The News of Departure Enters the Inner Palace
Bala Kanda, Doha 332
Doha 332 · Movement 2 of 2
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The ministers receive a simple command: the lord of Avadh wishes to depart, and the news must be announced within the inner palace. Formal words cross the threshold into chambers still bright with wedding joy.
Brahmins, courtiers, ministers, and attendants hear what has been decided. Even Janaka, who gave the order, feels the force of it anew as the approaching separation becomes public truth.
Love overtakes every rank at once. Wisdom does not prevent sorrow, authority does not master it, and ceremony cannot conceal it. One message passes through the palace, yet it touches each heart according to its bond. The departure is not underway, but its shadow has already entered every room.
A single announcement travels through the palace, and wedding music gives way to the first silence of farewell.
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- JANAKA orders ANNOUNCE INSIDE that AYODHYA KING WANTS DEPARTURE; not unlocated minister or requester speech.
- MINISTERS SAGES BRAHMINS COURTIERS and KING become moved by LOVE.
- Snapshot सचिव सुनि versus primary सचिव मुनि unresolved: preserve original; primary sagecategory retained, no corpus correction.
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अवधनाथु चाहत चलन भीतर करहु जनाउ। भए प्रेमबस सचिव सुनि बिप्र सभासद राउ।।332।।
The ministers were told: 'The lord of Avadh wishes to depart. Go and announce this within the inner palace.' Hearing this, the ministers, the Brahmins, the courtiers, and the king himself were all overcome by love.