"When will sati recover?" "Maybe never." "What are you trying to say?" "Why not?" "It's impossible for sati to regain health because sati is the daughter of prajapati daksha." "What are you saying, sage kashyap?" "I speak the truth." "I've realised this truth using my yogic powers." "And the truth is that while dancing during the spring festival shiva and sati were immersed in music and reached a meditative state." "Prajapati daksha's arrival..." "And sati remained in the meditative state." "Praise be to narayana!" "Salutations!" "Salutations, o lord of kailash!" "Great lord... ruffled hair, a weary face it appears you're returning from a long journey." "My lord it seems after meeting sati you've taken a vow of silence." "Or maybe you're not able to decide what to say." "How to say..." "which words to utter... even shiva, the master of his senses can fall prey to the mind." "No, sage." "A renunciate is never a prey to his mind." "I agree... i agree but atleast it has made you realise that you've a mind too, o lord." "And you've to make an attempt to control it." "If your mind takes you towards sati then what's so unusual about it, o lord?" "Your consort who was separated from you sati is your better half!" "If you feel incomplete in sati's absence... your desire to meet her takes you closer to her then it's completely natural, o lord." "No, sage narada." "I shouldn't have gone there." "A renunciate who has given up everything shouldn't have any desires." "Sati is the daughter of prajapati daksha." "And she should remain within the tenets established by daksha." "But because of me, she broke those norms today." "Yes, my lord." "It's as true as the love between you and sati." "But... daksha will come to the conclusion that in order to avenge the insult meted out to you in the conference you made sati break social norms." "He can't harm you." "All the anger will be unleashed on sati." "And i'm afraid that he might punish her." "'Samadhi'." "A yogic state of sleep." "Instead of wasting time on futile talks try to bring sati out of that state, sage kashyap." "I've told you earlier too that it's impossible." "Why is it impossible?" "Because only shiva's touch can bring sati out of this yogic state." "And prajapati remember that shiva's touch too can break her sleep only before dusk tomorrow." "If shiva doesn't touch sati by dusk tomorrow then sati will slip into a permanent state of sleep." "Such a permanent state that will never be broken again." "A simple illness without a simple solution will become impossible, daksha!" "But you can stop it." "Invite shiva honourably for the sake of your daughter sati." "We don't have any other choice." "There's a solution, sage kashyap." "There's a solution." "I, prajapati daksha, the son of brahma pledge that anybody except shiva who revives my daughter will receive half of my powers and authority." "If despite that if my daughter isn't revived then i'd allow my daughter slip into an eternal state of sleep." "But i'll not let shiva touch sati." "Not at any cost!" "Never!" "As you wish, prajapati." "The daughter is yours and so is your ego." "Sage kashyap." "Please save sati." "Please save sati." "Get up, madnikey." "Sati's meditative state can only be broken by shiva's touch." "But prajapati daksha's ego is dearer to him than his daughter." "Then it's not possible for shiva to come here." "But the sages have the powers to summon lord shiva too." "He arrived for the conference only upon your invitation." "Only you can call shiva now." "Please save sati." "Her life rests in your hands." "What is it, o sire?" "Why did you stop?" "A doubt arises in my mind." "The great lord attended the conference on our invitation." "And he was dishonoured there." "I don't know if he'd accept our invitation now." "This is kailash, o sage." "Honour and dishonour are attributes of daksha's society." "They're not found in kailash." "Only love can be found here." "Caste your doubts aside and be assured." "The sun has reached midway." "It's past noon, o sage." "Don't worry about it." "Reaching sati is a moment's task for shiva." "We just need to inform shiva about sati's state." "But where's the lord?" "He's nowhere to be seen." "Salutations, o sire." "Where is the lord, nandi?" "It's important that we meet him." "You can see him but you cannot converse with him." "Because he's been meditating since yesterday." "He's in a yogic state." "Look there." "The great lord is seated there." "If shiva doesn't touch sati before dusk then she can slip into a state of sleep forever." "This is a difficult situation, sire." "We cannot force the lord out of his yogic state and if we do then in his anger he'll wreak havoc on the world." "All of creation will be destroyed, o sage!" "What do we do, nandi?" "We've to bring the lord out of his yogic state for the sake of sati." "No, sire." "We cannot be the cause of armageddon." "But sire there must surely be another way." "We've to wait." "But what if the lord doesn't come out of his yogic state before dusk?" "We don't have any other option." "No." "Come out of your yogic state, o lord!" "Your sati needs you." "She needs you." "If sati doesn't come out of this yogic sleep before dusk tomorrow then she'll never do so ever." "Never!" "What is it?" "Are you losing faith on prajapati?" "Have faith." "Nothing can happen to sati." "Shiva wishes that i should pray to him to bring my daughter out of her state." "But shiva this world isn't run by you but the nine planets." "Rahu's cruel gaze can reduce a king to a pauper." "And his grace can turn a vagabond into a king." "O the nine planets!" "Shatter shiva's arrogance!" "Use your powers to revive sati from her state of sleep." "It's an order!" "What is it, chandra (moon)?" "Why did the nine planets return without reviving sati?" "Prajapati... the nine planets don't have the courage to touch her." "My lord even the nine planets have failed in their attempts." "Now... the nine