"You've lost your right to be my consort." "Henceforth, your place is not on my left side." "You're not worthy of shiva yet." "Your human nature overpowers the adi shakti within you." "Mother sati appears sad." "And sadness is a sign of weakness." "The mother's weakness will prove to be the cause of my victory." "Praise be to narayana!" "Salutations, o sage." "It appears that mother is sad for some reason." "Apparently, i've come to add to it." "I don't wish to tell you this but it's important that i tell you about it." "Your father, prajapati daksha is performing the seth kunda fire-ritual without you and shiva." "This is true, o goddess." "Prajapati daksha has decided not to invite you and shiva to this ritual." "What?" "!" "But why?" "Why did father take such a decision?" "It's pretty simple." "A father doesn't invite his daughter and son-in-law to the greatest event of his life what reason can it possibly be, o goddess?" "Maybe he is thinking about the welfare of your marital life." "I didn't understand, o sage." "It's very simple." "He must be thinking what if shiva insults him again." "And if you're unable to bear this insult then it could lead to problems in your marital life." "Think about it... has prajapati ever conducted any ritual without your presence?" "That's why, in lieu of your well-being he must've taken this harsh decision." "But... it's my opinion that you should attend." "Even if shiva doesn't come along, you should go alone." "Think about it, o goddess... it's the greatest ritual of prajapati's life." "Only your attendance will bring it to fruition." "And prajapati will be overjoyed." "However it's your wish." "Grant me leave." "Praise be to narayana!" "Wait!" "Wordly creatures are prohibited from going any further." "Lower your voice!" "I'm not an ordinary woman." "I'm vijaya, the daughter of daksha!" "And i've come to meet my younger sister, sati." "O lady!" "I recognised you." "We're glad that you've come here to meet mother sati." "I can meet sati only when your ghosts and ghouls clear the way." "Don't be angry, madam." "They're doing their job." "Without the permission of shiva, no worldly creature can cross this funeral ground in their body made up of five elements and enter kailash." "Please wait here, i'll go and seek the lord's permission." "Mother... your sister vijaya has come to meet you." "What?" "!" "Sister vijaya has come to meet me?" "Where's she?" " On the other side of the funeral ground." "What?" "Why did you stop her there?" "Why didn't you bring her to me?" "Forgive me, mother." "Without the permission of the lord no wordly creature can cross the funeral ground and come here." "But mother the lord is engrossed in meditation." "How do we seek his permission now?" "It's not required." "I'll go to meet her." "Sister!" " Sati!" "How are you, sati?" "Are you happy?" "Yes, sister." "I'm fine." "I'm very happy." "Seeing you i was reminded of our family." "It's so surprising that you're happy in such a terrible environment." "I miss you a lot." "Does father miss me too?" "He misses you the most." "Yet he didn't invite us to the fire-ritual?" "Fire-ritual?" "Who told you about it?" "Sage narada." "Ok, so what have you decided?" "Will you come?" "Father misses you a lot he's so helpless because of shiva." "Come without shiva." "Even if you come alone father will be very pleased." "I don't know, sister whether shiva will grant me permission." "Sati, he's your husband but a husband's permission isn't required to visit one's maternal home." "A husband comes later in life but we begin life with our parents." "Will you come?" "Will you come for the ritual?" "You should attend the ritual, sati whether shiva grants you permission or not." "This is the last ritual in father's life." "You can surely do this much for your father." "Tell me, will you come?" "Alright, sister." "I'll come." "I'm pleased to see that even after marriage sati hasn't given up her self-respect." "Depending on your husband's permission to visit your father would be a very big mistake." "And if the husband wishes to do so then it means that the husband is trying to dominate the wife." "No, sister, my shiva isn't like that." "It's true that it's impossible to understand him completely." "But i know for sure that he loves me a lot." "He has never made me feel that he's trying to dominate me." "It's my wish that i should seek his permission to attend the ritual." "You know, sati that shiva will not give you the permission to attend." "You'll not be able to attend this ritual, sati." "I'll surely come." "Are you saying this to console me?" "I'll come, sister." "Now you're trying to console yourself." "I'll come, sister!" "I'll surely come!" "And you tell me that you're happy?" "Won't you tell your sister the reason for your sorrow?" "Do you want me to return anxious?" "I made a big mistake, sister." "And because of that he has refused me the right to be his consort." "See... see!" "He can do anything to please his ego." "No, sister." "It was my mistake." "I didn't uphold my promises." "And forced him to take such an action." "This is the consequence of my actions alone." "This body and this mind are polluted, sister." "They contain curiosity argument, rules, customs and such egoistic traits but surrender is absent." "In order to know shiva to attain him completely it's important to give up such traits." "And that's only possible when i give up this body." "Why do i feel so?" "Why do i tremble upon hearing sati's words?" "Why do i sense an oncoming calamity?" "Sister, i'll surely convince shiva to attend this ritual." "I should leave now, sati." "It's quite late." "No, my lord." "This can't happen." "It'll prove cataclysmic." "The alignment of the stars and the planets indicate that sati's is sure to attend this ritual and this means that along with sati prajapati daksha's destruction!" "Completing this ritual without shiva is impossible." "My lord... you'll have to stop this calamity." "You'll have to stop it." "Or else the world will take ages to emerge from this catastrophe!" "I can't even imagine it." "What have i done?" "Had i known that this will be the consequence, then i'd not have provoked sati to attend this ritual." "No... my intention was only to disturb sati's marital life." "But..." "now i'll be the reason for the destruction of sati, father and creation." "Whom do i share my plight with?" "Oh rama!" "Only you can help me now." "How do i convince him?" "How do i regain the right?" "Shiva is always meditating upon you." "You'll have to show me the path now." "I've realised my mistake." "I relied on my mind but not on my promises to you." "Despite knowing that you're omniscient i didn't hesitate to lie to you." "You have rightfully punished me by refusing me the status of a consort." "Sati... by refusing you the right to be my consort i've not just punished you but myself too." "Just like how you're incomplete without me so am i, without you." "But whenever you're worthy of it whenever this union will be based on faith and devotion and not on intelligence then i'll return this right to you, sati." "Yes, sati." "You'll surely have to realise your being