तत: then, मेथावी great retentive intellectual, वेदज्ञ: knowledgeable in vedas, स: he, किञ्चित् for a little while, ध्यात्वा having pondered, तत: there after, लब्धसंज्ञ: recollected his memory, तम् that, नृपम् king, अब्रवीत् said.

Rsyasringa, a highly intellectual and knowledgeable one in the Vedas, pondered for a while, revived his memory and said to the king. Dasaratha commences putreshti under the guidance of Rsyasringa--Gods approach Brahma, the creator to suggest means of killing Ravana who could not be killed by anyone except man, monkeys and bears--Visnu appears--gods request Visnu to incarnate in the world of men as son of Dasaratha--He agrees