Do Not Even Imagine Harm to Raghubir's Devotee
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 218
Doha 218 · Movement 2 of 2
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Brihaspati closes every opening through which Indra's plan might proceed. Harm to Raghubir's devotee must not enter even as a thought within the king of heaven.
The consequence would not be a single failed stratagem. Infamy would spread through this world and the next, while suffering and sorrow deepened day after day.
The warning protects more than Bharata's journey. It protects Indra from placing himself against the current of Ram's love. Power becomes self-destructive when it treats devotion as an obstacle to manage. The only wise action before Bharata is reverence, and the only safe distance between the brothers is the distance love itself is already crossing.
Brihaspati forbids even the seed of a plot, for anyone who harms Ram's devotee harvests only infamy and increasing sorrow.
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मनहुँ न आनिअ अमरपति रघुबर भगत अकाजु। अजसु लोक परलोक दुख दिन दिन सोक समाजु।।218।।
Do not even think of it, O lord of the immortals, of bringing harm to Raghubar's devotee. Infamy in this world and the next, suffering, and daily deepening sorrow would be your lot.