Text 54]
The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra
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TRANSLATION
When Lord Rāmacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was the King of this world, all bodily and mental suffering, disease, old age, bereavement, lamentation, distress, fear and fatigue were completely absent. There was even no death for those who did not want it.
PURPORT
All these facilities existed because of Lord Rāmacandra's presence as the King of the entire world. A similar situation could be introduced immediately, even in this age called Kali, the worst of all ages. It is said,  kali-kāle nāma-rūpe kṛṣṇa-avatāra : Kṛṣṇa descends in this Kali-yuga in the form of His holy name—Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Rāma. If we chant offenselessly, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa are still present in this age. The kingdom of Rāma was immensely popular and beneficial, and the spreading of this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement can immediately introduce a similar situation, even in this Kali-yuga.
TEXT 54
एकपत्नीत्रतधरो राजर्षिचरितः शुचिः ।
स्वधर्मं गृहमेधीयं शिक्षयन् स्वयमाचरत् ॥५४॥
eka-patnī-vrata-dharo
rājarṣi-caritaḥ śuciḥ
sva-dharmaṁ gṛha-medhīyaṁ
śikṣayan svayam ācarat
eka-patnī-vrata-dharaḥ —taking a vow not to accept a second wife or to have any connection with any other woman;  rāja-rṣi —like a saintly king;  caritaḥ —whose character;  śuciḥ —pure;  sva-dharmaṁ —one's own occupational duty;  gṛha-medhīyaṁ —especially of persons situated in household life;  śikṣayan —teaching (by personal behavior);  svayam —personally;  ācarat —executed His duty.
TRANSLATION
Lord Rāmacandra took a vow to accept only one wife and have no connection with any other women. He was a saintly king, and