Verse 8·VR 1.16.8
इत्येतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सुराणां विष्णुरात्मवान् | पितरं रोचयामास तदा दशरथं नृपम् || १-१६-८
sa ca api aputro nR^ipatiH tasmin kaale mahaadyutiH | ayajat putriyaam iShTim putrepsuH arisuudanaH ||1-16-9
Translation
On hearing that speech of gods said that way, he that kind-hearted Vishnu then chose Dasharatha as his father in human world. [1-16-8]
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Word by word
iti suraaNaam etat vachanam shrutvaa
this way, on hearing the speech of the gods
viShNuH
lord Vishnu
aatmavaan
kind-hearted one
tadaa dasharatham nR^ipam
then, king Dasharatha
pitaram rochayaamaasa
as father, started to choose.
Chapter context
16
Yajna Purusha presents divine dessert as fruit of ritual
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