Rāmāyaṇacampū 2.86_15

2.86_15

Context: / This verse is taken from the Ayodhyākāṇḍa of the Campūrāmāyaṇa composed by the illustrious King Bhoja. / Background: / After Bharata and Śatrughna departed for their uncle’s abode, Daśaratha wished to perform the royal consecration of Śrī Rāma. / Word-division: / atha | daśarathaḥ | putram | rāmam | svataḥ | trijagatpatim | svaviṣayamahīmātre | kartum | patim | vidadhe | matim | bhuvanabharaṇe | kalyam | kalyāṇabhūdharam | ādarāt | svagṛhapaṭalīdhūryastambham | vidhātumanāḥ | iva .. / Prose order: / Then Daśaratha set his mind to make his son Rāma, master of the three worlds by nature, lord [of his realm], as if intending out of affection to make the auspicious mountain, capable of bearing the worlds, the load-bearing pillar for the roof of his own house.
Exposition: / Then (after Bharata and Śatrughna departed to their maternal uncle's abode), Daśaratha (the king of that name) set (resolved upon) his mind (his intent) to make (appoint) as lord (ruler) over his own territory alone his son Rāma (his son Rāmabhadra), who is master of the three worlds (lord of the three worlds) naturally (of himself); as if intending (having resolved) out of affection (out of love) to make the auspicious mountain [Meru] (the golden mountain), capable (competent) in supporting the world (bearing the three worlds), the load-bearing pillar of his own house's roof (a pillar in his own home).