I have nothing to give you

Jai Sri Ram,
With the marriage of Lord Shiva-a spirit of rejoicing pervaded the whole universe,

Man-servants, maid servants, horses and chariots, elephants and cows Rament, jewels and various articles,

Even the cort of food grains and gold utensils were given as Dowry,

Himachal gave presents of various kinds as dowry that beyond description  and said in polite words with joined palm that i have nothing to give you,

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Wedding

Jai Sri Ram,
Indeed the most auspicious occasion of the time and aeon, the wedding of Lord Shiva,

Indeed the most beautiful occasion of the universe, the wedding of Devi Parvati,

Indeed the most meaningful occasion of the life, the wedding of Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati,

Indeed the bestower of wishes, the wedding which is more than a living truth that rejoice the spirit eternally,

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Wedding concluded

Jai Sri Ram,
The principal sages chanted the Vedic formulas, while the gods exclaimed victory, victory,

Victory to Bhagwan Shankar, Victory to Mahadev,

Musical instruments of various kinds were sounded and flowers of different varieties were rained down from heavens,

The Wedding of Lord Shiva and Devi Uman Kalyani-Parvati was thus concluded,

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Eternal consort

Jai Sri Ram,
The great sages had the nuptial ceremony performed in all its details as laid down in the Vedas,

Taking sacred Kusa grass in his hand and holding the bride by her hand,

The Mountain King Himalaya made her over to Lord Shiva knowing her to be his eternal consort

When The great Lord Shiva took the hand of the bride, all the great gods were glad at heart,

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Let no one puzzled

Jai Sri Ram,
Out of shyness she could not gaze on her Lord's lotus feet, although her heart was fixed thereon like anything,

At the directions of the sages Lord Shiva and Devi Uma Kalyani paid divine honor to Lord Ganesha,

Let No one be puzzled to hear this,

For one should bear in mind that gods have existed from time without beginning,

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Mother Walked to the pavilion

Jai Sri Ram,
Recognizing in her the Mother of the universe and spouse of Lord Shiva, divinities mentally bowed to her,

The perfection of beauty that Sri Uma Kalyani was could not be adequately praised even with millions of tongues,

The superb beauty of the mother of the universe is beyond words and theme of perception,

The mother, walked to the middle of the pavilion, where Lord Shiva was,

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Loveliness

Jai sri Ram,
Bowing his head to the Brahmans and calling to his mind his own master, Shiva took his seat on the throne,

The great sages then sent for Uma, who was brought by her girl companions richly adorned,

All the gods were enrapture at her beauty,

What a master poet of the universe can describe such loveliness,

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it beggared description,

Jai Sri Ram,
Himachal politely sent for all the gods and assigned an appropriate seat to each of them,

An altar was prepared in accordance with the Vedic Ritual and women chanted charming festal strains,

A divinely beautiful throne with images of a pair of lions for its arms was placed on the altar,

Being a Handiwork of the creator himself, it beggared description,

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Time fixed for the wedding

Jai Sri Ram,
The joy that swelled at the dinner cannot be be described even with millions of tongues,

Having been served with water for rinsing their mouths at the end of dinner, they were given betel leaves,

And then they returned to their respective lodgings,

The seven sages called once more and recorded out to Himachal the note recording the time fixed for the wedding and perceiving that the hour had arrived, the latter sent for the gods,

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Sweet strains

Jai Sri Ram,
The dinner guest sat in many rows; and expert cooks began to serve,

Finding the gods dining, batches of women began to banter and rail at them in pleasant strains,

Charming women railed sweet strains and poured innuendos,

They felt much amused to hear them and dined for an unusually long time,

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festival songs began

Jai sri Ram,
Festival songs began to be sung in the city; vases of Gold of every pattern were displayed by all,

Dishes of various kinds were prepared in accordance with,

Is it ever possible to describe the varieties of dishes prepared in the house where lived Mother Bhavani,

Himachal respectfully summoned all the members of the bridegroom's party, including Vishnu, Brahma and other gods,

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Sadness dispersed in short

JAi Sri Ram,
When they heart the words of Narada and elaboration of truth in detail,

The sadness of all was dispersed in short,

In a thrice the news spread from house to house throughout the city,

Then maina and her consort Himachal rejoiced and bowed at Uma's feet again and again, all the citizens, including men, women and children, young men as well as elderly people, were immensely delighted,

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Ever Beloved

Jai Sri Ram,
Sage said that Lord Shiva repudiated her beacuse she ha offended him by assuming the disguise of Sri Sita,

