Narada Leaves Singing Ram
Bala Kanda, Doha 138
Doha 138 · Movement 2 of 2
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The Lord consoles Narada in many ways. Reassurance follows confession until terror loosens and the sage can stand again. The physician has not rejected the patient. The difficult medicine has completed its work.
Then Vishnu disappears from sight. The road remains, but the immense city, swayamvara, and imagined future have dissolved without trace. What endures is the Lord's instruction and a devotion cleansed of the claim that personal strength conquered desire.
Narada turns toward Satyaloka with his veena. Ram's glory now fills his singing. The Name rises from one who has passed through pride, humiliation, anger, repentance, and grace, carrying a depth that untouched success could never have given it.
Along the emptied road, Narada's veena carries the glory of Ram toward Satyaloka.
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बहुबिधि मुनिहि प्रबोधि प्रभु तब भए अंतरधान।। सत्यलोक नारद चले करत राम गुन गान।।138।।
Having consoled the sage in many ways, the Lord then vanished from sight. Narada departed for Satyaloka, singing the glories of Ram.