Real Reason Why Brides Cry at their Vidaai: The Reason Might Shock You!

Indian marriage is a union of two families along with two individuals. Vidaai represents the bride moving back to her new home (sasural) from her parental home (maayka). An emphasis on duty, sacrifice, and adjusting to a new lifestyle is traditionally given to this period, which symbolizes a woman's complete severance from her natal family.
Young women, sometimes as young as teenagers, were commonly married off with little or no say in the matter. Their wails spoke more than just the loss of loved ones; they also spoke of fear, anxiety, and bewilderment at entering a world where they were expected to be perfect moms, wives, and daughters-in-law. Echoes of this emotional weight persist even if circumstances have improved.

Why brides cry at their wedding have a more profound meaning to it. Marriage is not just a bond between two people. It's a soul's journey from one phase of life to another. The reason behind why a daughter is born to her parents is due to their past karmic ties. Significantly, Vidaai marks the completion of all that karma that ties the daughter to her parents. From the moment she walks away from her home, (maternal) she walks towards fulfilling a new karmic duty written in her stars even before she was born to her parents.

In Hindu philosophy, the phrase Rina Bandhan (usually spelled Rna Bandhan) is used to describe the karmic obligations and liabilities that an individual is born with and must carry out during their lifetime. "Rina," or debt, and "Bandhan," or bond or duty, are Sanskrit words. It underlines that existence is not just the matter of performing our own desires; it's also about returning the favors we owe to other people. It symbolizes the interconnectedness of human relationships and commitments.
The duty to worship, maintain dharma, and keep harmony with nature and divine forces is referred to as Deva Rina, or "Debt to the Gods." The responsibility of learning, respecting, and teaching is referred to as Rishi Rina (Debt to Sages and Teachers).
The obligation to look after one's parents, perform traditional rites, and continue the lineage is referred to as Pitru Rina (Debt to Parents and Ancestors). Apart from this, friendships, personal bonds, and even karmic debts of past lives that influence the present state are all a part of Rina Bandhan. According to the school of thought, fulfilling these duties leads to a more ethical and balanced life, which ensures spiritual growth and liberation (moksha).

The tears you see brides shedding at their Vidaai are not just mere sorrow but that's the soul's way of cleansing the past attachments before embracing new relationships and beginnings.
A woman does not just leave her home, she carries to her new home the same energy and acts as bridge of balance between Karmic accounts. While she loses one identity to gain another. This follows a Universal law that nothing is lost, with time only its transformed.
A part of all god's plan, it extends beyond human emotions and for a higher cosmic plan.

The question is Do we truly value the depth of Vidaai as a ritual?

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