Separated from Lord Shiva, she then visited the sacrifice undertaken by her father and feel humiliated by not finding the appropriate respect of Lord Shiva in that Sacrifice,

She then burnt herself in the fire of self engulfed yoga And Now Reborn in your House,

She had gone terrible penance for the sake of Her Lord-knowing this give up all doubts, your daughter is ever beloved of Lord Shiva,

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Disguise of Sita

Jai sri Ram,
Sage Narada to sri Maina unto the truth of Sri Uma Kalyani that,

First she was born in the house of daksha, Sati was her Name,

All the way loving consort of lord Shiva that limit of beauty and charming form,

Even that incarnation, Sati was married to Lord Shiva and this story is well known to the world, One she was returning home with Lord Shiva, she beheld Rama, bewilded by his sight, she did not listen to Lord Shiva's advice and was beguiled into assuming the disguise of sita,

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She creates

Jai Sri Ram,
Sage Narada said to Sri Maina, hear my words true by nature that your daughter is none else than Bhavani-the eternal consort of Lord Shiva,

Your daughter is Mother of this universe, is as true as anything,

She is unborn and imperishable divine energy, which has no beginning,

Indeed she is inseparable half of Lord Shiva, She creates maintain and dissolves the universe and assume the semblance of a material form of her own will,

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Narada Reassured

Jai Sri Ram,
Hearing the soft and polite words of Uma all ladies become sad,

They blamed creator in many ways and tear flowed from their eyes,

On hearing the news that very moment Himachal came to his house along with Sage Narada and the Seven Seers,

Then Narada reassured them all, narrating to them the past history of Devi Uma Kalyani,

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that fallen to my lot i must reap

Jai sri Ram,
Sri Uma Kalyani said to her mother that can you alter the decree of providence,

Please take no reproach on you unnecessarily,

Take No approach on you, cease lamentation; this is no occasion for it,

The amount of joy and sorrow that fallen to my lot i must reap wherever i go,

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ordained by providence

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Maina Said that Narada has neither shame nor fear,

What does a barren women knows the pins of childbirth,

Seeing her mother distressed, uma said in soft yet prudent words to her,

Whatever is ordained by providence cannot be altered, realizing this be not worried, mother, if i am destined to have a crazy husband, why should anyone be blamed for it,

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crazy husband,

Jai Sri Ram,
All the ladies assembled there were distressed when they saw sri Maina very sad,

Recalling the affection of her daughter she wailed, wept and said,

What harm have i done to Narada that he should have ruined my happy home and tendered such advice to Uma as made her undergo penance for securing a crazy husband,

In Good sooth the sage is passionless and without affection; he has no wealth, no dwelling and no wife and is indifferent to all, that is why he destroys other's home,

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As long as there is life in me

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Maina Said, how strange that the creator, who has made you so lovely. should have given you a crazy fellow,

A fruit which should have adorned the wish-yielding tree is helplessly appearing on the thorny Babula,

 Taking you in my arms i would sooner fall from a mountain top, cast self in flames or drown in sea,

Let my home ruined and let me earn a bad reputation throughout the world; but in no case would i marry you with that maniac as long as there is life in me,

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great affection

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Maina with great affection seated Uma in her lap;

Tears take routs from her eyes all the way like stream of repent,

Both blue lotus of her eyes were in unseen fire that cover with water of her faith in the form of tears,

To think that the creator, who has made you so beautiful, should have been wrong enough to you give such a raving man for a bridegroom,

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Maina's fair hand

Jai sri Ram,
A salver of the Gold adorned maina's fair hands and she proceeded to welcome Lord Shiva with great delight,

The women were seize with excessive fear when they saw Shiva in frightful accouterments,

They flied in great panic and entered the house, while Shiva repaired to the lodgings of the bridegroom's party,

Maina was sore distressed at heart and sent for parvati,

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auspicious lights

Jai Sri Ram,
The parents smiled; for they knew that the children were talking of Shiva's retinue,

They assured the children in many ways and said-be not afraid, there is no cause for fear,

The party which had gone ahead to receive the bridegroom's procession returned with the procession and assigned beautiful lodgings to all the guests,

Maina, the mother of Gauri kindled auspicious lights for waving round the bridegroom and the women accompanying her sang melodies songs of rejoicing,

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frightful countenance,

Jai Sri Ganesha,
He is with matted hair on his head and not good at look at all,

He is with ghosts and evil spirits, goblins and fairies and demons with a frightful countenance,

