तदा then, विमानस्थः aerial car's, महीपतिः ruler of the world, प्रभुः Lord, वरासनगतः elevated seat, दशरथः Dasharatha, प्राणैः life, प्रियतरम् dearer, पुत्रम् son, दृष्टवा seeing, महता extremely, हर्षेण rejoiced, आविष्टः making him sit, अङ्के on his lap, आरोप्य seated, बाहुभ्याम् many, सम्परिष्वज्य embracing, ततः these, वाक्यम् words, समाददे started

Then Dasaratha, the ruler of the world, seated in an elevated seat in the aerial car, seeing his son who was dearer than life to him, extremely rejoiced and made Raghava sit on his lap, embraced him, and started speaking as follows.