Rama Nama Rises as the Full Moon in the Sky of the Devotee's Heart
Aranya Kanda, Doha 43क
Doha 43क · Movement 2 of 2
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Narada opens a night sky within the heart. Rama's bhakti is the radiant night of the full moon. In its center, Rama Nama is the moon itself, complete and cooling, filling the inward darkness with a single sovereign light.
The Lord's other stainless names shine there as stars. None is rejected or dimmed, yet the name Rama holds the lunar fullness for which Narada has asked. The heart of the devotee becomes the vast sky in which name, devotion, moon, and stars can dwell together.
Raghunatha, ocean of compassion, tells the sage that it shall be so. Joy floods Narada's mind. He bows his head at Rama's feet while the boon enters the spiritual heavens of all who will remember this conversation.
In the heart's clear sky, every name becomes a star and Rama Nama becomes the moon.
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राका रजनी भगति तव राम नाम सोइ सोम। अपर नाम उडगन बिमल बसुहुँ भगत उर ब्योम।।42(क)।। एवमस्तु मुनि सन कहेउ कृपासिंधु रघुनाथ। तब नारद मन हरष अति प्रभु पद नायउ माथ।।42(ख)।।
The full-moon night is Your bhakti, O Rama, and Your Name is the moon itself. Other names are like pure stars, and the hearts of devotees are the vast sky. 'Evam astu,' said the compassionate Raghunatha to the sage. Then Narada's heart filled with great joy, and he bowed his head at the Prabhu's feet.