He who survives on seeing the bridegroom's procession is a man of luck indeed,

And he alone will witness this even of unique entity, these were the words uttered by children from house to house,

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Maniac

Jai Sri Ram,
The sight was such as could not be described,

We wonder whether it was a bridegroom's procession or the army of death,

The bridegroom is a maniac, riding on a bull, serpents. skulls and shes are his ornaments,

His body is smeared with ashes and adorned with serpents and skulls,

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The adults

Jai sri Ram,
The adults recovered themselves and remained where they were,

while every child that came ran for its life,

On their reaching home when their parents asked them,

They spoke in fear and their limb still shaking like anything, What shall we say

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In panic

Jai sri Ram,
Adorning themselves and decorating their vehicles of various kinds, a party proceeded in advance to receive the procession with due honor,

They were gladdened at heart to see the gathering of the immortals,

And they were all the more happy to behold Sri Hari Vishnu,

But when they started looking at Lord Shiva's retinue, every animal they rode started back and flied in panic,

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Ascending order

Jai Sri Ram,
The glory of the ciry in which mother Gauri manifested herself forth was more than truth of prosperity and happiness for life,

They were on ascending order in all direction of riches,

When it was heard that the bridegroom's procession was close at hand, there was commotion in the city,

And this added to the charm of the city, it was scene to experience at its core base of heart,

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City

Jai sri Ram,
The City in which the mother of the universe had bodied herself forth baffled all description,

The City in which the mother of the universe had bodied herself is glorious like anything,

The City in which the mother of the universe had bodied herself is the limit of limits for felicity and beauty,

The City in which mother of the universe had bodied herself is the source of all the four rewards designated by Brahma for creature of this world,

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City was so captivating

Jai Sri Ram,
The splendor of the city was so captivating that after a glance at it the creative skill of Brahma himself looked small,

A glance at the beautiful city made the creative art of Brahma himself pale into insignificance,

Groves and gardens, well and the ponds, the Rivers looked charming beyond words,

Every house was decorated with a number of triumphal arches, flags and buntings, men and women of the city were so lovely and ingenious that they enraptured the hearts even of sages,

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erected a most wonderful pavilion

Jai sri Ram,
On the other side Himachal erected a most wonderful pavilion which beggared description,

As many as mountains as existed in the world small or the big, more than man can count, the whole host of woods, seas, rivers and ponds were invited by Himachal,

Capable of taking any form they liked, they assumed handsome figures,

They all sang festive songs out of affection, the mountain king had already caused a number of houses to be tastefully decorated, all the guest were lodged therein, each occupying a house befitting one's status,

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danced and sang

Jai Sri Ram,
Some had lean and thin body, while others were stout, some were tidy, while others had dirty habits,

They had frightful ornaments, carried skulls in their hands and were all smeared with indifferent things for the occasion yet,

The troops of spirits, goblins and fairies of various kind beggared description,

The ghost danced and sang; they were all extremely fantastic, they looked most absurd and spoke words in peculiar style, the procession was now quite worthy of bridegroom; the impressionists indulged in gaieties of various kinds as they went along,

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Sri Ganga Dushera

Jai Sri Ganesha,
It is most sacred festival of Hindu sect that sri Ganga Dushera, appearance day of Mother Ganga,

Mother Ganga, Not just a pious Celestial stream but the legend of truth, service and purity that Limit of compassion and care,

Mother Ganga, the remover of sins, dispel the dark of ignorance and bestower of wishes,

 Obeisance to you Mother, Please accept My humble homage on the occasion,

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motley attire ridding

Jai Sri Ganesha,
As Soon as he heard these most pleasing words in form of remarks from his beloved friend, he sent bhrngi to call all his attendants,

And they come when they heard Shiva's command and bowed their head at the lotus feet of their Lord,

Lord Shiva laughed to see his host in their motley attire riding every kind of vehicle,

Some were headless, while other's were hydra headed monsters, some were without hands and feet, while others had numerous hands and feet, some had numerous eyes, while has no eyes at all; some were well built while other were indifferent to self,

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Sri Hari Humor never failed

Jai Sri Ram,
God Vishnu  then called all guardians of the different quarters and smilingly said, everyone of you should march separately, each with his own retinue

The Procession is no way worthy of the bridegroom; you will make yourself a butt ridicule in a strange city,

Hearing the words of Lord Vishnu, gods smiled and parted, each with his own group,

