफलां कर्तुमर्हसि । न सोऽस्ति भुवने नाथ त्वया योऽर्थी न मानितः ॥ २३ ॥
tadētāmarthitāṁ pūrvāṁ saphalāṁ kartumarhasi | na sō’sti bhuvanē nātha tvayā yō’rthī na mānitaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
Please grant this first request of mine its fruit. There is no one in the world, my lord, who came to you asking and was not honoured.
Word by word
- tad
- (tat) so
- ētām
- this
- arthitāṁ
- request
- pūrvāṁ
- first
- saphalāṁ
- its fruit
- kartum
- to grant
- arhasi
- please
- na
- not
- sō
- (saḥ) he
- asti
- there is
- bhuvanē
- in the world
- nātha
- my lord
- tvayā
- by you
- yō
- (yaḥ) who
- arthī
- came asking
- mānitaḥ
- was honoured
Meaning
It is Rāma's first request of his father, and he grounds it in the king's own name for generosity.