Time, Karma, Nature, and the Gunas Lose Their Power to Wound
Uttara Kanda, Doha 21
Doha 21 · Movement 2 of 2
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Listen, O Lord of the sky. In Rama's kingdom, the blessing extends through the whole world of moving and unmoving beings. Human happiness is not separated from the fate of animals, trees, rivers, or the silent earth.
The ancient engines of affliction remain named: time, karma, individual nature, and the qualities of prakriti. Yet the sorrow they produce finds no creature upon whom it can fasten.
The Doha does not say that existence has become inert. Time still turns, action still bears consequence, dispositions still arise, and the gunas still weave experience. But under Rama's sovereignty their movement no longer culminates in torment. A deeper harmony receives them. The universe remains diverse and active while losing its hostility, as though every wheel continues to revolve after the grinding weight has been lifted from its rim.
In Rama Rajya, the wheels of existence continue to turn, but no living being is crushed beneath them.
Read the passage from the Manas
राम राज नभगेस सुनु सचराचर जग माहिं।। काल कर्म सुभाव गुन कृत दुख काहुहि नाहिं।।21।।
In Rama's kingdom, the gods cheer victory from heaven. Demons, brahmins, cows, monkeys, and kinnaras all live together harmoniously. Birds and deer play freely, the breeze blows gently. Everything is favorable, bliss is boundless. All society moves like pilgrims on a path, contented with little gain, never taking excessive interest.