श्रीराजोवाच कथं स भगवान् रामो भ्रातृन् वा स्वयमात्मन: । तस्मिन् वा तेऽन्ववर्तन्त प्रजा: पौराश्च ईश्वरे ॥ २४ ॥
sri-rajovaca katham sa bhagavan ramo bhratrn va svayam atmanah tasmin va te ’nvavartanta prajah pauras ca isvare
- sri-raja uvaca
- Maharaja Pariksit inquired
- katham
- how
- sah
- He, the Lord
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ramah
- Lord Ramacandra
- bhratrn
- unto the brothers (Laksmana, Bharata and Satrughna)
- va
- either
- svayam
- personally
- atmanah
- expansions of His person
- tasmin
- unto the Lord
- va
- either
- te
- they (all the inhabitants and the brothers)
- anvavartanta
- behaved
- prajah
- all the inhabitants
- paurah
- the citizens
- ca
- and
- isvare
- unto the Supreme Lord
Maharaja Pariksit inquired from Sukadeva Gosvami: 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 Ayodhya treat Him?