One by one they reveal Sri’s blessed face— but who possesses the power to look upon the sun with her own eyes? All forget how to speak, hear, or laugh, friends. (5)
Indrani and the other celestial women had come proud of their beauty; one glance filled their hearts with astonishing wonder. “Is this a face, or some magician’s spectacle?” each asks, bewildered. Each sees her own happiness reflected there and departs bearing its likeness. We all forgot how to speak, meet, or laugh. (6)
Kavitt
The sister-in-law opens the bride’s veil and seats her close; companies upon companies of young women gather for the sight. They gaze from the front and rear, from the right and left; each sees her own face, yet no one can see the bride’s face itself.
They go to all the mothers-in-law and tell whatever they imagine: “Whose enchantment is this? Whose blessing?” Poet Gopal says they marvel among themselves: “Is she the daughter-in-law of a mirror—or has the mirror become her daughter-in-law?”
Arati in Ayodhya — Pada 159
With joyful hearts the mothers perform arati. Thrilled and trembling, they circle golden cloth and precious gems again and again. They teach the brides to bow at the elders’ feet, and all the mothers give blessings by the millions: “May your wedded good fortune remain unbroken.”