[Note—^1 Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line no. 6 that precedes Doha
no. 81.(^2) Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line no. 6 that precedes Doha no.
87.
What the sages meant is that Shiva has burnt whatever vestiges of love and
passion that had remained in his heart by symbolically burning the patron god of such
emotions, i.e. the god named Kaamdeo. Shiva has now become a stern ascetic, and
therefore how can Parvati expect to marry him now?
Parvati immediately recognised the Sapta-rishis. She recalled how they had tried
to derail her determination to marry Shiva on the earlier occasion. Therefore as soon
as she saw them she was on her guard, guessing that these fellows will surely create
more mischief for her once again. In fact, the Sapta-rishis should have thought of it,
and should have not gone to test her in their original form as ‘Satpa-rishis’, but rather
should have disguised themselves as some other group sages or saints to throw
Parvati off her guard so that the reality emerged.]
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suni bōlīṁ musukā'i bhavānī. ucita kahēhu munibara bigyānī. 1.
tumharēṁ jāna kāmu aba jārā. aba lagi sambhu rahē sabikārā. 2.
hamarēṁ jāna sadā siva jōgī. aja anavadya akāma abhōgī. 3.
Hearing the words of the Sapta-rishis, Bhavaani (Parvati) smiled and replied to
them—‘Oh learned sages, whatever you have said is correct according to your
wisdom. [But my respected sages, your judgement is erroneous. I will tell you why
you are wrong.] (1)
You believe that Lord Shiva has burnt Kaam (representing emotions of love,
passion and desire) only now^1 , but till this day he had harboured some kind of
emotional, moral or spiritual faults or shortcomings that are universally associated
with Kaamdeo. [This is what ‘you’ think. You believe that till now Shiva had been a
victim of such negative traits as passion, lust and love—traits that are synonymous
with Kaamdeo. That is why you have given this event of Lord Shiva burning
Kaamdeo so great an importance that you have come running to me in order to
convey some great news as if I was under the delusion that Shiva had Kaam in his
psyche till now. You think that you are doing me a great favour by telling me that all
my efforts to be a companion of Lord Shiva were based on a wrong premise that
Shiva had ‘Kaam’ in his mind and heart till now, and that I was longing to marry him
because I believed that he would satisfy my desire for sensual fulfilment. But my dear
sages, I was not under any sort of delusion when I decided to do Tapa for Shiva.] (2)