"How dare that lowly scuplture refuse to appear despite my summons!" "My master, prajapati!" "Have mercy!" "My son isn't at fault." "He wasn't even aware of this." "He has gone to celestial world for installing an idol." "The lord is my witness, prajapati." "We've always followed your rules and the lifestyle prescribed by you." "Only with your blessings and motivation we've obtained everything." "Betraying you... no, prajapati." "Let alone betrayal we didn't even think about this in our wildest of dreams." "None of us were aware of this, prajapati." "Myself, the chief of sculptors, promise you, prajapati." "This will never be repeated." "Forgive us for one last time." "Forgive us." "I didn't forgive even my daughter." "Even though her folly was just that in her attempt to salvage her father's honour she got carried away." "But the sculptor by instigating my daughter against me has committed a grave sin!" "And even the harshest of punishments won't justify it." "Therefore, the burden of this sin will have to be borne by you all." "All of you have to share this punishment." "I, prajapati daksha herewith declare that in this civilised society of mine there shall be no place for these people." "This very moment i banish the people of this community from my civilisation." "If anybody dares to help them or show any compassion towards them they'll be subject to my punishment." "No!" "Mercy, prajapati!" "Mercy!" "Punish me if you wish to but our women, our children don't abandon them." "Where will i go with them?" "How will i take care of them?" "Where will i take refuge?" "Where?" "These devotees of shiva barge in anywhere at anytime without being invited." "Moreover, they lack ethics." "Nobody invites them." "When injustice is being done to a helpless person we don't await an invitation." "We barge in to help him." "Whatever is happening started in my hermitage." "What is the fault of these people?" "And when they're not at fault then punishing them is unfair." "You won't see any fault, dadhichi." "Because it's about discipline." "And neither you nor your people understand the meaning of discipline." "How can those who worship tyranny understand justice and fairplay?" "My justice is impartial." "It doesn't discriminate." "The punishment for breaking rules before them i punished my daughter sati." "My subjects are mine as long as they abide by my rules." "Those who cannot have no place here." "Alright." "Then i'll take them under my shelter, right now." "But it shouldn't happen, daksha, that by banishing people like this you'll stand alone one day." "Praise be to narayana!" "Surprise!" "Kailash is silent!" "Surprising!" "Surprising!" "Nandi!" "Where are you?" "Salutations, o sage!" "What is it, nandi?" "Your face indicates that something untoward has occured here." "Why do you feign ignorance?" "You're aware of everything." "Praise be to narayana!" "Divine sage, you're under the oath of shiva." "Tell me... tell me why does shiva leave us on this day and visit the cremation ground?" "Hey... nandi... why do you bond me with an oath?" "Sage..." "lord shiva has earlier too been going deep into meditation for long periods of time." "But today his loneliness, during dusk his detachment from us and not just us, this day, he's detached from himself." "What do you think, nandi?" "Do you visit kailash without reason?" "No, nandi." "This renunciation of shiva hides many centuries of pain." "You are right, nandi." "Shiva is helpless." "He was separated." "For nurturing creation, he had to separate himself from his dearest on this day." "This is the day, nandi... this is the day when shiva scattered himself into pieces and gave nature a new form." "O sage, who was he separated from?" "Tell me, o sage." "Tell me, o sage." "Goddess sati... was shiva separated from sati?" "This is what must've happened, o sage." "Certainly then the lord will become aware of it some day." "He surely will!" "Will he, o sage?" "Tell me, sire, will he?" "Nandi... everything will be evident with the passage of time." "O sage... will my lord be rid of his loneliness?" "Tell me, sire." "Will my lord be... o sage... you haven't answered my question." "Will my lord be rid of his loneliness?" "Nandi... for now, just know that even lord vishnu wants shiva to give up his renunciation and being life anew." "And i, his devotee, narada even i'm attempting to fulfill the desire of my chosen deity." "But sage... the lord doesn't emerge out of his meditative state for years." "He will... he surely will." "The darkness of doubts and questions keep increasing." "And i'm going astray in it." "I don't see the smallest ray of hope that can guide me in this darkness." "Whatever happened in the past few days i don't have the strength to face such a situation again." "I'm tired, father." "I'm tired." "There's no such grief doubt or question that your father can't address." "Speak up without fear or hesitation, dear." "Why did he come here, father?" "What does he want?" "Why does he wish to rob me of my peace?" "Why, father?" "What do i see... fear in the eyes of prajapati daksha's daughter!" "Of whom?" "There's one solution to this fear." "Attendant!" "Yes, prajapati." "Inform all the townsfolk that prajapati daksha wishes to meet them." "As you say, prajapati." "Today you'll see, dear that in your father's presence even the greatest powers of the world is helpless." "Attention!" "The son of brahma, prajapati daksha is arriving with his daughter, sati!