A Prayer Heard by the All Seeing
Bala Kanda, Doha 59
Doha 59 · Movement 2 of 2
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Sati addresses the Lord who sees every hidden chamber. Nothing of the test, the fear, the lie, or the long sorrow needs to be explained before that gaze. She asks him to hear what he already knows.
Her plea is for a swift passage out of the present body, a way by which the unbearable affliction may end without further struggle. The request rises from the sacred story's own horizon of death, rebirth, and divine purpose.
She cannot yet see the mountain home, the new name, or the tapas waiting beyond this life. She can only entrust the next step to mercy.
The prayer leaves Kailash and enters the keeping of the One who sees its unknown answer.
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तौ सबदरसी सुनिअ प्रभु करउ सो बेगि उपाइ। होइ मरनु जेही बिनहिं श्रम दुसह बिपत्ति बिहाइ।।59।।
"O all-seeing Lord, hear my prayer and swiftly open a way for me to leave this body without pain, so this unbearable suffering may end."