वदताम् वर the foremost of the eloquent, सः that you, स्वस्थः भव compose yourself, शोचेः in grief, मा not, यात्वा having returned, तां पुरीम् to that city (Ayodhya), आवस reside, वशिना by a man of selfcontrol, पित्रा by father, तथा like that, नियुक्तः असि you have been commanded.

O foremost of the eloquent, compose yourself. Do not grieve. Return to the city (Ayodhya) and reside there. You have been commanded so by our father who was a man of selfcontrol.