श्रीराजोवाच कथं स भगवान्रामो ।
भ्रातॄन्वा स्वयमात्मनः तस्मिन्वा ते ऽन्ववर्तन्त ।
प्रजाः पौराश्च ईश्वरे ॥ २४ ॥
bhratrn va svayam atmanah
tasmin va te 'nvavartanta
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?