Janak gave his other three princesses in marriage to the remaining three princes. (Sita had one other sister named Urmila. She was married to Laxman. Janak’s brother, named Kushdhwaj or Kushketu, had two daughters—Mandavi and Srutikirti. They were married to Bharat and Shatrughan respectively.)
Hearing this excellent news that all the four daughters have been married to the four brothers, the subjects of the kingdom were overjoyed and delighted. (They had prayed that at least Sita should be married to Lord Ram. So, when they learnt that all of them have been married simultaneously to the four brothers, Ram, Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughan, their joy and happiness knew no bounds. They had expected only one reward, and now they are getting their hands full of rewards. The citizens could not sufficiently thank their good luck and the gods who not only listened to their prayers to get Sita married to Lord Ram but went many steps ahead to reward them with happy tidings they had never imagined in their dreams that all the four princesses would be married to the four wonderful princes.)
In this way, good tidings and happy events multiplied manifold times, and these made the marriage pavilion look all the more energized, fantastic, exuberant, colourful and vibrant. The marriage pavilion looked so wonderful with the three couples present together in it as if the Kalpa Tree (the all wish-fulfilling tree of Gods) is standing proudly and majestically alongside the Kamdhenu (the all wish-fulfilling cow of Gods), the Moon God, and the Chintamani (the magical gem that removes all worries)”.
(Here, the Kalpa Tree is Lord Ram, and the other three divine entities such as Kamdhenu cow, the Moon God and the Chintamani are represented by Ram’s three brothers, viz. Laxman, Bharat and Shatrughan.
This stanza can also be interpreted to mean that the Kalpa Tree stands for the pair of Ram and Sita, and the other three entities such as the Kamdhenu cow, the Moon God and the Chintamani stand respectively for the other three couples, viz. Laxman and Urmila, Bharat and Mandavi, and Shatrughan and Srutikirti.)
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