Text 23] Scheduled Incarnations with Specific Functions
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तिष्ठन् वनं सदधितानुज आविवेश
यस्मिन् विरुद्ध्य दशकन्धर आर्तिमार्च्छत्॥२३॥
asmat-prasāda-sumukhaḥ kalayā kaleśa 
    ikṣvāku-vaṁśa avatīrya guror nideśe 
    tiṣṭhan vanaṁ sa-dayitānuja āviveśa 
    yasmin virudhya daśa-kandhara ārtim ārcchat
asmat—unto us, beginning from Brahmā down to the insignificant ant; prasāda—causeless mercy; sumukhaḥ—so inclined; kalayā—with His plenary extensions; kaleśaḥ—the Lord of all potencies; ikṣvāku—Mahārāja Ikṣvāku, in the dynasty of the sun; vaṁse—family; avatīrya—by descending in; guroḥ—of the father or spiritual master; nideśe—under the order of; tiṣṭhan—being situated in; vanam—in the forest; sa-dayitā-anujaḥ—along with His wife and younger brother; āviveśa—entered in; yasmin—unto whom; virudhya—being rebellious; daśa-kandharaḥ—Rāvaṇa, who had ten heads; ārtim—great distress; ārcchat—achieved.
TRANSLATION
Due to His causeless mercy upon all living entities within the universe, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, along with His plenary extensions, appeared in the family of Mahārāja Ikṣvāku as the Lord of His internal potency, Sītā. Under the order of His father, Mahārāja Daśaratha, He entered the forest and lived there for considerable years with His wife and younger brother. Rāvaṇa, who was very materially powerful, with ten heads on His shoulders, committed a great offense against Him and was thus ultimately vanquished.
PURPORT
Lord Rāma is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and His brothers, namely Bharata, Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna, are His plenary expansions. All four brothers were  Viṣṇu-tattva  and were never ordinary human beings. There are many unscrupulous and ignorant commentators on  Śrīmad Rāmāyaṇa  who present the younger brothers of Lord Rāmacandra as ordinary living entities. But here in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , the most