The Unfathomable Lord Listens Like a Father
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 136
Doha 136 · Movement 2 of 2
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Vedic speech cannot reach this Lord, and the minds of sages cannot sound his depth. Yet the same immeasurable reality sits close enough to hear the forest communities speak.
Their words are simple, eager, and filled with promises of practical care. Ram receives each one as a father listens to the speech of small children, hearing affection beneath every imperfect phrase.
Transcendence does not create distance here. It becomes the capacity for complete attention. The One whom the highest thought cannot contain gives himself without impatience to voices rarely heard in royal halls, making compassion visible through the act of listening.
Beyond scripture and thought, Ram bends near and receives each forest voice with a father's delighted patience.
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बेद बचन मुनि मन अगम ते प्रभु करुना ऐन। बचन किरातन्ह के सुनत जिमि पितु बालक बैन।।136।।
That Lord, who is beyond the reach of the Vedas' words and the sages' minds, is the very embodiment of compassion. He listened to the words of the Kiratas as a father listens to the speech of his little children.