Those Who Rose at the Sound
Bala Kanda, Doha 24
Doha 24 · Movement 2 of 2
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Shabari waits among forest leaves with a lifetime of devotion gathered in her hands. Jatayu lies beneath the open sky after giving his strength for Sita. Faithful servants approach from every path, and Ram raises each one by the intimacy of his grace.
Behind them appears a multitude no single story could contain. Sinners whose names the world had spoken with contempt emerge from forgotten roads, prisoned rooms, ruined thresholds, and the inward country of remorse. The Name passes among them, and chains fall where no royal hand has reached.
The Vedas stand as witnesses. What Ram bestowed upon beloved servants, his Name has poured across an incalculable crowd.
Shabari and Jatayu look back, and the road behind them is filled with the liberated.
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AI-created devotional illustration · Doha 24
Separate portraits honour Shabari and Jatayu, named among Raghunath's devoted servants.
Source reference and artistic choices
Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 48 · printed pages 46. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-025. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Raghunath grants blessed liberation to Shabari and the vulture among good servants
- Name's deliverance of countless others praised
Artistic choices
- Separate iconic Shabari and Jatayu medallions; no shared meeting, berries, battle, death or visible salvation
- Woman's age, complexion, hair, bindi, dress, prayer pose and bird design, branch, frames and colours imagined
An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.
सबरी गीध सुसेवकनि सुगति दीन्हि रघुनाथ। नाम उधारे अमित खल बेद बिदित गुन गाथ।।24।।
Raghunath granted liberation to Shabari, to Jatayu, and to other faithful servants. Yet the Name has redeemed countless sinners. This glory of the Name is celebrated throughout the Vedas.