Leave the Dark Pride Rooted in Delusion and Worship Rama
Sundara Kanda, Doha 23
Doha 23 · Movement 2 of 2
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Hanuman brings the long counsel inside the court to its root. Ravana's pride is not light or clarifying. It belongs to darkness and grows from delusion.
From that root arise countless piercing sorrows. Garden, son, court, and kingdom already show the first wounds, though the king still sits upon his throne.
Abandon it and worship Rama, Lord of Raghu's line, ocean of compassion, Bhagavan. The bound messenger's command is the simplest action in the court and the only one capable of turning Lanka away from the suffering now gathering around it.
At the center of Ravana's splendor, Hanuman asks for one act: leave pride and worship Rama.
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मोहमूल बहु सूल प्रद त्यागहु तम अभिमान। भजहु राम रघुनायक कृपा सिंधु भगवान।।23।।
"Abandon this dark pride, rooted in delusion and the source of much suffering. Worship Rama, Lord of the Raghus, the ocean of grace, the Supreme Lord."