The   king,   in   the   company   of   his   queens,   retinue   and   army,   entered the capital city, having completed the ritualistic observances (2).
 
yTahI|   p¥¢jtaÞtEn   raMa   vW   p¦¢Tv£ára:   .
m¤¢dta:   p#yy¤dEISan¯   p#NØy   m¤¢np¤Äñvm¯   ¡3¡

yTahI|

in the appropriate manner

p¥¢jta:

honoured

tEn

that

raMa	by the king

vW

verily

p¦¢Tv£ára:

the vassal kings

m¤¢dta:

happily

p#yy¤:

went

dESan¯

to their countries

p#NØy

after paying respects

m¤¢np¤Äñvm¯

to the noblest among the sages

The   guest   kings   at   the   sacrifice,   having   been   duly   honoured   by   that emperor,   in   a   happy   frame   of   mind,   left   for   their   countries,   after paying   obeisance   to   the   best   among   sages   (3).
 
½£mta|   gÅCta|   tExa|   Þvp¤ra¢N   p¤raäOt:   .
bla¢n   raMa|   S¤B#a¢N   p#¶¾a¢n   cka¢SrE   ¡4¡

½£mta|

endowed with wealth

gÅCta|

going

tExa|

those

Þvp¤ra¢N

to their own capitals

p¤rat¯

from the city

tt:

then

bla¢n

armies

raMa|

of the kings

S¤B#a¢N

exceedingly charming

p#¶¾a¢n

and happy

cka¢SrE

shone

 

At   that   time,   those   prosperous   armies   of   those   kings,   which
were   going from   the   capital   city   to   their   own   countries,   shone
with   happiness   and splendour   (4).

gtEx¤   p¦¢Tv£SEx¤   raja   dSrT:   p¤n:   .
p#¢vvES   p¤r£|   ½£man¯   p¤rÞk]Ïy   ¢¹jaEäOmm¯   ¡5¡

gtEx¤

on the departure of

p¦¢Tv£SEx¤

the guest kings

raja

the king

dSrT:

Dasaratha

p¤n:

then

p#¢vvES

entered

p¤r£|

the city

½£man¯

the illustrious

p¤rÞk]Ïy

placing in the lead

¢¹jaEäOmm¯

the noblest of brahmins

At   the   departure   of   these   kings,   that   prosperous   emperor   Dasaratha   then entered   his   capital   city,   with   the   best   among   Brahmins   at   the   lead   (5).
 
SaÓtya   p#yyaW   saDIm¦Üy½¦Äñ:   s¤p¥¢jt:   .
AÓv£ymanaE   raMa{T   san¤yaæOEN   D£mta   ¡6¡

SaÓtya

with Shantha

p#yyaW

went

saDI|

along with

§Üy½¦Äñ:

Rishyasrunga

s¤p¥¢jt:

wellhonoured

AÓv£yman:

followed by

raMa

the king

AT	thereafter

san¤yaæOEN

with his coterie, following

D£mta

the wise

 
Thereafter,   Rishyasrunga   along   with   Shanta,   being   appropriately   honoured by   the   wise   king,   and   followed   by   (the   king   and)   his   retinue,   set   out   (6).

ev|   ¢vs¦Çy   tan¯   svaIn¯   raja   s|p¥NImans:   .
uvas   s¤¢KtÞtæO   p¤æOaEÏp¢äO|   ¢v¢cÓtyn¯   ¡7¡

ev|	in this manner

¢vs¦Çy

discharging

tan¯

those

svaIn¯

all

raja

the king

s|p¥NImans:

with the desires of his mind fulfilled

uvas

lived

s¤¢Kt:

happily

tæO

there

p¤æO

son

uÏp¢äO|

the birth of

¢v¢cÓtyn¯

thinking about

 
Thus,   having   seen   off   all   those   persons   and     having   achieved   his   heart's desire,that   king,   thinking   over   the   advent   of   his   sons,   stayed   there   in   a happy   state   of   mind   (7).

ttaE   yME   smaçOE   t¤   §t¥na|   xz   smÏyy¤:   ¡8¡

tt:

from then

yME

sacrifice

smaçOE

on completion

t¤

verily

§t¥na|

seasons

xz

six

smÏyy¤:

passed

At   the   close   of   the   sacrifice,   there   came   to   an   end,   the   six   seasons   (8).
 
ttà   ¹adSE   masE   cWæOE   nav¢mkE   ¢tTaW   .
nXæOE{¢d¢tdWvÏyE   ÞvaEÅcs|ÞTEx¤   p·s¤   ¡9¡

tt:

then

c

and

¹adSE

the twelfth

masE

month

cWæOE

the month of `Chitra' (AprilMay)

nav¢mkE

ninth day after the new moon

¢tTaW

on that `thithi' ( known as Navami, i.e. ninth day)

nXæOE

asterism

A¢d¢tdWvÏyE

Punarvasu star (having Aditi as the presiding deity)

Þv	themselves

uÅc	on the ascendent

s|ÞTEx¤

posited

p·s¤

the five

 
g#hEx¤   kkIzE   lg"E   vaÀpta¢vÓѤna   sh   .
p#aEïmanE   jg°aT|   svIlaEknmÞk]tm¯   ¡10¡

g#hEx¤

planets

kkIzE

in the `cancer' of the Zodiac

lg"E	house (one of the twelve portions of the Zodiac)

vaÀptaW

Jupiter (Brhaspati)

iÓѤna

the moon

sh

with

p#aEïmanE

when it was rising

jg°aT|

the Lord of the worlds

svIlaEk

all the worlds

nmÞk]tm¯

propitiated by