Only Those Sheltered by Raghuvir
Bala Kanda, Sortha 85
Sortha 85 · Movement 3 of 3
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No one can hold composure. Kamadeva steals the mind from the place where discipline had seated it, and every inward defence gives way.
One refuge remains. Those whom Raghuvir keeps beneath his protection survive the hour without being carried away. Their strength is not presented as private mastery greater than the cosmos.
Grace holds what willpower cannot. When desire becomes universal weather, remembrance of Ram becomes the shelter no storm can enter. The protected ones do not claim victory over Kama. They remain because Raghuvir has kept them near. The storm cannot see them.
The world bends beneath Kama, while the ones held by Ram remain within an unseen shelter.
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AI-created devotional illustration · Sortha 85
A symbolic unnamed devotee sits steadily in inward remembrance, illustrating the refuge described in source Soratha 85.
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 102 · printed pages 100. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-086. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- No one retained steadiness when Manasija seized minds except those protected by Raghuvir
- Witness labels the verse Soratha85; stable reader ID086/typeSortha preserved
Artistic choices
- Unnamed ordinary adult brown-skinned male short dark hair/small beard cream ochre robe seated upright joined hands/closed eyes, calm inward remembrance/refuge symbol; identity/age/face/pose not specified or authenticated
- Mat, flowering tree/stream/forest hills/natural light added; no literal Rama apparition/shield/rescue, Kama threat or exact named person's episode
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धरी न काहूँ धिर सबके मन मनसिज हरे। जे राखे रघुबीर ते उबरे तेहि काल महुँ।।85।।
No one could hold their composure; Kamadeva stole every heart. Only those sheltered by Raghuvir were saved in that hour.