तेषां केतुरिव ज्येष्ठो रामो रतिकरः पितुः |१-१८-२४ बभूव भूयो भूतानां स्वयंभूरिव सम्मतः |
sarva priya karaH tasya raamasya api shariirataH || 1-18-29 lakShmaNo lakShmi saMpanno bahiH praaNa iva aparaH |
Translation
Among those princes the eldest one Rama is like a flagstaff and a delight of his father Dasharatha, and he became acceptable to all beings like the self-created Brahma. [1-18-24b, 25a]
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b, 25a. teSaam jyeSThaH raamaH
among them the princes Rama is eldest one
ketuH iva
flagstaff like
pituH bhuyaH ratikaraH
very much delightful one to his father
svayambhuuH iva bhuutaanaam sammataH babhuuva
he became acceptable to all beings like self-emerged [god, Brahma].
Chapter context
Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna took births
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