Kamadhenu Enters the Assembly
Bala Kanda, Doha 113
Doha 113 · Movement 2 of 2
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Ram Katha appears before the inward eye as Kamadhenu, the celestial cow whose gentle abundance answers every true need. Her hide catches the brightness of heaven, bells sound softly at her neck, and the dust beneath her hooves becomes fragrant. To serve this Katha is to approach a living source of happiness rather than a store of remembered words.
Around her gathers the assembly of the wise. Their meeting place becomes Suraloka, a heaven made present wherever saints sit together to hear the deeds of Ram. No jeweled gate is required. Attention, reverence, and shared delight raise the humble ground into a divine realm.
Shiva lets the question rest before Parvati with luminous simplicity. When such nourishment stands near and such a heaven opens among listeners, who would willingly turn away?
Kamadhenu waits among the sages, and heaven gathers wherever Ram Katha is heard.
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रामकथा सुरधेनु सम सेवत सब सुख दानि। सतसमाज सुरलोक सब को न सुनै अस जानि।।113।।
Ram-katha is like the Kamadhenu, the divine wish-fulfilling cow. Serving it bestows all happiness. The assembly of the wise is itself Suraloka. Knowing this, who would not listen?