Canto 9: LiberationChapter 11: Lord Ramacandra Rules the World

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.11.24

sri-rajovaca

katham sa bhagavan ramo

bhratrin va svayam atmanah

tasmin va te 'nvavartanta

prajah pauras ca isvare

SYNONYMS

sri-raja uvaca -- Maharaja Parikshit inquired; katham -- how; sah -- He, the Lord; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ramah -- Lord Ramacandra; bhratrin -- unto the brothers (Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna); va -- either; svayam -- personally; atmanah -- expansions of His person; tasmin -- unto the Lord; va -- either; te -- they (all the inhabitants and the brothers); anvavartanta -- behaved; prajah -- all the inhabitants; paurah -- the citizens; ca -- and; isvare -- unto the Supreme Lord.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Parikshit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: How did the Lord conduct Himself, and how did He behave in relationship with His brothers, who were expansions of His own self? And how did His brothers and the inhabitants of Ayodhya treat Him?

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