Srimad Bhagavatam — Navama Skandha, Shloka 9
Genealogies from Yayāti’s Sons to the Yadu Dynasty; Romapāda–Ṛṣyaśṛṅga; Kārtavīryārjuna; and the Rise of Yādava Branches
सुतो धर्मरथो यस्य जज्ञे चित्ररथोऽप्रजा: । रोमपाद इति ख्यातस्तस्मै दशरथ: सखा ॥ ७ ॥ शान्तां स्वकन्यां प्रायच्छदृष्यशृङ्ग उवाह याम् । देवेऽवर्षति यं रामा आनिन्युर्हरिणीसुतम् ॥ ८ ॥ नाट्यसङ्गीतवादित्रैर्विभ्रमालिङ्गनार्हणै: । स तु राज्ञोऽनपत्यस्य निरूप्येष्टिं मरुत्वते ॥ ९ ॥ प्रजामदाद् दशरथो येन लेभेऽप्रजा: प्रजा: । चतुरङ्गो रोमपादात् पृथुलाक्षस्तु तत्सुत: ॥ १० ॥
suto dharmaratho yasya jajñe citraratho ’prajāḥ romapāda iti khyātas tasmai daśarathaḥ sakhā
从底毗罗他生出达摩罗他；其子为质多罗他，世称罗摩跋陀。罗摩跋陀无嗣，故其友摩诃罗阇陀沙罗他将亲女善陀许与他为女；善陀后嫁与圣仙利沙耶施陵伽。诸天止雨之时，人以舞乐戏剧、拥抱供奉等诱引，将利沙耶施陵伽自林中迎来；圣者一至，甘霖即降。继而他为无嗣的陀沙罗他修行赐子之“普特雷什提”祭，陀沙罗他遂得诸子；罗摩跋陀亦蒙其恩，得子四军（Caturaṅga），四军之子为普利图拉克沙。
FAQs
This verse shows Ṛṣyaśṛṅga arranging a specific iṣṭi for a childless king, indicating that Vedic rites—when properly performed by qualified brāhmaṇas—were traditionally used to seek blessings like progeny.
Romapāda was without children, and Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, honored by the king, instituted an iṣṭi directed to the Maruts to remove that obstacle and invoke divine blessing.
It highlights the value of qualified guidance, sincere worship, and disciplined spiritual practice—seeking blessings through dharmic means rather than shortcuts or harm to others.