* DAKSHA'S SACRIFICE * Part.2

~ WRATH OF GREAT GOD ~
  
A great mythological story.
Please don't miss any part.

  


      When Sati entered the sacrificial hall
      It was crowded with gods and angels
      Vessels of gold and jewels shining like
      Moons and stars were there on one side
      And the sages divine chanting hymns
      Were pouring out libations into flames
      While Daksha was watching them all.
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      She saw her sisters and brothers-in-laws
      In golden silks, nudging each other after
      Looking at her, also heard their snigger
      She ran to the place where her parents
      Sat and prostrated her self at their feet.
      Daksha turned, opened his eyes wide
      And hissed, "You shame-less girl who
      Invited you here." As his thought went
      Out to Siva, his face grew red with anger
      Volleys of abuses he poured out from
      The depths of hatred within him. He did
      Continue to rail absent Siva, spitting out
      Insult after insult. Sati could not bear to
      Hear abuses, closed her ears, exclaimed
      "Siva, Siva" and then she decided to end
      Her body as Daksha's daughter, sat down
      In yoga, controlled her breath invoked fire
      And immolated her self in flames of yoga.



      As Daksha stood horrified to see the flames
      Engulf her body while her mother screamed
      And began to sob wildly, the sages trembled
      People stood dazed, and the ceremony ceased.
      Cosmic bull Nandi rushed towards the corpse
      Shaking his horns, called the earth and heaven
      To bear witness, he cursed, "Inhuman Daksha
      Thy sin shall not go unpunished.' For a minute
      He stood near the corpse with silent tears and
      Rushed to Kailas to report the ghastly incident,
      As Sati's maids followed him. Seeing the Lord
      In meditation, Nandi in a mournful voice cried
      "Oh Lord, Sati is dead" Siva woke up from his
      Trance of yoga, was shocked to learn what was
      Happened, then struck by grief cried out Lord
      "Oh Sati, dear Sati, gentle Sati, O my beloved
      What have you done? How could you desert me?"
    
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      Slowly as he paced up and down, suddenly his
      Sorrow gave room to fiery anger his pale face
      Became red and his eyes were burning coals
      Restlessly he jumped hither and thither with
      Wild strides, dug his hand into matted locks
      He drew out a single strand of hair and hit it
      On a rock, by its impact leapt up volcanoes, as
      Those flames converged there a Being took shape
      Out of burning fury his face red and the fires of
      Wrath leaped out of every pore of his mighty body
      He wielded a blazing sword and innumerable weapons
      In his several arms and then Nandi fell on his knees
      Recognized the new giant as Bhadra the embodiment
      Of Siva's anger and there several demons sprang up
      From those burning fires who resembled Bhadra yet
      They were smaller to him but their number multiplied
      Every second. Leading his army Bhadra cried out
      "Vengeance, blood, death, destruction, let's rush"
      With speed of lightening He with his fiery demons
      Reached the cursed spot, and savagely set to work
      Wrecking, burning, destroying each thing they saw
      In that huge sacrificial hall of Daksha, the patriarch!
      Dt. 28.10.2009                    (continued -part.3)

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      -venkat
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