The Story Of Lord Shiva’s Marriage With Parvati

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brahmacarja brata san̄jama nānā. dhīraja dharama gyāna bigyānā. 7.
sadācāra japa jōga birāgā. sabhaya bibēka kaṭaku sabu bhāgā. 8.

[What did this mean? Here is the answer in the following verses:--]
The grand virtues of ‘Brahmacharya’ (continance; self-restraint over one’s
natural instincts), ‘Vrat’ (steadfastness in following a righteous path and observing
religious vows), different types of ‘Sanjam’ (observing self-restraint of all kinds in
ever matter of life), ‘Dhiraj’ (patience, courage, resilence, fortitude), ‘Dharma’
(righteousness, auspiciousness, probity, propriety, noble way of life), ‘Gyan and
Vigyan’ (knowledge, wisdom and enlightenment, especially in spiritual matters), (7)--

• ---‘Sadaachaar’ (righteous behaviour; morality; modesty), ‘Japa’ (repetition of
  the holy name of the Lord God as a means of doing meditation and focusing the mind
  on holiness and divinity), ‘Yoga’ (meditation), ‘Vairagya’ (renunciation, detachment
  and dispassion from all things pertaining to the gross material world of sense objects),
  ‘Vivek’ (wisdom and discrimination between the right and the wrong)—all these
  virtues fled en-masse in terror (when Kaamdeo attacked the moral fibre of the world,
  shredding it into pieces). (8)

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chanda.

bhāgē'u bibēku sahāya sahita sō subhaṭa san̄juga mahi murē. 1.
sadagrantha parbata kandaranhi mahum̐ jā'i tēhi avasara durē. 2.
hōnihāra kā karatāra kō rakhavāra jaga kharabharu parā. 3.
du'i mātha kēhi ratinātha jēhi kahum̐ kōpi kara dhanu saru dharā. 4.

The grand virtue of ‘Vivek’ ran away with all its associates; all the renowned warriors
of this virtue could not stand their ground in the battle field (when Kaamdeo attacked
them) and turned their back to run away. (Chanda line no. 1)
All of them went away and hid themselves in the caves of mountains
symbolised by sacred books^1. (Chanda line no. 2)
There was a huge tumult in the world. All the righteous people (who relied on
Vivek in their daily lives) were dismayed and distressed, wondering who would now
give them protection and who would now show them the way (once Vivek was
eclipsed under the dark shadow of Kaamdeo). (Chanda line no. 3)
They wondered—‘Lord of Rati (i.e. Kaamdeo who is the husband of Rati) has
already conquered all the creatures that have a single head. Who is that abnormal
creature or a super-human person with two heads for whom Kaamdeo carries a bow
and arrows so that he can use this weapon to defeat him?’^2 (Chanda line no. 4)