Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 111: Rāma Agrees to Accept the Throne After Returning to AyodhyāText 2.111.2
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 111: Rāma Agrees to Accept the Throne After Returning to Ayodhyā
Text 2.111.2
पुरुषस्येह जातस्य भवन्ति गुरवस्त्रयः।
आचार्यश्चैव काकुत्स्थ पिता माता च राघव॥
puruṣasyeha jātasya bhavanti guravas trayaḥ
ācāryaś caiva kākutstha pitā mātā ca rāghava
puruṣasya = any man; iha = in this world; jātasya = who has taken birth; bhavanti = has; guravaḥ = gurus; trayaḥ = three; ācāryaḥ ca eva = a teacher; kākutstha = O descendant of Kakutstha; pitā = father; mātā = mother; ca = and; rāghava = O descendant of Raghu.
O descendant of Kakutstha, O descendant of Raghu, any man who has taken birth in this world has three gurus: a teacher, father and mother.1
1 This refers to those who guide one to attain dharma, artha and kāma.