Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #4441 by Dalvi Shanta

Village: कोळवली - Kolawali

A:I-1.7b (A01-01-07b) - Sītā / Sītā departs towards vanavās / Kuṅkū, nose-ring, saffron remembered

	Vanavās: litt. the stay in forest, actually the forest exile in which Sītā is sent by her husband Rām, with all the physical and moral hardships that this desertion and its solitude carry with them.
	The kuṅku on the forehead of Sītā symbolically refers to her absolute faithfulness and innocence.

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दळवी शांता - Dalvi Shanta

सीता चालली ग वनवासा कुकु कपाळ ग भरुनी
सीताच ग रुप राम न्याहाळीतो दुरुनी
sītā cālalī ga vanavāsā kuku kapāḷa ga bharunī
sītāca ga rupa rāma nyāhāḷītō durunī

✎ Sita is leaving for her exile in forest, her forehead is full of kunku*
Sita’s beauty, Ram is observing from a distance
▷ Sita (चालली) * vanavas kunku (कपाळ) * (भरुनी)
▷ (सीताच) * form Ram (न्याहाळीतो)(दुरुनी)

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kunku

A red spot applied on the forehead by married women whose husband is alive as a mark of good fortune. This powder is also applied to God as a part of worship. It is prepared from turmeric, lemon juice, alum etc.

Sections of semantic classes:

Kuṅkū, nose-ring, saffron remembered

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Grindmill songs of Maharashtra — Song #4441 by Dalvi Shanta

A:I-1.7b (A01-01-07b) - Sītā / Sītā departs towards vanavās / Kuṅkū, nose-ring, saffron remembered