इति संप्रार्थितो राजा वसिष्ठेन समं तदा । विचार्याऽमुञ्चदेवैनं रामं प्रथममर्थिनम् ॥ २४ ॥
iti saṁprārthitō rājā vasiṣṭhēna samaṁ tadā | vicāryā’muñcadēvainaṁ rāmaṁ prathamamarthinam || 24 ||
Translation
So entreated, the king considered it then together with Vasiṣṭha, and let Rāma go, who was asking for the first time.
Word by word
- iti
- so
- saṁprārthitō
- (samprārthitaḥ) entreated
- rājā
- the king
- vasiṣṭhēna
- Vasiṣṭha
- samaṁ
- together with
- tadā
- then
- vicārya
- considered it
- amuñcad
- (amuñcat) let go
- ēva
- indeed
- ēnaṁ
- him
- rāmaṁ
- Rāma
- prathamam
- for the first time
- arthinam
- who was asking
Meaning
Daśaratha does not decide alone: he consults Vasiṣṭha, the family teacher, who will later be Rāma's teacher in this work.