732 kŏl aṇai vel vari nĕṭuṅ kaṇ * kaucalai taṉ kula matalāy kuṉi vil entum *
mal aṇainta varait tol̤ā * val viṉaiyeṉ maṉam urukkum vakaiye kaṟṟāy **
mĕl aṇaimel muṉ tuyiṉṟāy iṉṟu iṉippoy * viyaṉ kāṉa marattiṉ nīzhal *
kal aṇaimel kaṇ tuyilak kaṟṟaṉaiyo? * kākuttā kariya kove (3)
Simple Translation
732. Dasaratha says, “You, with your mountain-like arms that can fight anyone,
the son of the family of Kosalai
whose long red-lined eyes are like murderous spears,
know how to melt my heart.
Before you slept on a soft bed in the palace—
how are you going to sleep
under the shadow of a tree in the large forest?
How could you learn to sleep on a stone bed,
O dark king of the dynasty of Kahustha?”