न किञ्चित्तात मे दुःखमित्युक्त्वा पितुरङ्कगः । रामो राजीवपत्राक्षस्तूष्णीमेव स्म तिष्ठति ॥ १२ ॥
na kiñcittāta mē duḥkhamityuktvā pituraṅkagaḥ | rāmō rājīvapatrākṣastūṣṇīmēva sma tiṣṭhati || 12 ||
Translation
"Father, nothing troubles me," said lotus-eyed Rāma, and sat on his father's lap in silence.
Word by word
- na
- not
- kiñcit
- anything
- tāta
- father
- mē
- me
- duḥkham
- troubles
- iti
- thus
- uktvā
- having said
- pitur
- (pituḥ) of his father
- aṅkagaḥ
- sitting on the lap
- rāmō
- (rāmaḥ) Rāma
- rājīva
- lotus
- patra
- petal
- akṣas
- (akṣaḥ) eyed
- tūṣṇīm
- in silence
- ēva
- only
- sma
- would
- tiṣṭhati
- sit
Meaning
Another commentary explains his silence: Rāma thought that to speak to his father of the world's impermanence and of dispassion would only cause him pain, for a father wants to see his son take up the affairs of the world. So he says nothing is wrong and stays close to him.