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Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World
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TEXT 8
कदाचिल्लोकजिज्ञासुर्गूढो रात्र्यामलक्षितः । चरन् वाचोऽभृणोद् रामो भार्यामुद्दिश्य कस्यचित् ॥८॥
kadācil loka-jijñāsur gūḍho rātryām alakṣitaḥ caran vāco 'śṛṇod rāmo bhāryām uddiśya kasyacit
kadācit —once upon a time;  loka-jijñāsuḥ —desiring to know about the public;  gūḍhaḥ —hiding Himself by a disguise;  rātryām —at night;  alakṣitaḥ —without being identified by anyone else;  caran —walking;  vācaḥ —speaking;  aśṛṇot —heard;  rāmaḥ —Lord Rāmacandra;  bhāryām —unto His wife;  uddiśya —indicating;  kasyacit —of someone.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Once while Lord Rāmacandra was walking at night incognito, hiding Himself by a disguise to find out the people's opinion of Himself, He heard a man speaking unfavorably about His wife, Śitādevī.
TEXT 9
नाहं बिभर्मि त्वां दुष्टामसतीं परवेश्मगाम् । स्त्रैणोहि बिभृयात् सीतां रामो नाहं भजे पुनः ॥ ९ ॥
nāhaṁ bibharmi tvāṁ duṣṭām asatīṁ para-veśma-gām straiṇo hi bibhṛyāt sītāṁ rāmo nāhaṁ bhaje punaḥ
na —not;  aham —I;  bibharmi —can maintain;  tvām —you;  duṣṭām —because you are polluted;  asatīm —unchaste;  para-veśma-gām —one who has gone to another man's house and committed adultery;  straiṇaḥ —a person who is henpecked;  hi —indeed;  bibhṛyāt —can accept;  sītām —even Śitā;  rāmaḥ —like Lord Rāmacandra;  na —not;  aham —I;  bhaje —shall accept;  punaḥ —again.