धर्मज्ञः knower of righteousness, सः that Rama, अथ thereafter, बाष्पपूर्णाक्षान् eyes filled with tears, सुदुःखितान् deeply afflicted, तान्नरान् those people, समीक्ष्य having seen, पितृवत् like a father, मातृवच्च like a mother, पर्यष्वजत embraced.

Thereafter, beholding those people deeply afflicted, their eyes full of tears, Rama embraced them as if they were his own father and mother.