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Daughter... come forward." "Princess sati!" " Hail!" "Princess sati!" " Hail!" "Princess sati!" " Hail!" "Princess sati!" " Hail!" "Princess sati!" " Hail!" "I wish to know from my subjects present here... do you believe that i'll be able to protect you in any circumstance?" "Yes, prajapati!" "Am i capable of protecting you from any calamity?" "Yes, prajapati!" "Do you hear?" "When my subjects have no fear then why is my own daughter afraid?" "Sati, you're unaware of your father's capability and power." "That's why you're lost in the darkness of ignorance." "But today, i'll remove this darkness from your life, forever." "I'm pleased that my subjects have full faith in me." "I know that you've only heard of my powers." "But seen nothing." "Today, i'm going to display those powers for you." "If anybody has any doubt or any fear then it'll be laid to rest." "Attendant!" "Tell me, dear." "What are the five elements?" "Agni (fire), jal (water), vayu (air) prithvi (earth) And gagan (sky)." "And all these elements are significant." "Yes, father." "All of them are significant in their own ways." "There's nothing more powerful than them." "Now watch the plight of these powerful elements when they stand before your father." "And you'll believe that there's none more powerful than your father." "And the daughter of the powerful daksha doesn't need to fear anybody." "Nobody!" "Attendant!" "'Worthy is agni to be praised... ' '... by living as by ancient seers.'" "Agni that can reduce anybody to ashes." "'He shall bring hitherward the gods... ' 'he shall bring hitherward the gods... '" "agni!" "I, prajapati daksha, order you to reduce this paddy to ashes!" "'With invocations, on the gracious father's mind... ' '... and on the mother's great inherent power i muse.'" "Prithvi!" "Prove your prowess and swallow this grass." "Saw that, dear?" "See the plight of these powerful elements in the presence of your father!" "Who in this world is capable of harming my daughter?" "No." "Nobody has the courage." "Then why does shiva and his people do this to me... the plants in your garden if somebody harms them then how'd you feel?" "I'll be very hurt, father." "This means that in order to hurt you i'll harm your plants." "Isn't it?" "Similarly by harming you they wish to hurt me." "'Vayu, thy penetrating stream... ' '... goes forth unto the worshipper.'" "'Far-spreading for the soma draught.'" "Vayu, if you've the power then take this blade of grass away!" "Sati." "Do you still fear?" "I don't have any fear, father." "But whatever is happening when will it all end?" "That's what they want!" "That you should grow tired, break down... shatter and if you resolve that you'll not be tricked by them... you'll not react to their moves then..." "all this will come to an end." "It'll stop." "You didn't understand?" "Remember the day when you reached dadhichi's hermitage." "Did you go there by choice?" "Didn't you feel that somebody was pulling you towards them?" "That was their first move." "And then, dadhichi confused you with his lectures." "Dadhichi sent you back so scared that for your father's honour you installed that shiva linga." "Then shiva appeared so that he can pull you towards him attract you to him." "Even when you were atoning they knew that you weren't in the right frame of mind." "They took advantage of that as well and to fool you they kept making their moves." "So that you may break down." "They brought you such grief that you lost your senses." "Instead of vishnu, you wrote shiva's name." "And you didn't even realise it." "Then they sent nandi here." "If not their ploy, what is all this?" "What is it?" "You're right, father." "They used me as a medium, until now." "I was so ignorant that i couldn't understand it." "Everything was so clear, yet... you did right..." "that you made me realise." "Henceforth i'll not fall for their ploys." "Let me see how they can use me to harm you." "Attendant!" "I wish to hold a conference." "But before that the programme and purpose of the conference... king indra chandra and the seven sages need to be consulted." "Arrange for an interim meeting with them." "There's something wrong, my lord." "Otherwise, such display of power in front of all the townsfolk in front of sati... and then, the announcement of the conference... why, my lord?" "Prajapati... i wished to ask you the same... nandi's coming here..." "and this conference... do they have anything to do with each other?" "Not at all." "The conference hasn't been held in a long time." "I want to know if everything in this world is fine, or not." "If not then what should we do... in order to debate and discuss on this this conference has been arranged." "Is this the reason, o lord?" "Of course." "All of you know that this conference is held on a predetermined time and date." "Then why suddenly has this conference been organised before time?" "The reason for this is unhappiness faithlessness fear and loneliness which has been observed in various faiths." "And i wish to remove it." "So that the upliftment of the world continues with any obstructions." "Referring to the upliftment i've another problem, prajapati." "If you permit... the teacher of the demons, shukracharya is about to perform a penance for shiva." "If he succeeds then he'll attain sanjivani (herb) through shiva." "The demi-gods will be helpless at the hands of the demons." "Shiva has always helped the demons by granting boons." "Because this time... - no, indra!" "Your opinion that shiva sides with the demons alone." "Shiva is the embodiment of innocence." "Whoever worships him with a true heart meditates upon him then shiva is pleased and grants him a boon." "Sage kashyap... shiva's innocence is becoming a problem for us." "It's quite worrisome." "Calm down!" "It's my duty to help all but indra's worry is absolutely valid." "But the need of the hour is not some sort of opposition." "I wish to invite the teacher of the demons shukracharya, to this conference." "So that there can be a final resolution to the ongoing conflict between the demi-gods and the demons." "In this conference there will be a special guest, too." "Without his presence my ambitions can never be fulfilled." "And that guest will be iord shiva!" "Prajapati... you've mistakenly said that you'll invite shiva." "But i'm sure that what you wished to say was just the opposite." "I said what you heard." "And i know very well what i said." "But only sometime back, you'd announced that shiva won't be given a place in any conference." "And today, you yourself..." " yes, it's true that i gave the orders to deny shiva a place in the conference." "Prajapati... it's better that we make peace with the demons than with shiva." "I wish to assure you that when the result of my decision becomes evident then you'll be equally pleased as me." "Prajapati... i'll