मर्त्यावतारस्त्विह मर्त्यशिक्षणं रक्षोवधायैव न केवलं विभो: । कुतोऽन्यथा स्याद्रमत: स्व आत्मन: सीताकृतानि व्यसनानीश्वरस्य ॥ ५ ॥
martyavataras tv iha martya-siksanam rakso-vadhayaiva na kevalam vibhoh kuto ’nyatha syad ramatah sva atmanah sita-krtani vyasananisvarasya
- martya
- as a human being
- avatarah
- whose incarnation
- tu
- however
- iha
- in the material world
- martya-siksanam
- for teaching all the living entities, especially human beings
- raksah-vadhaya
- to kill the demon Ravana
- eva
- certainly
- na
- not
- kevalam
- only
- vibhoh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- kutah
- from where
- anyatha
- otherwise
- syat
- there would be
- ramatah
- of one enjoying
- sve
- in Himself
- atmanah
- the spiritual identity of the universe
- sita
- of the wife of Lord Ramacandra
- krtani
- appearing due to the separation
- vyasanani
- all the miseries
- isvarasya
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
It was ordained that Ravana, chief of the Raksasas, could not be killed by anyone but a man, and for this reason Lord Ramacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared in the form of a human being. Lord Ramacandra’s mission, however, was not only to kill Ravana but also to teach mortal beings that material happiness centered around sex life or centered around one’s wife is the cause of many miseries. He is the self-sufficient Supreme Personality of Godhead, and nothing is lamentable for Him. Therefore why else could He be subjected to tribulations by the kidnapping of mother Sita?