The Brothers Who Guarded the Yajna
Bala Kanda, Doha 216
Doha 216 · Movement 2 of 2
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Vishwamitra names them Ram and Lakshmana, excellent brothers in whom beauty, virtue, and strength dwell together without conflict.
Their youth does not hide untested promise. They guarded the sacrifice while demons attacked, and the whole world stands witness to the victory. Sacred fire continued because the two princes stood before it.
They have also destroyed the blazing fire of worldly fear. The outer battle reveals an inward power: where Ram and Lakshmana protect, the heat that drives beings through anxiety and becoming begins to cool. The guarded altar becomes a sign of that refuge.
Two young princes stand between the yajna flame and the greater fire of fear.
Read the passage from the Manas
रामु लखनु दोउ बंधुबर रूप सील बल धाम। मख राखेउ सबु साखि जगु जिते असुर संग्राम।।216।।
"Ram and Lakshmana, the two excellent brothers, abodes of beauty, virtue, and strength. They guarded the yajna; all the world is witness. They destroyed the blazing fire of worldly fear."