वाल्मीकिरुवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य स्नेहपर्याकुलेक्षणम् । समन्युः कौशिको वाक्यं प्रत्युवाच महीपतिम् ॥ १ ॥
vālmīkiruvāca | tacchrutvā vacanaṁ tasya snēhaparyākulēkṣaṇam | samanyuḥ kauśikō vākyaṁ pratyuvāca mahīpatim || 1 ||
Translation
Vālmīki said: Hearing the king's words, spoken with eyes brimming with a father's love, Kauśika, now angry, answered the lord of the earth:
Word by word
- vālmīkiḥ
- Vālmīki
- uvāca
- said
- tat
- those
- śrutvā
- hearing
- vacanaṁ
- words
- tasya
- the king's
- snēha
- with a father's love
- paryākula
- brimming
- īkṣaṇam
- with eyes
- sa
- with
- manyuḥ
- anger
- kauśikō
- (kauśikaḥ) Kauśika
- vākyaṁ
- words
- pratyuvāca
- answered
- mahīpatim
- the lord of the earth
Meaning
The king's tearful refusal (sarga 8) turns the sage's joy (1.6.55) into anger. The anger is not petty: a promise given to a brahmin has been broken in front of the whole court.