श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच । रामः पुष्पाञ्जलिव्रातैर्विकीर्णः पुरवासिभिः । प्रविवेश गृहं श्रीमाञ्जयन्तो विष्टपं यथा ॥ १ ॥
śrīvālmīkiruvāca | rāmaḥ puṣpāñjalivrātairvikīrṇaḥ puravāsibhiḥ | pravivēśa gṛhaṁ śrīmāñjayantō viṣṭapaṁ yathā || 1 ||
Translation
Śrī Vālmīki said: Showered by the citizens with handful after handful of flowers, glorious Rāma entered his home as Jayanta enters heaven.
Word by word
- śrī
- Śrī
- vālmīkiḥ
- Vālmīki
- uvāca
- said
- rāmaḥ
- Rāma
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- añjali
- handfuls
- vrātair
- (vrātaiḥ) with many
- vikīrṇaḥ
- showered
- pura
- of the city
- vāsibhiḥ
- by the dwellers
- pravivēśa
- entered
- gṛhaṁ
- his home
- śrīmāñ
- (śrīmān) glorious
- jayantō
- (jayantaḥ) Jayanta
- viṣṭapaṁ
- heaven
- yathā
- as
Meaning
Rāma is back from the pilgrimage of the last sarga. Jayanta is the son of Indra, king of the gods; Rāma, the king's son, comes home as Jayanta comes home to his father's heaven. Another commentary adds that so many flowers were thrown that Rāma was hidden under them.