736 pū maruvu naṟuṅkuñci puṉcaṭaiyāp puṉaintu * pūn tukil cer alkul *
kāmar ĕzhil vizhal uṭuttu kalaṉ aṇiyātu * aṅkaṅkal̤ azhaku māṟi **
emaru tol̤ ĕṉ putalvaṉ * yāṉ iṉṟu cĕlattakka vaṉam tāṉ certal *
tū maṟaiyīr itu takavo? * cumantiraṉe vaciṭṭaṉe cŏllīr nīre (7)
Simple Translation
736. Dasaratha says, “His hair that was decorated
with fragrant flowers is matted into jata now.
He would wear lovely, soft garments on his waist
but now he wears orange clothes like a renunciant
and he does not wear any ornaments.
Is it right that my son with such handsome arms
should go to the forest instead of me?
O, Sumanthra, O sage Vashista,
you are learned men of the Vedās. Tell me!”