The Lord Can Raise a Gnat to Brahma and Make Brahma Less than a Gnat
Uttara Kanda, Doha 123क
Doha 123क · Movement 2 of 2
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Water is poured into a churning vessel, yet no butter rises. Sand is pressed beneath the millstone, yet no oil gathers. These impossible labors stand beside the greater impossibility Bhushundi declares: the ocean of becoming cannot be crossed without devotion to Hari.
Above the futile vessel and silent press, the scale of creation suddenly opens. Raghunatha can lift a gnat into the seat of Brahma, clothed with the power to fashion worlds. The same Lord can make mighty Brahma smaller in consequence than the insect once beneath him.
Every hierarchy trembles inside that vision. Rank, capacity, learning, and cosmic office are upheld by a will that remains utterly free. The wise therefore abandon doubt and worship Rama. Surrender is not a retreat from truth. It is the lucid response to supreme sovereignty. Garuda, himself a celestial power, receives the lesson without resistance: no wing, however vast, crosses samsara unless the Lord of all power becomes its refuge.
The hand that can crown a gnat and humble a creator is the only hand strong enough to carry the soul across.
Read the passage from the Manas
उबारि मथें घृत होइ बरु सिकता ते बरु तेल। बिनु हरि भजन न भव तरिअ यह सिद्धांत अपेल।।122(क)।। मसकहि करइ बिंरंचि प्रभु अजहि मसक ते हीन। अस बिचारि तजि संसय रामहि भजहिं प्रबीन।।122(ख)।।
Sooner would butter come from churning water, or oil be pressed from sand, than one cross the ocean of existence without devotion to Hari. This truth is unshakeable. The Lord can make a gnat into Brahma the Creator, and reduce the mighty Brahma to less than a gnat. Considering this, the wise abandon all doubt and worship Rama.