send an invitation to the lord today itself." "Ten days later through the conference we'll begin a new chapter." "O lord!" "Your servant will surely ask you about goddess sati today." "Even if nandi has to face your anger or you're annoyed with me but i'll surely ask you." "Sage narada has made me realise, o lord." "My lord is always worried about others." "Nobody ever thinks about my lord." "But my lord, this servant is only thinking about you." "I'll surely ask you today." "O lord, you?" "!" "You're here, lord?" "I thought that like always you'll return after many months." "O lord, food... water, my lord." "No, nandi." "O lord... how come you've returned so early from your penance?" "What's penance, nandi?" "It's just a gateway." "Penance is all about shattering illusions and attaining oneself." "It's a leap from life to death." "The journey from existence to beyond." "But... but today, something happened... i was engulfed in such a thought as if something was going on within me." "I... i wasn't myself." "Lord, you're all-pervading all-knowing... how can you not understand the meaning of this experience?" "Whether i'm all-pervading or all-knowing these titles have been given by you and by devotees like you." "But you forget, nandi." "Knowledge of everything gives rise to the ego." "When i have no ego then how can i be all-knowing?" "To be complete, it's important not to know certain things." "But my lord, your devotee knows everything." "About why my lord is lonely..." "restless... i'm complete, nandi." "No, my lord... your servant isn't going to listen to you, today." "The experience that you're shunning from your life is the indication... sage narada was also telling me..." " nandi!" "Narada said something and you believed it!" "Such an experience is insignificant to me." "This feeling was just an incident." "It will not affect my penance or my meditation." "I don't need anybody." "All the three dimensions of time are within me." "The past present and the future." "The effect of all the three dimensions are transcendental." "But i'm mahakaal (master of time)." "Dimensions of time cannot affect me." "I angered my master." "I committed the mistake of questioning my lord." "The lord will never forgive me." "Forgive me, o lord." "I'll never talk about sati again." "I'll never talk about her!" "Never... never... 'o shiva, i bow to thee.'" "You're aware that the announcement that i intend to make in the conference tomorrow... there's a major reason behind it." "No, shiva." "A helpless son quietly tolerated the insult to his father." "Because he didn't have any options then." "But now, a father will not watch you pull your tricks, quietly." "In order to protect my daughter i'll eradicate your name, your philosophy and your belief system!" "If you have the courage and power then come and stop me!" "My salutations to the daughter of prajapati daksha, o sati." "Salutations!" "Who are you?" "The sculptor who created that exquisite idol of vishnu... we belong to his community." "Madam... please install the shiva linga." "The idol not entering the palace would be dishonourabl to your father." "The subjects will lose their faith on him." "But... but where are you all going?" "The father caused the wound and the daughter rubs salt on it." "As if she's unaware." "We're in this condition because of her." "When you're unaware of the whole truth then keep quiet!" "It's not her fault." "What is she saying?" "What happened?" "For whatever that happened while installing the idol in the temple the prajapati has banished us from his kingdom for that." "What?" "!" "Please don't be sad." "But... where will you all go?" "The place where a man can go only after liberating himself from rules regulations customs and traditions." "In shiva's refuge." "And the prajapati, by relieving us from this lifestyle has provided us the opportunity to seek shelter in shiva." "We should be grateful to him." "Grant us leave." "O lord!" "O lord!" "O shiva!" "My lord!" " Ghoul... - yes, ghost." "What's wrong with nandi?" " O lord!" "Something's wrong." "Even i know something's wrong, but what?" "My lord!" "O lord!" "Open your eyes, o lord." "Open your eyes." "What is the matter, nandi?" "Tell me, what's the matter?" "What is it, nandi?" "My lord... i'm ashamed to tell you i don't have words to tell you... tell me, nandi." "The descendants of vishwakarma who gave the art of sculpture to the world the founder of many art forms... today... what happened to the descendants of vishwakarma?" "Prajapati daksha has banished them from his empire." "Their young children diseased men, the old, pregnant women on dadhichi's advice, after having travelled for many days have reached here." "They don't have a place to even set foot in, o lord!" "They're lying on the funeral ground like orphans." "Like orphans!" "The descendants of vishwakarma who made life easy simple and beautiful." "Today, they don't have a place on this earth?" "This cannot be possible." "Go, nandi." "Arrange for their stay." "I'll come to meet them personally." "Alright, my lord." "Chief sculptor... why have you brought us here?" "How can we live in this funeral ground?" "What about my child?" "Nothing can be done." "We've lost everything." "Everything!" "Don't weep." "Have faith in me." "The one we've sought refuge in... coming here, liberates one of all woes and sorrow." "You're welcome in kailash!" ""O shiva, the supreme one..."" ""o shiva, the supreme one..."" ""shiva, the beginning and the end..."" ""shiva, the supreme yogi."" ""Shiva, the beginning and the end..."" ""shiva, the mighty."" ""Shiva, the mighty."" "Whatever has happened with you all shouldn't have happened." "But you need not be sad about what happened." "My lord we're blessed to meet you." "We're not sad, lord." "We're happy." "See... there's smile on our lips and tears of joy in our eyes." "Who can be more fortunate than us for having sought refuge in you, o lord?" "Sculptor... the chirping of the birds doesn't always indicate joy." "Sorrow, pain and desire aren't distinct from each other." "They're all the same." "Your desire is your sorrow and sacrificing your desire can make you eternally