Ram Will Scatter the Pride of the Kings
Bala Kanda, Sortha 245
Sortha 245 · Movement 2 of 2
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Beneath the arguments of the assembled rulers lies a certainty the wise already recognize. Ram will wed Sita, and in that union the pride of competing kings will be carried away like dust from the ceremonial floor.
The princes are sons of Dasharatha, warriors formed in a royal house famed for courage. Even before Ram approaches Shiva's bow, the question resounds through the pavilion: who could defeat such heroes in battle?
Yet their triumph will not arise from a clash of armies. One effortless deed will expose the difference between noisy strength and strength that rests in itself. The kings have arrived seeking victory over one another. Ram's presence turns the contest inward, toward the arrogance each ruler has brought to Mithila.
Before the bow is lifted, the deeper defeat of pride has already begun.
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Full Soratha245 retained; selected one favorable discerning king courteous assurance. Wedding and battle statements future/rhetorical, not depicted events.
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 241 · printed pages 239. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-246. Printed numbering may differ.
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- Source witness SORATHA245, stable reader ID Doha246 typeSortha retained; notesDoha/Poddarnumbering not verified.
- Speakers favorable RELIGIOUS HARI DEVOTED DISCERNING kings from precedingC242unit8, notresentfulrivals.
- RAMA WILL WED SITA and dispel kingsPRIDE futureprediction.
- WHO CAN DEFEAT DASARATHA BATTLEHEROES in combat rhetoric notactualcurrentbattle.
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सीय बिआहबि राम गरब दूरि करि नृपन्ह के।। जीति को सक संग्राम दसरथ के रन बाँकुरे।।245।।
Ram will marry Sita and scatter the pride of every king. Who can defeat in battle these brave warriors of Dasharatha?