Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 20: Daśaratha Refuses to Give Rāma
Text 1.20.1
तच्छ्रुत्वा राजशार्दूलो विश्वामित्रस्य भाषितम्।
मुहूर्तमिव निःसंज्ञः संज्ञावानिदमब्रवीत्॥
tac chrutvā rāja-śārdūlo viśvāmitrasya bhāṣitam
muhūrtam iva niḥsaṁjñaḥ saṁjñāvān idam abravīt
tat = those; śrutvā = hearing; rāja-śārdūlaḥ = the tiger among kings; viśvāmitrasya = by Viśvāmitra; bhāṣitam = words spoken; muhūrtam = a muhūrta; iva = for almost; niḥsaṁjñaḥ = became unconscious and fainted; saṁjñāvān = when he became conscious; idam = as follows; abravīt = he spoke.
Hearing those words spoken by Viśvāmitra, the tiger among kings became unconscious and fainted for almost a muhūrta. When he became conscious, he spoke as follows.
Upon hearing the words of Viśvāmitra, Daśaratha became very dejected. That is described in this chapter.