Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 6: The Residents of Kosala Prepare to Celebrate Rāma’s CoronationText 2.6.16
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 6: The Residents of Kosala Prepare to Celebrate Rāma’s Coronation
Text 2.6.16
बाला अपि क्रीडमाना गृहद्वारेषु सङ्घशः।
रामाभिषेकसंयुक्ताश्चक्रुरेवं मिथः कथाः॥
bālā api krīḍamānā gṛha-dvāreṣu saṅghaśaḥ
rāmābhiṣeka-saṁyuktāś cakrur evaṁ mithaḥ kathāḥ
bālāḥ = children; api = even; krīḍamānāḥ = playing; gṛha-dvāreṣu = by the gates of their homes; saṅghaśaḥ = in groups; rāma-abhiṣeka-saṁyuktāḥ = about Rāma’s coronation; cakruḥ1 evam = thus; mithaḥ = to each other; kathāḥ = spoke.
1. Technical note: kathāḥ cakruḥ.
Even children playing by the gates of their homes thus spoke to each other in groups about Rāma’s coronation.
1 Technical note: kathāḥ cakruḥ.