Bharadvaja Opens the Wondrous Realm to Bharata
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 214
Doha 214 · Movement 2 of 2
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The realm stands complete around the astonished company, yet Bharata does not presume to enter merely because its doors are open.
Bharadvaja gives the loving command to him and all his companions. What appears before them has arisen through the sage's ascetic power with splendor sufficient to amaze even Brahma.
The command turns marvel into permission. Bharata may receive without betraying his vow because the abundance is not seized, requested, or possessed. It has been offered by a holy host for one night of rest. The company passes from the dust of pilgrimage into a world shaped by tapas, carrying the same inward destination through its beauty.
Only at Bharadvaja's word does Bharata enter the realm where ascetic fire has taken the form of shelter and wonder.
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बहुरि सपरिजन भरत कहुँ रिषि अस आयसु दीन्ह। बिधि बिसमय दायकु बिभव मुनिबर तपबल कीन्ह।।214।।
Then the sage gave this loving command to Bharat and his entire company: through the power of his tapas, Brahma himself had brought forth this wondrous realm, enough to astonish all.