Every Eye Becomes a Chakora before Ram's Face
Bala Kanda, Doha 321
Doha 321 · Movement 3 of 3
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Ramchandra's face shines like the full moon at the centre of the wedding pavilion. Around him, every eye becomes a chakora bird drawn toward lunar light.
The assembly drinks his beauty with reverence. Looking is no longer casual sight but nourishment, a continuous receiving through which love and delight increase rather than become satisfied.
Many identities surround Ram, gods, sages, kings, servants, relatives, women, and citizens, yet vision gives them one shared nature. All are thirsting birds before the same moon. The doha gathers the immense mandap into a simple circle of light and longing, where the bridegroom feeds every heart merely by allowing himself to be seen.
One moon-like face rises in the mandap, and every eye learns the thirst of the chakora.
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रामचंद्र मुख चंद्र छबि लोचन चारु चकोर। करत पान सादर सकल प्रेमु प्रमोदु न थोर।।321।।
Ramchandra's face was radiant as the moon, and all eyes were like chakora birds gazing upon it. Everyone drank in that loveliness with deep reverence, their love and delight beyond all measure.