आसाञ्चक्रे च तत्राऽसौ राज्यलक्ष्मीविराजितः । विश्वामित्रो वसिष्ठश्च वामदेवोऽथ मन्त्रिणः ॥ २३ ॥
āsāñcakrē ca tatrā’sau rājyalakṣmīvirājitaḥ | viśvāmitrō vasiṣṭhaśca vāmadēvō’tha mantriṇaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
And there he sat, shining with royal glory; and Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha, Vāmadeva, and then the ministers;
Word by word
- āsāñcakrē
- sat
- ca
- and
- tatra
- there
- asau
- he
- rājya
- royal
- lakṣmī
- with glory
- virājitaḥ
- shining
- viśvāmitrō
- (viśvāmitraḥ) Viśvāmitra
- vasiṣṭhaś
- (vasiṣṭhaḥ) Vasiṣṭha
- vāmadēvō
- (vāmadevaḥ) Vāmadeva
- atha
- and then
- mantriṇaḥ
- the ministers
Meaning
Verses 23 to 27 list those seated in the hall, a roll of names. Rāma sits among them shining with royal fortune (rājya-lakṣmī): he has not given up being a prince. Then Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha, Vāmadeva (a Vedic seer), and the ministers. The detail matters for what follows: the teaching will be given to a prince in his hall, not to a hermit in the forest.