प्रातरुत्थाय रामोऽसौ कृत्वा सन्ध्यां यथाविधि । सभासंस्थं ददर्शेन्द्रसमं स्वं पितरं तथा ॥ ७ ॥
prātarutthāya rāmō’sau kṛtvā sandhyāṁ yathāvidhi | sabhāsaṁsthaṁ dadarśēndrasamaṁ svaṁ pitaraṁ tathā || 7 ||
Translation
Rising at dawn and performing the twilight worship as it is prescribed, Rāma would go to see his father, like Indra, seated in the assembly.
Word by word
- prātar
- (prātaḥ) at dawn
- utthāya
- rising
- rāmō
- (rāmaḥ) Rāma
- asau
- he
- kṛtvā
- performing
- sandhyāṁ
- the twilight worship
- yathāvidhi
- as it is prescribed
- sabhā
- in the assembly
- saṁsthaṁ
- seated
- dadarśa
- would see
- indra
- Indra
- samaṁ
- like
- svaṁ
- his own
- pitaraṁ
- father
- tathā
- then
Meaning
Verses 7 to 11 describe a prince's day. It begins with the sandhyā, the prayer at the meeting of night and day, and with paying respect to the king in his hall.