he has cleverly skipped the names of ‘Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu’ from this blanket
immunity. The reason is that these two are senior Gods, and not ordinary junior rung
gods. They are part of the Trinity of Gods, the third God being Brahma himself.
These three gods of the Trinity, Brahma the creator, Vishnu the sustainer, and Shiva
the concluder, are merely three manifestations of the same universal Supreme Being
known as “Brahm” who has metamorphosed into three distinct forms to carry our
three distinct functions of creation—viz. origin, sustenance, and conclusion.
It’s like the same Sun seen at three times of the day—at sunrise, at mid-day, and
at sunset. Does the different colours of the sky and the way the Sun is seen at these
three main points during it journey across the sky in anyway affect the basic identity
of the Sun or its character? Similarly, the three gods of the Trinity have equal powers,
but they refrain from interfering into the jurisdiction of the other to maintain order
and system in this creation. Otherwise, there would be chaos.
Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line nos. 4-5 that precedes Doha
no. 70 below where this observation is endorsed—because Narad says that “Lord
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caupā’ī.
tadapi ēka maiṁ kaha'um̐ upā'ī. hō'i karai jauṁ dai'u sahā'ī. 1.
jasa baru maiṁ baranē'um̐ tumha pāhīṁ. milihi umahi tasa sansaya nāhīṁ. 2.
jē jē bara kē dōṣa bakhānē. tē saba siva pahiṁ maiṁ anumānē. 3.
jauṁ bibāhu saṅkara sana hō'ī. dōṣa'u guna sama kaha sabu kō'ī. 4.
Nevertheless, I shall advice you of one solution. If the Lord God wants, it may help
you and serve your purpose. (1)
The sort of groom I have described to you shall be found for Uma. (2)
In my opinion, whatever so-called faults or shortcomings that are destined to
be in the groom of Uma are all present in Lord Shiva (one of the great three gods of
the Trinity). (3)
Therefore, if she is married to Lord Shiva then it will be best for her. If this
happens then all the demerits (faults or shortcomings) in the would-be husband of
Uma would turn out as merits. No one in the world would ever scorn at Uma’s fate of
having a husband with this odd characters if that husband is Lord Shiva because the
world had great respect for the Lord. [It is because all the so-called negativites of
characters that I have listed herein above are deemed to be praise-worthy and positive
characters when they are applied to Lord Shiva.]^1 (4)
[Note—^1 Saying this, Narad then goes on to explain with examples in verse nos. 5-8
that follow herein below why the some set of characters that are surely negative in the
conventional view of thinking are viewed differently by the world as being positive
when they are present in powerful entities in this creation.
A close examination of all the characteristics listed by Narad in Doha no. 67 and
its Chaupai preceding line no. 8 show that they are unique qualities of Lord Shiva
who is lauded as being the wisest, the most enlightened, the most exalted, a highly
self-realised and the senior-most amongst the entire pantheon of gods. Shiva is