Meeting with Agastya

Verse 1 (padma.5.5.1)

शेष उवाच। अथाभिषिक्तं रामं तु तुष्टुवुः प्रणताः सुराः । रावणाभिधदैत्येंद्र वधहर्षितमानसाः

śeṣa uvāca athābhiṣiktaṁ rāmaṁ tu tuṣṭuvuḥ praṇatāḥ surāḥ rāvaṇābhidhadaityeṁdra vadhaharṣitamānasāḥ

Shesha said: Then the bowing gods, their hearts delighted at the slaying of the demon-lord named Ravana, praised the newly anointed Rama.

Verse 2 (padma.5.5.2)

देवा ऊचुः। जय दाशरथे सुरार्तिहञ्जयजय दानववंशदाहक । जय देववरांगनागणग्रहणव्यग्रकरारिदारक

devā ūcuḥ jaya dāśarathe surārtihañjayajaya dānavavaṁśadāhaka jaya devavarāṁganāgaṇagrahaṇavyagrakarāridāraka

The gods said: "Victory, O son of Dasharatha, remover of the gods' affliction! Victory, victory, burner of the demon race! Victory, splitter of the hands of the foe intent on seizing the finest of celestial women —"

Verse 3 (padma.5.5.3)

तवयद्दनुजेंद्र नाशनं कवयो वर्णयितुं समुत्सुकाः । प्रलये जगतांततीः पुनर्ग्रससे त्वं भुवनेशलीलया

tavayaddanujeṁdra nāśanaṁ kavayo varṇayituṁ samutsukāḥ pralaye jagatāṁtatīḥ punargrasase tvaṁ bhuvaneśalīlayā

"Poets are eager to describe your destruction of that lord of demons — just as, at the world's dissolution, you swallow up all creation again, at mere play, O lord of the universe."

Verse 4 (padma.5.5.4)

जय जन्मजरादिदुःखकैः परिमुक्तप्रबलोद्धरोद्धर । जय धर्मकरान्वयांबुधौ कृतजन्मन्नजरामराच्युत

jaya janmajarādiduḥkhakaiḥ parimuktaprabaloddharoddhara jaya dharmakarānvayāṁbudhau kṛtajanmannajarāmarācyuta

"Victory, mighty deliverer, wholly free from the sorrows of birth, old age, and the rest! Victory, ocean of righteous deeds, unaging, undying, unfallen — though you have taken birth!"

Verse 5 (padma.5.5.5)

तव देववरस्य नामभिर्बहुपापा अपि ते पवित्रिताः । किमु साधुद्विजवर्यपूर्वकाः सुतनुं मानुषतामुपागताः

tava devavarasya nāmabhirbahupāpā api te pavitritāḥ kimu sādhudvijavaryapūrvakāḥ sutanuṁ mānuṣatāmupāgatāḥ

"By your very names, O best of gods, even the greatly sinful are purified — how much more, then, the virtuous who, led by the finest of the twice-born, have attained this human form!"

Verse 6 (padma.5.5.6)

हरविरिंचिनुतं तव पादयोर्युगलमीप्सितकामसमृद्धिदम् । हृदि पवित्रयवादिकचिह्नितैः सुरचितं मनसा स्पृहयामहे

haraviriṁcinutaṁ tava pādayoryugalamīpsitakāmasamṛddhidam hṛdi pavitrayavādikacihnitaiḥ suracitaṁ manasā spṛhayāmahe

"We long in our hearts for that pair of your feet, praised by Hara and Brahma, granter of the fulfillment of every desire, marked with the pure signs fashioned by the gods."

Verse 7 (padma.5.5.7)

यदि भवान्न दधात्यभयं भुवो मदनमूर्ति तिरस्करकांतिभृत् । सुरगणा हि कथं सुखिनः पुनर्ननुभवंति घृणामय पावन

yadi bhavānna dadhātyabhayaṁ bhuvo madanamūrti tiraskarakāṁtibhṛt suragaṇā hi kathaṁ sukhinaḥ punarnanubhavaṁti ghṛṇāmaya pāvana

"If you did not grant fearlessness to the earth, O form whose beauty eclipses even Kama's, how then would the hosts of gods ever again know happiness, O merciful, purifying one?"