The Great Lord Shiva laughed in his sleeves and noticed that sri Hari's humor never failed,

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The gathering of the immortals

Jai Sri Ram,
There was great scene beyond words to elaborate,

The world has no bride worthy of the bridegroom, and this was exchanged in words to each other,

Vishnu, Brahma and hosts of other gods joined the bridegroom's procession and rode on their respective vehicles,

The gathering of the immortals was incomparable in every respect; the procession, however, was hardly worthy of the bridegroom,

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female divinities smiled to See him

Jai Sri Ram,
His throat was black with the poison swallowed by him at the beginning of creation and had a wreath of human skulls about his neck,

Thus the clad in ghostly attire, he was nonetheless an embodiment of blessings and merciful to the core,

A trident and a Damru that a small handy drum adorned his hands,

Shiva rode on a bull while musical instruments played,-female divinities smiled to See him

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began to adorn

Jai Sri Ram,
The attendants of Lord Shiva began to adorn their Lord,

His matted locks were formed into a crawl and decked with a crest of serpents,

He had serpents for his earrings and bracelets, smeared his person with ashes and wrapped a lion skin round his loins,

He bore the crescent on his charming brow and River Ganga on the crown of his head with three eyes and a serpent sacred thread,

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celestial damsels sang for joy

Jai Sri Ram,
Calling on Brahma they delivered the note to him and as he went through it his heart overflowed with joy,

Brahma Read the note aloud to all; the sages as well as the whole concourse of gods was delighted to hear it,

Flowers were showering from all directions and music of joy and celebration was on,

All the gods began to adorn their vehicles and aerial cars of  various kinds, Happy and auspicious omens were visible and celestial damsels sang for joy,

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exact time of wedding fixed,

Jai Sri Ram,
The great Seven sages reached at Himvaan and relates the whole episode unto the truth of penance performed by Devi Parvati,

King Himalaya was delighted to listen the truth of penance of her daughter but much grieved to hear the truth of god of love,

The sages then told him of the boon granted to Rati which made him relieved a lot,

Recalling to his mind the glory of Lord Shiva Himachal respectfully summoned great sages, he had an auspicious date, asterism and hour ascertained and speedily got exact time of wedding fixed, he handed over the note of wedding to sages and clasping their feet made entreaties to them,

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inherent property

Jai sri Ram,
Devi Parvati Said to Seven Sages that Your statement that Lord Has burnt the god of love betrays woeful lack of thought in you,

Listen to me that Fire possesses this inherent property that frost can never approach it,

In case it must inevitably perish, Similar is the case with god of love and the Lord Shiva,

Hearing the words of Devi Parvati and perceiving her devotion and faith, sages were gladdened at heart, bowing their head to her-they went to Himachal,

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will accomplish my vow,

Jai Sri Ram,
Hearing this Devi Parvati smiled and said, O great and illuminated sages, you have spoken aright,

According to your belief it is only now that Shiva has burnt the god of love and till now he was smitten with love,

To my mind, Shiva is eternally in rapport with infinite, begotten, irreproachable, passionless apart from worldly joy,

Knowing him as Such, if i have served him lovingly in thought, word and deed, then hear, O great sages: the gracious Lord Shiva will accomplish my vow,

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Seven sages arrived

Jai Sri Ram,
Considering it to be an opportune moment, the seven sages arrived and Brahma send them to the abode of Himachal,

They approached Parvati in the first instance and addressed the following sweet yet deceptive words to her,

Relying on the advice of Narada you would not heed our remonstrances then,

Your vow failed now; for the great Lord Shiva has burnt the God of love,

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Victory to Lord

Jai Sri Ram,
Brahma said to Lord shiva that Parvati has performed great penance which cannot be elaborate in words

The magnitude of that penance cannot of estimated, please accept her Now,

Hearing the entreaty of Brahman and recalling the words of Lord Rama, Lord Gladly said Be So

The Gods their upon rain down flowers and exclaimed Victory to Lord of Celestial,

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O humbler of the pride of love,

Jai Sri Ram,
Brahma continue in words that wrapped with Love faith and submission that O humbler of the pride of love,

Devise some means whereby we may be enabled to feast our eyes on this glad event,

Having burnt the god of love yo have done well in granting a boon to Rati,

O ocean of Compassion, having meted out punishment, good masters shower their grace as a matter of course; such is their natural habit,

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they long to witness your wedding with their eyes,

Jai Sri Ram,
Hearing the words of Lord Shiva, Rati went away with ashes of her spouse