adi shakti and i'll help you realise it." "Father, why don't you try to understand?" "Sage bhrigu is the creator of astrology." "And if as per him the alignment of the planets and stars indicate towards catastrophe then it's inevitable." "Had i feared the consequence what would be the difference between me and a mere human?" "I'm not a mere human!" "I'm the son of brahma!" "The protector of this world prajapati daksha!" "I have the courage to face shiva." "Not just face him but i can even defeat him." "All the stars of the world are aware of my anger." "Even the moon couldn't help but fall prey to my anger." "You forget, father that the curse that you gave the moon... he was liberated from it by shiva." "Vijaya!" "And that's why today the moon, despite being your son-in-law resides on shiva's forehead and not at your feet." "Then become his slave become a part of his army of ghosts and ghouls!" "Shiva readily accepts all creatures banished by daksha." "Is anybody there?" "Throw this despicable being out of this palace." "I always thought why i'm so harsh and ruthless this trait is a curse of being your daughter!" "Vijaya!" "You're not my daughter anymore!" "I curse you that you'll never return to this palace." "Take here away!" "No, father." "You haven't cursed me today." "You've freed me from a curse today." "We've received the invitation to this grand ritual organised by prajapati daksha." "But how can we attend without your permission?" "All the gods and goddesses have been invited." "Lord vishnu and brahma will also be present there." "We all wish to attend the ritual with you and mother sati." "Neither has prajapati daksha sent me an invitation nor to sati." "We can't be a part of his ritual." "If that is so, then we won't attend either." "No, chandra." "You'll surely attend." "You'll honour his invitation by attending it." "Aren't my desires and feelings of any significance?" "You've granted everybody the permission to attend the ritual." "But you didn't bother about the desire of a daughter!" "Why this injustice towards me, o lord?" "Why does he expect an invitation from father?" "Sister vijaya had come to invite us." "If he was deep in meditation at that time then it's not my father's fault." "Moreover, it's my father's house." "Even if we go there without being invited father will surely be pleased." "Whatever the lord does or he does not do there's surely a major reason behind it." "And the reason is surely for the benefit of the world, mother." "How does such a small decision affect the world, nandi?" "What calamity will befall if we attend father's fire-ritual?" "I had told sister vijaya, that not just me even shiva will surely accompany me." "What will she think of me?" "And even if he doesn't wish to go he can atleast permit me to attend." "He knows that i'll not attend without his permission." "And he has to grant me permission." "Mother is very furious." "She's very sad." "I tried to bring her back here but she's still sitting there, lord." "Only you can convince her." "Come, my lord." "I request you, o lord." "Stop mother from doing this." "Surely, nandi." "I will..." " praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Nandi, i'll have to meet shukracharya." "Or he'll give up his life." "I waited so long for him." "But he didn't come." "He doesn't care for me." "I have no value." "He can take away my right to be his consort." "But he doesn't have the right to take away my right of being daksha's daughter." "I've decided!" "I'll surely attend father's fire-ritual." "I'll surely go." "Even shiva himself can't stop me." "Open your eyes, shukracharya." "My lord, you've come!" "I had full faith that my devotion won't be in vain." "Shukracharya despite bearing so much pain in my devotion you've proven your faith and devotion in me." "Seek what you wish!" "I'm so close to death." "Knowledge of the sanjivani alone can liberate me from death." "Grant me the knowledge of sanjivani." "I don't need anything else." "So be it." "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "Praise be to shiva, the supreme!" "What has the lord done!" "He has granted the knowledge of sanjivani to shukracharya!" "Now... even if the demi-gods kill the demons shukracharya will use his knowledge of sanjivani and revive them." "Do something, o narayana!" "Find a solution!" "But a greater calamity awaits shiva in kailash." "What do you think, sitting here, sati?" "I'm thinking that i've changed so much." "You might remember that when we met in somnath then you'd brought me here." "The terrifying sight of this place had made me tremble!" "And you insulted me by calling me unworthy of yourself." "It was your attempt to be worthy that took us from the funeral ground to kailash." "Why do you forget that?" "How can i forget that because of my worthiness, i've reached kailash." "And it's my unworthiness took away my right to be your consort." "You're constantly changing, sati." "And one day, these changes will transform you into adi shakti." "When both man and woman love equally then they both should change for each other." "Even i've changed, sati." "Shiva, who was detached to the world now worries about his wife, who lives in kailash." "Shiva did nothing except meditate." "But now, he stops his meditation to appease sati." "Isn't this a change, sati?" "This is my love, sati." "I'm still alive because of this love." "But today, i wish to know the name of this love." "I wish to know after losing my right to be your consort on what basis do i dwell in kailash?" "The same right because of which you've lived till date, sati." "Despite losing your status of my consort you're still my wife." " A wife without any rights?" "Isn't that what you wish to say?" "No, sati." "Other than the rights of a consort you'll have all the other rights that a wife has." "I wish to hear about those rights in detail from you." "Sure, sati." "You've the right to express your opinion." "You've the right to being protected." "You've the right of honour." "And my duties towards you will be the same that a husband has." "I'll always protect your dignity." "And what about my wishes?" "Other than being my consort i'll honour every wish of yours, sati." "I have one wish, o lord." "I wish to go to my father's house to attend the fire-ritual he has organised." "Just like how a married woman visits her maternal home for festivals with her husband." "That's my only wish..." "and it's normal." "Tell me... will you honour my wish and take me to my father's house?" "What is it?" "Why don't you reply?" "Tell me." "I'd have surely come along, sati, but... - but what?" "But your father hasn't invited us." "How can we go there uninvited?" "I wanted to know this." "I knew that you'd say this." "The truth is that you haven't given me any rights." "You don't honour my opinion or desire." "You can boast about changing yourself but you can't give up your arrogance about being god." "Sati!" "I know... i know that i don't have the right to say anything." "But i can't resist saying it today." "The truth is that..." "i'm just a mere human for you." "An ordinary human." "My wishes... my relatives hold no value for you." "And