Śrī Rāma, in Śrī Rāmāyaṇa Uddha Kāṇḍa 120-11, joyfully proclaims: "Ātmānam mānuṣam manye Rāmam Daśarathātmajam" — I am delighted to consider myself a human being, the son of Daśaratha. Similarly, in Śrī Bhagavad Gītā 4-11, Emperumān Himself declares: "Ye yathā mām prapadyante tāms tathaiva bhajāmy aham" — *in whichever form my followers conceive of me and seek