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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 11]
Rāmacandra;  trayodaśa-abda-sāhasram —for thirteen thousand years;  agnihotram —the sacrifice known as Agnihotra-yajña;  akhaṇḍitam —without ceasing.
TRANSLATION
After mother Sītā entered the earth, Lord Rāmacandra observed complete celibacy and performed an uninterrupted Agnihotra-yajña for thirteen thousand years.
TEXT 19
स्मरतां हृदि विन्यस्य विद्धं दण्डककण्टकैः । स्वपादपल्लवं राम आत्मज्योतिरगात् ततः ॥१९॥
smaratām hṛdi vinyasya viddham daṇḍaka-kaṇṭakaiḥ sva-pāda-pallavam rāma ātma-jyotir agāt tataḥ
smaratām —of persons who always think of Him;  hṛdi —in the core of the heart;  vinyasya —placing;  viddham —pierced;  daṇḍaka-kaṇṭakaiḥ —by thorns in the forest of Daṇḍakāraṇya (while Lord Rāmacandra was living there);  sva-pāda-pallavam —the petals of His lotus feet;  rāmaḥ —Lord Rāmacandra;  ātma-jyotiḥ —the rays of His bodily luster, known as the  brahmajyoti ;  agāt —entered;  tataḥ —beyond the  brahmajyoti , or in His own Vaikuṇṭha planet.
TRANSLATION
After completing the sacrifice, Lord Rāmacandra, whose lotus feet were sometimes pierced by thorns when He lived in Daṇḍakāraṇya, placed those lotus feet in the hearts of those who always think of Him. Then He entered His own abode, the Vaikuṇṭha planet beyond the  brahmajyoti .
PURPORT
The lotus feet of the Lord are always a subject matter for meditation for devotees. Sometimes when Lord Rāmacandra wandered in the forest