one’s guru. If one does so, he can never hope to have happiness and success
anywhere in the world. Since Narad is my guru in the sense that he was the first sage
who had shown me the light at the end of the dark tunnel represented by bad fate, I
must not and would not disobey him no matter what happens.”
We have read in Doha no. 67 and its preceding Chaupai line no. 8 that Parvati’s
groom was destined to have certain peculiar characters which are like those of a
hermit or an ascetic, and certainly not like a householder. When her parents were
shell-shocked to hear this prophesy, they had requested Narad to advice a way out of
this logjam (refer: Chaupai line no. 8 that precedes Doha no. 68). It was then the
noble sage had advised them that if Parvati does Tapa and manages to please Lord
Shiva to accept her, then it is possible that the miseries in her fate could be mitigated
to a great extent because Lord Shiva has that power which can mitigate sufferings of
his devotees (refer: Chaupai line nos. 1, 4 that precede Doha no. 69; and Chaupai line
nos. 3, 5-8 that precede Doha no. 70).
Narad was not trying to push her downstream to drown in the river of her fate,
but he was being helpful by showing a way out from the whirlpool in which she was
bound to fall and get sucked if no remedial measures were devised now. And this
remedy that could change her fortune was doing Tapa and pleasing Lord Shiva,
which she followed diligently. She had succeeded in her endeavour as is clear when
the heavenly voice endorsed her efforts (refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Doha
no. 74 along with its preceding Chaupai line no. 8).]ŒÁπ ¬ ̋◊È ’Ù‹ ◊ÈÁŸ ÇÿÊŸË – ¡ÿ ¡ÿ ¡ªŒ¢Á’∑§ ÷flÊŸËH 8H
dēkhi prēmu bōlē muni gyānī. jaya jaya jagadambikē bhavānī. 8.
When the wise sages (i.e. the Sapta-rishis) observed the high level of devotion and
affection that Parvati had for Lord Shiva, they exclaimed in joy—‘Glory to you oh
Jagdama (Mother of the world)! All glory to you oh Bhavaani (the divine consort of
Lord Bhava, one of the many names of Lord Shiva)!^1 We hail you and glorify you. (8)
[Note—^1 Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line no. 2 that precedes Doha
no. 88 where the same words have been used and the same idea expressed by sage
Narad later on in the story when he comes with these Sapta-rishis and Parvati’s father
to reassure her wailing mother and the rest of the family who were utterly confused
about the glory of Lord Shiva by merely watching the Lord’s external features and
physical appearance which were most unconventional and on the face belied
everything about his divinity and mystical powers.]
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dōhā.
tumha māyā bhagavāna siva sakala jagata pitu mātu.
nā'i carana sira muni calē puni puni haraṣata gātu. 81.
You are indeed a personified form of “Maya” (the dynamic power of the Lord God
which is responsible for the creation coming into being), and Shiva is indeed the
“Bhagwaan” (the Lord God, the Supreme Being).
Indeed you two are the Father and the Mother of the entire world^1 .’