श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच । इत्युक्ता सा समस्तैव व्योमावासनिवासिनी । तां पपात सभां तत्र दिव्या मुनिपरम्परा ॥ ४ ॥
śrīvālmīkiruvāca | ityuktā sā samastaiva vyōmāvāsanivāsinī | tāṁ papāta sabhāṁ tatra divyā muniparamparā || 4 ||
Translation
Śrī Vālmīki said: Thus addressed, the whole heavenly line of sages, who dwell in the sky as their abode, came down there on the hall.
Word by word
- śrī
- Śrī
- vālmīkir
- (vālmīkiḥ) Vālmīki
- uvāca
- said
- iti
- thus
- uktā
- addressed
- sā
- the
- samastā
- whole
- ēva
- indeed
- vyōma
- in the sky
- āvāsa
- as their abode
- nivāsinī
- who dwell
- tāṁ
- on the
- papāta
- came down
- sabhāṁ
- hall
- tatra
- there
- divyā
- heavenly
- muni
- of sages
- paramparā
- line
Meaning
The narrator again. The sages whose home is the sky (vyoma-āvāsa-nivāsinī) answer the call, and the whole line (paramparā) of them comes down into the hall where Rāma and the others are. The word paramparā, a line or succession, is the same word used for a lineage of teachers. In the scene it means a procession; it also hints that the teaching about to be given comes down through such a lineage. The reader may see in the descent of the sages a picture of how wisdom comes: from above, in a line, to where it is asked for.