No. 12196 Complete Works of Goswami Tulsidas Vol. The deivine author of morality. The glory of love. Dharma is a corollary of religion and morality is a corollary of dharma.
All religions enjoin moral codes of living for human beings.
Tulsidas commences Dohavali by reiterating his faith in Saguna Rama, designating him to be the Divine Author of Morality. He describes illusions and emotions of earthly life. He compares the glory of love to the chaatak bird's legendary unswerving devotion to a few drops of outumun's rain to allay its thirst. In this background of religion and dharma, Tulsidas enumerates specific moral qualities relevant to social life, individual behaviours and collective moralities concerning responsibilities of the state towards its citizens and duties of citizens to the state. The work concludes with a short epilogue.