No Shore to the Story
Bala Kanda, Doha 33
Doha 33 · Movement 2 of 2
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Ram is infinite. His virtues are infinite. The story that arises from them expands beyond every boundary placed by memory, manuscript, language, or age. What appears to be a completed telling is one bright reach of water within an ocean that has no farther shore.
Pure discernment does not demand that the limitless become small enough to fit expectation. It hears a new wonder without surprise, because immeasurable Ram can never be exhausted by what has already been told.
The listener releases the need to enclose the Leela and becomes spacious enough to receive it.
The final shoreline recedes, and Ram's story continues into infinity.
Read the passage from the Manas
राम अनंत अनंत गुन अमित कथा बिस्तार। सुनि आचरजु न मानिहहिं जिन्ह कें बिमल बिचार।।33।।
Ram is infinite. His virtues are infinite. The expanse of His story is beyond all measure. Those whose discernment is pure will hear this and feel no surprise.