गुरुः क्रियावान्वृद्धश्च राजा प्रेतः पितेतिच। तातं न परिगर्हेयं दैवतं चेति संसदि।।2.106.11।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
गुरुः preceptor, क्रियावान् one who is devoted to meritorious acts, वृद्धश्च old, राजा king, प्रेतः departed soul, पिता father, इति च for this, दैवतं चेति as a god, संसदि in the assembly, तातम् father, न परिगर्हेयम् I cannot reproach.
English Commentary
King Dasaratha, my father and preceptor, is godlike to me. Devoted to meritorious acts, he departed from this world in his old age. For this reason, I cannot reproach him (publicly) in this assembly (of men).