why should they?" "You're god." "How can you have love for a human?" "You were right." "Our marriage to each other was the biggest mistake." "Then how could you make this mistake despite being god?" "If you can't give me the rights of a wife if you couldn't accept my relatives then why did you accept me as your wife?" "Why?" "God's mercy emerges from his love, sati." "Only humans distinguish between mercy and love, sati." "Not god." "The truth is that god doesn't have anything except love and compassion for his creation." "But sadly, sati you won't be able to understand me now." "You'll understand me completely only when you'll transform into adi shakti." "Then, you'll understand the true form of god's love." "I love you, sati." "And entire nature exists within you." "Enemy, friend are all within you." "Then how is it possible that i love you but not your father?" "I love all, sati." "You can't convince me with your talks anymore." "Then why do you need an invitation to attend the ceremony?" "Tell me..." "do you have an answer to this?" "Yes, sati." "Only if you wish to understand." "As your husband, i wish to explain to you because it's my duty and responsibility." "I only want your consent." "But tell me what do you wish to say?" "Sati... if i don't wish to participate in prajapati daksha's fire-ritual then it's my love towards him." "He hasn't invited us, sati." "Thus, it's evident he doesn't want us to attend the ritual." "If we go there then seeing us, he might become furious, sati." "And his anger will lead to the failure of the ritual." "Because, in order to obtain the benefit of any ritual it's important to perform the ritual with a calm mind." "Then why should we go there and ruin his peace?" "I'm human." "I don't have the ability to counter your arguments." "All i know is that father is mistaken about you." "And that's why he didn't invite us." "If we go there and clear his misconception then he'll behave gently with you." "And a ritual performed with a gentle heart is more beneficial." "You should accompany me to the ritual, o lord." "It'd be in my father's favour." " No, sati." "It won't be in his favour." "Our attendance would be undignified." "How can my visit to my father's house be undignified?" "I'm talking about the dignity of the society whence you come from sati." "Post marriage, the father's house doesn't belong to the daughter anymore." "After marriage, when visiting her father's house the girl should protect her and her husband's honour." "If prajapati daksha respected us then he'd have surely invited us." "But he didn't do so." "Those whom he respects are participating in the ritual." "Remember, sati those who visit others uninvited have to bear insult that is greater than death." "But as your husband i'll not let you bear this pain." "You said what you wanted." "You've disowned father!" "A father is always one's own." "But you never considered him so." "You've hurt me a lot today, o lord." "You've caused me grief!" "Sati... thoughts arising out of desire and anger don't lead us to the truth." "Try to understand what i said with a calm mind." "I don't know all that all i know is that if you love me then you'll surely attend the ritual with me." "Otherwise, say that... say that you don't love me." " Sati!" "Say... say that you don't love me." "I won't say anything to you after that." "I won't ask you for anything." "Why don't you say that you don't love me?" "You've to decide today." "Tell me, o lord." "I love you a lot, sati." "Then prove it." "Tell me... will you accompany me to the ceremony?" "You'll have to decide today, o lord." "Alright, sati." "If you wish to test my love then i'll surely come along." "Really?" " Yes, sati." "But before that, you'll have to prove your love too." "How?" "Before attending the ceremony you'll have to transform into adi shakti completely." "If you had to refuse then you could've done so blatantly." "Why entrap me in words?" "If you had to take it away then why did you give me this momentary peace?" "Sati... i wish to grant you eternal bliss." "That bliss exists within you." "After realising adi shakti you'll attain eternal bliss." "You'll just have to try with a true heart." "Tell me what do i have to do for it?" "You'll attain adi shakti through penance, sati." "And your penance will begin at dawn tomorrow." "Sati... do you see this tree?" "The climbers on it have grown on earth but it reaches the tip of the tree." "If for any reason it falls down from the tip then how can it reunite with the tip again?" "Can you tell me?" "The climbers will attempt to reach the tip again in sometime and they'll reunite again." "That's the goal of your penance, sati." "Adi shakti represents the tip of the tree." "And you're the climber." "Just like how the tree cannot reach out to the climber similarly, adi shakti will not reach out to you, sati." "You'll have to progress towards adi shakti." "And your progress is possible only through 'tapascharya'." "What's 'tapascharya'?" "Attaining balance of the mind, soul and the body through hatha yoga is called 'tapascharya'." "Sati... where's your focus?" "Everybody is going to father's ceremony." "I was looking at them." "Control your mind, sati." "And focus your attention on my words." "'Tapascharya' isn't so easy." "Living beings take many births to attain this goal." "To attain tapascharya the body and the senses are subjected to pain in order to liberate oneself from the sense of pain." "And after attaining liberation from the sense of pain eternal bliss is attained." "You'll also realise adi shakti only after that, sati." "But you're not saying what i'll have to do for tapascharya." "I told you, sati." "You'll have to gain control over your mind and senses." "Hunger, thirst and desires have to be sacrificed." "Whatever is required for this body all that has to be sacrificed." "Instead of food you'll have to consume leaves alone." "Then you'll give up leaves and live on water." "And then, give up water and live on air alone." "Only then, will this body, made up of five elements become worthy of the divine." "You'll have to do all this, sati." "I know..." "i know why you're doing this." "You can refuse blatantly if you wish." "Why do you need to place such conditions?" "Sati, i'm showing you the path to attain adi shakti." "It will take years to attain the goal in this path." "But we'll have to attend father's ritual, today." "Tell me a way in which i can attain adi shakti today itself." "Or else, we'll attend father's ritual first and then we'll return from there and i'll do as you say." "Tapascharya can be done all life but father's ritual is today." "I haven't forgotten my god." "You've promised to support me in all situations." "It's time to fulfill that promise." "Shiva is my enemy." "Shiva might try to interrupt my ritual." "Therefore, you've to be present in the ritual and protect it." "I know, my lord that you'll never break your promise to a devotee." "You're cleverly trying to forge enmity between the holy trinity, prajapati." "This doesn't befit you." "I'm simply seeking security from my lord." "My lord, will you attend my ritual to protect me?" "I've to