विहर्तुमेष जानाति सह राजकुमारकैः । कीर्णपुष्पोपहारासु स्वकास्वजिरभूमिषु ॥ ९ ॥
vihartumēṣa jānāti saha rājakumārakaiḥ | kīrṇapuṣpōpahārāsu svakāsvajirabhūmiṣu || 9 ||
Translation
"He knows how to play with the young princes in his own courtyards, strewn with offerings of flowers.
Word by word
- vihartum
- to play
- ēṣa
- he
- jānāti
- knows how
- saha
- with
- rāja
- young
- kumārakaiḥ
- the princes
- kīrṇa
- strewn with
- puṣpa
- of flowers
- upahārāsu
- offerings
- svakāsu
- in his own
- ajira
- courtyards
- bhūmiṣu
- grounds
Meaning
The king paints his son as a child at play, to make the request seem impossible.