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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 23]
romapāda iti khyātas tasmai daśarathaḥ sakhā
śāntāṁ sva-kanyāṁ prāyacchad ṛṣyaśṛṅga uvāha yām deve 'varṣati yaṁ rāmā āninyur hariṇī-sutam
nāṭya-saṅgīta-vāditrair vibhramāliṅganārhaṇaiḥ sa tu rājño 'napatyasya nirūpyeṣṭṁ marutvate
prajām adād daśaratho yena lebhe 'prajāḥ prajāḥ caturaṅgo romapādāt pṛthulākṣas tu tat-sutaḥ
sutaḥ—a son; dharmarathaḥ—Dharmaratha; yasya—of whom (Diviratha); jajñe—was born; citrarathaḥ—Citraratha; aprajāḥ—without any sons; romapādaḥ—Romapāda; iti—thus; khyātaḥ—celebrated; tasmai—unto him; daśarathaḥ—Daśaratha; sakhā—friend; śāntā—Śāntā; sva-kanyām—Daśaratha's own daughter; prāyacchat—delivered; ṛṣyaśṛṅgaḥ—Rṣyaśṛṅga; uvāha—married; yām—unto her (Śāntā); deve—the demigod in charge of rainfall; avarṣati—did not shower any rain; yam—unto whom (Rṣyaśṛṅga); rāmāḥ—prostitutes; āninyuḥ—brought; hariṇī-sutam—that Rṣyaśṛṅga, who was the son of a doe; nāṭya-saṅgīta-vāditraiḥ—by dancing, by singing and by a musical display; vibhrama—bewildering; āliṅgana—by embracing; arhaṇaiḥ—by worshiping; saḥ—he (Rṣyaśṛṅga); tu—indeed; rājñaḥ—from Mahārāja Daśaratha; anapatyasya—who was without issue; nirūpya—after establishing; iṣṭṁ—a sacrifice; marutvate—of the demigod named Marutvān; prajām—issue; adāt—delivered; daśarathaḥ—Daśaratha; yena—by which (as a result of the yajña); lebhe—achieved; aprajāḥ—although he had no sons; prajāḥ—sons; caturaṅgaḥ—Caturaṅga; romapādāt—from Citraratha; pṛthulākṣaḥ—Pṛthulākṣa; tu—indeed; tat-sutaḥ—the son of Caturaṅga.