आसीनः काञ्चने दिव्ये स च सिंहासने प्रभुः।
उपोपविष्टः सचिवैर्भ्रातृभिश्च समन्वितः॥
दृष्ट्वा तु रूपसम्पन्नौ तावुभौ नियतस्तदा।
उवाच लक्ष्मणं रामः शत्रुघ्नं भरतं तथा॥
āsīnaḥ kāñcane divye sa ca siṁhāsane prabhuḥ
upopaviṣṭaḥ sacivair bhrātṛbhiś ca samanvitaḥ
dṛṣṭvā tu rūpa-sampannau tāv ubhau niyatas tadā
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṁ rāmaḥ śatrughnaṁ bharataṁ tathā
āsīnaḥ = sitting; kāñcane = on a golden; divye = celestial; saḥ ca prabhuḥ = the Lord; upopaviṣṭaḥ = surrounded; sacivaiḥ = by his ministers; bhrātṛbhiḥ = by His brothers; ca = and; samanvitaḥ = accompanied; dṛṣṭvā tu= upon seeing; tu = to; rūpa-sampannau = handsome; tau = the; ubhau = two boys; niyataḥ = who had been initiated into the Aśvamedha sacrifice; tadā uvāca = spoke; lakṣmaṇam = to Lakṣmaṇa; rāmaḥ = Rāma; śatrughnam = Śatrughna; bharatam = Bharata; tathā = and.
Sitting on a golden celestial siṁhāsana, surrounded by His ministers and brothers, the Lord who had been initiated into the Aśvamedha sacrifice spoke to Lakṣmaṇa, Śatrughna and Bharata upon seeing the two handsome boys.
Then, the sage Vālmīki describes the entourage of the Mahāpuruṣa, the Great Being, the hero of this composition. The Lord was sitting on a golden siṁhāsana that was celestial because it was brought by Daśaratha from Svarga. It is thus indicated that He was free from any calamities.