A Garden That Gives Joy Even to Ram
Bala Kanda, Doha 227
Doha 227 · Movement 2 of 2
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Ram and Lakshmana behold the garden and its central lake. Jewelled steps descend through reflected foliage toward clear water and lotus colour.
The Lord himself feels delight. Beauty created within his own universe returns through flower, bird, breeze, and careful human tending to please the One from whom beauty first arose.
The garden is called supremely lovely because it gives joy even to Ram. Its deepest ornament has not yet entered sight. Sita is approaching the same lake, and the landscape holds its breath between two arrivals. Lotus fragrance rests upon the clear water.
Ram delights in the garden, while its loveliest vision walks toward him unseen.
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Full source doha227 and preceding king's-garden context; selected brothers' shared delight at the garden and lake.
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 225 · printed pages 223. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-228. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Rama delights with HIS BROTHER on beholding GARDEN AND LAKE. The NARRATOR praises this supremely lovely garden that gives joy to Rama; no statement of Rama speaking about himself.
- Preceding context: after ablutions/bathing/daily duties, bowing Guru and obtaining permission to gather flowers, brothers enter KING'S garden. Spring lingers; lovely trees, new leaves, fruits, flowers and colored vine pavilions, bounty figuratively shames celestial trees. Singing chataka/cuckoo/parrot/chakora and dancing peacocks, central lake jeweled steps clearwater multicolored lotuses waterbirds/bees retained as context, not full bird census of selected frame.
- Selected beholding and shared joy, before following flower gathering/Sita arrival; displaced Parashurama bow-offering material is not scene authority.
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- Current approved C216 youthful Rama bluegrey brown eyes black shoulder curls whiteU smallredbase; fair warmtan Lakshmana brown eyes black shoulder curls whiteU redcenter. Creamgold folded four-corner fabric caps separate from forehead marks; both yellow creamgold clothes, pearl green-red-stone necklaces smallgoldhoops. Ages15/14 artistic, not authenticated.
- Actual two heads four connected ownarms four distinct ownhands: Rama one chest hand and one abdomen hand; Lakshmana one abdomen hand and one pondledge hand. Lowerlegsfeet outsidecrop; equipment offcrop not declared absent. Gentle lowered gaze toward pond, open/subtly half-lidded eyes, shared quiet joy no speech bubble.
- Imagined king's garden: cream pondledge/steps with rubyemerald inlay motifs, clear teal water pink/white/blue lotuses, flowering trees/vines and distant cream-gold gardenpavilions. Luminous E03 leaded glass/jewel fragments/floralborder; exact floorplan/species/jewelmaterials/stepdesign/capsafterbathing/time/pose artist, no certificate of all named species or actual plan.
An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.
बागु तड़ागु बिलोकि प्रभु हरषे बंधु समेत। परम रम्य आरामु यहु जो रामहि सुख देत।।227।।
Seeing the garden and the lake, the Lord was delighted along with His brother. "Supremely lovely is this garden, that it gives joy even to Rama Himself."