सुतो धर्मरथो यस्य जज्ञे चित्ररथोऽप्रजा: । रोमपाद इति ख्यातस्तस्मै दशरथ: सखा ॥ ७ ॥ शान्तां स्वकन्यां प्रायच्छदृष्यशृङ्ग उवाह याम् । देवेऽवर्षति यं रामा आनिन्युर्हरिणीसुतम् ॥ ८ ॥ नाट्यसङ्गीतवादित्रैर्विभ्रमालिङ्गनार्हणै: । स तु राज्ञोऽनपत्यस्य निरूप्येष्टिं मरुत्वते ॥ ९ ॥ प्रजामदाद् दशरथो येन लेभेऽप्रजा: प्रजा: । चतुरङ्गो रोमपादात् पृथुलाक्षस्तु तत्सुत: ॥ १० ॥
suto dharmaratho yasya jajne citraratho ’prajah romapada iti khyatas tasmai dasarathah sakha santam sva-kanyam prayacchad rsyasrnga uvaha yam deve ’varsati yam rama aninyur harini-sutam natya-sangita-vaditrair vibhramalinganarhanaih sa tu rajno ’napatyasya nirupyestim marutvate prajam adad dasaratho yena lebhe ’prajah prajah caturango romapadat prthulaksas tu tat-sutah
- sutah
- a son
- dharmarathah
- Dharmaratha
- yasya
- of whom (Diviratha)
- jajne
- was born
- citrarathah
- Citraratha
- aprajah
- without any sons
- romapadah
- Romapada
- iti
- thus
- khyatah
- celebrated
- tasmai
- unto him
- dasarathah
- Dasaratha
- sakha
- friend
- santam
- Santa
- sva-kanyam
- Dasaratha’s own daughter
- prayacchat
- delivered
- rsyasrngah
- Rsyasrnga
- uvaha
- married
- yam
- unto her (Santa)
- deve
- the demigod in charge of rainfall
- avarsati
- did not shower any rain
- yam
- unto whom (Rsyasrnga)
- ramah
- prostitutes
- aninyuh
- brought
- harini-sutam
- that Rsyasrnga, who was the son of a doe
- natya-sangita-vaditraih
- by dancing, by singing and by a musical display
- vibhrama
- bewildering
- alingana
- by embracing
- arhanaih
- by worshiping
- sah
- he (Rsyasrnga)
- tu
- indeed
- rajnah
- from Maharaja Dasaratha
- anapatyasya
- who was without issue
- nirupya
- after establishing
- istim
- a sacrifice
- marutvate
- of the demigod named Marutvan
- prajam
- issue
- adat
- delivered
- dasarathah
- Dasaratha
- yena
- by which (as a result of the yajna)
- lebhe
- achieved
- aprajah
- although he had no sons
- prajah
- sons
- caturangah
- Caturanga
- romapadat
- from Citraratha
- prthulaksah
- Prthulaksa
- tu
- indeed
- tat-sutah
- the son of Caturanga
From Diviratha came a son named Dharmaratha, and his son was Citraratha, who was celebrated as Romapada. Romapada, however, was without issue, and therefore his friend Maharaja Dasaratha gave him his own daughter, named Santa. Romapada accepted her as his daughter, and thereafter she married Rsyasrnga. When the demigods from the heavenly planets failed to shower rain, Rsyasrnga was appointed the priest for performing a sacrifice, after being brought from the forest by the allurement of prostitutes, who danced, staged theatrical performances accompanied by music, and embraced and worshiped him. After Rsyasrnga came, the rain fell. Thereafter, Rsyasrnga performed a son-giving sacrifice on behalf of Maharaja Dasaratha, who had no issue, and then Maharaja Dasaratha had sons. From Romapada, by the mercy of Rsyasrnga, Caturanga was born, and from Caturanga came Prthulaksa.