कृतायां तीर्थयात्रायां रामो निजगृहे स्थितः । जगामाऽनुदिनं कार्श्यं शरदीवाऽमलं सरः ॥ ४ ॥
kṛtāyāṁ tīrthayātrāyāṁ rāmō nijagṛhē sthitaḥ | jagāmā’nudinaṁ kārśyaṁ śaradīvā’malaṁ saraḥ || 4 ||
Translation
Rāma, staying in his own house now that the pilgrimage was over, grew thinner day by day, as a clear lake shrinks in autumn.
Word by word
- kṛtāyāṁ
- was over
- tīrtha
- to the holy places
- yātrāyāṁ
- now that the journey
- rāmō
- (rāmaḥ) Rāma
- nija
- his own
- gṛhē
- in house
- sthitaḥ
- staying
- jagāma
- grew
- anudinaṁ
- day by day
- kārśyaṁ
- thinner
- śaradi
- in autumn
- iva
- as
- amalaṁ
- a clear
- saraḥ
- lake
Meaning
A lake in autumn is clear because the monsoon is over, and it is shrinking for the same reason. So Rāma: his mind is clearing, and his body is wasting. The second sarga promised a story of dispassion; here it begins, with no outward cause, in a prince who has everything.