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TEXT 2
tasyapi bhagavan esa
saksad brahmamayo harih
amsamsena caturdhagat
putratvam prarthitah suraih
rama-laksmana-bharata-
satrughna iti samjnaya
SYNONYMS
tasyaof him, Maharaja Dasaratha; apialso; bhagavanthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; esahall of them; saksatdirectly; brahma-mayahthe Supreme Parabrahman, the Absolute Truth; harihthe Supreme Personality of Godhead; amsa-amsenaby an expansion of a plenary portion; caturdhaby fourfold expansions; agataccepted; putratvamsonhood; prarthitahbeing prayed for; suraihby the demigods; ramaLord Ramacandra; laksmanaLord Laksmana; bharataLord Bharata; satrughnahand Lord Satrughna; itithus; samjnayaby different names.
TRANSLATION
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.
PURPORT
Lord Ramacandra and His brothers, Laksmana, Bharata and Satrughna, are all visnu-tattva, not jiva-tattva. The Supreme Personality of Godhead expands into many, many forms. Advaitam acyutam anadim ananta-rupam [Bs 5.33]. Although they are one and the same, visnu-tattva has many forms and incarnations. As confirmed in the Brahma-samhita (5.39), ramadi-murtisu kala-niyamena tisthan. The Lord is situated in many forms, such as Rama, Laksmana, Bharata and Satrughna, and these forms may exist in any part of His creation. All these forms exist permanently, eternally, as individual Personalities of Godhead, and they resemble many candles, all equally powerful. Lord Ramacandra, Laksmana, Bharata and Satrughna, who, being visnu-tattva, are all equally powerful, became the sons of Maharaja Dasaratha in response to prayers by the demigods.
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