The Necklace of Ram's Story
Bala Kanda, Doha 11
Doha 11 · Movement 2 of 2
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Pearl like verses lie upon the worktable, each one shaped from reflection, devotion, and the patient labour of speech. Poetic skill pierces them without breaking their lustre.
Through every opening passes one continuous thread: the story of Ram. It binds separate moments into a single ornament and keeps no pearl isolated from the purpose of the whole.
The good lift this necklace and place it upon their spotless hearts. There the verses do not merely decorate memory. Love gives them their final radiance.
The thread disappears beneath the pearls, but it holds every one against the heart.
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AI-created devotional illustration · Doha 11
An unnamed listener wears a simple pearl strand close to the heart, illustrating poems strung on Rama's story.
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 34 · printed pages 32. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-012. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Pearl-like poems pierced and strung on the excellent thread of Rama's story
- Good people wear them upon pure hearts with deep affection
Artistic choices
- Unnamed adult woman wearing a pearl strand is symbolic, not a historical portrait
- Modest cream drape, ochre clothing, seated pose and floral edge imagined
An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.
जुगुति बेधि पुनि पोहिअहिं रामचरित बर ताग। पहिरहिं सज्जन बिमल उर सोभा अति अनुराग।।11।।
These pearl-like verses, pierced with skill and strung upon the beautiful thread of Ram's story, are worn by good people on their pure hearts, shining there with the radiance of deep love.