She has done severe Tapa with the express desire to have Lord Shiva as her
husband^3. But here arises the main problem: Lord Shiva has renounced everything
and has sat down to do deep meditation known as “Samadhi”^4. (3)
[Note—^1 Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line no. 8 that precedes Doha
no. 64.
(^2) Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line nos. 5-6 that precede Doha
no. 65.
(^3) Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, (i) Chaupai line no. 2 that precedes Doha
no. 72; and (ii) Chaupai line no. 1 that precedes Doha no. 74.
(^4) Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line no. 4 that precedes Doha no.
82.]
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¬ΔUfl„ÈU ∑§Ê◊È ¡Êß Á‚fl ¬Ê„UË¥ – ∑§⁄ÒU ¿UÙ÷È ‚¢∑§⁄U ◊Ÿ ◊Ê„UË¥H 5H
Ã’ „U◊ ¡Êß Á‚flÁ„U Á‚⁄U ŸÊß ̧ – ∑§⁄UflÊ©U’ Á’’Ê„ÈU ’Á⁄U•Êß ̧H 6H
jadapi aha'i asaman̄jasa bhārī. tadapi bāta ēka sunahu hamārī. 4.
paṭhavahu kāmu jā'i siva pāhīṁ. karai chōbhu saṅkara mana māhīṁ. 5.
taba hama jā'i sivahi sira nā'ī. karavā'uba bibāhu bari'ā'ī. 6.
Although this is an extremely piquant situation (because on the one hand Parvati has
successfully done Tapa to marry Shiva, and on the other hand Shiva has renounced
everything and sat down to do meditation and has lost awareness of his surroundings
because he has entered in the transcendental state of Samadhi), still I will tell you a
way out it. Listen to my words. (4)
Send ‘Kaam-deo’ (cupid) to Shiva so that he creates distraction in the mind
and heart (“Mana”) of the latter by his cunning manauvering and machinations. (5)
When he (Kaamdeo) succeeds in distracting Lord Shiva from his Samadhi
(deep meditation) and wakes up the Lord, then I will go and bow my head before him
and insist that he marry. (6)
∞Á„U Á’Áœ ÷‹®„U ŒflÁ„Uà „UÙß ̧ – ◊à •Áà ŸË∑§ ∑§„Uß ‚’È ∑§Ùß ̧H 7H
•SÃÈÁà ‚È⁄Uã„U ∑§ËÁã„U •Áà „UÃÍ – ¬ ̋ª≈U©U Á’·◊’ÊŸ ¤Ê·∑§ÃÍH 8H
ēhi bidhi bhalēhiṁ dēvahita hō'ī. mata ati nīka kaha'i sabu kō'ī. 7.
astuti suranha kīnhi ati hētū. pragaṭē'u biṣamabāna jhaṣakētū. 8.
This is the only way I can think of by which the good of the gods can be achieved.
[There is no other way out.]’
All the assembled gods endorsed this advice unanimously, saying that it was
excellent. (7)
To implement Brahma’s advice, the gods prayed to “Jhakha-ketu^1 ” (Kaamdeo)
who revealed himself holding a very sharp and formidable (“Visham”) arrow in his
hand^2. (8)
[Note—^1 “Jhakha-ketu”—The word “Jhakha” means a fish, and “ketu” means a flag.
So, the flag of Kaamdeo has the sign of a fish on it.