Universes Shine in Every Pore
Bala Kanda, Doha 201
Doha 201 · Movement 2 of 2
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Ram reveals his wondrous undivided form to Kausalya. The two children do not need to be reconciled by choosing which is real. Both appearances open into the One who cannot be divided by place.
Within every single pore of the infant's body lie crores upon crores of universes. Worlds, beings, elements, heavens, and the laws that hold them turn inside the child the mother has bathed and placed in a cradle.
The vision reverses ordinary scale. Kausalya does not stand outside creation holding one small part of it. She stands within innumerable cosmoses held in each pore of her son, while his gentle smile remains before her.
The infant smiles, and each pore opens into universes without end.
Read the passage from the Manas
देखरावा मातहि निज अदभुत रुप अखंड। रोम रोम प्रति लागे कोटि कोटि ब्रह्मंड।। 201।।
He revealed to His mother His wondrous, undivided form. In every single pore of His body lay crores upon crores of universes.