इदं प्रकरणार्थं त्वं संक्षेपाच्छृणु राघव । ततः संकथयिष्यामि विस्तरं ते यथेप्सितम् ॥ ९ ॥
idaṁ prakaraṇārthaṁ tvaṁ saṁkṣēpācchṛṇu rāghava | tataḥ saṁkathayiṣyāmi vistaraṁ tē yathēpsitam || 9 ||
Translation
Hear the meaning of this prakaraṇa in brief, Rāghava; then I shall tell it to you at length, as you wish.
Word by word
- idaṁ
- this
- prakaraṇa
- of the prakaraṇa
- arthaṁ
- the meaning
- tvaṁ
- you
- saṁkṣēpāc
- (saṁkṣepāt) in brief
- śṛṇu
- hear
- rāghava
- Rāghava
- tataḥ
- then
- saṁkathayiṣyāmi
- I shall tell
- vistaraṁ
- at length
- tē
- to you
- yathēpsitam
- as you wish
Meaning
The commentary: this is the subject of the whole prakaraṇa, stated in this sarga as the ground for the long account that follows. A map first, then the country.