शोकोपहतचेताश्च वृद्धश्च जगतीपतिः। कामभावावसन्नश्च तस्मादेतद्ब्रवीमि ते।।2.52.23।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
जगतीपतिः lord of the world (Dasaratha), शोकोपहतचेताश्च consciousness overwhelmed with grief, वृद्धश्च and old also, कामभावावसन्नश्च full of passion, तस्मात् therefore, ते to you, एतत् all this, ब्रवीमि I am telling.
English Commentary
I tell you this because the lord of the earth (Dasaratha), is in deep distress. He is old. And he is under the control of his passion.