Then all gods including Brahma and Sri Vishnu went to Lord Shiva and severally extolled and won the pleasure of Lord

Lord Shiva then asked all what brought you here

Brahma Replied that Lord you are inner controller of all, even then my master my devotion to you urges me to make one submission that the heart of all immortals is seized with a dominating impulse that they long to witness your wedding with their eyes,

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Rati

Jai sri Ram,
Rati, Consort of Kaamdev appraoched Lord Shiva in tears, weeping, wailing and mourning,

Made lovong entreaties in divergent form she stood before the Lord with clasped hands,

Seeing the helpless woman, benevolent Lord Shiva said,

O Rati, henceforth your husband shall be called by the name of Ananga that Body-less, he shall dominate all even without body, and you will meet him again when Sri Krishna will descends to relive the earth of its heavy undue burden and your lord will be born again as son of sri Krishna in the name of Pradyumna, this prediction of mine will never be untrue,

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Fate of her spouse

Jai Sri Ram,
The loud wail went up through universe,

The gods were uneasy while demons were gratified

The thoughts of the lose of sense delights made the voluptuary sad; while the striving yogis were relived of a thorn as it were,

The yogis were freed from torment; while Rati the consort of KamaDev fainted as  she heard the fate of her spouse,

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Reduced to ashes

Jai Sri Ganesha,
The God of love with his army of followers exhausted all his numberless stratagems; Shiva's unbroken trance, however, could not be disturbed, this made Cupid angry,

Seeing a beautiful bough of a mango tree, the god of love climbed up to it in a mood of frustration,

He joined is five arrows to his bow of flowers and casting an angry look drew the string home to his very ears,

He discharged the five sharp arrows which now effect unto the heart of Shiva, he awoke with agitated mind, opened his eyes he looked all round, when saw Kaama on the Mango tree, Shiv uncovered his third eye and looked at the God of love and with very sight Kaama reduced to ashes,

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faithful companion

Jai sri Ram,
Woods and groves, well and ponds, and all the quarters of heaven assumed most delightful aspect,

Where ever nature overflowed with love as it were; the sight aroused passion even in dead Manas,

Passion was aroused even in dead souls and the beauty of the forest beggared description,

A cool, Gentle, and fragrant breeze fanned the fire of passion as a faithful companion, Rows of lotuses blossomed in lakes and swarms of charming bees hummed on them , birds uttered their sweet notes, while celestial damsels sang and danced,

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Felt shy

Jai Sri Ram,
All living beings regained their peace of mind at once, even as the intoxicated feel relieved their drunkenness is over,

The God of Love was struck with terror at the sight of Bhagwan Shiv, who is difficult to conquer and so hard to comprehend,

He felt shy in retreating and was incapable of doing anything; ultimately he resolved upon death and devised a plane,

He forthwith manifested the lovely spring, the king of all seasons, rows of young trees laden with flowers appeared so claiming,

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whole world returned to itself

Jai Sri Ram,
No body could remain self possessed; the heart of all were stolen by god of Love,

They alone could hold their own against him, to whom Lord extended his grace,

The wonder, lasted for an hour or so till god of love reached Shiva,

Cupid trembled at the sight of Shiva; the whole world returned to itself

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Wonderful Game of Love

Jai Sri Ram,
Influence of anger of Kaamdev was so mighty that even great Yogis and ascetics were completely possessed by lust, to say nothing of Low minded people,

Those who looked upon all creation and full of omnipresent God now saw it as full of fair sex,

Women perceived the world as full of men and man beheld it as full of women,

Nearly an hour this wonderful game of love lasted in the universe

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eternal slave of lust

Jai Sri Ram,
Under the influence of Kaamdev, beast and birds lost all sense of time and become victim of LUST

The whole world was blinded with passion and agitated,

Gods, demons, Human beings, demi gods serpents, evil spirits, fiends, ghosts and vampires, refrain from dwelling in condition and   behaves as if eternal slave of lust,

Even spiritual adepts, great sages who had no attraction for the worldly pleasure gave up their Yoga of contemplative unison with God under the influence of Kaama,

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Bent Low

Jai Sri Ram,
By the might of Kaamdev, the minds of all were seized with lust,

The boughs of trees bent low at the sight of creepers,

Rivers in spate rushed to meet the ocean, lakes and ponds united in love with one another,

Where such was reported to be the case with inanimate creation-who can rate the doings of sentiment beings,

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