Bibaha Panchami

आज बिवाह पंचमी हिन्दूहरूबीचमा ठूलो दिन हो । अयोध्याको प्रभु रामचंद्र जनकपुरको देवी सीता संग विवाह गर्दाको  दिन हो । राजा जनक भगवान शिवको ठूलो धनु उठाउन जो व्यक्ति सक्छ उससित आफ्नो छोरी सीताको विवाह गर्ने प्रतिज्ञा गर्नुभएको थियो । धेरै योद्धाहरू र राजाहरूले प्रयास गरे तर गर्न सकेनन । यो देखेर राजा जनक दुःखी थिए  र त्यसो गर्न कुनै उपायको खोजीमा थिए। बिस्वामित्र  गुरूले  यो थाहा पाई आफ्ना प्रिय चेला अयोध्या राजकुमार रामलाई सवै काम पूरा गर्न  भन्नुभयो । रामले सजिलै संग धनुष उचालेर मात्र नभई  तादो (प्र्तायांचा) तान्न  खोज्दा धनु ३ टुक्रामा चकनाचूर भयो:  स्वर्ग , पाताल ( वर्तमानमा त्यसको माथी  धनुष सागर भन्ने तलाउ छ )  र अर्को जमीनमा रह्यो (धनुषाधाम करिब जनकपुर देखि 40 किलोमिटर ) । त्यहाँ अगन्तुकले विशाल चट्टानहरु धनु रुपको आकृति देख्नेछन् । पहिलेको प्रतिज्ञा अनुसार रामको सीता संग विवाह भयो ।            जनकपुर नेपालको दक्षिणी भाग मा स्थित छ र वहाँ एक सुन्दर मन्दिर ( आसन्न फोटो ) छ । नेपाल र छिमेकी देशहरूबाट हजारौं भक्तहरु विवाह समारोह मनाउन जनकपुर झुम्मिन छन । विवाह समारोह सप्ताह भर मानिन्छ । यस अवधिमा  जनकपुर शहर विवाह उत्सव द्वारा आनन्दित हुन्छ !        राम र सीता प्रभु विष्णु  र देवी महालक्ष्मी को ईश्वरीय अवतार हो  । राम नैतिकता, सद्गुण र आदर्शवादको प्रतीक हो । सीता  आदर्श छोरी, आदर्श पत्नी, र आदर्श आमाको रूपमा मानिन्छ । देवी सीता उनको सद्गुण र विशेषताहरुको लागि सम्झना गरिन्छ ।  
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Today is Bibhaha Panchami, the great day among the Hindus. This is the day, when the Lord Ramachandra of Ayodhaya married with the goddess Sita of Janakpur. King Janak had promised to marry his daughter Sita to that person who could lift the great bow of Lord Shiva. Many warriors and kings tried but could not do. Seeing this, the king was sad and asked if there was anyone to do that. Bishwamitra told his disciple Rama ,prince of Ayodhya, to carry out the job. Rama not only lifted the bow with ease and but also

tried to string it. However the bow shattered into 3 pieces. One piece flied up to heaven another falls down into the depths of the underworld, (presently there is a pond called Dhanush Sagar above the spot) and the third piece flied to present day Dhanushadham, about 40 kilometers from Janakpur. There, visitors will see huge rocks shaped liked a bow. As promised before, Rama was married with the Sita.

Janankpur is located in the southern part of Nepal and there is a beautiful temple (adjacent picture) over there. Thousands of devotees from Nepal and neighbouring countries flock to Janakpur to celebrate the wedding ceremony. Their wedding ceremony is enacted throughout the week. During this period, the Janakpur city is enlivened by the wedding festive. The mood is jovial !

Lord Rama is the 7th reincarantion of Vishnu and Sita of Goddess Lakshmi, the divine consort of Lord Vishnu. Ram symbolizes morality, virtue and idealism. Sita is considered as the ideal daughter, ideal wife, and ideal mother, since ages. Goddess Sita is remembered for her virtues and attributes. Sita symbolizes all that is noble in womanhood.

Slokas (hymns) has praised the couple as follows:

"Neelambhuj Shyamalkomlang Sita Samaropitvambhagam,

Pano Mahasaikacharoochapam Namame Ramam Raghuvanshnatham"

(Meaning: Lord Rama is the chief amongst the Raghus. His handsome body is of dark blue color like the blue lotus. He has Sita seated on his left. He is the one, who wields a beautiful bow and arrows in his hands. I bow to such great Lord.)

We too bow to the the Rama and Sita. Please guide us from the darkness to light !!!