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ततः शिवाज्ञया तस्मात्तासु राज्ञस्स्वयं हरिः ॥ चतुर्भिश्चैव रूपैश्चाविर्बभूव नृपात्मजः ॥ ३६ ॥
Then at the behest of Śiva, Viṣṇu himself was born of the ladies in four different forms.
english translation
कौसल्यायाः सुतो राम सुमित्रायाश्च लक्ष्मण ॥ शत्रुघ्नश्चैव कैकेय्या भरतश्चेति सुव्रताः ॥ ३७॥
Kausalyā’s son was Rāma, Sumitrā’s Lakṣmaṇa and Śatrughna and Kaikeyī’s Bharata. All of them performed Śiva’s rites.
english translation
रामस्ससहजो नित्यं पार्थिवं समपूजयत् ॥ भस्म रुद्राक्षधारी च विरजागममास्थितः ॥ ३८ ॥
Rāma performed the worship of the earthen idol every day in the company of his brothers. He wore Bhasma and Rudrākṣa and followed the Śiva-cult (virajāgama).
english translation
तद्वंशे ये समुत्पन्ना राजानः सानुगा मुने ॥ ते सर्वे पार्थिवं लिंगं शिवस्य समपूजयन् ॥ ३९॥
O sage, the kings born of his family worshipped the earthen idol of Śiva along with their followers.
english translation
सुद्युम्नश्च महाराजश्शैवो मुनिसुतो मुने ॥ शिवशापात्प्रियाहेतोरभून्नारी ससेवकः ॥ ४०॥
O sage, the great king Sudyumna, the son of a sage, became a woman along with his attendants as a result of Śiva’s curse for the sake of his beloved.
english translation