Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.23.7-10

suto dharmaratho yasya

jajñe citraratho 'prajāḥ

romapāda iti khyātas

tasmai daśarathaḥ sakhā

śāntāḿ sva-kanyāḿ prāyacchad

ṛṣyaśṛńga uvāha yām

deve 'varṣati yaḿ rāmā

āninyur hariṇī-sutam

nāṭya-sańgīta-vāditrair

vibhramālińganārhaṇaiḥ

sa tu rājño 'napatyasya

nirūpyeṣṭiḿ marutvate

prajām adād daśaratho

yena lebhe 'prajāḥ prajāḥ

caturańgo romapādāt

pṛthulākṣas tu tat-sutaḥ

SYNONYMS

sutaḥ — a son; dharmarathaḥ — Dharmaratha; yasya — of whom (Diviratha); jajñe — was born; citrarathaḥ — Citraratha; aprajāḥ — without any sons; romapādaḥ — Romapāda; iti — thus; khyātaḥ — celebrated; tasmai — unto him; daśarathaḥ — Daśaratha; sakhā — friend; śāntām — Śāntā; sva-kanyām — Daśaratha's own daughter; prāyacchat — delivered; ṛṣyaśṛńgaḥ — Ṛṣyaśṛńga; uvāha — married; yām — unto her (Śāntā); deve — the demigod in charge of rainfall; avarṣati — did not shower any rain; yam — unto whom (Ṛṣyaśṛńga); rāmāḥ — prostitutes; āninyuḥ — brought; hariṇī-sutam — that Ṛṣyaśṛńga, who was the son of a doe; nāṭya-sańgīta-vāditraiḥ — by dancing, by singing and by a musical display; vibhrama — bewildering; ālińgana — by embracing; arhaṇaiḥ — by worshiping; saḥ — he (Ṛṣyaśṛńga); tu — indeed; rājñaḥ — from Mahārāja Daśaratha; anapatyasya — who was without issue; nirūpya — after establishing; iṣṭim — a sacrifice; marutvate — of the demigod named Marutvān; prajām — issue; adāt — delivered; daśarathaḥ — Daśaratha; yena — by which (as a result of the yajña); lebhe — achieved; aprajāḥ — although he had no sons; prajāḥ — sons; caturańgaḥ — Caturańga; romapādāt — from Citraratha; pṛthulākṣaḥ — Pṛthulākṣa; tu — indeed; tat-sutaḥ — the son of Caturańga.

TRANSLATION

From Diviratha came a son named Dharmaratha, and his son was Citraratha, who was celebrated as Romapāda. Romapāda, however, was without issue, and therefore his friend Mahārāja Daśaratha gave him his own daughter, named Śāntā. Romapāda accepted her as his daughter, and thereafter she married Ṛṣyaśṛńga. When the demigods from the heavenly planets failed to shower rain, Ṛṣyaśṛńga was appointed the priest for performing a sacrifice, after being brought from the forest by the allurement of prostitutes, who danced, staged theatrical performances accompanied by music, and embraced and worshiped him. After Ṛṣyaśṛńga came, the rain fell. Thereafter, Ṛṣyaśṛńga performed a son-giving sacrifice on behalf of Mahārāja Daśaratha, who had no issue, and then Mahārāja Daśaratha had sons. From Romapāda, by the mercy of Ṛṣyaśṛńga, Caturańga was born, and from Caturańga came Pṛthulākṣa.

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