uphold the boon granted, prajapati." "Salutations, my lord." "There's no other form of penance as easy and express as 'panchagni' penance." "Panchagni penance means gaining control over the five desires of the body." "'Om... '" "you're the dearest daughter of the house why do you need an invitation?" "It's father's deepest desire that you should attend the ritual." "Will you come?" "No, sati." "It would be against dignity for us to go there." "Keep your mind away from desires, sati." "Attempt to forget your wishes." "Realise yourself." "You're not the daughter of a human but the mother of the universe, adi shakti." "'Om... '" "you know very well, sati that shiva will never grant you permission to attend." "You won't be able to attend this ceremony, sati." "I'll come." "Are you saying this to console me?" "I'll come, sister!" "I'll surely come!" "No, sati." "Try again." "I can't do it." "I'll do all this after attending the ritual." "Don't forget, sati i'll attend the ritual only with adi shakti." "I should've realised that you won't come." "But i'm not going to stay here." "You'll have to come along with me." "Do you hear me?" "You'll have to come along." "A woman's stubbornness leads to destruction, sati." "Don't be stubborn." " Not at any cost!" "We'll go, i insist!" "We'll surely go!" "It won't be right of us to attend without being invited, sati." "Going there will not be good for you, dakshayani." " Enough!" "Don't insult my father." "He's my father." "How can going there be bad for me?" "It hasn't been four days since i came to kailash." "I've lived there since birth." "How can anything bad happen to me there?" "Isn't it enough if i say so, sati?" "No." "It's not you but your enmity towards father that speaks!" "Be assured, o lord." "Nothing will happen to me." "I'll return safely." "You'll have to listen to me, sati." "It's impossible for us to attend the ceremony." "Because doing so will only be bad for you." "Bad?" "!" "You speak as if he's not my father, but my enemy!" "Alright, if you don't wish to accompany me then i'll go there without you." "No, sati." "I'll not let you go alone." "You're under my oath, you'll not stop me." "I'll surely go." "If going there will prove bad for me then you can come after that." "You're under my oath, o lord!" " Sati!" "What sort of an oath is this, sati?" "What's the use of me coming there after you've been harmed?" "The past can't be changed, sati." "You'll have to take back your oath, right now." "I know... i know that you love me a lot but prajapati daksha is my father." "Among all his children i'm his dearest daughter." "I'll be safe there, o lord." "Please don't breed any doubts in your heart." "Nothing will happen to me." "Fate beckons you, sati." "It's your imagination." "And your imagination has become so strong that you can't realise the truth that your husband utters." "But the truth is that attending prajapati's ceremony will only bring you harm." "Alright." "If i'm destined to be harmed by my father then i accept it." "Either i'll be harmed there or your ill-feelings for my father will be eradicated forever." "I'll leave for kankhal today itself." "It's my final decision." "Nandi... take sati to her father's house." "You're responsible for her safety." "My lord... stop mother." "Stop mother, o lord!" "It's impossible to stop a stubborn woman, nandi." "It's impossible!" "Salutations, mother." "It's so unfortunate that such a big ceremony is being organised and there's only the fear of calamity in our hearts." "You speak the truth, mother." "Only lord vishnu can deliver us now." "If only he can stop sati from coming." "The general good lies in it." "There shouldn't be any shortcomings in the service to the guests." "It's good that you've come here with khyati on time." "Before the beginning of creation and after it neither has there ever been such a grand fire-ritual nor will there ever be one." "Sage atreya is there anything lacking?" "No, prajapati." " Good!" "Very good!" "Prajapati... i have a request." "If shiva and sati attend this ritual uninvited then please don't insult them." "Only those who have respect can be insulted." "The lord loves you a lot, mother." "He can't bear to see you being harmed." "If something happens to you then the lord will never be able to forgive himself." "He'll never be able to forgive himself, mother." "Nandi... i'm not going to my deathbed, but my father's house." "Don't insult my father by repeatedly talking about some harm!" "But, mother... the lord won't lie." "He is omniscient." "He stops you because he can see the impending doom, mother." "My lord's words can never be untrue, mother." "Never!" "Is it?" "Tell me something... what does the lord mean to you?" "Mother... i consider him to be my father." "Shiva is like your father and prajapati daksha is my father." "My faith in my father is much higher than your faith in shiva." "If you can never doubt shiva then how can i doubt my father?" "Just like it's impossible to change your feelings towards shiva similarly it's impossible to change my feelings towards my father too nandi." "I'll go there." "Don't try in vain." "Alright, mother." "I'll not stop you." "When shiva couldn't stop you then how can this lower being do so, mother?" "But whatever is happening isn't good, mother." "Who knows what destiny wishes!" "Destiny wishes to forge a new bond between shiva and my father." "It wishes that their conflict should end forever." "And fate has chosen me for this job, nandi." "Come..." "let's go." "Greetings, mother." "Revati... chandra must've given you all the news about kailash." "But do you know prajapati hasn't invited shiva and sati here." "She must be feeling so hurt." "Is she sad?" "It's natural to feel sad, mother." "But what's even more sad is something else, mother." "Despite shiva's warnings sati is adamant about coming here." "Probably, she must've started by now." "Doorkeeper!" "Yes, mother." " Tell the guards to stop sati from entering if they see her coming here." "Say something, but send her back." "What if she doesn't heed, mother?" "Then use force." "Because sati's well-being lies in it." "As you say, mother." "Salutations, o lord." "We've come to take you to daksha's ceremony." "O lord daksha is committing the foolishness of performing the ritual in your absence." "Obviously, he is unaware that it could prove cataclysmic." "You're an omniscient being." "How can you allow such a calamity?" "My visit there would also be catastrophic." "Simply catastrophic!" "It'd boost prajapati daksha's ego." "Sati's love for me would increase but her love towards a divine life wouldn't." "If sati doesn't do penance then she'll never realise adi shakti." "Prajapati daksha has created a situation where there's doom on either side." "O lord, if you come there then it can end the impending doom." "Daksha is my son... i'll explain to him... arrogance doesn't have a father, o brahma!" "An arrogant man severes all bonds." "A father who couldn't understand his daughter's feelings cannot understand the duty of a father." "What's the solution to this?" "There's no solution, o lord." "I'm aware that you and brahma have to attend