730 ## vaṉ tāl̤iṉ iṇai vaṇaṅki val̤anakaram tŏzhutu etta * maṉṉaṉ āvāṉ
niṉṟāyai * ariyaṇai mel iruntāyai * nĕṭuṅ kāṉam paṭarap poku
ĕṉṟāl̤ ** ĕm irāmāvo * uṉaip payanta kaikeci taṉ cŏl keṭṭu *
naṉṟāka nāṉilattai āl̤vitteṉ * naṉmakaṉe uṉṉai nāṉe (1)
Simple Translation
730. Dasaratha says, “You were going to become king
as the people of this flourishing country
bowed to your strong feet and worshipped you.
When you were about to sit on the throne,
O Rāma, your step-mother said,
‘Go and stay for a long time in the large forest. ’
I listened to the words of Kaikeyi, your mother,
and asked you to go to the forest.
O my dear son, that is what I did to you!”