King Janak continuous to speak to sage Vishwamitra, expressing his strong reservations against allowing Lord Ram to attempt to lift the bow.] ‘This bow is immovable like the steadiness of the heart and mind of Parvati (the divine consort of Lord Shiva, and the Mother Goddess). It can be moved (i.e. influenced) only by Lord Shiva himself if he wants so. But Shiva keeps the firm vow of being loyal to only one woman, and therefore he will not exert his influence on the ‘mind and heart’ of the bow to make it move. (Here, the bow has been personified and is imagined to have a mind and heart like that of Shiva’s consort named Parvati. The bow also ‘belongs’ to Shiva just like Parvati who also ‘belongs’ to him, being his eternal wife. Like Parvati the bow is also very faithful to Lord Shiva. Hence, if Shiva orders it to become light and move when Lord Ram touches it, it is certainly going to do so, but the problem is that Shiva won’t order anything to the bow; he won’t exert any influence upon the bow. It is as unmoving as the Mana—mind and heart—of Parvati.)