The Ocean of Rama's Virtues Is Fathomless, but Bhava Wins the Lord
Uttara Kanda, Doha 93
Doha 93 · Movement 3 of 3
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Rama is an ocean of limitless qualities. No listener, sage, scripture, or cosmic being can lower a line to its final depth. Bhushundi has simply offered Garuda what he himself heard from saints.
The unknowable Lord is nevertheless won by bhava. He is the treasury of happiness and the dwelling of compassion, responsive to the inner truth of devotion even while his greatness remains beyond speech.
Therefore abandon possessive attachment, intoxicated pride, and the demand for honor, and worship Sita-Rama always. The teaching turns from immeasurable theology to the practical purification of love. Rama's infinitude is not a reason for remoteness. It is the ocean into which the heart can enter when it releases the weights that keep it fixed upon itself. What cannot be fathomed can still be loved, and what cannot be captured by language can be received through surrender.
The mind cannot reach the ocean floor, but a heart emptied of pride can fall entirely into Rama's compassion.
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रामु अमित गुन सागर थाह कि पावइ कोइ। संतन्ह सन जस किछु सुनेउँ तुम्हहि सुनायउँ सोइ।।92(क)।। भाव बस्य भगवान सुख निधान करुना भवन। तजि ममता मद मान भजिअ सदा सीता रवन।।92(ख)।।
Rama is an ocean of boundless virtues. Who can fathom His depths? Whatever I heard from the saints, the same I have lovingly shared with you. The Bhagavan is won by bhava alone. He is the treasure of bliss, the abode of compassion. Casting off mamata, mada, and maan, one should always worship Sita-Rama.