planets have accepted defeat not prajapati daksha." "But my lord the sun will set soon what are you going to do?" "What do we do?" "The lord is not coming out of his meditative state." "Find a solution, sage dadhichi." "The sun is about to set." "I'm unable to think of a solution, o sage." "Do we just stand helplessly?" "We can't wait for the lord to break his penance and we can't wake him up from his meditative state." "We can't be the cause of calamity and we can't allow sati to slip into eternal sleep." "What then can we do?" "Sati's body is turning cold." "Prajapati... sati's body temperature is falling below normal." "Oh lord!" "Save mother sati!" "Awaken, o lord!" "Come out of your meditative state." "Come out of your meditative state." "What is this light emanating from sati's body?" "What's happening to my sati?" "Bad... very bad... what we feared has happened!" "What happened, sage kashyap?" "What happened to sati?" "What is this light?" "The journey towards eternal sleep has begun." "As the sun sets this light will keep increasing." "And as soon as the sun sets the light would've emanated completely." "And sati would've fallen into a state of eternal yogic sleep." "It's time for sati to leave." "No. my lord... please save sati." "She's leaving us." "Nothing will happen to sati." "See this." "My penance and all the powers i possess is here." "The touch of this will break sati's state of sleep." "It's another thing that after that prajapati daksha will remain as daksha." "An ordinary father." "Wake up, sati." "You?" "Here?" "So father has finally accepted you." "No, sati." "Neither has your father daksha accepted me." "And nor have i accepted your love." "I've come here only to fulfill my duty." "You slipped into a yogic state of sleep while dancing during the spring festival." "Only my touch could revive you." "If your state of sleep hadn't been broken before sun down today then you would've slipped into eternal sleep for eons." "Such concern for me!" "If you don't love me then why does your concern for me, bring you to me?" "I'm concerned about the entire world, sati." "I'm as concerned for daksha as i am for you." "To revive you from the yogic sleep he was about to sacrifice his position as the ruler of the people." "But i couldn't let the world be without a ruler." "Father was about to sacrifice his position for me?" "Yes, sati." "Prajapati daksha is a great father." "There are very few such fathers who'd give up everything for their children." "Why oppose such a father?" "For me?" "Why sati?" "Forget me." "It's just your imagination." "And this imagination will cause you grave misery." "Sati!" "Father." "He... he just came to protect your position." "Father... father!" "Father... father, listen to me!" "He came here just to protect your position as 'prajapati'." "You were about to sacrifice your position as the ruler for my sake." "He stopped you from doing so by coming here." "Shiva isn't your enemy, father." "Listen to me!" "My lord!" "What are you doing?" "Sacrificing my position as 'prajapati'." "O lord don't do such a thing." "It'll prove cataclysmic!" "Your well-being doesn't lie in this." "It's not good for anybody." "Think about it... you're the father to seven daughters." "We're all dependent on you, prajapati." "Don't call me prajapati." "This title pierces my heart like a spear." "So that i remain the prajapati shiva came here." "To do me a favour." "To burden me with obligation in the eyes of my daughter." "He came to give me the position of prajapati in alms!" "Daksha isn't a beggar." "I can never accept that i be given the position of prajapati in alms!" "My lord... it's shiva's ploy." "You think that you're sacrificing this position." "But the truth is that it is shiva who's making you sacrifice this position." "Shiva is killing many birds with one stone." "He intentionally told sati that he has come to protect your position." "He knew that you'll fly into a rage on hearing this and give up your position." "And in this manner shiva's foe will be defeated easily." "And he'll also make a place for himself in sati's heart." "Being powerless you'll be enslaved by shiva." "What do you wish?" "That the lineage of brahma should be enslaved by shiva?" "Think with a calm mind, o lord." "You've to manage sati on one hand and on the other hand, shiva." "But first of all we'll first have to tackle the secret enemy named madnikey!" "I'd promised you, o lord that if sati revives completely then i'll become a nun." "Now, my entire life is dedicated to you, o compassionate lord." "Madnikey." "Such a great sacrifice that too, for me?" "Why, madnikey?" "I haven't sacrificed anything, sati." "I've only attained." "By leaving behind a futile and meaningless life i've acquired a new life." "I've found the path to salvation." "And i've attained all of this only because of you." "I'm grateful to you, sati." "I came here as your teacher but today, when i leave i leave as your disciple." "What did you say?" "You're leaving?" "What does a nun have to do in a palace?" "I'll have to leave, won't i?" "Don't weep for me in vain." "Destiny always takes its own course." "Giving rise to love in your heart was the duty of a courtesan." "And the courtesan fulfilled it." "That's why destiny transformed the courtesan." "I know that shiva is yours." "But i'm giving him to you today." "Henceforth, you can worship him." "Madnikey!" "I've acquired yet another evidence of shiva's despicability!" "To oppose me, he took the help of somebody as lowly as a courtesan." "Anyway, no person from the civilised world will support the barbaric shiva!" "Madnikey." "You've committed the sin of encouraging sati towards shiva." "Be prepared for punishment." "Punish me as you deem right." "This very moment you should leave the city." "Father, what are you saying?" "My departure was destined, prajapati." "You've determined the time as well." "Thank you." "Stop." "Somebody else will have to