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For Ram's Coronation, This Very Moment Is Auspicious

Ayodhya Kanda, Doha 4

Doha 4 · Movement 2 of 2

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Vasishtha urges the king to move quickly. No delay is needed, no distant alignment of stars must be awaited, and no more favourable day has to be sought.

The moment Ram becomes Yuvaraja is itself the auspicious day and blessed hour. His presence does not depend upon time receiving perfection; time receives perfection through him.

The sage's command sends still intention into movement. Palace corridors, ministerial chambers, storerooms, temples, streets, and stables are about to awaken around one sentence. Sacred urgency now enters Ayodhya, bright and swift, while destiny quietly keeps another course hidden beyond the celebration.

The hour does not make Ram's coronation auspicious; Ram's coronation makes the hour sacred.

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Vasishtha gives prompt, kind counsel toward Dasharatha outside the frame, with one low open speaking palm.

AI-created devotional illustration · Doha 4

Guru's prompt spoken instruction to king off-frame: no delay, all preparations, Rama appointment itself auspicious.

Source reference and artistic choices

Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 349 · printed pages 347. Reader passage: ayodhya-kanda-doha-005. Printed numbering may differ.

Source facts

  • Guru Vasishtha tells the king: do not delay, quickly prepare ALL the materials/arrangements.
  • Good day and auspicious hour are WHEN Rama becomes crown prince, not a narrated vow-taking or a fixed calendar schedule.
  • Source printed4 and stableDoha005 retained; historical metred vow-taking substitution remains unresolved, no corpus edit.

Artistic choices

  • Guru's exact chest/open-palm gesture, purposeful expression, approved conventional appearance and pale pavilion/flowers are staging.
  • No physical appointed prince, vow, astrological time calculation or assembled rite materials depicted.
  • Complete source facts retained in metadata; source and existing translations unchanged.
  • Actual partly seated knee crop, small royal-style cushion, garden pond/pavilion and chest/open-palm instruction are art staging; source precise posture/setting not certified.

An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.

बेगि बिलंबु न करिअ नृप साजिअ सबुइ समाजु। सुदिन सुमंगलु तबहिं जब रामु होहिं जुबराजु।।4।।

The sage urges, 'Make haste, O King! Do not delay. Let all the preparations be arranged at once. The auspicious day and the blessed hour is the very moment Rama becomes Crown Prince.'