Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 18 Sanskrit: तत ऊर्ध्वं ब्रह्मचर्यं धार्यन्नजुहोत् प्रभु: ।त्रयोदशाब्दसाहस्रमग्निहोत्रमखण्डितम् ॥ १८ ॥ ITRANS: tata ūrdhvaṁ brahmacaryaṁdhāryann ajuhot prabhuḥtrayodaśābda-sāhasramagnihotram akhaṇḍitam Translation: After mother Sītā entered the earth, Lord Rāmacandra observed complete celibacy and performed an uninterrupted Agnihotra-yajña for thirteen thousand years. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 19 Sanskrit: स्मरतां हृदि विन्यस्य विद्धं दण्डककण्टकै: ।स्वपादपल्लवं राम आत्मज्योतिरगात् तत: ॥ १९ ॥ ITRANS: smaratāṁ hṛdi vinyasyaviddhaṁ daṇḍaka-kaṇṭakaiḥsva-pāda-pallavaṁ rāmaātma-jyotir agāt tataḥ Translation: After completing the sacrifice, Lord Rāmacandra, whose lotus feet were sometimes pierced by thorns when He lived in Daṇḍakāraṇya, placed those lotus feet in the hearts of those who always think of Him. Then He entered His own abode, the Vaikuṇṭha planet beyond the brahmajyoti....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 20 Sanskrit: नेदं यशो रघुपते: सुरयाच्ञयात्त-लीलातनोरधिकसाम्यविमुक्तधाम्न: ।रक्षोवधो जलधिबन्धनमस्त्रपूगै:किं तस्य शत्रुहनने कपय: सहाया: ॥ २० ॥ ITRANS: nedaṁ yaśo raghupateḥ sura-yācñayātta-līlā-tanor adhika-sāmya-vimukta-dhāmnaḥrakṣo-vadho jaladhi-bandhanam astra-pūgaiḥkiṁ tasya śatru-hanane kapayaḥ sahāyāḥ Translation: Lord Rāmacandra’s reputation for having killed Rāvaṇa with showers of arrows at the request of the demigods and for having built a bridge over the ocean does not constitute the factual glory of the Supreme Personality of Godhead Lord Rāmacandra, whose spiritual body is always engaged in various pastimes....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21 Sanskrit: यस्यामलं नृपसद:सु यशोऽधुनापिगायन्त्यघघ्नमृषयो दिगिभेन्द्रपट्टम् ।तं नाकपालवसुपालकिरीटजुष्ट-पादाम्बुजं रघुपतिं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥ २१ ॥ ITRANS: yasyāmalaṁ nṛpa-sadaḥsu yaśo ’dhunāpigāyanty agha-ghnam ṛṣayo dig-ibhendra-paṭṭamtaṁ nākapāla-vasupāla-kirīṭa-juṣṭa-pādāmbujaṁ raghupatiṁ śaraṇaṁ prapadye Translation: Lord Rāmacandra’s spotless name and fame, which vanquish all sinful reactions, are celebrated in all directions, like the ornamental cloth of the victorious elephant that conquers all directions. Great saintly persons like Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi still glorify His characteristics in the assemblies of great emperors like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 22 Sanskrit: स यै: स्पृष्टोऽभिदृष्टो वा संविष्टोऽनुगतोऽपि वा ।कोसलास्ते ययु: स्थानं यत्र गच्छन्ति योगिन: ॥ २२ ॥ ITRANS: sa yaiḥ spṛṣṭo ’bhidṛṣṭo vāsaṁviṣṭo ’nugato ’pi vākosalās te yayuḥ sthānaṁyatra gacchanti yoginaḥ Translation: Lord Rāmacandra returned to His abode, to which bhakti-yogīs are promoted. This is the place to which all the inhabitants of Ayodhyā went after they served the Lord in His manifest pastimes by offering Him obeisances, touching His lotus feet, fully observing Him as a fatherlike King, sitting or lying down with Him like equals, or even just accompanying Him....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 23 Sanskrit: पुरुषो रामचरितं श्रवणैरुपधारयन् ।आनृशंस्यपरो राजन् कर्मबन्धैर्विमुच्यते ॥ २३ ॥ ITRANS: puruṣo rāma-caritaṁśravaṇair upadhārayanānṛśaṁsya-paro rājankarma-bandhair vimucyate Translation: O King Parīkṣit, anyone who aurally receives the narrations concerning the characteristics of Lord Rāmacandra’s pastimes will ultimately be freed from the disease of envy and thus be liberated from the bondage of fruitive activities. Purport: Here in this material world, everyone is envious of someone else....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 24 Sanskrit: श्रीराजोवाचकथं स भगवान् रामो भ्रातृन् वा स्वयमात्मन: ।तस्मिन् वा तेऽन्ववर्तन्त प्रजा: पौराश्च ईश्वरे ॥ २४ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-rājovācakathaṁ sa bhagavān rāmobhrātṝn vā svayam ātmanaḥtasmin vā te ’nvavartantaprajāḥ paurāś ca īśvare Translation: Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired from Śukadeva Gosvāmī: 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 Ayodhyā treat Him?...
