श्रुत्वा वचो मुनिवरस्य महानुभाव- स्तूष्णीमतिष्ठदुपपन्नपदं स वक्तुम् । नो युक्तियुक्तकथनेन विनैति तोषं धीमानपूरितमनोभिमतश्च लोकः ॥ २८ ॥
śrutvā vacō munivarasya mahānubhāva- stūṣṇīmatiṣṭhadupapannapadaṁ sa vaktum | nō yuktiyuktakathanēna vinaiti tōṣaṁ dhīmānapūritamanōbhimataśca lōkaḥ || 28 ||
Translation
Hearing the words of the best of sages, the noble king stayed silent, searching for fitting words to say; for a wise man whose wish has not been met is not content without a reasoned reply.
Word by word
- śrutvā
- hearing
- vacō
- (vacaḥ) the words
- muni
- of sages
- varasya
- of the best
- mahānubhāvas
- (mahānubhāvaḥ) the noble one
- tūṣṇīm
- silent
- atiṣṭhat
- stayed
- upapanna
- fitting
- padaṁ
- words
- sa
- (saḥ) he
- vaktum
- to say
- nō
- not
- yukti
- reasoned
- yukta
- with
- kathanēna
- a reply
- vinā
- without
- ēti
- is
- tōṣaṁ
- content
- dhīmān
- a wise man
- apūrita
- not been met
- manō
- (manaḥ) whose
- abhimataś
- (abhimataḥ) wish
- ca
- and
- lōkaḥ
- the world
Meaning
The sarga closes in a longer metre. Daśaratha cannot simply refuse, because he has promised; he cannot simply agree, because Rāma is a boy and the demons are terrible. The next sarga gives his answer.