blissful." "Nandi... they've travelled far to reach here." "Arrange for their stay here tonight." "I'll have my meal with them tonight." "O lord!" "You've blessed us!" "Did you hear?" "God will share a meal with us tonight." "You're great, my lord!" "You're great..." ""shiva, the god of the gods..."" ""shiva, the god of the gods..."" ""shiva, the god of the gods..."" "nobody knows where amidst sorrow does nature hide joy." "But there's nothing to worry about." "At the foothills of kailash the rocks at its base are ideal for sculpture." "Even the water there is pure and pristine." "The land too is arable." "You'll be as happy there, as you're anywhere else." "We've understood, o lord." "We'll be as happy in kailash as we were in our village." "We'll forget that prajapati daksha exiled us." "O shiva we met sati on the way." "Prajapati daksha banished us and we sought refuge in you." "But even sati was punished harshly." "Whom will she seek refuge in, o lord?" "My lord if she comes here then will you accept her in the manner you accepted us?" "If permitted, can i ask you something?" "Any special instructions that you wish to issue for the spring festival?" "Every aspect should be fulfilled." "Beauty, dance, music." "Events should be arranged for everything." "Remember... the judgement delivered in the contests should be impartial and fair." "We've invited madnikey, too." "She'll infuse enthusiasm upon her arrival." "She can lend her assistance in all the events being conducted." "Only madnikey's enemies need help." "Madnikey?" "Oh god!" "A heart that beats furiously." "The breath seems to raise a storm." "And your eyes... your eyes appear to be immersed in thoughts." "Sati, you're surely in love." "I knew that you'd surely come." "What are you doing?" "!" "You're a brahmin, it doesn't suit you." "You trained me in dance and music." "You're my teacher." "And a teacher holds the highest position." "Marriage is a bond and madnikey can never be bonded." "But whenever i look at you, i feel like marriage can grace me with a daughter like you." "Not just this birth, i'm willing to bond myself forever." "You can think of me as your daughter." "A daughter isn't as close as a child." "And you're my dear child." "C'mon, let's meet mother." "Sati." "What i said about love... i was just teasing you." "Go on." "The festival of colours is about to begin." "And you look so pale, why?" "What should i be happy about?" "Since my marriage chandra (the moon) has celebrated all the festivals with rohini alone." "Then what's so different about this spring festival?" "Chandra only bothers about rohini." "Men are greedy." "And the greedy have to be enticed." "A little attitude and a few tantrums... a small lie, a little cheating... a little beauty treatment and some style." "Men always felt that women are objects to fulfill their desires." "They only search for their own pleasure in women." "That's why being unhappy isn't going to help you." "Everything is in vain." "Enough!" "Enough!" "You've started soon enough!" "Atleast let me welcome you." "Come." "Take this." "Add your colours to this festival." "I was thinking about the same." "Aren't you tired of seeing the same old colours all these years?" "We've to do something this year." "What say, sati?" "Well... yes." "Then shall we add the colour of love?" "Colour of love?" "What is that?" "Would you like to see?" "Of course." "Sati, will you come along with me?" "Well go to the king of colours and tell him that we want the colour of love." "Of course." ""The mightiest of all... shiva."" ""The mightiest of all... shiva."" ""The mightiest of all... shiva."" ""The mightiest of all... shiva."" "What is this, dadhichi?" "Why are your eyes moist?" "I've been graced by your presence after a long time." "It's natural for my eyes to turn moist, my lord." "Moreover, the joy of having met you is already being threatened by the fear of separation." "I can see that this love has become a bondage to you." "Only for this bondage have i set myself free of every other bondage in this world, my lord." "How do i untie this knot now?" "What brings all the holy sages to this place today?" "My lord, prajapati daksha has invited you to attend the grand conference." "My lord, will you come along?" "This is the first time that prajapati daksha speaks of equality." "He speaks of tolerance." "He has invited the demi-gods even the guru of the demons, shukracharya has been invited." "The grand conference where proposals are made debates are conducted laws are established and those very laws become the basis of conflict." "Because of which the demons and the demi-gods battle." "And the one who's hurt the most in that war is nature." "This earth." "This forest." "Birds and beasts, flora and fauna they're destroyed many times over." "And then another conference is called to discuss peace." "If there's no conflict then there wouldn't be any need for a debate." "There wouldn't be a debate about equality." "Atrocities are first commited and then eradicated." "Such a system holds no meaning for me." "My lord..." "your presence will grace us all." "Everybody will be assured that the efforts being taken towards peace and tolerance will surely succeed." "Peace and tolerance do not need a conference." "All they need is for us to control desire our selfishness our ego and greed." "To restrict them." "Had this been possible, my lord then won't everybody be shiva?" "If not for any other reason you can come because your presence in this conference is of utmost importance to us." "Please accept this invitation as you would, our prayers." "We've promised, o lord that you'll surely arrive." "Please uphold our honour." "Alright." "I accept this invitation." "We're blessed, my lord." "But i've a condition." "Whatever be the consequence of my presence in the conference you'll not blame yourself for it." "The consequences will surely be positive." "A very good news, master!" "Your invitation for the conference has been accepted by lord shiva." "He'll surely attend." "I was awaiting this news." "Now the purpose of this conference will surely be fulfilled." "I just wish to ask you, my lord that who all should be invited for the spring