इदमतिमधुरं निशम्य वाक्यं श्रुतिसुखमात्मविदा विनीतमुक्तम् । प्रथितगुणयशा गुणैर्विशिष्टं मुनिवृषभः परमं जगाम हर्षम् ॥ ५५ ॥
idamatimadhuraṁ niśamya vākyaṁ śrutisukhamātmavidā vinītamuktam | prathitaguṇayaśā guṇairviśiṣṭaṁ munivṛṣabhaḥ paramaṁ jagāma harṣam || 55 ||
Translation
Hearing these very sweet words, pleasing to the ear, spoken modestly by one who knew the Self, the bull among sages, renowned for his virtues and himself rich in them, felt the highest joy.
Word by word
- idam
- these
- ati
- very
- madhuraṁ
- sweet
- niśamya
- hearing
- vākyaṁ
- words
- śruti
- to the ear
- sukham
- pleasing
- ātma
- the Self
- vidā
- by one who knew
- vinītam
- modestly
- uktam
- spoken
- prathita
- renowned
- guṇa
- for virtues
- yaśā
- (yaśāḥ) whose fame
- guṇair
- (guṇaiḥ) in virtues
- viśiṣṭaṁ
- rich
- muni
- among sages
- vṛṣabhaḥ
- the bull
- paramaṁ
- the highest
- jagāma
- felt
- harṣam
- joy
Meaning
The sarga ends in a longer metre. Daśaratha is called "one who knows the Self": a king of wisdom. Viśvāmitra is glad because the help he came for has been promised before he asked; the next sarga tells what he asks.