charming sound in the heaven,

Jai sri Ganesha,
She often turned back to have a look at Her Mother,

Her girl companions then took her to Shiva,

Having gratified all beggars, Shankara proceeded to his home that mount Kailash with Uma,

All the divinities delightfully rained down flowers and kettledrums produced a charming sound in the heaven,

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Bidding Adieu

Jai Sri Ram,
Mena meet Parvati again and again and fell down clasping the girl's feet,

Her Supreme love was beyond all words,

Bidding adieu to all the ladies Bhavani ran and clung to her mother's breast once more,

Taking leave of her mother once more, Bhavani departed, every one uttered appropriate blessings to her,

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Why has god created woman in this world,

Jai Sri Ganesha,
As she spoke these words, her eyes filled with tears and she pressed the girl to her bosom,

Why has god created woman in this world,

One who is dependent on others can never dream of happiness,

The Mother was overwhelmed with emotion but knowing as she did that it was not an opportune moment for betraying one's weakness, she recovered herself,

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Her Husband is her deity

Jai Sri Ram,
Shambhu comforted His Mother-in-Law in ways more than one, and she returned home bowing her head at his feet,

The Mother then sent for Uma and taking her into her lap gave her the following excellent advice,

Ever adore the feet of Shankara this sums up the duty of a wife,

Her Husband is her deity, there is no other god for her,

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Shiva is reassured His father-in-law

Jai Sri Ram,
The ocean of mercy that Shiva is reassured His father-in-law in every possible way,

Then Mena, with her heart overflowing with love, clasped His Lotus Feet,

And Said, Lord-Uma is dear to me as life,

Take her as a maid servant of your house and forgive all her faults, be pleases to grant this boon to me,

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Wishing a Very Very Happy Diwali,

Jai sri Ram,
 It is Sri Diwali today, The great festival of lights, The most ancient festival which relates many events of ages and aeons, Worship of Goddess Laxmi is truth of the day,

It is truly auspicious occasion to rejoice eternally in love with lotus feet of lord Rama,

It is an occasion to worship Goddess Laxmi that incarnated as Goddess Sita to bless the saintly souls and devotees of Lord Rama,

It is not just a divine festival but an opportunity to realign self with favors in the journey of life to make it for welfare in both the worlds,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Men servants and maid servants and chariots, elephants and cows, raiment, jewels and various other articles

And even so cart-load of food grains and gold utensils were given as dowry, Which was more than one could describe,

Himachal gave presents to Various kinds as dowrt, then, joining his palms, he said,

I have nothing to give you, Sankara, you have all your desire sated, he could say no more and remained clasping the latter's feet,

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all the victory to Shankara,

Jai sri Ram,
Taking sacred Kusa grass in his hand and holding the bride by her hand, The mountain King Himalaya made her over to Bhava 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,

The principal sages chanted the Vedic formula, while the gods exclaimed, Victory, victory, all the victory to Shankara,

Musical instruments of various kinds were sounded and flowers of different varieties were rained down from the heaven, the wedding of Hara and Girija was thus concluded, a spirit of rejoicing pervaded the whole universe,

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Let no one be puzzled to hear this,

Jai Sri Ram,
At the direction of the sages Shambhu and Bhivani paid honor to Lord Ganapati,

Let no one be puzzled to hear this,

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

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

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The superb beauty

Jai Sri Ram,
The superb beauty of the Mother of the universe could not be described even with millions of tongues,

When even the Vedas, sesa and the Sarada shrink abashed of what account is the dull witted Tulsidas,

Mother Bhavani, the mine of beauty, walked to the middle of the pavilion, where Shiva was,

Out of shyness she could not gaze on her lord's lotus feet, although her heart was fixed thereon like a bee,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
All the gods were enraptured at her Beauty,

What poet in the world could describe such loveliness,

Recognizing in her the Mother of the universe and spouse of Shiva, the divinities mentally bowed her,

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

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Shiva took his seat on the throne

Jai Sri Ram,
A divinely beautiful throne with the images of a pair of lions for its arms was placed on the alter,

Being a handiwork of the creator himself, It beggared description,

bowing His head to Brahmanas and calling to his mind His Own Master,

Shiva took his seat on the throne, the great sage then sent for Uma, who was brought in by her girl companions,

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charming festal strains,

Jai Sri Ganesha,
The seven sages called once more and read out to Himavan the note recording the time fixed for the wedding,

Perceiving that hour had arrived, the latter sent for the gods,

Himvan politely sent for all the gods and assigned an appropriate seat to each of them,

An alter was prepared in accordance with the Vedic rituals and woman chanted charming festal strains,

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Charming women railed in sweet strains

Jai Sri Ram,
Charming women railed in sweet strains and poured innuendos,

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

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

Having been served with water for rinsing their mouths at the end of the dinner, they were given betal leaves and then returned to their respective lodgings,

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pleasant strains

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

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

The Dinner guests sat in many rows and expert cook began to serve,

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

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
All the citizens, including men, women and children, young men as well as elderly people, were immensely delighted,

