Desireless Love Is Ram's Own House
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 131
Doha 131 · Movement 2 of 2
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One devotee asks nothing at any time. Even spiritual achievement is not held before Ram as a condition or price.
Love arises naturally, without calculation and without a secret inventory of return. It does not need favorable weather, visible reward, or constant reassurance in order to remain itself.
Valmiki does more than invite Ram to visit such a mind. He calls it the Lord's own house and asks him to dwell there without interruption. Desire usually turns the heart into a marketplace of arrivals and departures. Unconditional affection clears the bargaining stalls and reveals the ancient home that was waiting beneath them.
Where love wants nothing from Ram, he no longer appears as a guest and rests in the heart as its rightful owner.
Read the passage from the Manas
जाहि न चाहिअ कबहुँ कछु तुम्ह सन सहज सनेहु। बसहु निरंतर तासु मन सो राउर निज गेहु।।131।।
One who desires nothing at any time, whose love for You is natural and unconditional. Dwell forever in that soul's heart, for it is truly Your own home.