The Four Sages Return to Brahmaloka Carrying the Boon They Desired
Uttara Kanda, Doha 35
Doha 35 · Movement 2 of 2
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The Kumaras praise Rama again and again. Each hymn ends in another loving bow, as though the body must complete what speech has offered.
Their desired boon has been granted: the unfailing devotion for which the ancient sages asked now accompanies the knowledge in which they have long rested.
At last Sanaka and his brothers turn from the grove and travel toward Brahma's abode. They depart not with jewels, territories, or celestial offices, but with the treasure chosen before Rama. The flowering trees remain behind, yet love travels with them beyond Ayodhya. The encounter closes as it opened, with four childlike forms carrying immeasurable antiquity, now bearing a devotion that will never wane.
The sages leave Rama's grove with no visible burden, carrying only the unfailing love that outweighs every world.
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बार बार अस्तुति करि प्रेम सहित सिरु नाइ। ब्रह्म भवन सनकादि गे अति अभीष्ट बर पाइ।।35।।
Praising the Lord again and again, bowing their heads with love, the Sanakadik sages departed to Brahmaloka, having received the boon they most desired.