श्रीराजोवाच कथं स भगवान्रामो भ्रातॄन्वा स्वयमात्मनः तस्मिन्वा ते ऽन्ववर्तन्त प्रजाः पौराश्च ईश्वरे
śrī-rājovāca kathaṁ sa bhagavān rāmo bhrātṝn vā svayam ātmanaḥ tasmin vā te 'nvavartanta prajāḥ paurāś ca īśvare
Synonyms
śrī-rājā uvāca—Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired; katham—how; saḥ—He, the Lord; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rāmaḥ—Lord Rāmacandra; bhrātṝn—unto the brothers (Lakṣmaṇa, Bharata and Śatrughna); vā—either; svayam—personally; ātmanaḥ—expansions of His person; tasmin—unto the Lord; vā—either; te—they (all the inhabitants and the brothers); anvavartanta—behaved; prajāḥ—all the inhabitants; paurāḥ—the citizens; ca—and; īśvare—unto the Supreme Lord..
Translation
Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: How did the Lord conduct Himself, and how did He behave in relationship with His brothers, who were expansions of His own self? And how did His brothers and the inhabitants of Ayodhyā treat Him?