The Radiant Brahmin in Parvati's Dream
Bala Kanda, Doha 72
Doha 72 · Movement 2 of 2
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Parvati tells Mena of a dream. Within it appeared an excellent Brahmin, beautiful and radiant, his fair form clear against the inward night.
He offered the same teaching the mother has come struggling to deliver. The path of austerity was not merely a parental decision or Narada's distant counsel. It arrived again through the subtle country of sleep.
By speaking of the dream, Uma comforts Mena and quietly reveals that her own will already moves toward the forest. The instruction has found its home before the mother can utter it.
The dream figure fades, leaving the word tapasya luminous in Parvati's heart.
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Uma tells Maina of her dream about an unnamed beautiful, fair brahmin; the dream figure is not pictured.
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 91, 92 · printed pages 89, 90. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-073. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Uma tells Maina she saw a dream in which a beautiful, fair, excellent brahmin advised her
- The dream brahmin is unnamed in the source; Narada or divine-messenger identity is not established here
Artistic choices
- Select actual mother-daughter dream retelling, no visible dream figure or inferred identity
- Approved conventional Maina/young-adult Uma appearances reused, chosen facing seated forms, small storytelling and resting hands, low cushions/benches, courtyard wall, bough, mountain outlines and coral field added; positions/clothes/age details not source-specified
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सुनहि मातु मैं दीख अस सपन सुनावउँ तोहि। सुंदर गौर सुबिप्रबर अस उपदेसेउ मोहि।।72।।
Parvati said: "Listen, Mother, let me tell you of a dream I saw. A beautiful, fair-complexioned Brahmin of great excellence appeared and gave me this very teaching."