In Rama Rajya Even Sin Is Absent from Dreams
Uttara Kanda, Chaupai 19
Doha 21 · Movement 1 of 2
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Under Rama's rule, affliction arising through body, divine forces, or the material world touches no one. People love one another, follow their own dharma, and live by revealed wisdom. The four feet of righteousness stand complete, and wrongdoing does not enter even a dream.
Men and women are absorbed in devotion to Rama and become worthy of the supreme destination. No life is cut short. Bodies are beautiful and free from illness, and no person is abandoned to poverty, grief, helplessness, ignorance, or the loss of good character.
The realm shines inwardly as much as outwardly. Hypocrisy has fallen away. People are righteous, discerning, accomplished, virtuous, grateful, and able to recognize goodness in one another. Learning does not sharpen into deceit, and cleverness does not conceal a crooked heart. Rama Rajya is not described first by palaces or armies. Its grandeur is the healed relation between body, mind, neighbor, dharma, and the Lord whose name fills the kingdom.
Rama's reign reaches so deeply into the human heart that even the secret theatre of dreams forgets how to stage wrongdoing.
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दैहिक दैविक भौतिक तापा। राम राज नहिं काहुहि ब्यापा।। सब नर करहिं परस्पर प्रीती। चलहिं स्वधर्म निरत श्रुति नीती।। चारिउ चरन धर्म जग माहीं। पूरि रहा सपनेहुँ अघ नाहीं।। राम भगति रत नर अरु नारी। सकल परम गति के अधिकारी।। अल्पमृत्यु नहिं कवनिउ पीरा। सब सुंदर सब बिरुज सरीरा।। नहिं दरिद्र कोउ दुखी न दीना। नहिं कोउ अबुध न लच्छन हीना।। सब निर्दंभ धर्मरत पुनी। नर अरु नारि चतुर सब गुनी।। सब गुनग्य पंडित सब ग्यानी। सब कृतग्य नहिं कपट सयानी।।
Physical, divine, and material sufferings did not afflict anyone in Rama's kingdom. All people showed mutual love and affection, following their own dharma according to scriptural principles. All four pillars of dharma were fully established in the world, and sin was absent even in dreams. Men and women devoted to Rama's bhakti were all qualified for the supreme spiritual goal. There was no premature death or any suffering. All had beautiful and healthy bodies. No one was poor, sorrowful, or wretched. None was foolish or lacking in good qualities. All were free from hypocrisy and devoted to righteousness. Both men and women were skilled and virtuous. All were appreciative of good qualities and learned. All were grateful and free from cunning cleverness.