festival." "I've handed over the responsibilities of the spring festival to the moon." "Let him make all these decisions." "As you desire." "Prajapati, indra, the king of the devas, arrives." "Greetings, king indra." "Tell me, what's the matter?" "You appear very worried." "I've to speak to you about something important, right now." "Shukracharya was against this conference right from the beginning." "Because he thinks this is a ploy." "His doubts increased twice over when he realised that shiva will attend this conference." "But why should shukracharya object to it?" "All of you are aware how insecure the demons are." "They're angry before they even hear the whole story." "Shiva's attendance appears to them as an indication of shiva's favour towards us." "This has increased this insecurity." "Whatever i've heard from there's a chance that shukracharya might engineer an attack on us." "Shukracharya is a warrior." "Honoured by us." "Worthy of worship." "And we respect him." "But that doesn't mean that he'll attack us and we'll welcome him to do so." "Praise be to narayana!" "Nandi, where's lord shiva?" "Lord shiva is deep in meditation." "Praise be to narayana!" "My lord!" "My lord!" "My lord!" "Lord shiva!" "Sire, the lord is lost in meditation." "It wouldn't be advisable to obstruct it." "But my news is extremely important." "My lord!" "My lord!" "My lord!" "Greetings." "Greetings, my lord." "My lord, i tried my best but... but... what i wish to convey, can't wait." "My lord, since you accepted the invitation to the conference it's the only news doing to the rounds in all the three worlds." "Egos are being bruised worlds are being shaken up as if it's an avalanche." "And shukracharya, he says that this conference is a ploy by the devas to destroy the asuras." "And he says that you're a part of this ploy." "I've visited patalalok (underworld) many a times on his invitation." "They're all equal to me." "But my lord, everybody doesn't think the same like you." "They just want an opportunity to criticize others." "And this conference has given them the opportunity." "But my lord... - shukracharya isn't to be feared in this conference." "If somebody is to be feared then it's prajapati daksha." "We can find out what shukracharya is thinking." "But prajapati daksha's mind can never be read, my lord." "That's why, my lord, i suggest that you shouldn't attend this conference." "Sage narada... i've promised dadhichi." "Where's sati?" "Yes... call for her." "Who knows where she remains lost!" "I'm not lost anywhere." "I'm right here." "Today's event is very significant." "All the programmes will be arranged for today." "Madnikey... we'll now start the most musical event of this festival." "That is, the music competition." "And for its inaguration, i invite the one who's the master of 64 arts what say, o chandra?" "Definitely." "But i always sing with my consort." ""O chandra, my beloved, you're the core of my existence."" ""You're my all, the dazzle that illuminates me!"" ""O chandra, my beloved, you're the core of my existence."" ""You're my all, the dazzle that illuminates me!"" ""You're my all, the dazzle that illuminates me!"" ""O chandra, my beloved, you're the core of my existence."" ""O beloved, your beauty is beyond compare..."" ""you're an ocean of gentle, divine love."" ""You're joy you're solace to my heart, you're the song of my soul."" ""You're the illustration of my dreams, o maiden."" ""You're the illustration of my dreams, o maiden."" ""You're my all, the dazzle that illuminates me!"" ""O chandra, my beloved, you're the core of my existence."" "Wow!" "Bravo!" "Beautiful!" "Very beautiful!" "Your duet is unmatched!" "But now it's the turn of my dearest... sati, you should sing now." "But... they're singing in pairs how can i..." " why don't you do one thing?" "Think about somebody in your mind and sing." "That'll be a duet too!" "Beware, the secret that you wish to hide might be revealed in your music." "Be careful, sati." "Wow!" "Bravo!" "This tune is so beautiful, sati." "When did you learn this?" "Why haven't i heard this tune before?" "This tune..." "no... this isn't possible." "Prajapati daksha's daughter can't do this." "Madnikey knows very well to whom this song belongs." "But i want to know how does prajapati daksha's daughter know this tune?" "Madnikey, leave me alone please." "No, sati..." "tell me that this is untrue." "Tell me that i've misunderstood." "Tell me that what madnikey is thinking isn't right." "The notes in your song belongs to... no... this isn't possible." "This can never be possible." "Sati, you cannot fall in love with shiva." "Madnikey always went against norms without worrying about the consequences." "But you... the rule that you attempt to break are you even aware of its consequences?" "Armageddon, sati!" "Armageddon!" "You've to forget him." "You've to forget shiva." "Are you listening to me?" "Are you even listening to me, sati?" "Don't you know how catastrophic can the consequences of your love be?" "You'll burn to ashes..." "you'll burn to ashes, sati!" "My lord!" "My lord!" "Nandi's father shilad is here." "He appears sad... sad." "He's become very old said that he has come to take his son nandi with him." "Shilad." "My lord... what made you think of me today, shilad?" "My lord... i wish for a son." "I desire to advance my lineage." "What kind of a son do you wish for?" "My lord... i'm a farmer... for me my bulls appear obedient, hardworking and healthy." "And i love them too, o lord." "Give me a son like them." "Surely." "O lord!" "Go and bring him here respectfully." "As you wish, my lord." "C'mon." "I know that you're angry with me." "But it's not my fault." "You also know that i can't tell sister aditi about this." "Neither do i have any bond with shiva nor do i wish to establish any." "But if fate keeps bringing him before me repeatedly then what's my fault in it?" "Are you even listening to me?" "You... you worship shiva?" "Who else is there who'll accept my kind?" "In this society created by your father if there's anybody who'll protect my kind then it's none but shiva." "I've hidden this fact from you all these years." "But if you worship