Verse 8 (padma.5.5.8)

यदा यदास्मान्दनुजाहि दुःखदास्तदा तदा त्वं भुवि जन्मभाग्भवेः । अजोऽव्ययोऽपीशवरोऽपि सन्विभो स्वभावमास्थाय निजं निजार्चितः

yadā yadāsmāndanujāhi duḥkhadāstadā tadā tvaṁ bhuvi janmabhāgbhaveḥ ajo'vyayo'pīśavaro'pi sanvibho svabhāvamāsthāya nijaṁ nijārcitaḥ

"Whenever the demon race brings us sorrow, then, O lord, though unborn, imperishable, and the Supreme Ruler, you take birth on earth, true to your own nature, worshipped by your own devotees."

Verse 9 (padma.5.5.9)

मृतसुधासदृशैरघनाशनैः सुचरितैरवकीर्य महीतलम् । अमनुजैर्गुणशंसिभिरीडितः प्रविश चाशु पुनर्हि स्वकं पदम्

mṛtasudhāsadṛśairaghanāśanaiḥ sucaritairavakīrya mahītalam amanujairguṇaśaṁsibhirīḍitaḥ praviśa cāśu punarhi svakaṁ padam

"Having strewn the earth's surface with your noble deeds, sin-destroying as the nectar of immortality, praised by the celestials proclaiming your virtues — now enter once more, swiftly, your own abode."

Verse 10 (padma.5.5.10)

अनादिराद्योजररूपधारी हारी किरीटी मकरध्वजाभः । जयं करोतु प्रसभं हतारिः स्मरारि संसेवितपादपद्मः

anādirādyojararūpadhārī hārī kirīṭī makaradhvajābhaḥ jayaṁ karotu prasabhaṁ hatāriḥ smarāri saṁsevitapādapadmaḥ

"Beginningless, the primal one, wearing a form untouched by age, captivating, crowned, radiant as Kama, having slain his foes, his lotus feet served by the foe of Kama's foe — may he grant victory by his very might!"

Verse 11 (padma.5.5.11)

इत्युक्त्वा ते सुराः सर्वे ब्रह्मेंद्रप्रमुखा मुहुः । प्रणेमुररिनाशेन प्रीणिता रघुनायकम्

ityuktvā te surāḥ sarve brahmeṁdrapramukhā muhuḥ praṇemurarināśena prīṇitā raghunāyakam

Having said this, all the gods, led by Brahma and Indra, gladdened by the enemy's destruction, bowed again and again to Raghunatha.

Verse 12 (padma.5.5.12)

इति स्तुत्यातिसंहृष्टो रघुनाथो महायशाः । प्रोवाच तान्सुरान्वीक्ष्य प्रणतान्नतकंधरान्

iti stutyātisaṁhṛṣṭo raghunātho mahāyaśāḥ provāca tānsurānvīkṣya praṇatānnatakaṁdharān

Thus greatly pleased by their praise, Raghunatha of great fame, seeing those gods bowed with lowered necks, spoke to them —

Verse 13 (padma.5.5.13)

श्रीराम उवाच। सुरा वृणुत मे यूयं वरं किंचित्सुदुर्ल्लभम् । यं कोऽपि देवो दनुजो न यक्षः प्राप सादरः

śrīrāma uvāca surā vṛṇuta me yūyaṁ varaṁ kiṁcitsudurllabham yaṁ ko'pi devo danujo na yakṣaḥ prāpa sādaraḥ

Shri Rama said: "O gods, choose from me some boon, however rare — one that no god, demon, or yaksha has ever obtained with such regard."

Verse 14 (padma.5.5.14)

सुरा ऊचुः। स्वामिन्भगवतः सर्वं प्राप्तमस्माभिरुत्तमम् । यदयं निहतः शत्रुरस्माकं तु दशाननः

surā ūcuḥ svāminbhagavataḥ sarvaṁ prāptamasmābhiruttamam yadayaṁ nihataḥ śatrurasmākaṁ tu daśānanaḥ

The gods said: "O lord, O divine one, we have already obtained everything supreme, in that this enemy of ours, the ten-headed one, has been slain."

Verse 15 (padma.5.5.15)

यदायदाऽसुरोऽस्माकं बाधां परिदधाति भोः । तदा तदेति कर्तव्यमेतावद्वैरिनाशनम्

yadāyadā'suro'smākaṁ bādhāṁ paridadhāti bhoḥ tadā tadeti kartavyametāvadvairināśanam

"Whenever any demon causes us trouble, O lord, then, at that time, this alone should be done — the destruction of that enemy."

