na ca = is not; etat = this; me = my; priyam = to liking; putra = my son; śape = I promise; satyena = on truth that; rāghava = Rāghava; channayā = she has hidden motives; calitaḥ tu asmi = I have been forced; striyā = by my wife; channa-agni-kalpayā = and is like fire covered by ashes.