Dearer Than Life to All Kosala
Bala Kanda, Doha 204
Doha 204 · Movement 2 of 2
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Across Kosalapura, affection for Ram crosses every division of age and household. Children, elders, women, men, servants, merchants, brahmins, and warriors recognize the same tenderness when the prince enters their street.
The love is not distant admiration for royal beauty. The merciful Ram becomes dearer than life itself, nearer to each person than the impulse by which the body protects its own existence.
Ayodhya therefore holds him through innumerable hearts at once. Palace lineage cannot claim him exclusively. The prince belongs intimately to the city, and the city begins to understand itself through the joy of his presence.
Every road in Kosala leads toward the prince whom its people love more than breath.
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Source doha204 ALLKosala inhabitants Rama dearerthanlife; selected ordinarywoman
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 205 · printed pages 203. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-205. Printed numbering may differ.
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- Kosala inhabitants MEN WOMEN ELDERS CHILDREN mercifulRAM dearerthan LIFE to ALL. Selected one ordinarywoman, groups retained in verse context not allclaimedpictured.
- Primary exact Kosalapur verse PDF205 printed203 numbered204 matching this snapshot source204; prior numbering discrepancies remain preserved, no generalized renumbering.
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- Approved D195 ordinaryfemale about35artistage warmtanroundovalface browneyes smallroundednose BLACKcenterpartlowbraid NOgrayhair plainRUSTROSEsari blouse headveil narrowcreamgoldedge tinybindi smallgoldstuds NOroyalpearls/crown. Distinct from Kaushalya greythreads creamMAGENTApearls.
- One upperwaiststandingwoman joined ownchesthands openeyes towardRama beyondcrop lipsclosed lovingjoy twoownarms/hands. Imagined approvedD195-like Kosala riverfrontcreamgoldpalaces balustrade flowers E02fineborder, no geographic/historicalcertificate or weddingpavilion material transfer.
- Distant small boats and tiny riverfront city residents are imagined urban background detail; no individual distant anatomy certificate or claim all verse age-groups identifiable.
An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.
कोसलपुर बासी नर नारि बृद्ध अरु बाल। प्रानहु ते प्रिय लागत सब कहुँ राम कृपाल।।204।।
To every man and woman of Kosalapura, young and old alike, the merciful Ram was dearer than life itself.