तदा then, तत्र there, नयज्ञः one having political foresight, धर्मवत्सलः lover of dharma, रामः Rama, त्रीरात्रोषितः spent three nights, सरितांपतिम् Lord of rivers, सागरम् the ocean, उपासत waiting upon.

Rama, a lover of dharma, who had political foresight, spent three nights waiting upon the ocean, the Lord of rivers.