leave this house before madnikey." "Now watch how shiva is insulted in your presence." "Such an insult that has never been displayed before." "I'll break this shiva linga in your presence and scatter its pieces at every doorstep." "So that every person who visits prajapati stamps it." "Shiva's stature in my eyes will be remembered by sati forever." "Prajapati's ego wishes to prove greater than god." "You've to shatter his ego today, o lord." "You've to perform a miracle today." "You will have to." "No, father." "How much more disgrace will you bear?" "I don't need this shiva linga, madnikey." "You can take it with you." "Please leave now." "Please leave." "You don't need a shiva linga." "Shiva resides in your heart always." "Did you see, prajapati?" "Ego is never greater than the divine." "Shiva cannot be lifted with power but with devotion alone." "Forgive me, father." "I've caused you great sorrow." "You were disgraced but whatever happened wasn't intentional." "Forgive me, father." "Forgive me." "Is this what your mother asked you to say?" "Mother said that truth dispels all misunderstandings." "And today i've come to speak only the truth." "Father, the truth is that shiva is innocent." "He always told me that he doesn't love me." "The truth is that shiva never visited me by choice it was always to protect me." "Or if summoned by me." "Or to explain to me that i shouldn't love him." "Father, the truth is that not shiva but i love him." "No, sati!" "You'll face the truth now." "Father!" "Listen to me, father!" "My lord... what is it, father?" "Father... mother!" "What is it, my lord?" "My lord!" " Father!" "Mother!" " Say something, my lord... my lord, this... what you assume to be the truth isn't the truth but a sin!" "It's treachery against the father!" "Treachery against the dynasty!" "Shamelessness!" "What is true, is this boundary of daksha that i've drawn between you and shiva." "Now, neither can you cross this boundary and nor can shiva cross into this boundary and come near you." "And this boundary will remain as long as shiva resides in your heart." "The day you erase shiva from your heart daksha will erase this boundary." "You'll either have to forget shiva or remain enslaved for life within daksha's boundary." "I cannot forget shiva, father." "I cannot live without him." "You'll have to live without shiva now." "Whether you wish to live happily or weep forever is upto you." "Either you'll have to forget your love or spend the rest of your life within daksha's boundary." "It's your decision, sati." "I lost my love... i lost the trust of my parents... i lost myself... madnikey was right." "I'll burn to death that's the only solution to everybody's grievances." "Neither has your father accepted me nor have i accepted your love." "Forget me, it's just your imagination." "You'll burn to death, sati!" "You've no idea how horrifying can the end to your love sage be!" "You'll burn to death!" "You'll burn to death, sati!" "You'll burn to death!" "You'll burn to death, sati!" "Compelling somebody for love isn't love." " And compelling somebody not to love what is that?" "Duty is much greater than love, sati." "How can you forget your duty towards your family for love?" "I know." "They've given birth to me." "But my relationship with you is beyond birth and death." "It's your imagination." "Dispel it from your heart, sati." "Those who escape their duty for the sake of imaginary pleasures are cowards." "I'd heard that for shiva, duty, responsibility society, customs and rituals hold no meaning." "But you... go on." "Sati will not cross daksha's boundary and burn every moment." "But she'll never summon you." "But not loving you is beyond my control." "What are you doing here, sister?" "Go from here." "If father finds you here then he'll be very angry." "Sister niyati... what are you doing here?" "It's time for us to leave." "We've to prepare for our departure to chandraloka (land of the moon)." "Me and chandra are ready." "Who's stopping you and chandra?" "Go on." "Anyway i've nothing to do in chandraloka and nor do i have a place in chandra's life." "What are you being so upset about?" "About the fact that chandra loves me a lot?" "If you feel that you're being subjected to injustice then come with me." "Come with me and tell father." "No... no... it won't be advisable to say anything to father in this situation." "Why not?" "If she feels this is the truth then why not inform father of this truth?" "Which truth do you intend to inform?" "Revati!" "Aren't you ready yet?" "What is the matter?" "Don't you wish to go to chandraloka?" "Father... i don't wish to." "There must be a reason for not wishing to go." "Or have you become a traitor to your father like her?" "It isn't sati's fault, father." "It's the fault of the person who married me." "Even though he made me his wife by ritual but despite all my efforts he was unable to give me the status of a wife." "Neither in his heart nor in his life." "And now, he has made it clearer that he wishes to break every tie with me." "Is this true?" "This is true." "Not just from the view of a family chandra's sin is against society." "That's why, no decision should be taken in the presence of the family alone." "It should be taken in court." "Chandra!" "By denying revati the rights of a wife you've failed in your duty and broken the rules of marriage." "I, prajapati daksha, order you to give revati her rightful place as your wife." "And you'll have to love revati." "Pardon me, prajapati." "This world might be subject to your orders but not love." "Had it been so then you'd have been successful in eradicating shiva from sati's heart." "You're quite inspired by sati's treason." "Or else, you'd not have mustered the courage to argue thus in the presence of prajapati daksha." "Before the fire of treason guts down all of society i'll end it right here and now." "I'll punish you such that if somebody even thinks of treason they'll shudder at the thought of the consequence." "Loving someone against one's wish is the biggest possible punishment, prajapati." "You've committed a grave sin by not giving your wife the status she deserves chandra!" "Hence, i, prajapati daksha, the son of brahma curse you with death!" "Father!