Dasharatha Credits Everything to Vishwamitra's Glance
Bala Kanda, Doha 331
Doha 331 · Movement 2 of 2
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Again and again Dasharatha bows his head at Kaushika's feet. The king stands amid sons, brides, wealth, honour, and a marriage praised by gods, yet claims none as self-produced.
All this happiness, he tells Vishwamitra, has arisen from the gracious glance of the king among sages.
The recognition follows the story back to its decisive beginning: the day Vishwamitra asked for Ram and Lakshmana. What then felt like unbearable separation opened the path to Tadaka's release, protected sacrifice, Ahalya's restoration, the bow, and the four marriages. Grace first arrived disguised as loss, and Dasharatha now bows before its completed design.
The father traces every present joy back to the sage whose request once broke his heart.
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बार बार कौसिक चरन सीसु नाइ कह राउ। यह सबु सुखु मुनिराज तव कृपा कटाच्छ पसाउ।।331।।
Again and again bowing his head at the feet of Kaushika, the king spoke with deep reverence: 'O king among sages, all this happiness and good fortune is the gift of your gracious glance alone.'