The Refuge of All Worlds Appears
Bala Kanda, Doha 191
Doha 191 · Movement 2 of 2
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The hosts of gods complete their prayers and return to their respective abodes. Celestial music recedes, flowers settle, and the sky clears above Ayodhya.
Then the Lord appears. He is the dwelling place of the universe, the One within whom every world arises, rests, and finds refuge, now manifest inside the royal house.
No distance remains between the cosmic shelter and a mother's chamber. The answer to Earth's tears, the boon of Manu and Shatarupa, Narada's curse, the promise to Kashyapa and Aditi, and the prayer of heaven meet in the birth of Ram.
The One who shelters the universe appears within the shelter of Kausalya's love.
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Source doha191 gods offer prayers and return to their own abodes; Brahma selected from contextual host
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 194 · printed pages 192. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-192. Printed numbering may differ.
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- Hosts of gods offer prayers thenreachtheir respectiveabodes. Lord dwellingplaceoftheuniverse manifests, restofallworlds. NeitherdeparturemotivetomakeKaushalyaalone norimmediatesmallhumaninfant claimed.
- ChooseBrahma representative ofthedivinehost usingadjacentC1905 explicitBrahma leadcontext; finalprayer beforedeparture, othergodsoutsidecrop. Thisdoha itselfdoesnotnameindividualBrahma, selectioncontextual notsolitaryhostclaim.
- Followingseparatequeuedchhand021 explicitlydark FOURARMED Lord withweaponsornaments, thenLATERmotherasksinfantplay andLordbecomescryingchild. Neitherformshowninthisselectedprayer. Fullchhand021 unapproved remainsqueue separate noillustrationcredit.
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- Approved D188/D186 Brahma olderwarmtan greywhitefullbeards/moustaches longgrayhair goldruby ornatecrowns cream/pinkrobe goldjewels fourheads threevisiblefourthturnedaway fourarms convention preserved.
- Exactlyfourhands frontpairnamasteownchest rearleftbeads rearrightclosedmanuscript; eyesopen calmclosedmouth, lotusseat lowerlegsoutsidecrop. Prayergesture bookbeads dressgardenarch pondflowers distantpalace conventional, no claimedexactBrahmaloka/geography/alreadyarrivedhome.
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सुर समूह बिनती करि पहुँचे निज निज धाम। जगनिवास प्रभु प्रगटे अखिल लोक बिश्राम।।191।।
The hosts of the gods, having offered their prayers, returned each to their own abode. Then the Lord appeared: He who is the dwelling-place of the universe, the rest and refuge of all the worlds.