By Raghuvira's Glory, Stones Cross the Sea
Lanka Kanda, Doha 3
Doha 3 · Movement 2 of 2
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A stone enters water under the oldest law of its weight. It should descend through the bright surface and vanish into darkness, incapable of carrying even itself toward the farther shore.
Touched by the purpose of Raghuvira, that same stone floats. One after another, impossible burdens become supports. The sea receives a road from materials whose nature promised only sinking, and an army begins to move where no feet could stand.
The verse turns the miracle toward the heart. How clouded is the understanding that witnesses Rama carry stones across the ocean and still abandons him in search of another final refuge. Grace does not first demand lightness. It takes what is heavy, accepts it into service, and makes the cause of sinking into a means of passage.
Rama does not remove the stone's weight; he makes even its weight serve the crossing.
Read the passage from the Manas
श्री रघुबीर प्रताप ते सिंधु तरे पाषान। ते मतिमंद जे राम तजि भजहिं जाइ प्रभु आन।।3।।
By the glory of Raghuvira, even stones floated on the sea. How foolish are those dull-witted ones who abandon Rama to worship some other lord!