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O Lord, I have a great doubt, a great confusion. Please do your best to show me the way to remove it. Tell me that story in detail. Introduce me, please. Who is that Rāma? Upon this request and question from the ṛṣi Bharadvāja, the great Yājñavalkya smiled. There are different kinds of smiling. He smiled. Muni Bharadvāja, you know the glory of Rāma. Though you are a knower, you are becoming as if unknowing, and you are asking me about Him. I know you are a great bhakta of Rāma; in your mind, in your speech, and in your deeds, everything is completely dedicated to Rāma. And you are asking me, "Who is that?" I think I understand your cleverness. I understood how clever you are. Though you know all this, still you want to know more about Him. When you love someone, you ask people, "How is he?" or "How is she?" Again and again, one will say, "Okay, it's very fine." You ask another, you ask her, you ask one person after another, because we cannot get enough of the beloved. The more you hear about him or her, the stronger your heart becomes. So, the more you hear about God, the stronger and stronger you will become. Therefore, the ṛṣi Yājñavalkyajī smiled and said, "Ṛṣi Bharadvāja, you know everything. I understood your cleverness. That is why you ask me such a question. You ask in such a way, like one who is completely in ignorance." It is a way to draw something out, like a secret police question; they know everything, but they ask you once more. You know this very well, especially in your country. Tāt sunau sādar manu lājī, kahū rāmke kathā sunājī. Mahāmohu mahiṣeṣu viśālā, rām kathā kālī kākrālā. O my brother, O my friend, my dear one, listen with concentration, with respect and adoration. Listen. I will definitely tell you the glory of God Rāma. The ignorance is something very great. It is like a great Māheśa, a Rākṣasa. And the glory of God Rāma can remove that ignorance, which is a very dangerous Kālī. The glory of God Rāma is like the light of the moon. There is a bird, a night bird, which enjoys the moonlight. It is a small white bird, like what you call an owl. But there is another one, a small white one. The whole night it is constantly gazing at the moonlight. It gains love, light, and radiance. So God Rāma is that moon. And the saint, the bhakta, the śānta, the yogī—they are like that bird; the whole night they are nourished by that light. But the same kind of doubt once arose in Pārvatī; then Śiva explained to her in very great detail. And Śiva explains everything in great detail. Now I will tell you something according to my knowledge. I will tell you the dialogue between Umā and Śiva, Pārvatī and Śiva, which removed her doubts. So listen now, and you also will be able to remove your doubts, and you will realize peace in your heart. Thank you. --- Recording location: Czech Republic, Strilky, Summer seminar