Guest guest Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Chapter3 and 4 The story of Dhaksha continued After Dhaksha was chosen as the head of the prajapthis, he became more arrogant and he performed vajapeyi yajna and then brhamasava, another great sacrifice to which all the sages and devas were invited except Siva. Sathi wanted to go to the yajna and tried to influence Siva that to go to the house of a close relation one does not need an invitation. But Siva said that this principle did not apply here as Dhaksha had hatred towards Siva. Then Siva told her the reason why he did not get up to show respect to dhaksha,. He said that those who are beyond body and soul do not show respect to anyone who identifies himself with the body and filled with ego. Siva forbade sathi to go to the sacrifice warning her that her father Would ignore her and insulted by one's own relations is worse than death. But Sathi convinced that she could make her father see reason, and filled with the desire of seeing her relatives decided to go against the wish of her husband, who gave her his half of the body out of love because she was momentarily overwhelmed by the weakness of women for her parents. Sathi went to the yagasala accompanied by the attendants of Siva and Nandi. Except her mother and sisters no one else welcomed her and ignored her due to fear of Dhaksha. She saw that no havirbhaga, offering in the sacrifice, was given to Siva and also because she was insulted Sathi became angry. She told Daksha that there is no one higher than Siva and there is no friend or foe to him. She said that the very word Siva means pure and Dhaksha saw him as asiva, impure, abusing him that he lived in cremation ground, had his hair loose and unkempt and wore ash all over his body etc. But Brahma and other deities worship him and did it mean that they do not know that he was inauspicious, she asked her father. She further said that if one hears Siva being insulted he should go away closing his ears if he could not punish the wrong doer. As her body was produced by Dhaksha she did not want to keep it and saying thus she destroyed her body which was consumed in flames of yogic fire. When sathi gave up her body in flames her attendants rushed to kill Dhaksha and his followers but Brgu forced them to fly away by his brahmathejas. Chapters- 5,6and7-Destruction of Dhaksha and the sacrifice and revival of Dhaksha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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