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Salutations, my lord." "You'll have to do something, o lord." "Only you can do something." "I've ignored whatever prajapati has done against me till date." "Because he doesn't hold any importance for me." "I've never interfered in his duties." "Neither have i opposed any of his decisions." "But harming nature and creation is against the responsibilities of prajapati." "And when somebody goes against their responsibilities to please their ego then his end is imminent." "Daksha's end is imminent!" "To maintain the natural balance of creation prajapati daksha's end is imminent!" "If somebody can prevent this then it's lord vishnu alone." "I'll go to lord vishnu immediately." "Praise be to narayana!" "Praise be to narayana!" "If myself and brahma worship shiva together then shiva can be made to calm down." "But this solution is incomplete." "How come?" "Have you forgotten?" "Daksha's curse prevents worship of shiva." "Then lord can't you prevent the calamity?" "It appears so." "When daksha cursed shiva then shiva was separate from shakti." "That means, only one part of shiva was cursed." "The other part of shiva that is sati is still free from the curse." "If we worship sati then shiva's anger can be calmed down." "And maybe she'll lead us to the solution to free chandra." "But lord how can we worship sati she herself is entrapped by daksha's boundary." "Narayana, in this difficult hour only you can tell us how to free sati from daksha's boundary." "What have you done, daksha?" "You cursed chandra!" "Have you forgotten that brahma gave you these powers so that you could maintain the balance of creation?" "Not to create an imbalance." "But it's beyond my capacity to take back the curse, o lord." "If you cannot take the curse back then you'll have to find a replacement to chandra, daksha." "Before chandra dies completely you'll have to establish a new moon in his place." "If you can do so then creation's balance will not be disturbed and your honour will be intact." "The honour of god lies in the honour of his devotee." "Do you understand, daksha?" "This is a question of my honour." "I had complete faith that you'll never give up on me." "But lord how do i create this new moon?" "I'll tell you." "My lord... what are you doing, my lord?" "Guards!" "My lord... are you going to punish sati again?" "The guards will take you to saraswati river." "You'll have to bring clay from there for one of my rituals." "If prajapati daksha knows to ruin things then he also possesses the power to set it right." "I'll create a new moon." "It'll fulfill chandra's absence." "New moon?" "Instead of chandra?" "Lord vishnu has himself instructed me." "Firstly, a woman from a noble lineage who possess 32 virtues will have to bring clay from saraswati river." "An idol has to be made out of that clay and given a new name." "After that rituals have to be conducted to breathe life into it." "Thereafter, as chandra wanes away the new moon will come alive." "With chandra's death the new moon will take its place." "There's only one woman with 32 virtues." "And it's sati." "Only sati!" "Goddess lakshmi... only your miracle can save this world from calamity now." "What such thing is mother lakshmi about to do?" "Patience, o sage... patience." "To experience a miracle, you've to be patient." "You went just now how come you're back with the clay so soon?" "Let's go, father must be waiting." "O mother lakshmi i've witnessed your miracle too." "Praise be to narayana!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Where did the guards disappear to?" "Is somebody there?" "What is the matter?" "Have you lost something?" "Did you see any guards around?" "Brahmins can only see god everywhere." "Whether it's a guard or you, yourself." "You appear to be from a brahmin lineage." "Yes." "We knew it the moment we saw you." "Will you help us brahmins?" "Help?" "What help?" "We've to perform a ritual at the river bank." "His son has committed a serious mistake, a grave sin... moreover, it's his fault." "He didn't stop his son when he had the time." "But the past is the past now, he'll have to rectify his son's error." "He'll have to atone for the sin." "But the ritual for atonement can't be completed with your assistance." "Tell me." "Will you help us?" "It's saddening to see you in this state, sati." "But what's more saddening is that i can't help you in any manner." "Give me, sati." "We've to take this clay to father." "Let's go, aditi." "Prajapati has ordered us to stand guard outside till he recreates the boundary." "Mother... but how can you worship him?" "He has been cursed." "Mother... his son's sin can be atoned for by worshipping the cursed shiva alone." "That's why we need your help." "Because of the curse, we cannot worship shiva directly." "That's why you'll have to hold shiva and then if we worship shiva, it's possible that he might be pleased by us and remove all the sins of his son." "Do you have any objections regarding shiva's worship?" "Sati!" "Where's sati?" "She was in her room, prajapati." "If she was in her room then why isn't she visible?" "Did the earth swallow her or the sky?" "Accept our plea." "We'll be grateful to your forever." "If this is how shiva can be worshipped then i'll surely do so." "C'mon, hurry up." "Before the guards arrive we'll have to complete this ritual." "C'mon." "Mother... it's very difficult to understand lord vishnu's ways." "Now shiva's angry form will surely be satiated." "My lord!" "Really... has father's curse on shiva really been removed?" "Praise be... praise be to mother adi shakti!" "Salutations, o sire." "Praise