Ayodhya Is Fulfilled because Sat-Chit-Ananda Sits upon Its Throne
Uttara Kanda, Doha 47
Doha 47 · Movement 2 of 2
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Shiva turns to Uma and gathers Ayodhya's blessing into one vision. The men and women of the city have become fulfilled, their lives brought to completion within Rama's reign.
Their king is not merely a righteous descendant of Raghu. Raghunayak is Brahman, the dense fullness of existence, consciousness, and bliss, visible upon a human throne.
The city's fulfillment does not come only from ideal conditions. It comes from living near the truth from which every condition arises. Sat-Chit-Ananda has entered relation as sovereign, son, brother, husband, teacher, and friend. Ayodhya's people move through ordinary days while the absolute walks their streets. Their blessing is to discover that daily life can become complete when its center is the one reality that lacks nothing.
Ayodhya becomes fulfilled because the fullness called Brahman has chosen to live among its people as their king.
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-उमा अवधबासी नर नारि कृतारथ रूप। ब्रह्म सच्चिदानंद घन रघुनायक जहँ भूप।।47।।
Uma, the men and women of Ayodhya were fulfilled in every way, for Raghunayak, their king, was Brahman himself: dense, solid Sat-Chit-Ananda.