Sita Enters the Mandap beneath Peace Mantras
Bala Kanda, Chaupai 320
Doha 323 · Movement 1 of 3
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The wedding guests behold Sita approaching, a pure treasury of beauty beyond the poet's limited mind. Everyone bows inwardly. Seeing her beside Ram, their unspoken longings reach fulfilment.
Dasharatha rejoices with his sons. Gods salute and shower flowers, sages chant blessings, and songs and drums carry men and women into love and delight.
Sita enters the mandap while great rishis recite peace mantras. The family gurus of both houses begin every proper rite. Her journey from inner palace to ceremonial throne closes beneath words designed to quiet and harmonize the worlds, as though peace itself must be established before Sita and Ram look upon one another as bride and bridegroom.
Sita crosses into the pavilion, and the sages lay peace beneath every step of the union.
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- Sita's beauty exceeds the poet's limited intellect and description; source praises her beauty and purity.
- All baraat mentally bow to Sita; no source mandate of physical group kneeling.
- Rama sees Sita and his desires are fulfilled; Dasharatha with sons rejoices, plural.
- Gods bow and shower flowers, sages bless, songs and nisan kettledrums sound, men and women rejoice lovingly.
- Sita enters the pavilion with sages' peace chants and both family gurus perform the appropriate rites.
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- PASS corrected E10 large flat crimson/cream/gold planes: two heads, four own hands. Rama LEFT seated with BOTH own hands on knees, clearly below all three neck layers: inner pearls, green tulsi U and ONE outer white-pink Victory flower chest loop. Blue-grey whole body, yellow folded cloth cap ONE peacock, U/red mark, open eyes UPRIGHT closed joy smile. Sita RIGHT standing, RIGHT at heart LEFT veil edge, eyes DOWNLEFT closed joy smile, rust veil received HEAD flower trim one white ear flower pearls; no Victory chest or hand garland. Upper-thigh crop has no feet or whole-group movement certificate.
- Exact poses/gazes/numericalages/clothes/ornamentcounts/geargeometryfastening/materials/spatialframing artistchoices not history or wholeparticipant/anatomy/motion/audible/emotionmotive census. Fullsourceoffcrop facts retained noabsenceinference/corpuscorrection/inventedHindi/publishing. Source comparisons/characterinsults/threats not physicaltransformations/violentevents.
- All source participants, similes and off-crop events retained in metadata; no literal transformation, empirical whole-participant count, source correction or publication claim.
- First C320 output missing both current garlands retained as a superseded continuity draft. Corrected output is a normal quality iteration, not regeneration to recover an original/link. Hand positions are artist choices.
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सिय सुंदरता बरनि न जाई। लघु मति बहुत मनोहरताई।। आवत दीखि बरातिन्ह सीता।।रूप रासि सब भाँति पुनीता।। सबहि मनहिं मन किए प्रनामा। देखि राम भए पूरनकामा।। हरषे दसरथ सुतन्ह समेता। कहि न जाइ उर आनँदु जेता।। सुर प्रनामु करि बरसहिं फूला। मुनि असीस धुनि मंगल मूला।। गान निसान कोलाहलु भारी। प्रेम प्रमोद मगन नर नारी।। एहि बिधि सीय मंडपहिं आई। प्रमुदित सांति पढ़हिं मुनिराई।। तेहि अवसर कर बिधि ब्यवहारू। दुहुँ कुलगुर सब कीन्ह अचारू।।
Siya's beauty cannot be described. My small mind cannot contain such boundless charm. The wedding party beheld Sita approaching, a treasure of beauty, pure in every way. All bowed to her silently in their hearts. Seeing Rama, they felt their every longing fulfilled. Dasharatha rejoiced together with his sons. The bliss that filled his heart is beyond all telling. The gods offered salutations and rained down flowers. The sages chanted blessings, the very root of auspiciousness. Songs and drums resounded in great celebration. Men and women were lost in love and delight. In this way Siya came to the wedding pavilion. The great sages joyfully recited the shanti mantras. At that sacred moment, the kulagurus of both families performed every proper rite and ceremony.