||Srimad Bhagavath
Mahapuran||
||Om Namo Bhagavathe
Vasudevaya||
Chapter – 44– The legend of
Daksha Prajapathi – Devi Sati’s immolation -1
The Supreme Lord Shiva who
is the knower of All understood the upcoming inauspiciousness to Devi
Sati. He immersed in meditation, Devi
Sati looked at Lord Shiva in a fury like Daksha Prajapathi and
proceeded. Lord Shiva ordered Nadikeshwara
and Ganas to accompany Devi Sati. Thus Devi Sati was accompanied by Lord Shiva’s
Ganas with the sounds of various auspicious drums; she arrived in the Palace of
Daksha Prajapathi. Her heart was full
of puzzlement, hurt, and anger. Lord
Bhrama and Lord Vishnu were not present for the Yagna. Soon, Daksha Prajapathi could hear the sounds
of auspicious instruments; he watched it was Devi Sati with her Ganas. She
was not received in honor, no one stood in respect or no one was willing to
offer a seat for her. Daksha Prajapathi
looked at her in disdain; she had to face sheer humiliation from his
father. Her sisters and mother were
kind to her; they rushed to her and received her with great love. No one in the audience was dared to receive
her with respect due to the strict orders from Daksha Prajapathi. Devi Sati felt utter shame and regretted not following the advice of Lord Shiva.
She did not take the seat offered by her sisters or mother, Devi Sati
realized the extreme dislike of his father against Lord Shiva, she checked the
Yagna arena there was no seat for Lord Shiva or oblations for him, it severely
wounded her heart. She understood her father’s intention to
humiliate her husband. All the deities
were silent, and Daksha Prajapathi was in great fury. Devi Sati’s face has become reddened in a rage,
her lips trembled, she shrieked out “ Oh! Prajapathi, how could you keep
enmity towards the supreme Lord who resides as a soul in the living beings? How could you hurt my Lord Shiva who does not
hurt anyone? How could you hurt him with your wrong intentions? He finds wellness
in wrong-doers and wishes welfare for all; you have not seen the goodness in
him. People who utter his glorious name ‘Shiva’
would get rid of all the sins instantly; you have not understood his splendor
that is why you are disrespecting him. I
will not stand with people who disrespect Lord Shiva. Whoever utters harsh words against Lord Shiva
should not be heard, and they should be punished and get their tongue should be
severed. Therefore, I am not willing to stand here anymore, I have born from
your contaminated body, so I am going to abandon them as well. I am deeply hurt by your deeds, if I return
to my Lord, I would not live in peace, he may address me ‘Dhakshayani’ which I can’t bear the guilt or shame, hence I am abandoning the body you have given me.”
Maitreya speaks “ Oh!
Vidura, listen to me carefully, Devi Sati covered her body with the marvelous
yellow silk garment, she sprinkled the water on the place and took a seat, she
seated on the straight posture, took a deep breath and hold the air on the
throat, and concentrated on the middle of the eyebrows, she completely rejected
the conscious of the body enlarged the fire in the body, thus she embraced the
fire. She contemplated upon the lotus
feet of supreme Lord Shiva who is Jagathguru/Universal preceptor, and her
dearest Lord who is all-pervading as soul; in this way she offered her body in
the Agni.”
