श्रीसद्गुरुरुवाच
इक्ष्वाकुरेवं भगवन्तमाद्यं ।
संप्राप्य रङ्गेशयमिष्टदेवम्
स्वभ्रातृभिर्भक्तिमतां वरिष्ठः ।
संपूजयामास दिने दिने च ॥
The Sadguru said:
Ikshvaku, foremost among devotees, having thus obtained the primal Lord, the one who rests in Srirangam, as his chosen deity, worshipped Him day after day along with his brothers.
śrīsadgururuvāca
ikṣvākurevaṃ bhagavantamādyaṃ
saṃprāpya raṅgeśayamiṣṭadevam
svabhrātṛbhirbhaktimatāṃ variṣṭhaḥ
saṃpūjayāmāsa dine dine ca
इक्ष्वाकुः · ikṣvākuḥ — King Ikshvaku
एवम् · evam — thus
भगवन्तम् · bhagavantam — the Lord
आद्यम् · ādyam — the primal one
संप्राप्य · saṃprāpya — having obtained
रङ्गेशयम् · raṅgeśayam — the one resting in Srirangam
इष्टदेवम् · iṣṭadevam — as chosen deity
स्वभ्रातृभिः · svabhrātṛbhiḥ — with his own brothers
भक्तिमतां वरिष्ठः · bhaktimatāṃ variṣṭhaḥ — foremost among the devoted
संपूजयामास · saṃpūjayāmāsa — worshipped
दिने दिने · dine dine — day after day
भक्तिमतां वरिष्ठः इक्ष्वाकुः एवम् आद्यं भगवन्तं रङ्गेशयं इष्टदेवं संप्राप्य स्वभ्रातृभिः सह दिने दिने संपूजयामास।
King Ikshvaku · thus · the Lord · the primal one · having obtained · the one resting in Srirangam · as chosen deity · with his own brothers · foremost among the devoted · worshipped · day after day
This verse introduces the lineage of Ikshvaku, establishing the foundational devotion to Sri Ranganatha that characterizes the entire Raghu dynasty. It sets the tone for the chapter by highlighting the Lord as the central object of worship for the ancestors of Rama.