the ceremony." "It's just that sati has gone there." "She shouldn't be insulted." "It's your responsibility." "Because i can bear my insult but not sati's." "'Worthy is agni to be praised by living as by ancient seers.'" "'He shall bring hitherward the gods.' -'whatever blessing agni, thou wilt grant unto thy worshipper... ' 'whatever blessing agni, thou wilt grant unto thy worshipper... '" "you're welcome, o agnideva (fire god)!" "Please take your seat." "Mother, my heart says that you'll be stopped here." "It's better to return from here than be insulted." "No, mother." "By participating in my fire-ritual you've truly elated me thank you very much." "Daksha, don't you think that by not inviting shiva you're making a big mistake?" "If i've not invited shiva what wrong have i done, father?" "There's no such god or goddess who has refused to participate in opposition of shiva's absence." "We've all come out of compulsion, daksha." "All the gods invoked in the ritual have to come." "But without shiva no ritual can be complete, son." "It isn't right of a man to forge enmity with god." "There's still time." "Invite shiva and apologise." "He's the embodiment of innocence, he'll forgive you." "Or else, everybody knows of shiva's wrath." "You shouldn't regret your decision later." "You shouldn't regret, daksha!" "Forgive me, my lady." "You can't enter." "Look... - nandi." "I've come here to subdue hatred." "Don't try to provoke it." "On whose orders do you stop me?" "Mother prasudhi's orders." "What?" "!" "Whose orders?" "Mother prasudhi's orders, my lady." "She has ordered us to stop you and shiva from participating in the ritual at any cost." "Brahma, the father of the universe... and saraswati, the mother of the universe i bow to thee!" "Vishnu, the master of the world." "And lakshmi the mother goddess, i bow to thee." "O wise ones, i, son of brahma prajapati daksha am going to perform the greatest fire-ritual of the world." "This fire-ritual will be a mark of the great ceremony whose commencement was done by brahma and lord vishnu with the beginning of creation." "All those who participate in this ceremony will receive the boons they desire." "The demi-gods will receive the holy fumes of the fire... the angels and celestial beings will receive the offerings to the altar... humans and demons as per their caste and creed will receive chariots as oblations..." "...gold and other offerings." "All the ghosts and ghouls present will receive funeral oblations for liberation." "And birds and beasts will receive the first morsel of the ceremonial meal." "Such a complete ceremony has never been held before in the world and neither can one perform it in future." "A daughter has the right to her father's house." "I don't need an invitation to come here." "How do i explain to you, my lady?" "Their harsh orders are especially for you and shiva." "You must've surely misunderstood, guard." "Mother... i request you let's return to kailash." "No, nandi." "Until some time back no ceremony was possible in my absence." "And today today i'm banned from here?" "No." "Father is angry at the moment." "And he'll regret it later." "But that doesn't mean i too should be egoistic and stay away from this unique event." "Guard, let sati go inside." "But... - it's my responsibility." "Let her go in." "My lady, you can go inside." "But sati you've to go alone." "Nandi has to be left behind." "No!" "Mother... i can't let you go alone." "Forgive me, mother." "Please don't make any request that will dishonour the lord's orders." "Or else, i'll have to decide to give up my life." "Alright, nandi, you come along." "Forgive me, o lady." "Wait, sati!" "Don't go." "You're unaware of the calamity that awaits you." "Being shiva's disciple we all shouldn't have participated in this ceremony." "But for the sake of prajapati's honour and the completion of this ceremony we accepted the invitation." "We have no conflicts with your rules and customs." "Lord shiva had ordered us all to honour your invitation." "But there's a fault in your announcement, prajapati." "The holy trinity have foregone the holy fumes." "But your fire-ritual can't be complete without their blessings." "Your ritual will never be faultless, prajapati." "What is shiva's identity?" "With what right can he participate in this ritual?" "In which category is your lord?" "God, demon human ghost beast who is he?" " Shiva is the god of the gods!" "He's the supreme lord!" "He sure might be but for your ignorance." "Not for my wisdom." "He has no right over any aspect of my ritual." "Neither in the chant nor the fire." "Neither in the oblation nor in the charity." "Not even in the leftovers of my ritual." "It isn't right to insult shiva like this always, prajapati." "On such a pious occasion you'll be blamed for your harsh words." "Not only your shiva all the powers of the universe cannot harm me." "If that is so then hear, prajapati daksha!" "I, sage dadhichi with my penance as witness curse you that your ritual will never be complete." "Agnideva will not accept the fumes." "You'll have to find a solution to this problem." "I beg you." "Enough, dear... enough!" "Making the daughters beg is a sin." "Go on, dear." "May you be happy!" "Mother sati, you?" "O sage... where are you going?" "I should be asking you this question, mother." "Where are you going?" "I've come to participate in my father's ceremony." "But why do you ask so?" "Mother... what's happening inside isn't a fire-ritual it's a ceremony to dishonour shiva." "You have no place there, mother." "No... he can't do so." "My father can't insult my husband." "I've come to make him understand." "Just watch he'll change his mind after i talk to him and surely invite shiva." "Forgive me, mother." "But your father has been blinded by ignorance." "His eyes and ears are covered with arrogance." "He won't understand anything." "I tried hard to make him understand." "You tried to make him understand but not his daughter." "Come with me." "And see for yourself whether he agrees to me or not." "Where shiva is not present... where shiva's name isn't present... i cannot stay there even for a moment." "Forgive me." " O sage!" "I order you you'll not leave kankhal." "Your wish is my command!" "But we won't enter that place till shiva doesn't come there." "We'll wait for the lord at the borders of kankhal." "My salutations!" "All the obstacles in the holy ritual have been removed." "Come, let's begin the ritual." "What sort of ritual is this, my lord?" "You're breaking your own rules." "When our entire family isn't present here then how can this ritual be successful?" "Look around." "Our entire family is here." "Without sati?" "How can this family be complete without sati?" "Please focus on the ritual." "Father." "I've come, father." "I've come." "I don't wish to stop you by force." "Understand and stop yourself, sati." "Your well-being lies in it." "Come back, sati." "You were going to start the ritual in my absence, father?" "Is this possible?" "Never!" "See... see, i'm here." "I've come even without being invited." "I just request you to invite my husband too." "Find out who has dared to disobey my