Raghavayadhaveeyam-sloka6

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sloka-6

mAramam sukumArabham rasAja Apa nrthASritham

kAviramadhalApa gOsama avAmatharA nathe

 

Sita, who was born from the earth,whose words provide uninterrupted joy,who is

equal to the earth(in patience),ytrue to those who bow to her a obtained Rama,

who is the Lord of Lakshmi,who possessed beautiful lustre and who was in the

form of a man.

 

 

rasAjA- rasA means earth and rasAja is one who was born from the earth, that is

Sita.

 

kAviramadhalApa- ka+avirAma+dha+lApA, giver.dha, of avirAma - uninterrupted or

continous, (Virama is interval), ka , joy, by her lapa, speech.

 

gosamA- go is earth and Sita is go samA equal to earth, in patience.

 

avAmatharA- Vama means cunning and avama is straight forward. The particle tharA

is addede to imply greater degree of truthfulness.Sita is true to natha, who

bows to her.

 

she Apa obtained Rama, who was mArama, consort of Lakshmi, that is

Narayana,sukumArAbha- sukumAra+Abha- beautiful luminance and nrthaSritha, who

has taken the form of a man. nrtha =being a man.

 

The sloka in reverse

thEna rAtham avAmA Asa gopalath amarAvika

tham Sritha nrpaja sArabham rAmA kusumam ramA

 

Rukmini, Lakshmi , the daughter of the king , protector of the devas,a woman of

truthfulness, who got Krishna (as her husband) obtained the lustrous

flower(parijata), from Krishna, brought by Narada.

 

ramA the word for Lakshmi denotes Rukmini who was the incarnation of Lakshmi.

She was a princess, nrpaja, (nrpa-king, ja born)

 

amArAvikA- amara(devas) +avika protector from the verb ava to protect.

 

AvAma- truthful.

 

tham SrithA-got him, Krishna (as her husband). tham refers to Krishna

while thEna on the first line refers to Narada.

 

Asa - obtained.

 

sArabham- SAra+bha, esentially lustrous.

 

gopAlAth- from Krishna.

 

rAtham -brought by thEna him(Narada.)