श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः साक्षाद्धर्म इवाऽपरः । भवान् दशरथः श्रीमांस्त्रैलोक्यगुणभूषितः ॥ ७ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | ikṣvākūṇāṁ kulē jātaḥ sākṣāddharma ivā’paraḥ | bhavān daśarathaḥ śrīmāṁstrailōkyaguṇabhūṣitaḥ || 7 ||
Translation
Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: "Born in the line of the Ikṣvākus, you are like a second Dharma in person: glorious Daśaratha, adorned with the virtues of the three worlds.
Word by word
- śrī
- Śrī
- vasiṣṭha
- Vasiṣṭha
- uvāca
- said
- ikṣvākūṇāṁ
- of the Ikṣvākus
- kulē
- in the line
- jātaḥ
- born
- sākṣāt
- in person
- dharma
- (dharmaḥ) Dharma
- iva
- like
- aparaḥ
- a second
- bhavān
- you
- daśarathaḥ
- Daśaratha
- śrīmāṁs
- (śrīmān) glorious
- trailōkya
- of the three worlds
- guṇa
- with the virtues
- bhūṣitaḥ
- adorned
Meaning
Vasiṣṭha begins not with blame but with praise: he reminds the king who he is.