बालो रामस्त्वनीकेषु न जानाति बलाबलम् । अन्तःपुरादृते दृष्टा नाऽनेनाऽन्या रणावनिः ॥ ६ ॥
bālō rāmastvanīkēṣu na jānāti balābalam | antaḥpurādṛtē dṛṣṭā nā’nēnā’nyā raṇāvaniḥ || 6 ||
Translation
"Rāma is a child; he knows nothing of the strength and weakness of armies. Apart from the inner palace he has seen no other field of battle.
Word by word
- bālō
- (bālaḥ) a child
- rāmas
- (rāmaḥ) Rāma
- tu
- is
- anīkēṣu
- of armies
- na
- not
- jānāti
- knows
- bala
- the strength
- abalam
- and weakness
- antaḥpurād
- (antaḥpurāt) the inner palace
- ṛtē
- apart from
- dṛṣṭā
- seen
- anēna
- by him
- anyā
- other
- raṇa
- of battle
- avaniḥ
- field
Meaning
Another commentary takes "the field of battle" in the inner palace as a play-ground for games of war.