Text 2] The Pastimes of Lord Ramacandra 49

and; raghuh tasmaét—from him Raghu was born; prthu-sravah—saintly
and celebrated; ajah—the son named Aja; tatah—from him; maha-
rajah—the great king called Maharaja Dasaratha; tasmat—from Aja;
dasarathah—by the name Dasaratha; abhavat—was born.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: The son of Maharaja Khatvanga was
Dirghabahu, and his son was the celebrated Maharaja Raghu. From
Maharaja Raghu came Aja, and from Aja was born the great
personality Maharaja Dasaratha.

TEXT 2
THM ATA AaTe AAATT ele: |
daira seat yret aha: aes |
THOT «6 AAT UN Il

tasyapi bhagavan esa
saksad brahmamayo harih
amsamsena caturdhagat
putratvam prarthitah suraih
rama-laksmana-bharata-
Satrughna iti sarnjniaya

tasya—of him, Maharaja Dasaratha; api—also; bhagavan—the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; esah—all of them; saksat—directly;
brahma-mayah—the Supreme Parabrahman, the Absolute Truth;
harih—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; amsa-amsena—by an ex-
pansion of a plenary portion; caturdha—by fourfold expansions; agat—
accepted; putratvam—sonhood; prarthitah—being prayed for; suraih—
by the demigods; rdma—Lord Ramacandra; J/aksmana—Lord
Laksmana; bharata—Lord Bharata; satrughnah—and Lord Satrughna;
iti—thus; samjnaya—by different names.

TRANSLATION

Being prayed for by the demigods, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the Absolute Truth Himself, directly appeared with His
