श्रीवसिष्ठ उवाच । इति संकथनं कृत्वा तस्यां निशि वराङ्गने । सुप्ते परिजने नूनमथाऽन्तःपुरमण्डपे ॥ १ ॥
śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca | iti saṁkathanaṁ kṛtvā tasyāṁ niśi varāṅganē | suptē parijanē nūnamathā’ntaḥpuramaṇḍapē || 1 ||
Translation
Vasiṣṭha said: Having talked so together, that night, fair one, when the household was surely asleep, in the hall of the inner palace,
Word by word
- iti
- so
- saṁkathanaṁ
- talked together
- kṛtvā
- having
- tasyāṁ
- that
- niśi
- night
- varāṅganē
- fair one
- suptē
- was asleep
- parijanē
- when the household
- nūnam
- surely
- atha
- then
- antaḥpura
- of the inner palace
- maṇḍapē
- in the hall
Meaning
The fourth day of the telling begins, and with it a new turn in the tale: after three sargas of teaching, the goddess and Līlā set out. Vasiṣṭha addresses Rāma; "fair one" (varāṅgane, literally "lady of fine limbs") is best taken, as another commentary takes the whole of vv. 1-4, as describing the two women. The sentence runs to v. 4.