The Sages Bow to Bhavani
Bala Kanda, Doha 90
Doha 90 · Movement 2 of 2
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The sages hear Parvati's answer and delight rises within them. Love and faith stand revealed not as stubbornness but as a clear knowledge no ridicule or clever argument can disturb.
They bow their heads before Bhavani. The test has ended, and nothing remains to be purified in her resolve.
Then the seven turn toward Himachal. Their journey carries confirmation from the forest to the father's house, where anxious preparation can finally become wedding joy. The long test has returned a verdict of love, and the mountain road brightens beneath their feet.
Seven sages leave Parvati's feet and carry her unshaken love toward the mountain king.
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AI-created devotional illustration · Doha 90
Joyful respect on hearing Uma's words before subsequent full bow/departure
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 107 · printed pages 105. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-091. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Hearing Uma's words and seeing her love and trust, sages rejoice inwardly
- They subsequently bow heads to Bhavani and leave for Himachala; selected image shows preceding joyful respect, not uniform full bow/departure
Artistic choices
- All seven source-count sages included; imaginative Uma/sage appearances reused, three kneeling front/four standing behind with joined hands and softened joyful respectful faces, some heads inclined
- Requested full-bow composition not uniformly rendered; narrower source-described preceding joy/recognition selected, no claim all seven enacted full bow. Stone terrace/column/bough/mountains/low bench/robes/exact ages/faces/poses added, unauthenticated
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हियँ हरषे मुनि बचन सुनि देखि प्रीति बिस्वास।। चले भवानिहि नाइ सिर गए हिमाचल पास।।90।।
The sages were delighted at heart, hearing her words and seeing the depth of her love and faith. Bowing their heads to Bhavani, they departed and went to Himachala.