तस्यापि भगवानेष साक्षाद् ब्रह्ममयो हरि: । अंशांशेन चतुर्धागात् पुत्रत्वं प्रार्थित: सुरै: । रामलक्ष्मणभरतशत्रुघ्ना इति संज्ञया ॥ २ ॥
tasyapi bhagavan esa saksad brahmamayo harih amsamsena caturdhagat putratvam prarthitah suraih rama-laksmana-bharata- satrughna iti samjnaya
- 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 expansion of a plenary portion
- caturdha
- by fourfold expansions
- agat
- accepted
- putratvam
- sonhood
- prarthitah
- being prayed for
- suraih
- by the demigods
- rama
- Lord Ramacandra
- laksmana
- Lord Laksmana
- bharata
- Lord Bharata
- satrughnah
- and Lord Satrughna
- iti
- thus
- samjnaya
- by different names
Being prayed for by the demigods, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Absolute Truth Himself, directly appeared with His expansion and expansions of the expansion. Their holy names were Rama, Laksmana, Bharata and Satrughna. These celebrated incarnations thus appeared in four forms as the sons of Maharaja Dasaratha.