Text 1.28.22 | Viśvāmitra Teaches Rāma to Withdraw Divine Weapons | Bāla-kāṇḍa

Canto 1: Bāla-kāṇḍa (Boyhood)Chapter 28: Viśvāmitra Teaches Rāma to Withdraw Divine WeaponsText 1.28.22

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Chapter 28: Viśvāmitra Teaches Rāma to Withdraw Divine Weapons

Text 1.28.22

अनया त्ववगच्छामि देशस्य सुखवत्तया।
सर्वं मे शंस भगवन्कस्याश्रमपदं त्विदम्॥

anayā tv avagacchāmi deśasya sukhavattayā
sarvaṁ me śaṁsa bhagavan kasyāśrama-padaṁ tv idam

anayā tu avagacchāmi = I understand; deśasya sukhavattayā = what this place is because it is a place of happiness; sarvam me śaṁsa = please tell Me everything about it; bhagavan = O Lord; kasya āśrama-padam tu idam = whose āśrama is this.

I understand what this place is because it is a place of happiness. O Lord, please tell Me everything about it. Whose āśrama is this?

This verse means, “I understand that because this place is filled with happiness, it must be an āśrama. But I don’t know whose āśrama this is. Please tell Me everything about it, from its inception.”