Verse 16 (padma.5.5.16)

तथेत्युक्त्वा पुनर्वीरः प्रोवाच रघुनंदनः । श्रीराम उवाच। सुराः शृणुत मद्वाक्यमादरेण समन्विताः

tathetyuktvā punarvīraḥ provāca raghunaṁdanaḥ śrīrāma uvāca surāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyamādareṇa samanvitāḥ

Having said, "So be it," the hero, delight of the Raghus, spoke again. Shri Rama said: "O gods, listen to my words with due reverence."

Verse 17 (padma.5.5.17)

भवत्कृतं मदीयैर्वैगुणैर्ग्रथितमद्भुतम् । स्तोत्रं पठिष्यति मुहुः प्रातर्निशि सकृन्नरः

bhavatkṛtaṁ madīyairvaiguṇairgrathitamadbhutam stotraṁ paṭhiṣyati muhuḥ prātarniśi sakṛnnaraḥ

"This wondrous hymn, woven from my own virtues, which you yourselves have composed — whoever recites it, morning and evening, again and again, or even once —"

Verse 18 (padma.5.5.18)

तस्य वैरि पराभूतिर्न भविष्यति दारुणा । न च दारिद्र्यसंयोगो न च व्याधिपराभवौ

tasya vairi parābhūtirna bhaviṣyati dāruṇā na ca dāridryasaṁyogo na ca vyādhiparābhavau

"for him there shall be no dreadful defeat by enemies, nor union with poverty, nor affliction by disease."

Verse 19 (padma.5.5.19)

मदीयचरणद्वंद्वे भक्तिस्तेषां तु भूयसी । भविष्यति मुदायुक्ते स्वांते पुंसां तु पाठतः

madīyacaraṇadvaṁdve bhaktisteṣāṁ tu bhūyasī bhaviṣyati mudāyukte svāṁte puṁsāṁ tu pāṭhataḥ

"Devotion to this pair of my feet shall grow ever greater, with a joyful heart, in those men who recite it."

Verse 20 (padma.5.5.20)

इत्युक्त्वा सोऽभवत्तूष्णीं नरदेवशिरोमणिः । सुराः सर्वे प्रहृष्टास्ते ययुर्लोकं स्वकं स्वकम्

ityuktvā so'bhavattūṣṇīṁ naradevaśiromaṇiḥ surāḥ sarve prahṛṣṭāste yayurlokaṁ svakaṁ svakam

Having said this, that crest-jewel among kings fell silent; all the gods, greatly delighted, returned each to his own realm.

Verse 21 (padma.5.5.21)

रघुनाथोऽपि भ्रातॄंस्तान्पालयंस्तातवद्बुधान् । प्रजाः पुत्रानिव स्वीयाल्लाँलयँल्लोकनायकः

raghunātho'pi bhrātṝṁstānpālayaṁstātavadbudhān prajāḥ putrāniva svīyāllā~laya~llokanāyakaḥ

Raghunatha too, protecting those wise brothers of his like a father, and cherishing his own subjects as though they were his own children, remained the guide of all his people.

Verse 22 (padma.5.5.22)

यस्मिञ्छासति लोकानां नाकालमरणं नृणाम् । न रोगादि पराभूतिर्गृहेषु च महीयसी

yasmiñchāsati lokānāṁ nākālamaraṇaṁ nṛṇām na rogādi parābhūtirgṛheṣu ca mahīyasī

Under his rule the people suffered no untimely death, nor were households greatly troubled by disease and its like.

Verse 23 (padma.5.5.23)

नेतिः कदापि द्दश्येत वैरिजं भयमेव च । वृक्षाः सदैव फलिनो मही भूयिष्ठधान्यका

netiḥ kadāpi ddaśyeta vairijaṁ bhayameva ca vṛkṣāḥ sadaiva phalino mahī bhūyiṣṭhadhānyakā

Injustice was never seen anywhere, nor fear born of enemies; trees were ever laden with fruit, the earth abundant in grain.

Verse 24 (padma.5.5.24)

पुत्रपौत्रपरीवार सनाथी कृतजीवनाः । कांता संयोगजसुखैर्निरस्तविरहक्लमाः

putrapautraparīvāra sanāthī kṛtajīvanāḥ kāṁtā saṁyogajasukhairnirastavirahaklamāḥ

All lived their lives secure with sons, grandsons, and family; the weariness of separation was banished by the joys of union with their beloved wives.

