Ram Bows at His Mother's Feet Before Leaving
Bala Kanda, Sortha 208
Sortha 208 · Movement 2 of 2
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Dasharatha entrusts the princes to Vishwamitra and gives blessing after blessing, trying to place protection into every word that follows them from the court.
Ram then goes to the quarters of his mother. Departure cannot begin only from royal command. He takes leave from Kausalya and bows his head at her feet, honouring the bond in which the infinite once accepted infancy.
The mother who chased his dusty childhood steps must now let those feet go toward forest danger. Blessing descends from her hands as the prince rises, carrying filial reverence into the first great movement beyond Ayodhya.
At Kausalya's feet, the road out of childhood receives a mother's blessing.
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AI-created devotional illustration · Sortha 208
Both grouped parts read: doha208ka and soratha208kha; selected joyful pair departure from208kha
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 209 · printed pages 207. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-209. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Source208ka: KING entrusts sons to SAGE with MANYBLESSINGS; BOTH princes visit MOTHERS rooms bow their HEADS at FEET and depart. Not king requesting sage blessings or mothers turning faces away.
- Source208kha: BOTH lionlike heroes depart JOYFULLY, remove MUNI fear, oceans of compassion steady-minded causes of allworld causes. All TWO grouped parts/types retained with ONEreader approval; singularmother English and omittedkha unresolved.
- Primary narrative departure precedes C207/C208 protection despite stableID order; no forcedchronological renumbering. Selected joyfulpaironly, King sage mothers outsidecrop not denied.
Artistic choices
- Approved C207 earlier-youth model retained: Rama bluegrey brown eyes blackcurls goldtiedhighknot whiteU yellowcreamgold tinyhoops pearlbeadchain; Lakshmana fairwarmtan brown eyes blackwaves highknot whiteUredcenter orangecreamwoodbeads tinyhoops. Artistic ages about15/14 retained not historicalcertificate.
- Each own bow arrow backquiver heldnonthreatening; fourtotalhands twoheads hipcrop legsoutsideframe. Imagined palacegate forestpath foliage lighting poses unverified. E17 colorwashadaptation no literal lions oceans fearmonster or cosmicbody.
- Actual standing/moving upperbody pose and forwardgaze suggest departure but legstep mechanics outsidecrop unverified. Palacegate rightbackground is imagined location, direction awayfromgate not geometrically certified. Fine clothing/foliage detail exceeds loosewash prompt but borderless matte E17 treatment accepted.
An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.
सौंपे भूप रिषिहि सुत बहु बिधि देइ असीस। जननी भवन गए प्रभु चले नाइ पद सीस।।208(क)।। पुरुषसिंह दोउ बीर हरषि चले मुनि भय हरन।। कृपासिंधु मतिधीर अखिल बिस्व कारन करन।।208(ख)।।
The king entrusted his sons to the rishi, bestowing blessings in many ways. The Lord visited His mother's quarters to take leave, then departed, bowing His head at her feet.