ततः सा सम्प्रतिश्राव्य तव माता यशस्विनी। अयाचत नरश्रेष्ठं द्वौ वरौ वरवर्णिनी।।2.107.5।। तव राज्यं नरव्याघ्र मम प्रव्राजनं तथा। तच्च राजा तदा तस्यै नियुक्तः प्रददौ वरौ।।2.107.6।।
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English Translation
नरव्याघ्र O tiger among men, ततः thereafter, यशस्विनी illustrious, वरवर्णिनी of best (fair) complexion, तव माता your mother, सम्प्रतिश्राव्य making him promise, नरश्रेष्ठम् to best of men, तव for you, राज्यम् kingdom, तथा likewise, मम to me, प्रव्राजनम् banishment, द्वौ two, वरौ boons, अयाचत demanded, तदा then, राजा च king also, नियुक्तः bound by agreement, तौ वरौ those two boons, तस्यै for her, प्रददौ granted.
English Commentary
Thereafter, O tiger among men, your illustrious mother of fair complexion, under oath demanded of that best of men, king Dasaratha, the two boons, namely kingdom for you and banishment for me. Bound by such agreement (oath), the king granted her the boons.