Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 16: Daśaratha Benedicted
Text 1.16.23
तथेति नृपतिः प्रीतः शिरसा प्रतिगृह्य ताम्।
पात्रीं देवान्नसम्पूर्णां देवदत्तां हिरण्मयीम्॥
tatheti nṛ-patiḥ prītaḥ śirasā pratigṛhya tām
pātrīṁ devānna-sampūrṇāṁ deva-dattāṁ hiraṇmayīm
tathā iti = “alright”; nṛ-patiḥ = king said; prītaḥ = the happy; śirasā = on his head; pratigṛhya = and accepted; tām = that; pātrīm = vessel; deva anna-sampūrṇām = filled with rice created by the Lord; deva-dattām = given to him by the Lord; hiraṇmayīm = golden.
The happy king said, “Alright” and accepted that golden vessel given to him by the Lord that was filled with rice created by the Lord, on his head.