The Auspicious Hour Arrives
Bala Kanda, Doha 99
Doha 99 · Movement 3 of 3
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The sages return to Himavan and announce that the precise wedding hour has drawn near. Celestial movement, sacred calculation, and human preparation converge upon one moment.
The mountain king sends messengers to summon the gods back from their lodgings. The feast gives way to rite, and playful celebration gathers itself around the solemn centre of the marriage.
Across the city, lamps are tended, garments adjusted, and voices lowered as everyone turns toward the Vedic altar. The chosen moment approaches with the quiet precision of stars moving into their ordained places.
The chosen stars stand ready above Himavan as the gods are called to the mandap.
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Sages announce wedding timing to Himavan, before his summons
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Gita Press code81 undated · PDF pages 116 · printed pages 114. Reader passage: bala-kanda-doha-100. Printed numbering may differ.
Source facts
- Sages return and tell Himavan the wedding lagna/auspicious timing
- Himavan subsequently considers the time and has gods summoned; chosen announcement scene does not transfer summons to sages
Artistic choices
- Himavan and two representative sage appearances reused, others outside crop; older whitebearded sage explanatory low open palm/parted mouth, darkbearded companion quiet, Himavan listening hands resting, exact poses/ages/faces/robes imagined unauthenticated
- No invented date/document/calendar/astrology chart; bench/terrace/bough/garden/mountains imagined scenery
An imaginative interpretation, not a historical portrait or documentary evidence.
बहुरि मुनिन्ह हिमवंत कहुँ लगन सुनाई आइ। समय बिलोकि बिबाह कर पठए देव बोलाइ।।99।।
Then the sages came and announced the auspicious time to Himavant. Seeing that the right moment had arrived, they sent word to summon the gods for the wedding.