would be able to actually witness the marriage ceremony, because the rest of the
people would die out of shock at this sight.]ŒÙ0. ‚◊ÈÁ¤Ê ◊„U‚ ‚◊Ê¡ ‚’ ¡ŸÁŸ ¡Ÿ∑§ ◊È‚È∑§Ê®„U–
’Ê‹ ’ȤÊÊ∞ Á’Á’œ Á’Áœ ÁŸ«U⁄U „UÙ„ÈU «UL§ ŸÊ®„UH 95H
dōhā.
samujhi mahēsa samāja saba janani janaka musukāhiṁ.
bāla bujhā'ē bibidha bidhi niḍara hōhu ḍaru nāhiṁ. 95.
When the parents realised that the children meant the marriage procession of Lord
Shiva, they smiled and reassured their wards in a variety of ways that they have
nothing to fear about, and so they must cheer up. (Doha no. 95)
[Note—We have read in Chaupai line no. 5 that precedes Doha no. 95 herein above
that while the children had run away in terror at the sight of Lord Shiva’s marriage
procession, those who were wise and knowledgeable, i.e. the elderly citizens,
maintained their calm and poise. The reason is obvious—the children did not know
anything about the groom, i.e. Lord Shiva, and being ignorant of the Lord’s cosmic
form as the Lord who is one of the mighty Trinity Gods who is responsible for
conclsion of creation, the children became terror-stricken just because they saw the
ghosts, phantoms, ogres and spirits. The ignorant children did not know that these
entities simply represented the third element of creation, i.e. ‘death’, over which Lord
Shiva presides. They did not know that contrary to this visually horrifying spectacle,
the Lord himself is quite the opposite of it as he is an embodiment of the grandest
virtues of benediction, benevolence, mercy, compassion, kind and grace.
But the elders in the society were aware of these facts. So the parents remained
calm and smiled at the ignorance of the children as well as the way their wards
trembled in fear just like parents would react when they see their children getting
unnecessarily scared at the sight of the most harmful of things such as a rope or a
hopping balloon thinking them to be snakes or hobgoblins respectively.]
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caupā’ī.
lai agavāna barātahi ā'ē. di'ē sabahi janavāsa suhā'ē. 1.
The receiving party welcomed the marriage procession (on the outskirts of the city)
and escorted it to the city where the members of the marriage party were given
beautiful lodging places that were comfortable and pleasant^1. (1)
[Note—^1 Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line nos. 4, 6 that precede
Doha no. 306, and Chaupai line no. 1 that follows this Doha where it is narrated how
the marriage party of Lord Ram was welcomed by the advance reception party that
was sent to welcome it, and then brought inside the city of Janakpur and lodged at
pleasant places especially earmarked for them that had all the things of comfort one
could expect.
Refer also to Baal Kand, Chanda line no. 4 that precedes Doha no. 99 herein
below that says that after the feast organised to welcome the marriage party was over,
all its members went back to their respective lodges.