Book I : Bala Kanda - Book Of Youthful Majesties : Chapter 1(Continued)
दश वर्ष सहस्राणि दश वर्ष शतानि च |
रामो राज्यम् उपासित्वा ब्रह्म लोकम् प्रयास्यति || १-१-९७
रामो राज्यम् उपासित्वा ब्रह्म लोकम् प्रयास्यति || १-१-९७
97. raamaH = Rama; dasha varSa sahasraaNi = ten, years, thousand; dasa varsha sataani ca = ten, years, hundred, also; raajyam upaasitvaa = kingdom, on reverencing; brahma lokam gamishhyati = Brahma's abode, voyages.
"On reverencing the kingdom for ten thousand years plus another one thousand years, i.e. for a total of eleven thousand years, Rama voyages to the abode of Brahma... [1-1-97]
In rama raajyam upaasitvaa... the word used is upaasana is not ruling by sceptre but it is 'reverentially idolising the kingdom...' as one would regard or treat his personal god with reverence. Rama thus reverenced his kingdom as a devotee of his subjects and this is the concept of raama raajya. The brahma loka is not the abode of four-faced Brahma, but still higher abode, rather vaikunTha itself.
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