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Gauri Names the Dark Groom

Bala Kanda, Chhand 23

Doha 236 · Movement 2 of 3

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The blessing gathers around the naturally beautiful dark groom who has delighted Sita's heart. Gauri does not offer an unknown future husband of merely suitable rank or virtue.

He is a treasury of compassion, wise, gentle, and full of love. The qualities Sita glimpsed in one garden sight are affirmed by the Mother who knows both her prayer and its destined answer.

Ram alone knows what Sita needs to ask, even where modesty leaves desire unspoken. The boon therefore exceeds formulation. The knower of her heart will himself become the gift.

Gauri's blessing points beyond every description toward the dark groom who already knows Sita's heart.

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After hearing Gauri’s blessing, Sita and her companions rejoice, worship again and again, and return home joyfully.

AI-created devotional illustration · Chhand 23

Full4 chhand lines preserved, selected Sita and companion rejoicing/returning after Gauri blessing and repeatedworship.

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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 233 · printed pages 231. Reader passage: bala-kanda-chhand-023. Printed numbering may differ.

Source facts

  • 1 GAURI speaks TO SITA SECOND PERSON: SAME GROOM YOUR MIND LOVES willBEYOURS, NATURALLYBEAUTIFUL DARK, not Sita firstpersonprayer.
  • 2 GROOM COMPASSIONTREASURY WISE GOODCONDUCT knows YOUR CHARACTER AND LOVE; रावरो YOUR notMYOWN.
  • 3 Hearing GAURI BLESSING SITA AND COMPANIONS rejoice inhearts.
  • 4 Tulsidas says WORSHIP BHAVANI AGAIN AND AGAIN then JOYFULLY GO HOME; मंदिर here residence/home witness-local घर, not backto temple. Fullsource preserved noVamadeva/kingwelcomesages displacedscene.

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  • ActualSitaRIGHT currentcanonicalC233 facehair warmgoldenwheatbrown slenderoval browneyes blacksidepartlowhair/braid rustcoralGOLD sari/veil coveredblouse pearlstrand bindi hoops bangles WHITEearflower and ONEreceivedwhitepinkorangegreen GARLAND ATOPVEILHEAD sideshangupperchest. AnonymousADULTcompanionLEFT D229/C226 mediumbrownovalface blacksidepartlowhair coralorangegoldveil modestblouse pearls hoops deepredbindi NOearflower/headgarland notSita/Ahalya/Kaushalya/queen. Artistmodelreuse nothistoricalsamecitywindowwoman/numericagecertificate.
  • Actual2heads4connectedownarms4distinctownhands eachownRIGHTchesthand eachownLEFTcoveredwaist, clearseparation no handcontact/overlap, OPENeyes softjoyfulsmiles gazeRIGHT towards homeoffcrop. Lowerlegsfeetoutcrop no walkingstepmechanics or fullgroupcensuscertificate; otherfriends/Gauri/Rama offcropnotdenied.
  • E03 jewelglassleadwork goldfloralarchborder creamtemplearch whiteflowerboughs distantivorypavilion; artistvenue/counts/gaze/pose/garlandflowercolors/time. Selectedone joyfulreturnorientation afterblessing/repeatedworship metadata no actualaudiblespeech/fullchronology/repeatedactions certificate.

An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.

मनु जाहिं राचेउ मिलिहि सो बरु सहज सुंदर साँवरो। करुना निधान सुजान सीलु सनेहु जानत रावरो।। एहि भाँति गौरि असीस सुनि सिय सहित हियँ हरषीं अली। तुलसी भवानिहि पूजि पुनि पुनि मुदित मन मंदिर चली।।

May that naturally beautiful, dark-complexioned Groom in whom my heart delights be mine. He is a treasury of compassion, wise and gentle and full of love; He alone knows what is mine to ask.