Verse 25 (padma.5.5.25)

नित्यं श्रीरघुनाथस्य पादपद्मकथोत्सुकाः । कदापि परनिंदासु वाचस्तेषां भवंति न

nityaṁ śrīraghunāthasya pādapadmakathotsukāḥ kadāpi paraniṁdāsu vācasteṣāṁ bhavaṁti na

They remained ever eager for the story of Shri Raghunatha's lotus feet, and their speech never turned to slandering others.

Verse 26 (padma.5.5.26)

कारवोऽपि कदा पापं नाचरंति मनस्यहो । रघुनाथकराघातदुःखशंकाभिशंसिनः

kāravo'pi kadā pāpaṁ nācaraṁti manasyaho raghunāthakarāghātaduḥkhaśaṁkābhiśaṁsinaḥ

Ah, even craftsmen, dreading the pain of punishment at Raghunatha's own hand, never committed sin even in thought.

Verse 27 (padma.5.5.27)

सीतापतिमुखालोक निश्चलीभूतलोचनाः । लोका बभूवुः सततं कारुण्यपरिपूरिताः

sītāpatimukhāloka niścalībhūtalocanāḥ lokā babhūvuḥ satataṁ kāruṇyaparipūritāḥ

The people, their eyes fixed unmoving upon the face of Sita's lord, remained ever filled with compassion.

Verse 28 (padma.5.5.28)

राज्यं प्राप्तमसापत्नं समृद्धबलवाहनम् । ऋषिभिर्हृष्टपुष्टैश्च रम्यं हाटकभूषणैः

rājyaṁ prāptamasāpatnaṁ samṛddhabalavāhanam ṛṣibhirhṛṣṭapuṣṭaiśca ramyaṁ hāṭakabhūṣaṇaiḥ

He obtained a kingdom without rival, rich in army and mounts, resplendent with healthy, well-nourished sages and with golden ornaments.

Verse 29 (padma.5.5.29)

संपुष्टमिष्टापूर्तानां धर्माणां नित्यकर्तृभिः । सदा संपन्नसस्यं च सुवसुक्षेत्रसंयुतम्

saṁpuṣṭamiṣṭāpūrtānāṁ dharmāṇāṁ nityakartṛbhiḥ sadā saṁpannasasyaṁ ca suvasukṣetrasaṁyutam

It was enriched by those ever devoted to charity and works of public good; the crops were always abundant, the fields fertile and prosperous.

Verse 30 (padma.5.5.30)

सुदेशं सुप्रजं स्वस्थं सुतृणं बहुगोधनम् । देवतायतनानां च राजिभिः परिराजितम्

sudeśaṁ suprajaṁ svasthaṁ sutṛṇaṁ bahugodhanam devatāyatanānāṁ ca rājibhiḥ parirājitam

It was blessed with fair lands, good progeny, healthy people, abundant pasture and cattle-wealth, and adorned with rows of temples to the gods.

Verse 31 (padma.5.5.31)

सुपूर्णा यत्र वै ग्रामाः सुवित्तर्द्धिविराजिताः । सुपुष्पकृत्रिमोद्यानाः सुस्वादुफलपादपाः

supūrṇā yatra vai grāmāḥ suvittarddhivirājitāḥ supuṣpakṛtrimodyānāḥ susvāduphalapādapāḥ

Its villages were ever full, radiant with wealth and prosperity, adorned with lovely gardens both natural and cultivated, and trees bearing the sweetest fruit.

Verse 32 (padma.5.5.32)

सपद्मिनीककासारा यत्र राजंति भूमयः । सदंभा निम्नगा यत्र न यत्र जनता क्वचित्

sapadminīkakāsārā yatra rājaṁti bhūmayaḥ sadaṁbhā nimnagā yatra na yatra janatā kvacit

Its land was graced with lotus-ponds and lakes, its rivers ran straight and true, and nowhere was the population lacking.

Verse 33 (padma.5.5.33)

कुलान्येव कुलीनानां वर्णानां नाधनानि च । विभ्रमो यत्र नारीषु न विद्वत्सु च कर्हिचित्

kulānyeva kulīnānāṁ varṇānāṁ nādhanāni ca vibhramo yatra nārīṣu na vidvatsu ca karhicit

There, nobility of family was measured by lineage alone, never by wealth; and fickleness was found neither among women nor, ever, among the learned.

