भ्रात्राभिनन्दित: सोऽथ सोत्सवां प्राविशत् पुरीम् । प्रविश्य राजभवनं गुरुपत्नी: स्वमातरम् ॥ ४५ ॥ गुरून् वयस्यावरजान् पूजित: प्रत्यपूजयत् । वैदेही लक्ष्मणश्चैव यथावत् समुपेयतु: ॥ ४६ ॥
bhratrabhinanditah so ’tha sotsavam pravisat purim pravisya raja-bhavanam guru-patnih sva-mataram gurun vayasyavarajan pujitah pratyapujayat vaidehi laksmanas caiva yathavat samupeyatuh
- bhratra
- by His brother (Bharata)
- abhinanditah
- being welcomed properly
- sah
- He, Lord Ramacandra
- atha
- thereafter
- sa-utsavam
- in the midst of a festival
- pravisat
- entered
- purim
- the city of Ayodhya
- pravisya
- after entering
- raja-bhavanam
- the royal palace
- guru-patnih
- Kaikeyi and other stepmothers
- sva-mataram
- His own mother (Kausalya)
- gurun
- the spiritual masters (Sri Vasistha and others)
- vayasya
- unto friends of the same age
- avara-jan
- and those who were younger than He
- pujitah
- being worshiped by them
- pratyapujayat
- He returned the obeisances
- vaidehi
- mother Sita
- laksmanah
- Laksmana
- ca eva
- and
- yatha-vat
- in a befitting way
- samupeyatuh
- being welcomed, entered the palace
Thereafter, having been welcomed by His brother Bharata, Lord Ramacandra entered the city of Ayodhya in the midst of a festival. When He entered the palace, He offered obeisances to all the mothers, including Kaikeyi and the other wives of Maharaja Dasaratha, and especially His own mother, Kausalya. He also offered obeisances to the spiritual preceptors, such as Vasistha. Friends of His own age and younger friends worshiped Him, and He returned their respectful obeisances, as did Laksmana and mother Sita. In this way they all entered the palace.