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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.22.63

కీర్త్యోర్ధ్వగీతయా పుమ్భిస్త్రైలోక్యే తత్ర తత్ర హ । ప్రవిష్ట: కర్ణరన్ధ్రేషు స్త్రీణాం రామ: సతామివ ॥ ౬౩ ॥
kīrtyordhva-gītayā pumbhis
[keertyordhva-geetayaa pumbhis]
trailokye tatra tatra ha
[trailokye tatra tatra ha]
praviṣṭaḥ karṇa-randhreṣu
[pravishtah karna-randhreshu]
strīṇāṁ rāmaḥ satām iva
[streenaam raamah sataam iva]
kīrtyā — by reputation ūrdhva-gītayā — by loud declaration pumbhiḥ — by the general public trai-lokye — all over the universe tatra tatra — here and there ha — certainly praviṣṭaḥ — entering karṇa-randhreṣu — in the aural holes strīṇām — of the women rāmaḥ — Lord Rāmacandra satām — of the devotees iva — like.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kīrtyordhva-gītayā pumbhis
kīrtyā
by reputation
ūrdhva-gītayā
by loud declaration
pumbhiḥ
by the general public
trailokye tatra tatra ha
trai-lokye
all over the universe
tatra tatra
here and there
ha
certainly
praviṣṭaḥ karṇa-randhreṣu
praviṣṭaḥ
entering
karṇa-randhreṣu
in the aural holes
strīṇāṁ rāmaḥ satām iva
strīṇām
of the women
rāmaḥ
Lord Rāmacandra
satām
of the devotees
iva
like.
Throughout the whole universe — in the higher, lower and middle planetary systems — Pṛthu Mahārāja’s reputation was loudly declared, and all ladies and saintly persons heard his glories, which were as sweet as the glories of Lord Rāmacandra.

In this verse the words strīṇām and rāmaḥ are significant. It is the practice amongst ladies to hear and enjoy the praises of certain heroes. From this verse it appears that Pṛthu Mahārāja’s reputation was so great that ladies all over the universe would hear of it with great pleasure. At the same time, his glories were heard all over the universe by the devotees, and they were as pleasing as Lord Rāmacandra’s glories. Lord Rāmacandra’s kingdom is still existing, and recently there was a political party in India named the Rāmarājya party, which wanted to establish a kingdom resembling the kingdom of Rāma. Unfortunately, modern politicians want the kingdom of Rāma without Rāma Himself. Although they have banished the idea of God consciousness, they still expect to establish the kingdom of Rāma. Such a proposal is rejected by devotees. Pṛthu Mahārāja’s reputation was heard by saintly persons because he exactly represented Lord Rāmacandra, the ideal king.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Twenty-second Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Pṛthu Mahārāja’s Meeting with the Four Kumāras.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
His fame, declared loudly by the public through the three worlds, entered the ears of women just as Rāma’s fame entered the ears of the devotees. Thus ends the commentary on the twenty-second Chapter of the Fourth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Twenty-three Pṛthu Attains the Lord
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