atha sma nagarē rāmaścaran bhaikṣaṅ gṛhē vasēt.
kāmakārō varaṅ dātumapi dāsaṅ mamātmajam৷৷2.43.4৷৷
kāmakārō varaṅ dātumapi dāsaṅ mamātmajam৷৷2.43.4৷৷
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mama my, ātmajam son, dāsam as slave, dātum api even to give, varam is better, atha thereafter, rāmaḥ Rama, kāmakāraḥ discharging the duties, nagarē in the city (Ayodhya), bhaikṣam food obtained by begging, caran moving about, gṛhē in the house, vasēt would have lived.
mama my, ātmajam son, dāsam as slave, dātum api even to give, varam is better, atha thereafter, rāmaḥ Rama, kāmakāraḥ discharging the duties, nagarē in the city (Ayodhya), bhaikṣam food obtained by begging, caran moving about, gṛhē in the house, vasēt would have lived.
It would have been better had I offered her my son as a slave. He would have lived on in the house by doing his duties and begging his food in the city.