Festive songs began to be sung in the city,

Vases of gold of every patter were displayed by all,

Dishes of various kinds were prepared in accordance with,

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again and again

Jai Sri Ram,
When they heard Narada's explanation,

The sadness of all was dispersed,

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

The Mena and her consort Himalaya rejoiced and bowed at Parvati's feet again and again,

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fire of Yoga

Jai Sri Ganesha,
Separated from Hara, she then visited the sacrifice undertaken by her father,

And burnt herself in the fire of Yoga there,

Now-reborn in your house, she has undergone terrible penance for the sake of her lord,

Knowing this give up all doubt, Girija-your daughter-is ever beloved of Shankara,

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disguise of Sita,

Jai Sri Ram,
One day, while she was returning home with Shiva,

She beheld Sri Rama, who is a Sun as it were to the lotus like race of Raghu,

Bewildered by his sight, she did not listen to Shiva's Advice and was beguiled into assuming the disguise of Sita,

Shankara repudiated Her because she had offended Him by assuming the disguise of Sita,

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Sati Was her name

Jai Sri Ram
First she was born in the house of Daksha,

Sati Was her name, and charming was her Form,

Even in that incarnation Sati was married with Shankara,

The Story is well known throughout the world,

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unborn and imperishable divine energy

Jai Sri Ram,
Sri Narada Said, Mena-hear my true words,

Your Daughter is none else than Bhavani, the eternal consort of Shiva, Mother of the universe,

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

She is Shambhu's inseparable half, she creates, maintains and then dissolves the universe and assumes the semblance of a material form of her own will,

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soft and polite words of Uma

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

The blamed the creator in many ways and tears flowed from their eyes,

On hearing the news that very moment Himachal came to his house along-with Narada and seven seers,

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

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Can you alter the decree of providence,

Jai Sri Ram,
Can you alter the decree of providence,

Therefore, take no reproach on you unnecessarily,

Take no approach on you, cease lamenting this is no occasion for it,

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

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Whatever is ordained by providence cannot be altered,

Jai Sri Ram,
Seeing her mother distressed,

Bhavani addressed the following 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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In good sooth

Jai sri Ram,
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 others homes,

He has neither shame nor fear, what does a barren woman know of the pains of childbirth,

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crazy husband,

Jai sri Ram,
All the ladies assembled there distressed when they saw the consort of Himachal sad,

Recalling the affection of her daughter she wailed, wept and exclaimed as below,

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,

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Victory Victory Victory

Jai Sri Ram,
Today, it is victory day of sri Rama, that celebrated in the name of Dussehra,

Drawing the bow string up to his ear the Lord let fly thirty-one shafts, which flew like the serpents of death, One arrow sucked up the depths of navel, while the rest carried off with them Ravana's heads and arms,

While the headless and arm less trunk danced on the battlefield, while dying he shouted with loud and terrible roar, where is Rama, that i may challenge and slay him in the battle, after depositing the arms and heads Before Mandodary, the darts returned to the lord of the universe, 

The whole universe resounded with cries, Victory-victory-Victory,

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Life in Me

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

Taking you in my arms i would sooner fall from a mountain-top,

Cast myself into the flames or drown myself into the sea,,

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

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How strange that the creator,

Jai Sri Ganesha,
With great affection she seated her in her lap,

And tears rushed to her eyes, which resembled a pair of blue lotuses,

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

How strange that the creator, who has made you so lovely, should have given a crazy fellow for a bridegroom,

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Shiva repaired to the lodgings

Jai sri Ram,
The woman were seized with excessive fear when they saw Rudra in frightful accouterments,

They  fled in great panic and entered the house,

While the great Lord Shiva repaired to the lodgings of the bridegroom's party,

Mena was sore distressed at heart and sent for Parvati,

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A salver of gold

Jai sri Ram,
These were the words uttered by the children from house to house,

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

Mena, the mother of Sri Parvati, kindled auspicious lights for waving round the bridegroom and the woman accompanying her sang melodies songs of rejoicing,

A salver of gold adorned Mena's fair hands and she proceeded to welcome Lord Hara with great delight,

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His Body

Jai Sri Ram,
His Body is smeared with ashes and adorned with serpents and skulls,

He has matted hair on his head, is dreadful to look at,

 He is accompanied by ghosts and evil spirit, goblins and the fairies and demons with a frightful countenance,

He has survives on seeing the bridegroom's procession is a man of great luck indeed and he alone will witness the wedding of Uma,

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What shall we say

Jai Sri Ram,
What Shall we say,

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 ashes are his ornaments,

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Sri Hari Vishnu,

Jai sri Ram,
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 Shiva's retinue, every animal they rode started back and flied in panic,

The adults recovered themselves and remained where they were,While every child that came ran fir its life,

On reaching home when their parents  questioned them, they spoke as follows, their limbs still shaking with fear,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram
When it was heard that the bridegroom's procession was close at hand,

There was commotion in the city, which added to its charm,

Adorning themselves and decorating their vehicles of various kinds,

A party proceeded in advance to receive the procession with due honor,

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Men and women of the city

Jai Sri Ram,
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,

The city in which the mother of the universe had bodied herself forth baffled all description,

