Shiva Bows to the Jewel of Raghu
Bala Kanda, Doha 116
Doha 116 · Movement 2 of 2
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The teaching reaches a point where explanation yields to worship. Shiva names Ram as the supreme Purusha, the celebrated treasure of radiance, and the manifest Lord of every world above and below. Infinity is not left as a distant abstraction. It shines within the lineage of Raghu.
Mahadeva, before whom gods, yogis, and siddhas bow upon Kailash, lowers his own head. The matted locks that hold Ganga incline beneath the banyan. The crescent moon descends, and the blue throat bends in reverence toward the unseen feet of the Lord he calls his Master.
Parvati receives the truth through that gesture. Ram's supremacy is not merely asserted before her. It is embodied in Shiva's bow, where knowledge becomes devotion without losing its clarity.
The crescent on Shiva's brow descends before Ram, the radiant jewel of Raghu's house.
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पुरुष प्रसिद्ध प्रकास निधि प्रगट परावर नाथ।। रघुकुलमनि मम स्वामि सोइ कहि सिवँ नायउ माथ।।116।।
That supreme Purusha, the celebrated treasure of radiance, the manifest Lord of all worlds high and low, the jewel of the Raghu dynasty. He is my Master. So declaring, Shiva bowed his head.