Chapter Five — The Fruit of Hearing the Secret

Kaivalyaṃ daurbalyakaraṃ mahārāsa-Sītāpater rāsa-vilāsa-mādyam,
Kāyena vācā manasā smared yaḥ sa yāti Goloka-nirāmayaṃ padam. (85)

The great rāsa of Sita’s Lord renders the solitary liberation of kaivalya pale and powerless. Whoever remembers this primordial loving play through body, speech, and mind reaches the stainless realm of Goloka.

Idaṃ rahasyaṃ paramaṃ sugopyaṃ mayaiva coktaṃ nigamāgamāt param,
Yaḥ śraddhayā bhakti-yutaḥ paṭhed vā sa yāti Rāmasya padaṃ mahāmune. (86)

O great sage, I have spoken this supreme and deeply guarded mystery, which lies beyond the ordinary reach of Veda and Āgama. Whoever reads it with faith and devotion attains the eternal feet and abode of Rama.

Yo bhāvako bhāvayate hṛd-abje Rāmasya rāsorasa-vāri-pūrṇaḥ,
Pived rasaṃ sat-sāra-sudhādhikaṃ rasaṃ na rocante kṣāra-jalaṃ yathākhilam. (87)

One who lovingly contemplates Rama’s rāsa within the lotus of the heart becomes filled with its waters of divine emotion. Having drunk that true essence, sweeter than nectar, all lesser pleasures lose their savour, just as salty water cannot please one who has tasted ambrosia.

Śrutvā rahasyaṃ paramaṃ pavitraṃ mahāmuniḥ susthira-mānaso ’bhavat,
Paraṃ parāliṅgana-bhāva-yuktaṃ dṛṣṭvā yayau svāśramam ātmanas tadā. (88, continues)

Having heard this supremely sacred mystery, the great sage’s mind became perfectly steady. Inwardly beholding the Divine Couple joined in their transcendent embrace, he prepared to return to his own hermitage.