Verse 34 (padma.5.5.34)

नद्यः कुटिलगामिन्यो न यत्र विषये प्रजाः । तमोयुक्ताः क्षपा यत्र बहुलेषु न मानवाः

nadyaḥ kuṭilagāminyo na yatra viṣaye prajāḥ tamoyuktāḥ kṣapā yatra bahuleṣu na mānavāḥ

There, rivers ran without crookedness, and darkness of ignorance was found nowhere among the people — only the nights themselves, and never the people, were shrouded in dark.

Verse 35 (padma.5.5.35)

रजोयुजः स्त्रियो यत्र नाधर्मबहुला नराः । धनैरनंधो यत्रास्ति जनो नैव च भोजने

rajoyujaḥ striyo yatra nādharmabahulā narāḥ dhanairanaṁdho yatrāsti jano naiva ca bhojane

There, women followed only nature's own course, and men were not given to unrighteousness; the people were blinded neither by the pride of wealth nor by greed at mealtime.

Verse 36 (padma.5.5.36)

अनयः स्यंदनो यत्र न च वैराजपूरुषः । दंडः परशुकुद्दालवालव्यजनराजिषु

anayaḥ syaṁdano yatra na ca vairājapūruṣaḥ daṁḍaḥ paraśukuddālavālavyajanarājiṣu

There, crookedness was found only in the wheels of chariots, and no man ever defied the king's command; the rod of punishment was seen only among the tools — the axe, the hoe, the fan of yak-hair, and their kind —

Verse 37 (padma.5.5.37)

आतपत्रेषु नान्यत्र क्वचित्क्रोधोपरोधजः । अन्यत्राक्षिकवृंदेभ्यः क्वचिन्न परिदेवनम्

ātapatreṣu nānyatra kvacitkrodhoparodhajaḥ anyatrākṣikavṛṁdebhyaḥ kvacinna paridevanam

and nowhere else; the mark of anger showed only in the ribs of a parasol, nowhere else; lament was found only among rows of eyelashes, nowhere else.

Verse 38 (padma.5.5.38)

आक्षिका एव दृश्यंते यत्र पाशकपाणयः । जाड्यवार्ता जलेष्वेव स्त्रीमध्या एव दुर्बलाः

ākṣikā eva dṛśyaṁte yatra pāśakapāṇayaḥ jāḍyavārtā jaleṣveva strīmadhyā eva durbalāḥ

Only gamblers were seen with dice in hand; dullness was spoken of only in connection with water; frailty was found only in the slenderness of women's waists.

Verse 39 (padma.5.5.39)

कठोरहृदया यत्र सीमंतिन्यो न मानवाः । औषधेष्वेव यत्रास्ति कुष्ठयोगो न मानवे

kaṭhorahṛdayā yatra sīmaṁtinyo na mānavāḥ auṣadheṣveva yatrāsti kuṣṭhayogo na mānave

There, neither women nor men were hard-hearted; the word for leprosy-cure applied only to medicinal herbs — no person ever suffered from leprosy.

Verse 40 (padma.5.5.40)

वेधो यत्र सुरत्नेषु शूलं मूर्तिकरेषु वै । कंपः सात्विकभावोत्थो न भयात्क्वापि कस्यचित्

vedho yatra suratneṣu śūlaṁ mūrtikareṣu vai kaṁpaḥ sātvikabhāvottho na bhayātkvāpi kasyacit

There, piercing was done only to fine gems, the chisel's point only in a sculptor's hand; trembling arose only from sattvic devotion, never from fear in anyone.

Verse 41 (padma.5.5.41)

संज्वरः कामजो यत्र दारिद्र्यकलुषस्य च । दुर्ल्लभत्वं सदैवस्य सुकृतेन च वस्तुनः

saṁjvaraḥ kāmajo yatra dāridryakaluṣasya ca durllabhatvaṁ sadaivasya sukṛtena ca vastunaḥ

There, fever was only the fever of love, never the wretched fever of poverty; and no good thing earned by virtue was ever hard to obtain.