be to mother adi shakti!" "You've liberated shiva from the curse." "Praise be to narayana!" "Why the surprise, mother?" "I've addressed you by your name." "You're adi shakti." "That's why... that's why vishnu and brahma themselves worshipped you." "What?" "!" "What are you saying, o sage?" "The truth, mother." "These are all the miracles of lord vishnu." "And worship to you has removed the curse." "Mother... this is called the eternal bond of the soul." "When shiva assumes an angry form your mind becomes restless." "How's chandra?" "Shiva's worship has become possible by the removal of the curse." "Chandra's life can be saved by using the great 'death-conquering mantra'." "But mother we'll have to visit sage markandeya for acquiring the mantra." "Of course." "Please come." "'O goddess, the master of all elements... ' '... who manifests in the form of energy.'" "'I bow to thee... i bow to thee... '" "i know that you haven't recognised your self." "But the one whose worship can remove shiva's curse doesn't need any recognition." "It's about the beginning of creation, mother when lord brahma needed energy to create life." "Lord brahma asked shiva to separate shakti (energy) from himself for creation to come into being." "For the benefit of the world, shiva separated shakti from himself." "And shakti in order to facilitate creation, became formless and spread throughout the world." "Mother today, this world is populated by various forms of life." "Brahma's creation is now complete." "How can shakti remain separated from shiva any longer now?" "You had to return to shiva." "You've taken birth in this form so that you can unite with shiva, o mother." "I can sense it, mother that your time to unite with shiva is nearing." "Mostly, it'll be today." "What?" "!" "Today?" "But how, o sage?" "Today it's the 14th day of the auspicious month of phaguna." "This was the day when shiva changed the course of destiny and stood like a rock against his own promise." "Yamaraj (god of death) had to return empty-handed." "And his devotee, who had lived his lifespan was blessed with immortality." "This was the day, mother when an ordinary mantra of mine was given the name of the great 'death-conquering mantra' by shiva." "And he had said that chanting it will prevent anybody's untimely death." "By using the great 'death-conquering mantra' chandra's untimely death will be stopped today." "Then how is it possible that on this auspicious day shiva fails to reminisce about you." "It appears to me, mother that shiva was awaiting this day." "He'll surely accept you today." "Sage markandeya please give us the mantra." "As you wish, o sire." "Three-eyed one, i meditate on you who increase fragrance and nourishment." "From powerful disease, bondage and death free us into immortality." "Take it, mother." "Chandra can be found with his family at prabhas kshetra." "You should reach there at the earliest." "Let's go." "Prajapati daksha is creating a new moon." "If that moon is created then calamity will befall." "It'll take chandra's place." "And chandra will be fated to die." "C'mon, mother... no, sire." "It's an auspicious day today." "Nothing will go wrong today." "C'mon, let's go to prabhas kshetra." "Please... no!" " Chandra!" "Have our fears come true, mother?" "!" "No, sage, it's not possible." "Sati... sister... sati!" "Sati... sati... why did this happen... don't worry, sister..." "chandra will be fine." "The mantra that can save chandra's life i've brought that great death-conquering mantra with me." "After death nectar is of no use." "Now even the great death-conquering mantra is of no use." "After daksha's curse, we cannot worship shiva... but shiva is free from the curse now." "What did you say, sage?" "Exactly what you heard." "And now it's possible to worship shiva." "And there's nothing that is impossible if shiva is worshipped." ""As pure as camphor..." ""Garlanded with a snake..."" ""as pure as camphor..." ""Garlanded with a snake..."" ""always resides in the lotus of my heart..."" ""always resides in the lotus of my heart..."" ""i bow to thee, o shiva and shakti."" ""I bow to thee, o shiva and shakti."" "Hail shiva, the god of gods!" "Hail shiva, the god of gods!" "My new moon didn't come to life but chandra's curse won't be removed either." "He'll have to wane away." "Nobody possesses the power to remove daksha's curse." "Nobody!" "You've freed me from the curse i don't have enough words to thank you, o lord." "You're not free from prajapati's curse, chandra." "What?" "!" "Chanting the great death-conquering mantra has surely reduced the effect of prajapati's curse but it hasn't removed it completely." "Prajapati sacrificed his familial bonds to fulfill his duty." "And meted out the punishment that you deserved." "Forgive me, o lord." "Save me!" "I seek forgiveness for my sin." "I promise you that i'll give revati due respect in future." "But please save me... my lord i can live without a son but the world cannot exist without the moon." "For this world please save my son for the sake of creation, o lord." "Save him." "O lord... if you cannot erase prajapati's curse completely then grant such a boon that chandra is blessed with life." "Do something but please save my son, o lord." "Save my husband, o benevolent lord." "Chandra's sin doesn't deserve mercy but for the sake of creation i'll surely grant him life." "I cannot free him from prajapati's curse but i can seat him on my head and partially free him from prajapati's curse." "O great one before you seat chandra on your head i've another request to you." "It's a very auspicious day today, sage dadhichi." "I'll fulfill everybody's wishes today." "Tell me." "O lord... your devotees have always worshipped your idol." "But today, we all wish to have the good fortune of worshipping you in person." "If you permit us then in this joyous hour we wish to celebrate a festival in your presence." "Go on, prepare for the