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21 passagesतदद्भुततमं वाक्यं श्रुत्वागस्त्यस्य राघवः । गौरवाद्विस्मयाच्चैव पुनः प्रष्टुं प्रचक्रमे ।। ७.७९.१ ।।
Having heard that most wondrous statement of Agastya, Rāghava, out of respect and astonishment, again began to ask.
भगवंस्तद्वनं घोरं तपस्तप्यति यत्र सः । श्वेतो वैदर्भको राजा कथं स्यादमृगद्विजम् ।। ७.७९.२ ।।
“O Blessed One, that forest where he practices terrible austerity—how could that king Śveta, the Vidarbhan, become one devoid of deer and birds? The exact force of the last compound is somewhat uncertain.”
तद्वनं स कथ राजा शून्यं मनुजवर्जितम् । तपश्चर्तुं प्रविष्टः स श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः ।। ७.७९.३ ।।
“How did that king enter that forest, empty and devoid of human beings, in order to perform austerity? I wish to hear this in truth.” The transmitted form कथ is understood conditionally here as कथम्, “how”; as written, its final nasal is absent.
रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा कौतूहलसमन्वितम् । वाक्यं परमतेजस्वी वक्तुमेवोपचक्रमे ।। ७.७९.४ ।।
“Having heard Rāma’s speech, a statement filled with curiosity, the exceedingly radiant one then began indeed to speak.”
पुरा कृतयुगे राम मनुर्दण्डधरः प्रभुः । तस्य पुत्रो महानासीदिक्ष्वाकुः कुलनन्दनः ।। ७.७९.५ ।।
Formerly, in the Kṛta Age, O Rāma, Manu was the lord who bore the rod of punishment. His son was the great Ikṣvāku, the joy of the lineage.
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