Rama Nama Guards Sita's Life while Her Eyes Remain Locked upon Her Own Feet
Sundara Kanda, Doha 30
Doha 30 · Movement 2 of 2
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Hanuman answers with the architecture of Sita's survival within the grove. Rama's name stands guard over her life through day and night, allowing no unprotected hour.
Meditation upon Rama forms the closed door through every night. Her eyes remain fastened upon her own feet, locked there as they were when Hanuman first saw her beneath the tree.
By what road could the life breath escape? Guard, door, and lowered gaze hold it within the suffering body until Rama comes. Sita survives because remembrance has made a fortress inside the prison of Lanka.
Naam guards the captive life, dhyana closes its door, and Sita's lowered eyes keep death from finding a road.
Read the passage from the Manas
नाम पाहरु दिवस निसि ध्यान तुम्हार कपाट। लोचन निज पद जंत्रित जाहिं प्रान केहिं बाट।।30।।
Your holy Naam stands guard day and night. Your dhyana is the door bolted shut. Her eyes remain fastened upon Your lotus feet. By what road, then, could her prana ever depart?