shiva then why oppose me?" "Because this is prajapati's house." "And the rulebook of culture is created here." "All customs and practices start here." "You're the daughter of prajapati who'll never accept shiva." "That's why i oppose you." "If prajapati daksha won't accept shiva then his daughter will never accept him either." "It's your ego that talks." "Love is the religion of courtesans." "You might not have accepted your love in my presence but the truth of your love was flickering in your eyes that very day when i met you in the park." "But now... i don't just see the truth of your love but i also see your end." "A cataclysmic event that won't be forgotten for centuries to come." "Because on one hand..." "there's prajapati who'll never accept shiva and on the other hand, there's shiva who belongs to all, yet detached." "He's free of all bonds, despite being bonded by love." "Go away from here, sati." "Go away!" "I cannot help you." "Go away!" "Go away... o lord... lord... o lord... get up, shilad." "Lord... i'm find it very difficult to tell you the reason for which i've come to you." "I don't have the courage to tell you." "But i didn't have a choice." "I know everything, shilad." "I meditated upon you to fulfill the wishes of my ancestors, o lord." "You blessed this farmer despite that i stand alone today." "I'm unaware of the joy of that blessing, my lord." "You had fulfilled my wish, lord." "Shilad." "Wishes give birth to desire." "Lord, my wish is tied to this desire." "Nandi is surely my son he's also the servant of my lord." "I can't disrespect my god to attain nandi." "I can't do it, my lord." "But i'm unable to understand what i should do." "Nandi is very dear to me." "But the truth is that he was born to advance your lineage." "You've the first right on him." "Lord, i don't know how i managed to bring myself here." "Maybe because nobody has ever returned empty-handed from kailash." "Go, fetch nandi." "But my lord, upon hearing of shilad's arrival went into hiding." "Escapism is never a solution." "Nandi has fulfilled his service towards me." "He has to fulfill his duties towards his father, now." "Tell him that i've called for him." "As you say, my lord." "Lord!" "Nandi's here." "Come, nandi." "Talk to your father." "Nandi." "Come here." "You know, nandi that for the parents their children are the greatest source of joy." "And for a servant?" "For a servant there's nothing greater than service to his lord." "You've served me a lot, nandi." "And i'm extremely pleased about it." "But now, your father needs you." "Lord... does everything depend on need?" "He needed a son and by your blessing, i was born." "You don't need me today so you're asking me to leave kailash and go with him." "But my lord... who'll think about me?" "I haven't served you all these days because i needed this." "No, my lord." "I served you because this is the ultimate goal of my life." "This is the core of my existence, lord." "Service to you is the identity of nandi." "What is nandi, if deprived of your service?" "Nothing." "O lord... it's as natural for nandi to serve you as breathing." "The heart beating... the eyes seeing and the ears hearing." "And lord will you be able to live without nandi?" "Tell me, lord." "Will you be able to live?" "Yes." "I'll be able to live." "O lord!" "But i won't be able to live without you even for a moment." "Not even a moment... never!" "If you wished to banish me from here then why did you give me refuge in the first place?" "Tell me, o lord!" "Lord, you're the one who says that we shouldn't fall prey to desires." "Then why do you entrap me in this desire for you?" "Why, my lord?" "Nandi... i didn't call you here to debate." "Lord... even if i'm unhappy forever while i live with him lost in your thoughts." "Yet you'll be happy?" "Such talks are baseless and imaginary, nandi." "Serving your father is your responsibility and duty too." "Nandi..." "those who fulfill this duty he need not go on a pilgrimage search for boons or worship gods and goddesses." "How can i be happy after taking shilad's son away from him?" "It's my order, nandi." "You'll have to go with your father." "You've served me a lot, nandi." "And i'm extremely pleased about it." "But your father needs you now." "Sage narada was also saying that... - nandi!" "Narada said something and you simply accepted it." "Your deep love amazes me nandi." "What if you ever had to leave me?" "This is my order, nandi." "You'll have to go with your father." "Praise be to narayana!" "Salutations, o lord!" "It's impossible to even imagine a kailash without nandi or shiva." "What am i hearing?" "Sage serving his father shilad is the most important duty of nandi." "But does nandi know anything except service to you?" "What do you think, lord that nandi will be happy if kept away from you?" "Never." "Never, o lord." "O lord!" "O lord... lord, please call him back." "Please call him back, lord." "Or else, he'll end his life." "Since he left from here he hasn't eaten a grain nor has he sipped water, lord." "He shed so much tears that his eyes have dried up now." "He sits in a corner and stares at the sky, lord." "It appears he awaits someone." "My lord, i told him many times to return but he refused to budge from his place." "O lord, please call him back." "I've committed a big mistake, my lord." "Please call him back." "Bring him back, o lord!" "I've made the mistake, shilad." "I've caused a lot of grief to nandi." "My dear devotee... he's akin to my son... i know him well... he must've been deeply hurt." "I'll personally go to fetch him." "Praise be to narayana!" "Nandi." "Salutations, o sage." "How can i accept your salutations, nandi you're not even looking at me." "Forgive me, sage." "O sage... are you coming from kailash?" "Tell me, sire... how is my lord?" "Do you know, nandi kailash appeared barren in your absence." "Even the lord was aggrieved by your absence." "He couldn't resist, he came down personally to take you back." "You were chanting shiva's name all this while the lord himself has come to receive you." "And you're standing rooted to the ground." "Go on... go and welcome him." "Go on, nandi." "Nandi... are you