A Leaf Hut beside Ram Becomes the Palace of the Gods
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 65
Doha 65 · Movement 2 of 2
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Sita redraws the forest through companionship. Birds and deer become kin, wilderness becomes city, and bark cloth shines as spotless silk.
A hut woven from leaves equals the palace of the gods when the root of all happiness stands beside her. Poverty of structure cannot diminish fullness of presence.
The doha answers Ram's images one by one without denying them. Bark remains bark and the hut remains leaves, yet love transforms their felt world. Sita does not need the forest to imitate Ayodhya; Ram's company is enough to reveal sacred abundance within simplicity.
Where Ram enters a hut of leaves, Sita beholds a palace no celestial splendour can surpass.
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खग मृग परिजन नगरु बनु बलकल बिमल दुकूल। नाथ साथ सुरसदन सम परनसाल सुख मूल।।65।।
Birds and deer shall be my kinsfolk, the city shall be the forest, bark-cloth shall be my spotless silken robes. With my Lord beside me, O root of all happiness, even a hut of leaves shall equal the palace of the gods.