Narada Carries the Ocean of Rama's Beauty toward Brahma's Abode
Uttara Kanda, Doha 51
Doha 51 · Movement 2 of 2
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Narada completes his loving praise, drawing together the multitude of Rama's qualities before the shaded gathering. The last vibration of the veena settles into the air.
Then the sage takes leave for Brahma's abode. He does not depart empty after giving the song. He holds Rama, the ocean of beauty, within his heart.
The singer carries what he has sung. The grove recedes behind him, yet its center travels wherever remembrance remains clear. Rama's beauty is oceanic, too vast to be moved, and still it fits without reduction inside the devotee's heart. Narada's journey becomes the passage of darshan from Ayodhya toward Brahmaloka, borne not as report alone but as living inward presence.
Narada leaves the grove, but the ocean of Rama's beauty travels whole within the small chamber of his heart.
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प्रेम सहित मुनि नारद बरनि राम गुन ग्राम। सोभासिंधु हृदयँ धरि गए जहाँ बिधि धाम।।51।।
With love, Narada described Rama's multitude of virtues. Holding that ocean of beauty in his heart, he departed for Brahma's abode.