so upset with me that you don't even wish to look at me?" "Won't you go back with me?" "To your home... kailash?" "O lord!" "Forgive me." "You were troubled because of me." "You had to come all the way here." "Forgive me." "Nandi, until you return to kailash with me i'll remain here with you." "I'll surely come, my lord." "It's unlikely that i'll have a greater devotee than you, nandi." "You're my dearest." "I bless you today that whoever whispers their prayers into your ears will surely be heard by me." "What's happening, madnikey?" "Why is it so foggy in spring?" "Stay close to me, sati." "Sati, hold my hand." "Don't go too far." "Sati!" " Madnikey!" "Sati, where are you?" "Sati, where are you?" "Sati!" "Sati... sati, where did you go?" "Are you alright?" "Why don't you say something?" "What's wrong with you?" "Where did you disappear?" "Do you realise what i just went through?" "Oh god!" "Thanks for protecting my honour." "Sati is unharmed." "Where did you vanish in the fog?" "I searched desperately for you, called out so many times... didn't you hear me?" "Tell me, sati..." "what happened to you?" "Madnikey... whatever happened, was for the good." "How true!" "It's good that you were safe else i wouldn't have been able to face prasudhi." "Prajapati... by decorating this place so beautifully for shiva's visit you've proven that the lord is a key person in this conference." "We'll know the importance only after shiva's arrival." "Madnikey!" "Madnikey, is something wrong?" "What is it?" "Nothing." "You cannot lie to me." "Seeing me adorned thus there's something that you disapprove of." "What do you think don't i know why you've dressed up?" "Sati, what are you doing?" "Shiva... shiva saved me that day." "You were right, madnikey." "Absolutely right." "See my heart beats so fast my eyes are laden with dreams and my breath raises a storm... i've understood the experience that you always described." "You've made me aware of this experience, madnikey." "No, sati... no, sati!" "I didn't say anything to you." "I didn't tell you anything." "What are you doing, sati?" "No, sati." "Not shiva." "Not shiva." "He came for me." "Only to protect me." "And this time, it seems as if he didn't leave me." "He's right here, with me..." "forever." "Sati, you're going crazy!" "I'm already crazy, madnikey." "I'm already crazy!" "It was you who told me that when i fall in love, i'll realise it myself." "I've realised, madnikey." "I've realised!" "He's coming." "The lord of lords... he's coming." "You upheld my honour, o lord!" "I'm extremely pleased that you've arrived." "Please come, my lord." "What have you done, prajapati?" "!" "Such a grave insult to shiva!" "I can't believe it!" "Was this conference a ploy of yours?" "!" "You had no intention of a truce with him." "What do you actually intend to do?" "Whatever i've done, or i wish to do i'm well aware of it, sage kashyap." "Prajapati daksha!" "It's not you, but your ego that speaks!" "Your arrogance about being the ruler but behold who stands before you!" "The lord of beasts the master of all flora, the god of the spirits!" "Are you mistaken that you can challenge him?" "I've an important reason to invite you to this conference." "But i had no intention of making a truce with you." "And neither did i say such a thing." "If people thought so then it's not my fault." "You tell me... how can prajapati, who establishes rules..." "It's impossible!" "Impossible!" "You abhor all rules all customs that would establish order and civilisation in the world." "Because it's against your line of thought." "You wonder why everybody don't follow your lifestyle." "It's very easy to be a renunciate." "Turning away from the world." "No responsibilities." "Keep meditating." "Remain lost in penance." "Whether the world progresses or is destroyed does not bother you." "Whatever is happening will continue to happen." "But the world doesn't sustain on complacency." "To sustain the world, difficulties joy and sorrow everything has to be considered and survived." "Difficult situations have to be faced." "You've to fight each day against your desires and greed." "A continuous struggle." "You've to differentiate between the good and the bad." "Only then will this world be fit to sustain creation." "Else, won't everybody be born a renunciate like you?" "You propagate an uncivilised society." "And this is against my duties." "It's against my beliefs." "To sustain the civilisation that i've established if somebody poses a threat to it or oppose it, he's my greatest foe." "There's no place for injustice in my kingdom, o lord." "And neither will i let it become another kailash." "Is this why you invited the lord?" "Did you forget that the one whom you question is worshipped by your father brahma himself." "The very brahma, my father, has given me two such weapons that i can use to remove all obstacles that come in the way of my duty." "I'm going to use the first weapon on you, o shiva." "Because you've posed many an obstacle in my duty as a son, father and ruler." "I curse you that henceforth, none in this world will worship you." "I know that my father brahma and lord vishnu will never agree to my decision." "But this was unavoidable." "They'll realise very soon that i made the right decision." "Somebody had to do it." "So i did it." "Whatever be the consequences... yoga meditation renunciation." "All three are rule-bound." "The difference is just that these rules aren't made by you, daksha." "What is not as per your rules is considered uncivilised by you." "You wish to establish peace in your civilised world." "But the rules and customs that you've created form the basis for division." "The responsibility to sustain the world that has been entrusted to you become the basis for tyranny in this world." "How then can peace be established, daksha?" "I came here only to fulfill my promise to sage dadhichi." "You took unfair advantage of our devotion and respect towards the lord to insult him!" "You removed the lord's throne from this conference but where else will you be able to remove his place from?" "From where else can you remove his name?" "Because it has been imprinted long back." "My