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 25 Sanskrit: श्रीबादरायणिरुवाचअथादिशद् दिग्विजये भ्रातृंस्त्रिभुवनेश्वर: ।आत्मानं दर्शयन् स्वानां पुरीमैक्षत सानुग: ॥ २५ ॥ ITRANS: śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvācaathādiśad dig-vijayebhrātṝṁs tri-bhuvaneśvaraḥātmānaṁ darśayan svānāṁpurīm aikṣata sānugaḥ Translation: Śukadeva Gosvāmī replied: After accepting the throne of the government by the fervent request of His younger brother Bharata, Lord Rāmacandra ordered His younger brothers to go out and conquer the entire world, while He personally remained in the capital to give audience to all the citizens and residents of the palace and supervise the governmental affairs with His other assistants....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 26 Sanskrit: आसिक्तमार्गां गन्धोदै: करिणां मदशीकरै: ।स्वामिनं प्राप्तमालोक्य मत्तां वा सुतरामिव ॥ २६ ॥ ITRANS: āsikta-mārgāṁ gandhodaiḥkariṇāṁ mada-śīkaraiḥsvāminaṁ prāptam ālokyamattāṁ vā sutarām iva Translation: During the reign of Lord Rāmacandra, the streets of the capital, Ayodhyā, were sprinkled with perfumed water and drops of perfumed liquor, thrown about by elephants from their trunks. When the citizens saw the Lord personally supervising the affairs of the city in such opulence, they appreciated this opulence very much....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 27 Sanskrit: प्रासादगोपुरसभाचैत्यदेवगृहादिषु ।विन्यस्तहेमकलशै: पताकाभिश्च मण्डिताम् ॥ २७ ॥ ITRANS: prāsāda-gopura-sabhā-caitya-deva-gṛhādiṣuvinyasta-hema-kalaśaiḥpatākābhiś ca maṇḍitām Translation: The palaces, the palace gates, the assembly houses, the platforms for meeting places, the temples and all such places were decorated with golden waterpots and bedecked with various types of flags. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28 Sanskrit: पूगै: सवृन्तै रम्भाभि: पट्टिकाभि: सुवाससाम् ।आदर्शैरंशुकै: स्रग्भि: कृतकौतुकतोरणाम् ॥ २८ ॥ ITRANS: pūgaiḥ savṛntai rambhābhiḥpaṭṭikābhiḥ suvāsasāmādarśair aṁśukaiḥ sragbhiḥkṛta-kautuka-toraṇām Translation: Wherever Lord Rāmacandra visited, auspicious welcome gates were constructed, with banana trees and betel-nut trees, full of flowers and fruits. The gates were decorated with various flags made of colorful cloth and with tapestries, mirrors and garlands. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 29 Sanskrit: तमुपेयुस्तत्र तत्र पौरा अर्हणपाणय: ।आशिषो युयुजुर्देव पाहीमां प्राक्त्वयोद्धृताम् ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: tam upeyus tatra tatrapaurā arhaṇa-pāṇayaḥāśiṣo yuyujur devapāhīmāṁ prāk tvayoddhṛtām Translation: Wherever Lord Rāmacandra visited, the people approached Him with paraphernalia of worship and begged the Lord’s blessings. “O Lord,” they said, “as You rescued the earth from the bottom of the sea in Your incarnation as a boar, may You now maintain it....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30 Sanskrit: तत: प्रजा वीक्ष्य पतिं चिरागतंदिदृक्षयोत्सृष्टगृहा: स्त्रियो नरा: ।आरुह्य हर्म्याण्यरविन्दलोचन-मतृप्तनेत्रा: कुसुमैरवाकिरन् ॥ ३० ॥ ITRANS: tataḥ prajā vīkṣya patiṁ cirāgataṁdidṛkṣayotsṛṣṭa-gṛhāḥ striyo narāḥāruhya harmyāṇy aravinda-locanamatṛpta-netrāḥ kusumair avākiran Translation: Thereafter, not having seen the Lord for a long time, the citizens, both men and women, being very eager to see Him, left their homes and got up on the roofs of the palaces. Being incompletely satiated with seeing the face of the lotus-eyed Lord Rāmacandra, they showered flowers upon Him....
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 35 Sanskrit: तस्मिन्स भगवान् राम: स्निग्धया प्रिययेष्टया ।रेमे स्वारामधीराणामृषभ: सीतया किल ॥ ३५ ॥ ITRANS: tasmin sa bhagavān rāmaḥsnigdhayā priyayeṣṭayāreme svārāma-dhīrāṇāmṛṣabhaḥ sītayā kila Translation: Lord Rāmacandra, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, chief of the best learned scholars, resided in that palace with His pleasure potency, mother Sītā, and enjoyed complete peace. Purport:
Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 36 Sanskrit: बुभुजे च यथाकालं कामान् धर्ममपीडयन् ।वर्षपूगान् बहून् नृणामभिध्याताङ्घ्रिपल्लव: ॥ ३६ ॥ ITRANS: bubhuje ca yathā-kālaṁkāmān dharmam apīḍayanvarṣa-pūgān bahūn nṝṇāmabhidhyātāṅghri-pallavaḥ Translation: Without transgressing the religious principles, Lord Rāmacandra, whose lotus feet are worshiped by devotees in meditation, enjoyed with all the paraphernalia of transcendental pleasure for as long as needed. Purport: