Vishwamitra Serves Roots and Fruits to His Lord
Bala Kanda, Doha 209
Doha 209 · Movement 2 of 2
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Vishwamitra offers the fruit of all his austerities to Ram. Years of discipline, power, mantra, and accomplishment are no longer possessions once the object of tapasya walks beside him.
He brings the brothers into his hermitage, not merely as royal protectors but as the Lord and his beloved attendant. The threatened sanctuary becomes blessed by the feet for which its prayers had been waiting.
Knowing Ram as the very object of devotion, the sage serves him roots, tubers, and fruits. The food is simple forest fare, yet the offering fulfils a lifetime. Vishwamitra watches the Lord accept from his hands.
All the sage's tapasya ripens into one plate of roots and fruits before Ram.
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Source209 all verse read; selected sage offering roots tubers fruits at ownashram
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 210 · printed pages 208. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-210. Printed numbering may differ.
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- MUNI surrenders ALLWEAPONS: primary आयुध, queue आयुष. Not life surrender, austerity merit or lives devoted meaning. BringsLORD to hisOWNASHRAM and offers ROOTS TUBERS FRUITS asfood knowing good for BHAKTI.
- Selected foodoffering only. ContextualMuni Vishvamitra from precedingvidyagranted episode, not Vasisht ha. Ownashram before later emptyhermitageAhalya scene; Ahalya foreign plainexplanation source210 not this source209.
- Offering not eating or physicalhungerproof; precedingvidya removes hunger/thirst retained. Primary source209 numerical mapping stableDoha210 preserved, no corpus edit.
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- Approved D208 Vishvamitra model brown angularface aquilinenose brown eyes darkgraybeard blackgrayhighmattedknot Burgundycream woodbeads unmarkedforehead retained, artistage~60 notcertificate.
- Two ownhands holdingbasketedges, simpleforestashram hut and foliage imagined, basket shape roots/fruitspecies material lighting exactpose unverified. Rama/Lakshmana outsidecrop not denied; no materialized lifespan merit or magic weapons.
- Actual Burgundyshawl includes narrowgoldtrim and thinwristband artist adornment, not royalcrown/pearl replacement; retains current facial/hairmodel. Far basket hand partlyoccludedbyfood; connectedforearm andsupport position checked, individualhiddenfingers not certified. Specificfruits/tubers rusticbasket fence jar foliage hut are unverifiedartist detail.
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आयुष सब समर्पि कै प्रभु निज आश्रम आनि। कंद मूल फल भोजन दीन्ह भगति हित जानि।।209।।
Having offered up the fruit of all his austerities, the sage brought the Lord to his own ashram. Knowing Ram to be the very object of devotion, he served Him roots, tubers, and fruits to eat.