Rama's Symbols and Fresh Tulsi Reveal a Hidden Devotee in Lanka
Sundara Kanda, Doha 5
Doha 5 · Movement 2 of 2
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The house bears sacred weapons and symbols of Rama upon its walls. Their presence inside Lanka is so unexpected that the beauty of the dwelling becomes impossible to describe through ornament alone.
Around it grow fresh clusters of Tulsi. Living leaves answer the carved signs, revealing daily care rather than an abandoned memory of worship.
Hanuman rejoices. He has crossed the ocean and moved among countless demons, yet here the marks of his master and the plant beloved in devotion rise together. The night search has found not Sita yet, but evidence of a heart allied to Hari.
Fresh Tulsi and Rama's symbols shine within Lanka like a secret lamp for the searching servant.
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रामायुध अंकित गृह सोभा बरनि न जाइ। नव तुलसिका बृंद तहँ देखि हरषि कपिराइ।।5।।
The house was adorned with Rama's sacred symbols. Its beauty lay beyond all description. Seeing groves of fresh Tulsi plants there, the king of monkeys rejoiced.