celebrations." "I'll accept chandra after the celebrations." "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" ""You're the lord of the three worlds, o innocent lord!"" ""We bow to thee with love and devotion."" ""You're the lord of the three worlds, o innocent lord!"" ""We bow to thee with love and devotion."" ""Praise be to shiva, the innocent one!"" ""Praise be to shiva, the innocent one!"" ""We worship you, make offerings..."" ""we worship you, make offerings..."" ""we worship you, make offerings..."" ""...o innocent one, the supreme lord."" ""...o innocent one, the supreme lord."" "Today, shiva will accept chandra on his forehead." "We couldn't stop ourselves from being witness to this unusual event o lord." "I welcome you both." "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva!" "Due to prajapati daksha's curse you'll wane for the next 15 days, chandra." "You'll reduce in size with each passing day." "But due to my influence you'll keep growing in size for the next 15 days." "And you'll return to your normal size on poornima (full moon) day." "This cycle will continue every month till the end of creation." "O lord... i'll build a temple in your honour at this very place." "And henceforth, this place will be known as somnath (iord of the moon)." "The devotees who come here will be rid of every obstacle or curse." "It's truly an auspicious day, today." "You've been freed from a curse today, o lord." "And today, you've granted new life to chandra." "Therefore, this auspicious day will be celebrated as mahashivaratri (night of shiva)." "Vishnu has named this auspicious day." "Now, mahashivratri should be blessed by you, o lord." "Fasting on mahashivaratri will grant special boons." "By fasting on this day all the desires of a man will be fulfilled." "Married women will never be widowed." "Unmarried women will get the husbands they desire." "Accept the truth atleast now, o lord." "It's true that i'm your consort." "I'm your spouse." "It's true that brahma and vishnu worshipped me and you were relieved of your curse." "And the biggest truth is that we're made for each other." "On the auspicious day of mahashivaratri you'll grant me my boon." "Grant me the boon i seek, o shiva." "I await... sati has to die!" "There's no other option left!" "She has broken all boundaries!" "Hence, there's no place for her here!" "She cannot belong to shiva." "I will never let this happen." "Never!" "What are you saying, my lord?" "Sati is our child." "She's your dearest daughter." " She was!" "Not anymore." "It's your misfortune, prasudhi that your daughter disobeyed my orders." "She disregarded my sentiments." "She challenged my sense of duty!" "She has harmed my honour, dignity and resolve!" "Therefore, sati's death is imminent." "O lord, you're omniscient." "You must be aware of sati's plight." "She loves you a lot." "In order to love you she has faced the most difficult situations." "She has passed every test." "But now don't make her wait any longer." "She has crossed the limits of her patience." "She'll break down, o lord." "If you don't talk to her then she'll break down." "I'm very ordinary, very small." "I don't have the right to ask you anything." "But sati... she's like my daughter, o lord." "I can't bear to see her pain." "For once..." "please talk to your spouse." "She's awaiting you." "She has accepted every adversity put forward by her father." "She has borne many difficulties... give her atleast this much rights, o lord of lords." "Today is shivratri, madnikey." "Every devotees prayers will be accepted by me today." "I'll go to sati surely... i've full faith that you'll fulfill sati's wish too, o lord." "What relation do i have with you?" "I didn't know why i got attracted to you repeatedly." "I didn't know why i thought of you whenever i was in trouble." "Why were my dreams filled with you... why my thoughts were never free of you... why the pain of waiting for you made everything else seem small because i was unaware of the truth." "But you... you knew it." "You knew that i was your consort." "Despite knowing so how did you stay away from me?" "Didn't you desire even once to clasp me in your bosom and say how you bore the separation?" "Tell me the truth don't you ever feel sad?" "Don't you ever feel like telling me the truth?" "Of making me aware of my reality?" "To tell me who i am to you... what am i to you... your well-being lay in not knowing that truth, sati." "But why?" "Because our union is impossible." "I'm your consort." "I've seen it for myself." "Then why isn't it possible?" "Or is it that you don't want to accept me again?" "Because you're the daughter of prajapati daksha." "You're dakshini." "Revenge?" "Because of your enmity with my father you refused my love?" "No, sati." "I have no enemies." "Not even your father." "The truth is that your life was bound by limitations." "And i'm beyond that." "Our union is impossible." "What limitation?" "What are you saying?" "Do you wish to know?" "Then see... the humans of daksha's world and daksha's daughter everybody's journey ends here, sati." "And from here, starts my world." "The world where i live." "This is that limitation, sati which a body, made of five elements, can never cross." "How much ever you may desire, sati but you cannot live here." "Our worlds are very different." "I'll live with you... wherever in any condition to attain you i'll sacrifice all my pleasures." "If this body, made up of the five elements stops me from attaining you then i'll sacrifice it, too." "Just once... allow me to do it, just once." "In your stubborness, don't forget that love is a feeling but the truth is something else." "The truth that you should understand." "Forget me, dakshini." "Your well-being lies in forgetting me." "Well-being?" "If you were worried about my well-being then you wouldn't be repeatedly asking me to forget you." "The truth is that you don't consider me worthy of yourself." "Or else you