orders!" "I had said that nobody should enter without an invitation." "Father... by not touching your feet and by blessing you, he didn't insult you." "His doing so was in your favour." "He's shiva, a divine being." "How could he bow to his own creation?" "He has saved you from a great sin, father." "The ritual is being obstructed." "Let's begin." "He didn't dishonour you in any manner, father." "Mother... mother, why don't you make him understand?" "The love which the entire creation yearns for your daughter has received it from shiva, himself." "Shiva's absence in this auspicious hour... no, father... this isn't possible." "My father can't do this to me." "Prajapati daksha orders that the ritual commence!" "Father, this is my final attempt to stop harm from befalling you." "By repeatedly addressing me as father don't insult me, woman!" "Sati!" "Return this very moment, sati." "Don't wait there." "Your father's misfortune summons him." "Don't be the sacrifice at the altar of his misfortune, sati." "Come back, sati." "He is unaware of what he speaks." "Forgive that fool, sati." "Forgive that ignorant being and return, sati." "Return, sati." "O guests, please don't be shocked at my father's words." "My father is angry with me." "There's no father who isn't angry with his daughter." "I married against his wishes." "But i'm his daughter." "His anger reveals that he loves me a lot." "The daughter of daksha hasn't come to obstruct his ritual, father." "I'll go back, father." "It was my mistake." "He had told me not to attend if father hasn't invited me." "He even said... if he comes here then there would be a strife and it'd wreck the peace of the ceremony." "And neither i nor my lord wants to wreck the peace in his ritual." "Mother." "A daughter visited her maternal home today." "A daughter had come home for the first time since her marriage, mother." "Sati, forgive me." "Forgive me." "No, mother." "I should apologise to my lord after i return." "I'll surrender at this feet and request him to grant me place in his heart again." "I fought with him and insulted him in order to come here." "I'm cursed, mother!" "On one hand, i've hurt my father's dignity and on the other hand i've insulted my shiva." "I'll leave now, mother." "Sati... - i'll leave now... nandi, let's go from here." "Wait, sati!" "You've learnt the art of oratory from that mendicant, very well." "Sati!" "Come back, sati." "Sati, it's an ancient saying in the company of the lowly even the most noble begin to behave like the lowly." "Enough, my lord!" "I plead with you!" "She's leaving, let her go." "Prajapati." "Why are you inviting calamity?" "Calamity and shiva are both the slave of my abode, today." "And today, even lord vishnu is with me." "What harm can that vagabond inflict?" "!" "Scoundrel!" "That ignorant beggar!" "It's a daughter's responsibility to protect the peace and honour of her father and family." "For your honour and the peace in this ceremony i've decided to return from here." "Oh!" "So you're worried about your father's honour dignity and respect today!" "Where was this feeling when you disrespected a lifetime of guidance and married that barbarian!" "Where was this feeling when you chose shiva as your companion?" "I always kept that hooligan shiva from my pristine society." "Had you been worried about me then you wouldn't have brought that mendicant who lives on alms into my life and culture, in this manner." "What were you thinking?" "In what hope did you come here?" "That on your request i'll invite that scoundrel?" "I'll apologise to him?" "Bow to him?" "And my son-in-law will bless me?" " Enough, father!" "I've fulfilled my duty as a daughter by upholding your honour." "Now, for the sake of my duty as a wife i'll not let you muddle his honour and dignity." "You can't insult him!" "And you all... why are you all quiet?" "Isn't an insult to shiva, an insult to you all?" "Grandsire... you're the creator." "Everything living and non-living emanate from brahma, vishnu and shiva." "Then how could you permit shiva's insult in your presence?" "I expect an answer today, grandsire." "Answer me!" "Why are you present to receive oblations in a gathering where shiva is being insulted?" "Or has love for your son overpowered your sense of duty?" "Yes, sati." "Your grandsire has been defeated today." "I'm tied down by the very rules that i created, sati." "I'm enslaved... shiva, many a times, has not only saved me but also this foolish father of yours." "If brahma's creation is complete then it's only because of shiva." "Only because of shiva." "What is the rule that you cannot break, grandsire?" "These rules have transformed into a curse, daughter." "When a son is capable of fulfilling his duties towards the family then one has to right to advice him but to accept it or not depends on daksha." "I tried hard to make him understand, but daksha's ego has destroyed his wisdom." "You're the embodiment of wisdom and knowledge then why didn't you stop him?" "You granted the status of the most knowledgeable to my lord and today, when he's being insulted in public then why are you sitting quietly?" "Not just the vedas, shiva is the source of all knowledge... the embodiment of wisdom." "But i've to be present wherever there's a fire-ritual, sati." "Irrespective of what i desire." "Forgive me, sati." "It's my request that you should return to kailash." "I won't return." "The one who's worshipped by all of creation he's being insulted in such manner and you're all silent." "This silence, this insult surely has a relation with me and shiva." "How can i return without understanding it?" "What's that bond between god and man that even lord vishnu cannot untangle?" "O narayana, you're omniscient... please answer my questions." " Enough, sati!" "Enough of it!" "You're crossing your limits!" "What do you think that narayana these angels, celestial beings, demons, serpents, etc have come to participate in this ceremony only because of my love." "What do you think?" "That my father brahma and lord vishnu are sitting here in the greed for oblations?" "In your love for that semi-clad beggar you've forgotten that your father has taught the world to value material objects." "And that's why brahma and lord vishnu have to be present in daksha's rituals." "The demi-gods have to accept the oblations." "And today, my chosen deity iord vishnu is with me." "Because he's bound by a promise to me and not to your fraudulent husband." "Stop it, father!" "Everybody present here maybe bound by promise and your accomplishments." "But my lord... my lord differs from them all." "What your daughter didn't learn in all these years with you she learnt it in a few days in shiva's company!" "Father... you're unaware of his guidance and wisdom." "If the culture established by you valued wealth then it also gave birth to greed and desire." "If accumulation of gold is a part of your custom then the same wealth... today, you dare to call your father's culture a farce!" "The culture that imparted knowledge to you that gave you a language that gave you culture... today, you call that culture a farce!" "Living with that shameless being you've