अन्वयः

अथ thereafter, धर्मात्मा the virtuous, राजा दशरथ: king Dasaratha, सोपाध्याय: along with priests, सबान्धव: along with relatives, तेषाम् their, दारक्रियां प्रति marriage, चिन्तयामास was engaged in the thought .

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Once upon a time, when the virtuous king Dasaratha, surrounded by his priests and friends, was reflecting about the nuptials of his sons, to that high-souled one engaged in thought in the midst of his counsellors came the mighty ascetic Visvamitra.

Summary

Then the virtuous king Dasaratha deliberated with his priests and kinsmen about the marriage of his sons.

पदच्छेदः

अथ	अथ (अव्ययः)
राजा	राजन् (१.१)
दशरथस्	दशरथ (१.१)
तेषां	तद् (६.३)
दारक्रियां	दारक्रिया (२.१)
प्रति	प्रति (अव्ययः)
चिन्तयामास	चिन्तयामास (√चिन्तय् प्र.पु. एक.)
धर्मात्मा	धर्म–आत्मन् (१.१)
सोपाध्यायः	स (अव्ययः)–उपाध्याय (१.१)
सबान्धवः	स (अव्ययः)–बान्धव (१.१)

छन्दः

अनुष्टुप् [८]

छन्दोविश्लेषणम्

१	२	३	४	५	६	७	८
अ	थ	रा	जा	द	श	र	थ
स्ते	षां	दा	र	क्रि	यां	प्र	ति
चि	न्त	या	मा	स	ध	र्मा	त्मा
सो	पा	ध्या	यः	स	बा	न्ध	वः