wouldn't be bringing up new arguments every time in a bid to distance me from yourself." "I was foolish to mistake your mercy for love." "Your repeated appearances as an indication of my completeness." "I made a mistake." "Forgive me, o lord... forgive me." "Sati!" "I gave you an opportunity to rectify your error." "But you keep taking advantage of your father's resilience." "But what you've done today will ensure that no father trusts his daughter again!" "You've committed a crime!" "It's your crime!" "Yes." "You've committed a crime due to which your father prajapati daksha punishes you with death." "Oh lord!" "Until now, whatever you did out of arrogance i've always forgiven you for it." "But today not only have you gone against your duty as a father but you've even tainted the status of a father." "It's your duty to sustain the world." "But today, you've turned into the destroyer of that world." "You'll surely be punished for it." "Today, your death is certain." "Stop!" "No!" "You cannot harm my father in my presence." "Move aside, sati." "Arrogance has to be eradicated from the world today." "He's my creator." "I was his dearest daughter." "If he has been compelled to punish me with death then i've surely done some grave mistake." "You have no right to interfere between us." "By calling me unworthy of you you've insulted me enough." "You don't need to worry about me anymore." "Forgive him, o lord." "Forgive him, my lord." "I had done a favour on you by relieving you of your curse." "Please do me this favour and spare my father's life." "And if you cannot do so then you'll have to kill me before you kill him." "Don't forget, daksha that sati has saved your life today." "Today, i declare that henceforth if you attempt to insult sati then no power on this earth can save you." "O supreme being!" "It was all because of me." "It was all my fault, father." "If i didn't cause you such sorrow then you wouldn't have been so angry." "These circumstances were created because of me." "Forgive me, father." "My intentions weren't to hurt you." "Forgive me." "I know." "I made a mistake in understanding you." "I've hurt you a lot too." "Let's go home." "And i've full faith that everything will be fine now." "Forget what happened, dear." "You don't need to be sad." "You're blessed to be my daughter." "Another words cannot turn it into a curse." "What you consider to be sati's well-being that will become the reason for her downfall in the future daksha." " Have you forgotten why you sought the boon?" "So that shiva can marry sati and uplift the world." "You've lost, shiva." "You've lost." "Today, my sati is with me." "Today, prajapati daksha promises you that neither will i let sati enter your life again nor will i let you go near her." "It's my promise to you, shiva." "It's my promise." "All the moves have backfired." "In our attempt to unite shiva with sati, we forgot that sati is in human form and it has its own limitations." "You mean to say that with a body made up of the five elements sati cannot attain shiva?" "Man can attain god in a body made up of the five elements but sati's limitation is not because of her body but because of the ego present in the body." "'I' that is born with every human... 'i' that is the basis for the ego... 'i' that dies with the body... praise be to narayana!" "But i cannot accept that you don't have a solution to eradicate the ego." "Had the solution been so simple, o sage then i'd have told you." "Freedom from the ego will end all the miseries of the world." "So lord, as per you shiva and sati's union is impossible?" "Not impossible but yes, it's almost as difficult." "She'll find the solution very soon." "But i don't think that sati will be able to implement it." "Madnikey... he didn't refuse you, sati." "He just inspired you to become worthy." "The lord cares for you." "Had it not been so then shiva who bore his insult smilingly in the conference... couldn't he have borne your insult today?" "But how do i become worthy, madnikey?" "How?" "I'm daksha's daughter." "And i'll remain so forever." "He himself, told me that it's impossible that he unites with daksha's daughter." "I don't have any solutions." "No solutions!" "There's a solution." "I know how you can attain shiva." "But will you be able to walk on this very difficult path?" "Definitely." "I'll definitely be able to." "Till now, you've tried to attain shiva by love." "Now attempt to attain him with devotion." "This is the guide to nanda's penance." "This penance was created to put the body through great pain and misery and to shatter the ego." "Only this penance can unite you with shiva." "But... but what?" "Can you fulfill this penance while living in your father's palace?" "Completing this penance will ensure that you attain shiva." "But... if due to some reason you fail to complete this penance then it'll be a great sin." "And instead of attaining shiva you'll go further away from him." "That's why before you start this penance you should think about it well." "Even i'm eager to see you become worthy, sati." "But what's the definition of worthiness, o lord?" "A man's capabilities define his worthiness, nandi." "You're limiting love within boundaries, o shiva." "It's true that sati isn't the same person who can unite with you." "But in order to sustain creation sati's union with you is imminent." "That's why it's your duty to ensure that sati becomes worthy of you." "It's possible that after marriage to you and in your company sati might undergo a change." "Sati might break her boundaries and become worthy of you." "What if that doesn't happen?" "What if sati doesn't become worthy even after marriage?" "I'll have to face the consequences of that." "And more than me, sati will have to face it." "Sustenance of this world is the responsibility of all the three of us." "But i cannot accept sati's sacrifice for that." "Never!" "I've to become worthy of shiva." "I'll become worthy of