The all-blissful God, who is above the reach of delusion and transcends all intellect, speech, and perception of the senses, became subject to the strong love of His parents and sported like an innocent babe.
In this way Rama, the father of the universe, showed Himself the delight of the people of Kosala; and they who love their God, O Bhavani, show themselves like His earthly parents. But his enemies, though they struggle for ever, will never extricate themselves from the bonds of existence. The delusive power that has subdued all life, whether in animate or inanimate creation, trembles before the Lord, who with the play of his eyebrows forces it to dance like a puppet. If we leave such a Lord, whom else can we supplicate? Neither in thought, word, nor deed be overwise; God is merciful only to those who pray. Thus the Lord sported as a child to the delight of all the people of the city; and now his mother would take and dandle him in her arms, and now put him down and rock him in his cradle,
In this way Rama, the father of the universe, showed Himself the delight of the people of Kosala; and they who love their God, O Bhavani, show themselves like His earthly parents. But his enemies, though they struggle for ever, will never extricate themselves from the bonds of existence. The delusive power that has subdued all life, whether in animate or inanimate creation, trembles before the Lord, who with the play of his eyebrows forces it to dance like a puppet. If we leave such a Lord, whom else can we supplicate? Neither in thought, word, nor deed be overwise; God is merciful only to those who pray. Thus the Lord sported as a child to the delight of all the people of the city; and now his mother would take and dandle him in her arms, and now put him down and rock him in his cradle,