Rama Reveals the Severe Judgment behind His Refusal of Narada's Marriage
Aranya Kanda, Doha 44
Doha 44 · Movement 2 of 2
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Rama concludes the warning in uncompromising language. The alluring woman, within the ascetic frame of his instruction, is called a root of faults, giver of pain, and mine from which every sorrow may be drawn.
Because he knew this in his heart, Rama turned Narada away from marriage. What the sage once experienced as obstruction is disclosed as protection. The Lord saw the entire consequence within the first movement of desire.
The refusal therefore belongs to the same motherly guardianship Rama has just described. Narada ran toward what he could not yet measure, and the Lord intervened. The severe diagnosis names the danger as Rama presents it to this devotee, while the remembered act reveals the tenderness governing his response.
The barred path that once angered Narada now appears as the place where Rama stood guard.
Read the passage from the Manas
अवगुन मूल सूलप्रद प्रमदा सब दुख खानि। ताते कीन्ह निवारन मुनि मैं यह जियँ जानि।।44।।
Woman is the root of all faults, a source of torment and mine of all sorrows. Knowing this in My heart, O Muni, I prevented you from that path.