Brahma's Body Thrills as the Celestial Assembly Falls Silent
Lanka Kanda, Doha 110ख
Doha 110ख · Movement 2 of 2
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Gods and siddhas complete their petitions but do not leave. They remain wherever they stand with hands joined, held before the Lord by a reverence deeper than the needs that first brought them.
Then Brahma begins another hymn. The creator's body thrills with intense love before the one from whom creation receives its ground.
The celestial assembly becomes a chamber of listening around him. Ravana has fallen, Sita has returned, and the danger for which the gods pleaded is gone, yet praise continues because gratitude has opened into contemplation. Brahma does not address Rama only as the solution to a crisis. Love rises through his body and begins to speak again when practical prayer has ended. Folded hands remain lifted, and heaven waits within the new sound.
When every request has been answered, Brahma's trembling body begins the praise that asks for nothing.
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करि बिनती सुर सिद्ध सब रहे जहँ तहँ कर जोरि। अति सप्रेम तन पुलकि बिधि अस्तुति करत बहोरि।।110।।
Making their prayers, all gods and siddhas remained there with folded hands. With bodies thrilling with supreme love, Brahma began his praise once more.