[Note—^1 Paying one’s respects to elders and the learned Brahmins is a tradition from
ancient times. It is observed at the beginning and the end of any function. If the
Brahmins and other elders are present personally, then one actually lowers one’s head
before them as a gesture of respect, and if they are not physically there then this is
done mentally.(^2) Lord Ram is the Lord God and the most beloved deity of Lord Shiva. It is Lord
Ram’s holy name “RAM” that Shiva uses as a tool during meditation, employing it as
a sacred Mantra or spiritual formula.
So, when he stepped on the throne kept reserved for him, he paid his respects to
the elders represented by the Brahmins by bowing before them, and to his beloved
deity and Lord, Sri Ram, by remembering him in his heart.
When Lord Ram had arrived at the marriage pavilion, he was also seated on a
specially earmarked throne—refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line no. 8
that precedes Doha no. 319.]
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bahuri munīsanha umā bōlā'īṁ. kari singāru sakhīṁ lai ā'īṁ. 5.
dēkhata rūpu sakala sura mōhē. baranai chabi asa jaga kabi kō hai. 6.
Once Shiva (the bridegroom) was seated, the sages (who were conducting the
marriage rituals) called for Uma (the bride) to be brought in. Uma’s companions
adorned her in the finest of ornaments in the best of finery and brought her (to the
marriage pavilion)^1. (5)
She looked so pretty, glamorous and majestic that the gods were overwhelmed
by her charm and majesty. Indeed, who is so competent in this world so as to be able
to describe the fabulous image of Uma (who was the Mother of the Universe or the
entire living world; a personified form of Mother Nature whose beauty is beyond the
abilities of humans to describe in words that have limited scope)^2. (6)
[Note—^1 Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line nos. 2-8 that precede
Doha no. 322 where it is described how Sita was adorned and brought inside the marriage
pavilion by her friends.
(^2) Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Doha no. 322 along with Chanda line nos. 1-4
that precedes it, and Chaupai line nos. 1-5 that follow it where we read almost the same
happenings in relation to Sita when she came to the pavilion.
Refer also to “Parvati Mangal”, verse no. 126.]
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jagadambikā jāni bhava bhāmā. suranha manahiṁ mana kīnha pranāmā. 7.
sundaratā marajāda bhavānī. jā'i na kōṭihum̐ badana bakhānī. 8.
Realising that she was the Mother of the Universe or the entire living world
(“jagadambikā”)^1 , and the eternal divine consort of Lord Bhava (i.e. Lord Shiva,
who was a “Mahadeva”: the Great God who was senior to all the gods taken
together)^2 , all the assembled gods paid their obeisance to her by mentally bowing their
heads before her^3. (7)