अथ प्रसङ्गमासाद्य रामो मधुरया गिरा । उवाच मुनिशार्दूलं वसिष्ठं वदतांवरम् ॥ ३६ ॥
atha prasaṅgamāsādya rāmō madhurayā girā | uvāca muniśārdūlaṁ vasiṣṭhaṁ vadatāṁvaram || 36 ||
Translation
Then, finding the occasion, Rāma spoke in a sweet voice to Vasiṣṭha, tiger among sages, best of speakers.
Word by word
- atha
- then
- prasaṅgam
- the occasion
- āsādya
- finding
- rāmō
- (rāmaḥ) Rāma
- madhurayā
- in a sweet
- girā
- voice
- uvāca
- spoke
- muni
- among sages
- śārdūlaṁ
- tiger
- vasiṣṭhaṁ
- to Vasiṣṭha
- vadatāṁvaram
- best of speakers
Meaning
Rāma waits for the right moment (prasaṅga), the point in the talk where his question belongs. A disciple's question asked at the right time is half the teaching.