वसिष्ठेन समागम्य प्रहस्य मुनिपुङ्गवः । यथार्हं चाऽर्चयित्वैनं पप्रच्छाऽनामयं ततः ॥ ३४ ॥
vasiṣṭhēna samāgamya prahasya munipuṅgavaḥ | yathārhaṁ cā’rcayitvainaṁ papracchā’nāmayaṁ tataḥ || 34 ||
Translation
Then the chief of sages met Vasiṣṭha, smiling, honoured him as was fitting, and asked whether all was well.
Word by word
- vasiṣṭhēna
- Vasiṣṭha
- samāgamya
- met
- prahasya
- smiling
- muni
- of sages
- puṅgavaḥ
- the chief
- yathārhaṁ
- as was fitting
- ca
- and
- arcayitvā
- honoured
- ēnaṁ
- him
- papraccha
- asked
- anāmayaṁ
- whether all was well
- tataḥ
- then
Meaning
Two great sages, long rivals in the Rāmāyaṇa, meet as friends. The commentary adds that he asked after the welfare of Vasiṣṭha's disciples, and even of the deer and birds of his hermitage.