Samdaun is an apabhraṃśa (linguistic variation) of the word sambodhan (address). Once the Dūragman date is set, women begin preparing for the bride to go to her new home, and the Samdaun songs are sung during these preparations. These are deeply emotional songs because in earlier times, once a girl left her parents’ home it was extremely difficult for her to visit—there was little transport, no telephone contact, and the brides were often very young. Samdaun is also performed at the moment of vidāi (farewell), when a daughter leaves her family to depart for her marital home. The songs fill the atmosphere with poignancy, often bringing tears as they express the pain of separation from parents. In this particular song, the dialogue is between a father and his daughter: the father laments that he searched the world for a worthy groom but found only a poor ascetic, while the daughter replies that though he may appear poor to him, for her he is like a god.