Prosperity and success, wealth and happiness were always on the increase there and presented a new aspect,

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creative art of Brahma

Jai Sri Ram,
The splendor of the city was so captivating,

After a glace as it the creative skill of Brahma himself looked upon,

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

Groves and gardens, wells and ponds and Rivers, all looked charming beyond words,

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befitting one's status,

Jai Sri Ram,
As many mountains as existed in the world, Seas, Rivers and Ponds were all invited by Himachala,

Capable of taking any form they liked, they assumed handsome figures and repaired to the house of Himachal along with their retinues and fair consorts,

They all sang festive songs out of affection,

The mountain king had already caused a number of houses to be tastefully decorated, all the guests were lodged therein, each occupying a house befitting one's status,

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now quite worthy of the bridegroom,

Jai Sri Ram,
They looked most absurd and spoke words in a peculiar style,

The procession was now quite worthy of the bridegroom,

The processionists indulged in gaieties of various kinds as they went along,

On the other hand Himachal erected a most wonderful pavilion which beggared description,

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The troops of Spirits

Jai sri Ram,
They bore heads of donkeys, dogs, swine and jackals,

And the varieties of other clothes could not be counted,

The troops of Spirits, goblins and fairies of various kinds beggared description,

The ghost danced and sang, they were all extremely fantastic,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Some had numerous eyes, while others had no eyes at all,

Some were stout and well built, while others had very slim bodies,

Some had lean and thin bodies, while others were very stout,

Some were tidy, while others had dirty habits, they had frightful ornaments, carried skulls in their hands and were all smeared with fresh blood,

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motley attire

Jai Sri Ram,
And they all came when they heard Shiva's commend and bowed their head at the lotus feet of their Lord,

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

Some were headless, while others were hydra-headed monsters,

Some were without hands and feet, while others had numerous hands and feet,

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sri Hari's humor never failed

Jai sri Ram,
Hearing the words of Vishnu,

the 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,

As soon as he heard these most pleasing remarks of his beloved friend, he sent Bhrangi to call all his attendants,

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Strange City

Jai Sri Ram,
God Vishnu then called all the guardians of the different quarters and smilingly said,

Everyone og you should march separately, each with his own retinue,

The Procession, brothers, is no way worthy of the bridegroom,

you will make yourself a butt of ridicule in a strange city,

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said to one another

Jai Sri Ram,
They said to one another,

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

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

Jai sri Ram,
Trident and a damuru adorned his hands,

Shiva rode on a bull while musical instrument played,

Female divinities smiled to see him,

The world has no bride worthy of the Bridegroom,

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ghastly attire

Jai Sri Ram,
His throat was black with the poison swallowed by him at the beginning of creation,

And Had a wrath of human skulls about His neck,

Thus clad in a ghastly attire,

He was nonetheless an embodiment of blessings and merciful to the core,

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sacred thread

Jai sri Ram,
His matted locks were formed into a crown and docked with a crest of serpents,

He had serpents for his earrings and bracelets, smeared His person with ashes,

wrapped a lion's skin round his loin,

He bore the crescent on his charming brow and river ganga on the crown of his head and has three eyes a serpent for the sacred thread,

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Happy and auspicious omens

Jai sri Ram,
Flowers were as the whole concourse of gods was flowed from various instruments and auspicious jars were placed in all directions,

All the gods began to adorn their vehicles and areal cars of various kinds,

Happy and auspicious omens were visible and celestials sang for joy,

The attendants of Shiva began to adorn their lord,

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delivered the note

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,

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Vedic precepts,

Jai Sri Ram,
He had an auspicious date, asterism and hour ascertained and speedily got the exact time of wedding fixed,

Noted down according to the Vedic precepts,

Himachal handed over the note recording the exact time of wedding to seven seers,

And Clasped their feet made entreaties to them,

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episode

Jai Sri Ram,
 They related the whole episode to him,

He was much grieved to hear how Shiva had burnt love,

The sages then told him of the boon granted to Rati and Himvana was much relieved to learn this,

Recalling to his mind the glory of Shiva Himachal respectfully summoned great sages,

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Hare Rama

Jai Sri Ram,
Hearing the words of Bhavani,

Perceiving her devotion and faith,

The sages were gladdened at heart,

Bowing their head to her, they went to Himvan,

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the great Lord Shiva,

Jai Sri Ram,
Knowing Him as such, if i have served him lovingly in thought, word and deed, then hear,

O great sages, the gracious lord will accomplish my vow,

Your statement that Hara has burnt the god of love betrays woeful lack of thought in you, 

Fire, my friends, possess this inherent property that frost can never approach at, in case it does it must inevitable perish similar is the case with the god of love and the great Lord Shiva,

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you have spoken right,

Jai sri Ram,
Hearing This, Bhavani smiled and said,

O great and illuminated sages, you have spoken right,

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

To my mind, however, Shiva is eternally in rapport with the infinite, unbegotten, irreproachable, passionless and without enjoyment,

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