Verse 42 (padma.5.5.42)

इभा एव प्रमत्ता वै युद्धे वीच्यो जलाशये । दानहानिर्गजेष्वेव तीक्ष्णा एव हि कंटकाः

ibhā eva pramattā vai yuddhe vīcyo jalāśaye dānahānirgajeṣveva tīkṣṇā eva hi kaṁṭakāḥ

In battle, only elephants ran wild with fury; only the sea had waves; a failure of giving was found only in elephants running short of musth; only thorns were ever sharp.

Verse 43 (padma.5.5.43)

बाणेषु गुणविश्लेषो बंधोक्तिः पुस्तके दृढा । स्नेहत्यागः खलेष्वेव न च वै स्वजने जने

bāṇeṣu guṇaviśleṣo baṁdhoktiḥ pustake dṛḍhā snehatyāgaḥ khaleṣveva na ca vai svajane jane

A slackened string was found only in bows; talk of firm bonds only in books of grammar; the abandonment of affection was seen only among the wicked, never among one's own kin.

Verse 44 (padma.5.5.44)

तं देशं पालयामास लालयँल्लालिताः प्रजाः । धर्मं संस्थापयन्देशे दुष्टे दंडधरोपमः

taṁ deśaṁ pālayāmāsa lālaya~llālitāḥ prajāḥ dharmaṁ saṁsthāpayandeśe duṣṭe daṁḍadharopamaḥ

Thus he protected that land, cherishing his cherished subjects, and, like the very embodiment of the rod of justice against the wicked, established righteousness throughout the realm.

Verse 45 (padma.5.5.45)

एवं पालयतो देशं धर्मेण धरणीतलम् । सहस्रं च व्यतीयुर्वै वर्षाण्येकादश प्रभोः

evaṁ pālayato deśaṁ dharmeṇa dharaṇītalam sahasraṁ ca vyatīyurvai varṣāṇyekādaśa prabhoḥ

Thus, as the lord protected the earth with righteousness in this way, eleven thousand years passed by.

Verse 46 (padma.5.5.46)

तत्र नीचजनाच्छ्रुत्वा सीताया अपमानताम् । स्वां च निंदां रजकतस्तां तत्याज रघूद्वहः

tatra nīcajanācchrutvā sītāyā apamānatām svāṁ ca niṁdāṁ rajakatastāṁ tatyāja raghūdvahaḥ

Then, hearing from a lowly man of Sita's dishonor, and of his own reputation being slandered by a washerman, the upholder of the Raghu line renounced Sita.

Verse 47 (padma.5.5.47)

पृथ्वीं पालयमानस्य धर्मेण नृपतेस्तदा । सीतां विरहितामेकां निदेशेन सुरक्षिताम्

pṛthvīṁ pālayamānasya dharmeṇa nṛpatestadā sītāṁ virahitāmekāṁ nideśena surakṣitām

Even while the king protected the earth with righteousness, Sita, though thus set apart and alone, was kept safe by his own instruction.

Verse 48 (padma.5.5.48)

कदाचित्संसदो मध्ये ह्यासीनस्य महामतेः । आजगाम मुनिश्रेष्ठः कुंभोत्पत्तिर्मुनिर्महान्

kadācitsaṁsado madhye hyāsīnasya mahāmateḥ ājagāma muniśreṣṭhaḥ kuṁbhotpattirmunirmahān

Once, while the wise king sat in the midst of his assembly, the great sage Agastya, born of a pot, foremost among sages, arrived there.

Verse 49 (padma.5.5.49)

गृहीत्वार्घ्यं समुत्तस्थौ वसिष्ठेन समन्वितः । जनताभिर्महाराजो वार्धिशोषकमागतम्

gṛhītvārghyaṁ samuttasthau vasiṣṭhena samanvitaḥ janatābhirmahārājo vārdhiśoṣakamāgatam

Taking up the offering of welcome, the great king rose together with Vasishtha, to receive him who — to the people's eyes — had once dried up the very ocean.

Verse 50 (padma.5.5.50)

स्वागतेन सुसंभाव्य पप्रच्छ तमनामयम् । सुखोपविष्टं विश्रांतं बभाषे रघुनंदनः

svāgatena susaṁbhāvya papraccha tamanāmayam sukhopaviṣṭaṁ viśrāṁtaṁ babhāṣe raghunaṁdanaḥ

Having honored him well with welcome, he asked after his health; and when the sage was seated comfortably and rested, the delight of the Raghus spoke to him —