[The moon thought that by sitting on the head of Lord Shiva it will be able to
gain auspiciousness and praise. But it did not happen. The moon suffers from the fault
of having a distorted shape that changes daily, from the cresent concave shape to the
convex shape just prior to the full moon, and then declining once again to finally
vanish from sight altogether. The beauty of the moon is in its full round disc, but it is
so cursed that this glorious form is visible only once a month. For the rest of the time
it is deformed and reduced in brilliance and shine. Shiva could not remove this single
fault in the character of the moon, and this keeps the Lord worried as it portrays him
in bad light too. It means that Shiva does not have the ability to rectify a simple fault
in an entity that he had liked so much as to pick it up and put it on his head, a token of
giving it, the moon, the highest respect and place.
Compare this to the case of Parvati. Whereas the moon was voluntarily
selected by Lord Shiva to adorn his head, he has shown no inclination to accept
Parvati till now. In fact, Shiva had neglected her while she was serving him in
Kailash. So if she forces herself on him and compels him to marry her on the strength
of her severe Tapa, does she expect him to pay attention to her when he has no liking
for her?
Shiva is always worried that he could not take care of the problems faced by
the moon and he could not make the moon happy by removing its curse that forces it
to change shape every night and suffer from reduced shine and a chopped-up form, a
distorted form that is crooked and lacking in glory and brilliance, a curse that prevents
the moon from retaining its full glorious rounded shape for more than a day during the
entire month, a curse that no other celestial body suffers from, then say, how can
Parvati expect that Shiva will take care of her and look after her well-being and
happiness.]
Therefore, be careful and pay heed to my advice. Keep my words in your heart as
they are meant for your own welfare. (55)
Think it over again in your heart and abandon this stubbornness of yours. By
being adamant and stubborn, you will get sorrows and anguish in return, and shall
repent later on at the time of marriage when you remember my words, but at that time
it would be too late for you to relent and recover.’ (56)
ifNrkc Hkwr filkp çsr tusr ,sgSa lkft dSA
te /kkj lfjl fugkfj lc uj&ukfj pfygfga Hkkft dSAA
xt vftu fnC; nqdwy tksjr l[kh g¡fl eq[k eksfj dSA
dksm çxV dksm fg;¡ dfgfg feyor vfe; ekgqj ?kksfj dSAA7AA
pachitāba bhūta pisāca prēta janēta aihaiṁ sāji kai.
jama dhāra sarisa nihāri saba nara-nāri calihahiṁ bhāji kai.
gaja ajina dibya dukūla jōrata sakhī ham̐si mukha mōri kai.
kō'u pragaṭa kō'u hiyam̐ kahihi milavata amiya māhura ghōri kai. 7.
Chanda 7. When he will arrive with the marriage party consisting of ghosts, spirits
and phantoms, you will have to repent. Seeing that ridiculous and terrible party which
would resemble an army of Death God’s messengers, all the men and women folk of
your place shall run away.
At the time of ‘tying the knot’ ceremony, your magnificent silk garment would
be tied to a corner of the elephant hide (which the groom would be wearing)—this
stupid, funny, hilarious and ridiculous spectacle will make your companions turn their