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Those Who Worship Hari Cross the Most Difficult Ocean

Uttara Kanda, Shloka 3

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Bhushundi's teaching gathers itself into the clarity of a Sanskrit shloka. There is no hesitation in his voice, no mist around the conclusion. He speaks with certainty, offering words that do not bend toward any other meaning.

Before Garuda, the ocean of samsara rises in its most terrible form. Its waves are birth and death, its currents desire and fear, its horizon hidden beyond every mortal calculation. This is the passage declared exceedingly difficult to cross.

Then the devotees of Hari enter the vision. They do not drain the ocean, measure its depth, or master every current. They worship. The Name and feet of the Lord become the means by which the impossible crossing is made. Bhushundi's certainty is born from the story he has lived through curses, births, teachers, universes, and ages. At the end of every road, devotion has carried him where strength and knowledge alone could not.

The ocean remains immeasurable, yet the worshipper of Hari finds the farther shore beneath every step.

Read the passage from the Manas

विनिच्श्रितं वदामि ते न अन्यथा वचांसि मे। हरिं नरा भजन्ति येऽतिदुस्तरं तरन्ति ते।।122(ग)।।

I tell you with certainty; my words are not otherwise. Those who worship Hari cross the most difficult ocean of existence with ease.