एकपत्नीव्रतधरो राजर्षिचरित: शुचि: । स्वधर्मं गृहमेधीयं शिक्षयन् स्वयमाचरत् ॥ ५४ ॥
eka-patni-vrata-dharo rajarsi-caritah sucih sva-dharmam grha-medhiyam siksayan svayam acarat
- eka-patni-vrata-dharah
- taking a vow not to accept a second wife or to have any connection with any other woman
- raja-rsi
- like a saintly king
- caritah
- whose character
- sucih
- pure
- sva-dharmam
- one’s own occupational duty
- grha-medhiyam
- especially of persons situated in household life
- siksayan
- teaching (by personal behavior)
- svayam
- personally
- acarat
- executed His duty.
Lord Ramacandra took a vow to accept only one wife and have no connection with any other women. He was a saintly king, and everything in His character was good, untinged by qualities like anger. He taught good behavior for everyone, especially for householders, in terms of varnasrama-dharma. Thus He taught the general public by His personal activities.