Brahma Begins the Hymn Through Tears
Bala Kanda, Doha 185
Doha 185 · Movement 2 of 2
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Shiva's recognition enters Brahma's heart and joy overflows its banks. The Creator no longer searches for a remote address of the Lord. Presence has become immediate within devotion.
His body thrills with ecstasy. Tears of love stream from his eyes, softening the face before any formal praise has begun. Joined hands rise, holding reverence where explanation had ended.
Brahma steadies the mind and becomes fully attentive. The hymn will not be a call sent across distance, but praise offered within the One who already hears. Through tears, breath, and focused remembrance, creation's lord begins to address its source.
Before the first word of praise, Brahma's tears announce that Hari is near.
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Source doha185: Brahma joyful, thrilled, tearful, joins hands and begins praise with steady attentive mind
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 188 · printed pages 186. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-186. Printed numbering may differ.
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- Hearing Shiva's words, Brahma's mind rejoices, body thrills, eyes shed tears. With JOINED HANDS he praises, attentive and steady-minded; no generalized devotional rule added.
- Joyful tears, not grief; no actual Lord avatar already manifest in source scene. Displaced wedding mothers/sons/brides welcome English/Hindi unused.
- Standardized bhakti-rasa theory and 'true worship never cold' remain unverified newly-authored contemplations, not source-certified.
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- Approved D089/D083 older warmtan Brahma with grey/whitefullbeards/moustaches/hair, fourheads threefacesvisiblefourthaway, goldornatecrowns/rubyjewels necklace cream/pinkrobe lotus seat. Three visible faces/hiddenfourthandfourarm iconography inherited convention, not counted physically in this verse.
- ExactlyFOURARMS/FOURHANDS: frontpairjoinedownchest, rearleftbeads rear-rightclosedplainmanuscript. Gentle joyful upward centralface, mouthslightlyopenpraising and smalltears, bodythrill implied instead of literal skin effects. Exactcrowns/dress/book/beads/courtarch/rustfieldswhiteflowers imaginary. Lowerlegsoutsidecrop, no extra kneehands or other person.
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सुनि बिरंचि मन हरष तन पुलकि नयन बह नीर। अस्तुति करत जोरि कर सावधान मतिधीर।।185।।
Hearing this, Brahma's heart overflowed with joy. His body thrilled with ecstasy, and tears of love streamed from his eyes. With hands joined in reverence, steady and attentive of mind, he began his hymn of praise.