skulls. He is naked, has thick matted hairs on his head, and he looks extremely
horrifying. He is accompanied by male and female ghosts, spirits, phantoms,
hobgoblins and ogres with terrible faces and mouths. The sight is so chilling that
anyone who does not die out of shock is really lucky, and only such survivors would
be able to see Parvati’s marriage. [In other words, the groom and his companions are
so terrifying and scaring that people will either run away or die due to fear. Who will
go and witness such a marriage; who wants to die?]’ The boys spread this word in
each household where they ran for safety. (Chanda that precedes Doha no. 95)”]nhUg tkb tuokl lqikl fd, lcA
?kj ?kj ckyd ckr dgu yxs rcAA105AA
çsr csrky cjkrh Hkwr Hk;kudA
cjn p<+k cj ckmj lcb lqckudAA106AA^
dīnha jā'i janavāsa supāsa ki'ē saba.
ghara ghara bālaka bāta kahana lagē taba. 105.
prēta bētāla barātī bhūta bhayānaka.
barada caṛhā bara bā'ura saba'i subānaka. 106.
105-106. The royal heralds of the king of the mountains who were dispatched to
receive the marriage party gave proper lodging to the arriving guests, providing them
with all possible worldly comforts while they stayed at the bride’s place during the
marriage ceremony.^1
Meanwhile, all the children reached their homes excitedly, shouting and
gesticulating wildly and deliriously— (105)
‘The marriage party is made up of terrible ghosts, spirits and phantoms while
the groom himself appears to be funny, quirky and crazy as he rides on the bull. The
entire entourage is as terrible and horrifying as the groom himself.’^2 (106)
[Note—^1 Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line no. 1 that precedes Doha
no. 96.
(^2) Refer: Ram Charit Manas, Baal Kand, Chaupai line nos. 6-8 and Chanda that
precede Doha no. 95.]
dqly djb djrkj dgfga ge lk¡fpvA
ns[kc dksfV fcvkg ftvr tkSa ck¡fpvAA107AA
lekpkj lqfu lkspq Hk;m eu e;ufgaA
ukjn ds minsl dou ?kj xs ufgaAA108AA
kusala kara'i karatāra kahahiṁ hama sām̐ci'a.
dēkhaba kōṭi bi'āha ji'ata jauṁ bām̐ci'a. 107.
samācāra suni sōcu bhaya'u mana mayanahiṁ.
nārada kē upadēsa kavana ghara gē nahiṁ. 108.
107-108. We are telling the truth—God bless us; if we survive, we will see thousands
of (i.e. countless other) marriages. (107)
When Maina (the mother of Parvati) heard this shocking news, she was very
dismayed and worried. She thought to herself pensively that no household has ever
been spared from ruin if it relied on the advice of sage Narad.^1