The Gods Return Home Speaking Only of Ram
Bala Kanda, Doha 353
Doha 353 · Movement 2 of 2
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The gods sound their celestial drums and begin returning to their own abodes. The heavenly assembly that witnessed the bow, wedding, farewell, and homecoming now disperses through the sky.
Yet their attention does not leave Ayodhya. As they travel, they speak among themselves of Ram's glory, unable to contain the love filling their hearts.
Divine departure mirrors the human one at Mithila, but here separation becomes praise. What the gods have seen continues as sacred conversation, making remembrance the path by which they return home. Ram's leela does not end when a witness leaves the scene. It travels within the witness as love seeking speech.
Across the heavens, departing gods carry Ram's glory from one radiant abode to another.
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चले निसान बजाइ सुर निज निज पुर सुख पाइ। कहत परसपर राम जसु प्रेम न हृदयँ समाइ।।353।।
The gods departed, sounding their celestial drums, each returning joyfully to their own abode. They spoke among themselves of Rama's glory; the love in their hearts could not be contained.