56 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 10
ARAL TT TAMA YHA UN < I
yah satya-pasa-parivita-pitur nidesarh
strainasya capi sirasa jagrhe sabharyah
rajyam Sriyam pranayinah suhrdo nivasam
tyaktvd yayau vanam asin iva mukta-sangah

yah—Lord Ramacandra who; satya-pdsa-parivita-pituh—of His
father, who was bound by the promise to his wife; nidesam—the order;
strainasya—of the father who was very much attached to his wife; ca—
also; api—indeed; sirasd—on His head; jagrhe —accepted; sa-bharyah-
—with His wife; rdjyam—the kingdom; Sriyam—opulence; pra-
nayinah—relatives; suhrdah—friends; nivasam—residence; tyaktva —
giving up; yayau—went; vanam—to the forest; asiin—life; iva —like;
mukta-sangah—a liberated soul.

TRANSLATION

Carrying out the order of His father, who was bound by a prom-
ise to his wife, Lord Ramacandra left behind His kingdom, opu-
lence, friends, well-wishers, residence and everything else, just as
a liberated soul gives up his life, and went to the forest with Sita.

PURPORT

Maharaja Dasaratha had three wives. One of them, Kaikeyi, served
him very pleasingly, and he therefore wanted to give her a benediction.
Kaikeyi, however, said that she would ask for the benediction when it
was necessary. At the time of the coronation of Prince Ramacandra,
Kaikeyi requested her husband to enthrone her son Bharata and send
Ramacandra to the forest. Maharaja Dasaratha, being bound by his prom-
ise, ordered Ramacandra to go to the forest, according to the dictation of
his beloved. And the Lord, as an obedient son, accepted the order im-
mediately. He left everything without hesitation, just as a liberated soul
or great yogi gives up his life without material attraction.
