The Mothers Place Their Fate with Ishvara and Janaka
Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 284
Doha 284 · Movement 2 of 2
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The night has deepened, yet affection keeps the queens bowed before one another. Kausalya asks Sunaina to set her honored feet upon the ground, releasing the posture of overwhelming reverence.
Her words carry the helplessness of Ayodhya's mothers. Plans have reached their limit. The throne, exile, and destiny of the brothers cannot be untangled by maternal longing alone.
Kausalya therefore names the two supports that remain: Ishvara, whose will holds every outcome, and Mithilesha, whose discernment may help reveal the rightful human action. Divine surrender and wise counsel stand together. The mothers entrust what they cannot govern to the Lord above and to Janaka's clarity on earth.
When a mother's power ends, Kausalya rests the future upon Ishvara's will and Janaka's discerning heart.
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बेगि पाउ धारिअ थलहि कह सनेहँ सतिभाय। हमरें तौ अब ईस गति के मिथिलेस सहाय।।284।।
"Set your blessed feet upon the earth without delay," says the loving mother, her voice tender with devotion. For us now, O Lord of Mithila, only Ishvara holds our destiny, only He is our refuge.