Text 9] Lord Ramacandra Rules the World 111

TEXT 8

TIRERTT Teme: |
ALATA TA APTA BETA llc

kadacil loka-jijndsur
gidho ratryam alaksitah
caran vaco §rnod ramo

bharydm uddisya kasyacit

kaddcit—once upon a time; loka-jijidsuh—desiring to know about the
public; giidhah—hiding Himself by a disguise; rdtryam—at night;
alaksitah—without being identified by anyone else; caran—walk-
ing; vdcah—speaking; asrnot—heard; raémah—Lord Ramacandra;
bharyam—unto His wife; uddisya—indicating; kasyacit—of someone.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: Once while Lord Ramacandra was
walking at night incognito, hiding Himself by a disguise to find
out the people’s opinion of Himself, He heard a man speaking un-
favorably about His wife, Sitadevi.

TEXT 9
are frat cat qermadi waaay |
ROS Pegarg Atak TATE AH Ta: NS

naham bibharmi tvam dustam
asatim para-vesma-gam

straino hi bibhryat sitam
ramo naham bhaje punah

na—not; aham—I; bibharmi—can maintain; tudm—you; dustam—
because you are polluted; asatim—unchaste; para-vesma-giam—one
who has gone to another man’s house and committed adultery;
strainah—a person who is henpecked; hi—indeed; bibhrydt—can ac-
cept; sitam—even Sita; ramah—like Lord Ramacandra; na—not;
aham—1; bhaje—shall accept; punah—again.