become shameless, too!" "And your presence here is a sign of that shamelessness!" "For me, you were dead the day you married shiva." "And dead people aren't sent invitations." "All the gods and goddesses present here will never be spared of the sin of insulting shiva!" "In the name of my lord, shiva i sacrifice this body of mine in this altar, this very moment!" "My sati's burning!" "I've to go there to rescue her." "And her oath?" "If going there will harm me then come there after i'm harmed." "You're under my oath, o lord!" "Sati!" "That oath will impart a pitiable death to my sati!" "I'll lose her forever!" "The holy trinity are bound by their responsibilities." "That's the reason i didn't wish to marry sati." "Since many ages... for many a births, sati has been separated from me this is inevitable destiny." "Sati has to be separated from me." "Responsibilities matter for shiva, the renunciate." "Not for shiva, the lover." "If sati dies then i'll destroy everybody!" "I'll destroy everybody!" "The part has to merge into the whole." "Sati too, has to attain completeness." "Wholeness!" "As long as sati doesn't transform into adi shakti... sati's body has reached the pinnacle of grief and insult!" "What if adi shakti doesn't take over?" "Adi shakti's attempt would be final." "If this attempt fails then there will be complete annhiliation." "Complete annhiliation!" "Sati!" " Stop, sati!" "Sati, stop!" "Look at your mother!" "Look at your mother!" "Come down!" "What are you doing, sati?" "Prajapati daksha!" "If something happens to my daughter then i'll reduce myself to ashes in the same fire!" "What are you saying, mother?" "!" "we should stop sati!" "Sati, come with us." "We'll take you back to kailash." "Yes, sati." "We'll all accompany you." "Nobody will say anything to you, sati." "Sati, stop." "Oh lord!" "What is this?" "Why this darkness?" "Why don't you do something, o lord?" "!" "Stop, sati." "Do you realise how much pain, your decision will cause shiva?" "This decision will harm all, sati." "It's impossible for us to attend the ritual." "Because going there will only bring you harm." "Narayana... you're the chosen deity of my lineage." "Disobeying you is equivalent to death for me." "But the harm you indicate is what shiva has been protecting me from all these days." "Why?" "Because he didn't wish to lose me." "But our separation is destined." "So that we can unite forever." "O lord... the capacity to undertand shiva... the ability to understand his noble impartial demeanour is absent in this lowly body." "This body is the abode of arrogance and jealousy." "This body which i'm identified with is unworthy of shiva!" "Despite being shiva's wife the status of being a dakshayani is a blemish on me!" "Without giving up this body i cannot belong to shiva." "O lord... i've seen you as a mere human in the form of lord rama." "I've even experienced your pain." "But sita is as worthy for you as goddess lakshmi." "When mother lakshmi assumes the form of sita then you incarnate as lord rama." "But whom does my shiva have?" "The daughter of a lowly father!" "How much ever she may try she cannot attain her shiva." "That's why... that's why i've to give up my body." "Knowing destiny and witnessing it but not being able to stop it is the biggest woe of the trinity, sati." "Daksha... we can't remain here any longer." "O lord!" "O narayana!" "My lord!" "You promised me that you'd protect me." "During a crisis i'll appear near you, daksha." "Daksha... stop this tragedy if you can." "Oh lord!" "Oh lord!" "Your father is lowly!" "Isn't this what you said?" "Leap in!" "If you have the guts... daksha!" "Have you lost your mind completely?" "You're asking adi shakti who was born as your daughter, to jump into the altar?" "Along with being your daughter she's the consort of shiva." "That's her blemish!" "She's shiva's consort!" "Let alone being god... i don't even consider him to be a beast!" "Enough, prajapati!" "O lord!" "O lord!" "O lord!" "Open your eyes, o lord!" "Come out of your penance!" "Grave injustice is taking place!" "Open your eyes!" "Oh lord, open your eyes!" "Open your eyes, lord... open your eyes, lord... open your eyes, lord." "Oh lord!" "O supreme one!" "Mother sati... save her!" "Open your eyes, lord." "What do i do?" "How do i awaken the lord?" "Open your eyes, o lord!" "Open your eyes!" "Calm down, nandi." "I know everything." "The lord is deep in meditation." "He chooses to be so." "Nandi... god can assume human form to attain his beloved but he cannot change her destiny." "O sage... what are you trying to say?" "If something happens to mother then what will i tell the lord?" "My lord gave me the responsibility of protecting mother sati." "And i... nandi... love for sati has set in so deep in the lord's soul that the lord might transform into a human in his yearning for her." "O sage... i'm unable to understand anything." "Shiva is bound by the responsibility of the holy trinity." "If sati perishes, so will the trinity." "Brahma and vishnu will exist but shiva won't." "My heart trembles at the thought of a trinity without shiva." "O sage... you're worried about the trinity but i'm... i'm worried about my mother!" "Oh lord, open your eyes!" "Stop my mother, o lord!" "O sage, just tell me is it possible for my lord to come out of his penance... only calamity will bring him out of this penance." "And calamity approaches, nandi." "I can hear it approach." "No!" "If the lord doesn't come out of his penance then i'll go... i'll go to the ritual." "I'll try to stop my mother." "I'll try!" "Mother!" "Oh mother!" "No, nandi." "Nobody can stop the impeding doom now." "Nobody!" "Enough of your insults!" "I don't have the right to live despite hearing so much!" "Today, i've realised that being a dakshayani is a curse to me." "I'll have to liberate myself from this curse." "This body has to be destroyed!" "It has to be destroyed!" "Maybe, i'll be able to attain my shiva after that." "I can become his forever." "O agnideva... appear!" "Help me fulfill my resolve." "Forgive me, mother." "You're the consort of shiva." "You're the mother of this universe." "My glow, my flame both emanate from you." "I don't have the courage to burn your body, mother." "I don't have the courage, forgive me." "I've resolved to burn this body, agnideva." "And that will happen today." "No, mother." "Please don't do so, mother!" "What is this?" "The creator of dramatics that deluder has taught you to act, too!" "Being with that swindler you've lost your values, too." "Why are you silent?" "I'm telling you!" "Today, my hatred has crossed all limits!" "I don't have any place or respect for that mendicant!" "I'm not afraid of this storm!" "I'm not afraid of that vagabond, shiva!" "That vagabond, shiva can't harm me." "Prajapati!" "I'm adi shakti!" "The life force that flows through the universe i'm that!" "I'm the energy that flows through the breath of all living beings!" "I'm the kundalini shakti (base energy) that is located in the navel of man!" "I'm the gravity in the stars and planets!" "I'm the discus of vishnu and the trident of shiva!" "For the benefit of mankind and for union with