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Leela Scene

Ram Tells Vishwamitra Everything

Bala Kanda, Chaupai 234

Doha 237 · Movement 1 of 2

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Ram and Lakshmana return to Vishwamitra, inwardly praising Sita's beauty. Ram's nature is simple, sincere, and untouched by deceit, so he tells Kaushika everything that occurred in the garden.

The sage receives the flowers, completes worship, and blesses both brothers: may the desires of your hearts be fulfilled. Ram and Lakshmana hear the words with joy, the guru's benediction meeting Gauri's blessing across the unseen distance.

After food, Vishwamitra narrates ancient stories. Evening arrives, and with permission the brothers perform their prayers. The moon rises in the east, recalling Sita's face, yet reflection quickly reveals that the comparison cannot stand.

Gauri blesses Sita, Vishwamitra blesses Ram, and the evening moon rises between them.

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After evening devotion, Rama beholds the rising moon, then reflects that it cannot equal Sita’s face.

AI-created devotional illustration · Chaupai 234

Full source preserved; selected representative joy/evening moon scene with poetic claims and numbering/subject exceptions explicit.

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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 233, 234 · printed pages 231, 232. Reader passage: bala-kanda-chaupai-234. Printed numbering may differ.

Source facts

  • 1 BOTH brothers inwardly praiseSita beauty and goGURU.
  • 2 RAMA tells KAUSHIKA everything; simple nature untoucheddeceit.
  • 3 MUNI receivesFLOWERS worships then BLESSES BOTH.
  • 4 Their DESIRES FULFILLED blessing; RAMA LAKSHMANA joy.
  • 5 WISEMUNI EATS then recounts OLD STORIES.
  • 6 DAY OVER GURU PERMISSION bothbrothers go EVENINGDEVOTION.
  • 7 Lovely MOON RISES EAST; RAMA SINGULAR JOY seeingresemblance SITA FACE, notbothbrotherscompare.
  • 8 RAMA SINGULAR reconsiders MOON NOTequal SITAFACE; selectedsource7-8 moonview, full8 retained.

Artistic choices

  • ActualRama C230 LEFTmodel youthfulbluegrey ovalface brownirises blackearshouldercurls creamgoldfourcornerFOLDEDFABRICCAP WHITEUredcenter/detail onepeacockfeather whitepinkbudclusters yellowcreamgold dhoti/drape gempearlgreenredstone necklace goldhoops. Currentheadadornment aftergarden sourceunspecifiedartistcontinuity notexactwearingtime/numericalage/material certificate.
  • ActualONLYRama uprightwaistup 1head2connectedownarms2distinctownhands ownRIGHTchest ownLEFTcoveredwaist, OPENeyes UP-RIGHT subtlejoy/reconsideration closedgentlemouth. NO flowerleafbowl inhands priorflowersreceivedGuru, gear/lowerlegsfeetoutcrop notabsent; Lakshmana/Guru/Sita offcropnotdenied.
  • Actual palegraymottled ROUND MOON ABOVEfarRIGHTcity skyline highwithinframe, mutedindigonightsky duskcloudband, creamguestlodgegardenarch whitepinkbough goldfloralborder E02fineagedpaper. Exactmoonphase/elevation/size/cratermap/eastdirection/time/site countspoeticartist not astronomicalobservation/compass proof. No Sitaimageinmoon/headmoon/audiblestories/blessing or fullchronology certificate.

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हृदयँ सराहत सीय लोनाई। गुर समीप गवने दोउ भाई।। राम कहा सबु कौसिक पाहीं। सरल सुभाउ छुअत छल नाहीं।। सुमन पाइ मुनि पूजा कीन्ही। पुनि असीस दुहु भाइन्ह दीन्ही।। सुफल मनोरथ होहुँ तुम्हारे। रामु लखनु सुनि भए सुखारे।। करि भोजनु मुनिबर बिग्यानी। लगे कहन कछु कथा पुरानी।। बिगत दिवसु गुरु आयसु पाई। संध्या करन चले दोउ भाई।। प्राची दिसि ससि उयउ सुहावा। सिय मुख सरिस देखि सुखु पावा।। बहुरि बिचारु कीन्ह मन माहीं। सीय बदन सम हिमकर नाहीं।।

Praising Sita's loveliness in His heart, the two brothers returned to the Guru. Ram told Kaushika everything, for His simple nature holds no trace of deceit.