Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 11: Daśaratha Brings Ṛśyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā
Text 1.11.1
भूय एव च राजेन्द्र शृणु मे वचनं हितम्।
यथा स देवप्रवरः कथायामेवमब्रवीत्॥
bhūya eva ca rājendra śṛṇu me vacanaṁ hitam
yathā sa deva-pravaraḥ kathāyām evam abravīt
bhūyaḥ eva ca = again; rāja-indra = O best of kings; śṛṇu = listen; me = to my; vacanam = words; hitam = beneficial; yathā = that; saḥ = the; deva-pravaraḥ = best of celestials Sanat-kumāra; kathāyām = in his narration; evam abravīt = spoke.
O best of kings, listen again to my beneficial words that the best of celestials Sanat-kumāra spoke in his narration.
Having answered Daśaratha’s question, Sumantra introduces the rest of the history.