lord!" "In compliance with my duty i informed you of the invitation to the conference." "But... i was not aware that this was just a ploy!" "I've committed a mistake, my lord." "Please forgive me." "Dadhichi... you're my greatest devotee." "You should understand that for the renunciate shiva worship or pilgrimage hold no importance." "So, whether i get a place or i don't it shouldn't make you anxious." "But even you fell prey to the rules and customs established by prajapati." "Dear daughter it's no secret that you're my favourite among all my daughters." "But when somebody dear is under threat from an external power then how can it be respectfully accepted?" "That's the reason, i organised this conference." "So that i can teach that vagabond such a lesson that he won't forget even if he wants to." "Yes, dear." "I cursed shiva and took away his godly status." "What is it, sati?" "What happened?" "What has the prajapati written?" "He detests shiva." "He detests him!" "What has prajapati done!" "Cursed shiva?" "!" "This wasn't a curse on shiva but on me." "Not only did he take away shiva's godliness but took my love away from me." "My happiness." "I just saw a small ray of hope but now i only see darkness around." "What do i do, madnikey?" "I can't live by causing grief to my father and without attaining shiva... i'll die if i don't attain him!" "O lord!" "Whatever prajapati daksha did to you in the conference is beyond words." "His ignorance or foolishness?" "But my lord the manner in which you handled the situation was something only you could've done." "Such courage, such patience... but lord there's an incident before this that i couldn't quite understand." "From the lotus flowers that bore your name upto this all the incidents point towards one direction." "But you're not accepting it." "You're not accepting sati, o lord, why?" "You're the master of time." "Before the birth of time you were bonded to sati." "Yet... yet you refuse to accept it, lord... why?" "Because it isn't possible, o sage." "I didn't possess everything." "Time... yoga... change... i'm beyond them and they're bound to me." "But sati's birth is in human form." "And the life of a human body which is made up of five elements it's knowledge and experience have a limitation." "The day sati grows beyond this limitation she'll have to sacrifice this body." "Even i understand that, lord." "But what i fail to understand is that despite knowing all this why did you respond to sati's call the first time?" "Sage narada... i'll have to respond to sati's every call." "Because the truth is that i'm not separate from her." "But it's also true that i can never unite with her." "Because the truth is that i'm not separate from her." "Goddess sati has realised her incompleteness." "I can sense it, o lord that something significant is about to happen." "I know that he's a renunciate." "But i cannot turn back and return from the path that i've started upon." "What do i do?" "The answer lies near you." "Touch him." "I'm not separate from shiva." "I was always his." "His consort." "That's why the silhoutte kept appearing in my dreams repeatedly... and i was so foolish i kept fearing it." "I couldn't understand it." "He can do whatever he wants i've realised the truth now." "He can't turn away from me now." "At every call of mine he'll have to appear." "He'll have to accept me." "Just like how i've accepted him into my life." "Through you i've found the answers to all my questions." "Neither do i have any doubts in my mind now, nor any fear." "I've wasted a lot of time in understanding the truth." "I was so ignorant that i wasted so much time in accepting this 'rudraksha'." "But if all this was meant to happen then why did i realise it so late?" "Has anything ever happened before due time?" "I'm pleased that you've realised the truth about yourself." "O lord... what do i say about my son's conduct?" "I've no words to explain." "Please understand that he has not just insulted you but he has insulted me too." "I'll not forgive him till you do not." "But... i've a request." "Please don't punish sati for his actions." "You'd be aware that many eons ago when i grew tired of creating this world at that time i meditated upon you." "After which you appeared before me and for creation to continue you separated goddess shakti from yourself on my request." "You gave her up." "You became alone." "Incomplete." "But today only because of your sacrifice there are 84,00,000 reproductive systems that sustain the world today." "I had decided back then that i'll return goddess shakti back to you so that you can become complete again." "That's why, on my instruction daksha please goddess shakti through penance and requested her to be born as his daughter." "Yes, my lord." "Sati is goddess shakti." "Accept sati." "I request you." "Please accept her." "Don't punish yourself and sati for daksha's misdeeds." "Sati, are you listening to me?" "Do you know... i'm shiva's consort." "Sati... i realised the truth when i touched the 'shiva linga'." "Finding this 'rudraksha'... dreaming about 'ardhanareeshwara' (shiva-shakti combine)... writing shiva's name on the lotus flowers... all of them have the same reason." "To make me realise the ultimate truth that i belong to him alone." "Madnikey." "Do you know... i feel that the whole world is coloured in the shades of love." "People are celebrating love all around." "Everywhere, they call out to me by his name." "You were right, madnikey..." "this love is different." "It starts from the mind and crosses beyond the soul." "It has crossed, madnikey." "And surprisingly i wish to express my feelings to all." "I wish to share my joy with all." "I wish to tell everybody how much i love shiva." "You always say that we can express all our feelings through music, dance and the arts." "I'll do the same today." "I'll tell everybody that i'm incomplete without shiva." "When he arrives to see my dance today then the whole world will be witness to our love." "Keep watching, prasudhi how love expresses itself as a dance today." "You'll have to come." "You'll have to come." "Sati!" "Sati is unconscious." "Will somebody check on her?" "Sati!"