him, sister." "I cannot wait any longer." "That's why i've resolved that i'll follow every ritual every rule prescribed in this book." "I'll surely complete this penance." "Shiva has to accept me." "He has to accept me." "Has it opened?" "Yes." "Only after i complete the ritual prescribed on one page can i open the other page." "It's written here that a clay shiva linga has to be first bathed in ash taken from a fresh corpse." "And then bathed in milk and bilwa leaf." "Ash from a corpse?" "!" "But... you'll have to go to a cremation ground for that." "And women are forbidden from entering the cremation ground." "The rules established by father say so but shiva's world doesn't believe in such rules." "And what if father comes to know?" "I've resolved, sister." "Why do you assist me every time if you've to leave me?" "I wish to keep you away from pain and suffering." "In this moment, when your hands are in mine even if i die then too, my love, my life would attain fruition." "I'll not let you die, sati." "Such love!" "I'm worried about you." "And love?" "Once... for once just say that sati, i love you." "Just once." "Sati... give up the idea of performing the nanda penance." "How can a god stop his devotee from worshipping him?" "Tell me." "Why do you want to stay away from me?" "Am i so unworthy or don't you trust my love?" "You say that i should give up that path which will lead me to you." "But i'm becoming anxious, shiva." "I'm breaking apart with each passing moment." "Sometimes i experience great fear." "I've been very stubborn since childhood." "What i decide once i don't rest in peace till i achieve it." "But i'm afraid that your hatred might shatter my heart such that you'll never be able to put it together again." "I'm very scared of it." "Father!" "Mother!" "Sati!" "Sati!" "Sati!" "Whose funeral rites is father performing?" "Sati... stop this catastrophe from taking place, sati!" "Stop father, sati." "Father is performing his own funeral rites." "Sati, stop father... father... what's all this?" "Amadhya... the rites should be performed as per custom." "There shouldn't be any shortcomings." "Or else mine and self-manifested daughter of manu, prasudhi's souls will not rest in peace." "What?" "!" "What are you doing, father?" "And why?" "No, daughter." "Wipe off your tears." "I cannot bear to see you sad." "But to see my daughter waste away her life for shiva isn't possible for me." "That's why me and your mother are both going to cast off our bodies in water and relieve ourselves of this life." "May god keep you happy always!" "Let's go to the banks of the river saraswati." "Father... mother... mother!" "Sati... what are you waiting for?" "Go and stop them." "Sati... don't waste time... go and stop our parents." "Or else, they'll give up their lives." "Go on, sati!" "Sati, go and stop them." "Father!" "Mother!" "Father!" "Father!" " Father!" "Father!" " Father!" "Father... father, stop!" "Father, listen to me." "Father..." "listen to me, father." "Father... no, father... stop, father... stop." "Don't do such a thing." "Why are you punishing me like this?" "What could be more sinful for a man that he's the cause of his parents' death?" "Father... don't do this." "Don't do it." "Don't call it death, sati." "This is called 'jal samadhi'." "It's not your fault." "So there's no question of a sin." "My daughters' happiness has been the objective of my life." "Me and your mother cannot distance you from your love and happiness for the sake of our desires." "We gave birth to you." "We brought you up." "For many a nights she has stayed awake for you." "She'd become restless if you were in the slightest of pain." "Whenever i used to pray your happiness was always a part of it." "Today, when you're in pain unhappy then how can we go against your wishes and force you to do something?" "It's our selfishness." "No... don't say so." "It's not so." "But that's the truth, sati." "We've become selfish." "For our beliefs and honour we sacrificed the happiness of our daughter... what sort of a brahmin are we?" "Go on, sati." "May your dreams and your life be filled with joy!" "We grant you our blessings." "Daughter... you're dakshayani (daksha's descendant)." "And being firm on their resolve is the sign of a dakshayani." "I don't want you to make decisions under pressure from your parents or society." "Your free thought is your identity." "Don't lose it." "Alright bid us adieu with happiness." "So that our souls may be liberated... father and we find a place at the feet of god." "Smile, dear daughter." "Won't you fulfill this small wish of your father in his last moments?" "Mother." "Father... listen... father, what are you doing?" "Please stop!" "Father, what are you doing?" "!" "Sister... sister... please stop father... stop father... sister, see why don't you stop him?" "Stop this, sister!" "Stop them... stop them." "Please do something." "Stop, father." "For your happiness your parents' are forsaking their life." "How can anybody else stop them, sati?" "Sati!" "Don't sacrifice your parents for your resolve!" "Sati... only you can stop them." "Only you can change their decision, sati." "Marry the person whom father wants you to marry." "He has always fulfilled every wish of yours." "Can't you fulfill one wish of his?" "He never asked you for anything, sati." "Are you so heartless that you see them give up their lives yet remain firm on your resolve?" "Mother!" "Father!" "Stop them, sati!" "Stop them!" "Agree to them, sati!" "Stop, father!" "I agree!" "I agree." "I agree." "Decisions taken under pressure are never fruitful." "No, father." "There's no pressure." "I truly agree." "What you speak is it the truth?" "Yes... amadhya!" "Yes, prajapati." "Then resolve... resolve that you'll marry the person whom i want you to marry." "If you cannot make this resolve wishfully then allow us to attain 'jal samadhi'." "I resolve that i'll marry the one whom you want me to marry."