Two Oceans of Joy Flow Together
Bala Kanda, Doha 305
Doha 305 · Movement 2 of 2
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Both parties move forward from their ordered positions, eager to meet. The last distance cannot be left to formal waiting when affection has already crossed it.
The verse sees two oceans of ananda approaching and merging at an auspicious hour. Neither loses by union, and no boundary can be found where the joy of Ayodhya ends and Mithila's begins.
Procession and welcome, guest and host, giver and receiver flow into one another. The image anticipates the marriage itself, where two royal houses remain distinct yet become joined through love. On the open road, before city and pavilion, the first great confluence takes place.
Ayodhya and Mithila meet like two seas discovering that their water is one joy.
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 290 · printed pages 288. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-306. Printed numbering may differ.
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- Joyful mutualmeeting: SOMErelease reins/GALLOP to meet, witness बगमेल gloss retained.
- As if TWO OCEANSOFJOY meet after leaving SUVELA barrier/shore, not auspiciousHOUR or streams/physicalstormforce.
- Selectedonewelcomeronebaraatmember greetonfoot, otherSOMEgallopers offcrop no allmemberswalking inference.
- Attributed Hindi missing status preserved, Suvela glosssinglewitness independenteditionpending.
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हरषि परसपर मिलन हित कछुक चले बगमेल। जनु आनंद समुद्र दुइ मिलत बिहाइ सुबेल।।305।।
Rejoicing, both parties moved forward to meet one another, as though two oceans of ananda were merging at an auspicious hour.