Sita's Companions Forget Themselves
Bala Kanda, Doha 233
Doha 233 · Movement 2 of 2
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The ornament of the solar dynasty stands with a lion's slender waist beneath yellow silk, a treasury of grace, gentleness, and virtue embodied in youthful form.
Sita's companions look upon Ram and lose awareness of themselves. Their role as guides, observers, and protectors of the princess falls away before direct sight.
For a moment no one remembers what should be said or where they were going. Beauty has not merely pleased them. It has removed the one who measures beauty, leaving only the radiant form and the joy in which it is seen.
Before Ram in yellow silk, Sita's companions forget even the eyes with which they gaze.
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केहरि कटि पट पीत धर सुषमा सील निधान। देखि भानुकुलभूषनहि बिसरा सखिन्ह अपान।।233।।
With a lion's slender waist, draped in yellow silk, a treasury of grace and gentle virtue. Seeing the ornament of the Sun dynasty, Sita's companions forgot themselves entirely.