shiva, i was born in your house." "But you couldn't identify me." "And in your arrogance, you insulted shiva!" "I can slay you right away!" "But you're the father of this body of mine." "I can't commit the sin of murdering my father and get entrapped in the cycle of karma." "Sati!" "Sati, come back, dear." "Have mercy on your family, sati." "Have mercy!" "Prajapati... because of your ignorance and ego i'm giving up this body." "Shiva will remain without his consort." "The protector of the universe will not be born again." "You'll have to bear the brunt of shiva's fury, prajapati!" "And not just you the entire universe will bear the brunt of your action!" "By invoking my shiva i will burn this body with my own energy!" "Sati!" "Sati!" "O rudra!" "I've received all my powers from you." "Give me the permission to fulfill the task!" "Go, veerbhadra!" "Reduce everybody to ashes!" "Daksha's world, which is a symbol of his arrogance!" "If celestial beings demi-gods angels or anybody attempt to stop you then reduce them to ashes, as well." "Go!" "Liberate daksha of his life the murderer of my sati!" "Let calamity befall this earth today." "I'm ashamed of giving birth to a fool, a sinner like you, daksha!" "Your death is so near yet your arrogance blinds you." "Listen, daksha!" "The terrible form of shiva veerbhadra, is coming to slay you!" "None can deliver you from his clutches, daksha." "Your end is certain!" "Sage bhrigu!" "Prepare to receive that scoundrel." "'The vedas forever protect from demons, ghosts and all evil!" "'" "Use this yajur vedic mantra and offer oblations in daksha's altar to bring forth an army of powerful warriors and destroy veerbhadra!" "Go on!" "O vishnu!" "O narayana, my chosen deity." "O protector of the helpless, the ocean of compassion." "Appear before me, o lord." "Lord... you're the guardian of this ceremony." "The fire-ritual is your oblation... soul and body, my lord." "With your assurance, i've started this grand ritual but that destroyer veerbhadra, is wreaking havoc on my ritual my army and your devotees." "Daksha... - you promised to protect me." "And today, by protecting my fire-ritual please fulfill your promise, o lord." "I did promise you and i'll fulfill it as well." "I'll protect you, daksha." "But... as long as you don't seek refuge in shiva this havoc will continue to increase." "And in the end, you'll have to seek his forgiveness." "Why do you wait for the annihiliation of all creation, daksha?" "Your delay is catastrophic for the whole of creation!" "The world whose sustenance is your responsibility in your arrogance and adamancy you're becoming the reason for its annhiliation." "This is against your duty and responsibility." "I'm surprised that when you can see the truth why do you still refuse to accept it?" "Tell me, daksha... why do you hesitate?" "Tell me." "Can't the thousand-armed vishnu slay that eight-armed veerbhadra?" "!" "Slay shiva's form?" "Arrogance has made you a fool, daksha!" "Prajapati!" "Prajapati, veerbhadra has come closer." "He has defeated all our soldiers." "Don't put me in this moral dilemma." "You're dear to shiva." "You're to me as shiva is." "How can i fight you?" "No, my lord." "In this war of good and evil don't put me in a dilemma by siding evil." "I'm bound by my duty to carry out shiva's orders." "I'll have to kill daksha and subdue his arrogance." "Just like how you're bound by duty, veerbhadra similarly i'm also bound by promise to protect daksha." "As difficult as it is for you to fight me so it is, for me to fight you." "Fight without any hesitation and allow me the opportunity to protect daksha and fulfill my promise." "Go, bhadrakali." "Go and liberate veerbhadra from this dilemma." "Surrender isn't possible in this war of good over evil." "He'll have to fight." "In order to protect his devotee vishnu is compelled to side with evil." "And i have to revenge the insult to my consort her subsequent death and to end injustice." "Until all of creation is destroyed the war cannot be stopped." "Impossible!" "Lord vishnu's army couldn't fight veerbhadra?" "Had you wished then you could've used your discus and destroyed veerbhadra in a moment!" "But you didn't do so, lord." "You didn't do so." "Calm down, daksha!" "Do you know what will happen if my discus clashes against veerbhadra or bhadrakali?" "It'll give rise to such energy that not just the earth but the entire universe will be reduced to rubble." "Everything will be destroyed." "Everything!" "And just because of your ignorance i cannot allow this world to be destroyed!" "Never!" "Yes, i'm surely bound by promise." "But only to protect you not your life." "You just have one option." "Seek refuge in shiva, seek his forgiveness." "Or else... not only is your death certain but it's near too." "Never!" "Forgiveness?" "Never!" "Meaning... the one who shuns god and his greatness in the shadow of knowledge he deserves a place in hell alone." "Where are you, o lord?" "Come back!" "My chosen deity, vishnu, has abandoned me." "My well-wishers have abandoned me." "Even my father, brahma, has abandoned me." "But i, prajapati daksha will not accept defeat." "Veerbhadra!" "I'll defeat you using my powers." "O shiva... by participating in the grand fire-ritual organised to stoke daksha's ego all the gods have wronged you." "Hence all the gods have come to seek your forgiveness." "Your grief and anger will destroy all creation." "Hack off all my four heads but don't allow any further destruction of the world." "After many ages this world has attained stability, o lord." "Don't punish innocent creatures for the sins committed by daksha and us." "Don't allow this!" "O lord... whenever arrogance rears its ugly head, you destroy it." "O the supreme one... daksha's ego has reached its end... all of creation that witnesses this catastrophe prays to you for mercy." "Sati... after sati's self-immolation her body lies there." "O lord atleast go to kankhal for her sake." "If you don't... then her body will not beget due respects, o lord." "To attain liberation from the impure society of daksha sati gave up her life." "But without funeral rites being performed her soul will not be liberated." "How will it attain peace, o lord?" "Come, o lord." "Henceforth, you'll never be sad in kailash." "Come along, lord." "Sati... protect my life!" "Where are the guards!" "Veerbhadra will kill me." "Somebody save me from veerbhadra!" "No, veerbhadra." "O great one, i've sinned, forgive me." "Protect me, o lord!" "Tell him about me." "I'm... i'm prajapati daksha!" "I'll give you my position." "I'll elevate your status." "O shiva, i'll give you a higher status than vishnu!" "Spare my life, o lord!" "Spare my life!" "Praise be to shiva!" "Praise be to shiva!" "My lord!" "My lord... o mother!" "O mother!" "No, mother!" "'I know that you love me a lot.'" "'But prajapati daksha is my father.'" "'I'll be safe there, my lord.'" "'Please don't have any worries... ' '... in your heart.'" "'No harm will befall me.'" "'Just like how lord rama... ' '... yearns for his wife, despite being god... '" "'... similarly... ' '... if i'm separated from you... ' '... then will you too... '"