Kausalya Sees Maya Standing in Fear
Bala Kanda, Chaupai 200
Doha 202 · Movement 1 of 2
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Within Ram's revealed form, Kausalya sees uncountable suns, moons, Shivas, and Brahmas. Mountains, rivers, oceans, earths, and forests appear without end. Time, action, guna, knowledge, and nature unfold in ways no being had seen or heard.
Maya stands there in all her profound forms with palms joined and body filled with fear. Kausalya beholds the power that makes every soul dance, and beside it the devotion that frees those souls from the dance.
Joy thrills through her, but speech fails. She closes her eyes and bows at Ram's feet. Seeing his mother overwhelmed, the demon slayer becomes an infant again, consoles her, and asks that the revelation remain unspoken.
Maya trembles with joined hands while the infant Lord returns to his mother's cradle.
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अगनित रबि ससि सिव चतुरानन। बहु गिरि सरित सिंधु महि कानन।। काल कर्म गुन ग्यान सुभाऊ। सोउ देखा जो सुना न काऊ।। देखी माया सब बिधि गाढ़ी। अति सभीत जोरें कर ठाढ़ी।। देखा जीव नचावइ जाही। देखी भगति जो छोरइ ताही।। तन पुलकित मुख बचन न आवा। नयन मूदि चरननि सिरु नावा।। बिसमयवंत देखि महतारी। भए बहुरि सिसुरूप खरारी।। अस्तुति करि न जाइ भय माना। जगत पिता मैं सुत करि जाना।। हरि जननि बहुबिधि समुझाई। यह जनि कतहुँ कहसि सुनु माई।।
Countless suns, countless moons, Shivas and Brahmas beyond number. Mountains, rivers, oceans, earths, and forests in endless array. Time, karma, the three gunas, jnana, and the very nature of all things: she beheld even what had never before been heard of.