Thus did he celebrate the natal rites of the princes. And among all those princes, the eldest, Rāma, like that of Ketu, (The ninth of the planets.) and the special delight of his father, became the object of general regard, even as the self-create Himself. And all of them were versed in the Vedas, and heroic, and intent upon the welfare of others.
तेषां जन्मक्रियादीनि सर्वकर्माण्यकारयत्। तेषां केतुरिव ज्येष्ठो रामो रतिकरः पितुः॥ बभूव भूयो भूतानां स्वयम्भूरिव सम्मतः। सर्वे वेदविदः शूराः सर्वे लोकहिते रताः॥