""As pure as camphor..." ""Garlanded with a snake..."" ""as pure as camphor..." ""Garlanded with a snake..."" ""always resides in the lotus of my heart..."" ""always resides in the lotus of my heart..."" ""i bow to thee, o shiva and shakti."" ""I bow to thee, o shiva and shakti."" "Sister!" "See what i found!" "Sati, throw it." "But why?" "!" "It's so beautiful." "Do you even know what it is?" "It's the 'rudraksha'." "Our rival communities wear it." "So what?" "I won't become a rival by keeping it." "Sati, we're forbidden to even touch a rudraksha." "Had it been so, father would've surely told me." "Are you going to throw it away or not?" "It's unlike sati's nature to throw away something after claiming it." "Stubborn!" "Father's love has spoilt her." "Sati, maybe father wouldn't have told you about it." "And he might even forgive you for it." "But it's without doubt that your folly would surely hurt him." "Aditi, you can waste your time here with her, if you wish so." "Father would be waiting for us to bathe the idol." "It's impossible that i'm a cause of sorrow to my father." "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "What has prajapati done?" "!" "How can this incomplete idol be consecrated?" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Even animals eat in order to live." "Even they live to satiate their greed." "Only man is such a creature whom god has blessed with the ability to think about the welfare of the world and the benefit of others." "Because of this, i've laid down all the social rituals and all the rules on leading one's personal life." "And founded this culture." "But what i've set to accomplish today will be an example of my sense of duty." "The inauguration of this grand temple and the consecration of lord vishnu's idol in it will stand testimony to our belief our faith our thought process and this truth that if there's a supreme being among the gods then it's none but lord vishnu." "Only lord vishnu is worthy of worship!" "Only lord vishnu is worthy of tribute!" "None, other than him!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Sculptor... you've created a beautiful idol." "Your skill and commitment are worthy of praise." "No, prajapati." "My greatest reward is the opportunity to create this idol." "Salutations, prajapati." "Prajapati, it's time for the consecration rituals to begin." "Had i known that prajapati would be consecrating a faulty idol then i'd have refrained from participating in the ceremony." "Forgive me, sage kashyap." "But i refuse to be a party to this sin." "Grant me leave." "Sire!" "It isn't advisable to leave prajapati daksha's fire-ritual in this manner." "The juncture of time, when we stand witness to this event definitely indicates a major event in the coming future." "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "Prajapati daksha!" " Hail!" "What is the problem?" "Prajapati, they say that the idol is very heavy." "Heavy?" "Then deploy more men." "Yes, prajapati." "Increase the strength further!" "Deploy more men if required." "Yes, prajapati." "Prajapati daksha." "How much ever you may try but this task cannot be completed." "Why don't you accept that this idol of lord vishnu is incomplete and that's why... prajapati daksha hasn't yet allowed anybody to interefere in his work." "How can you change a law established by god, prajapati?" "There's still time." "Don't do anything that would put you to shame in the presence of your subjects." "To overcome all the obstacles in the consecration ceremony we'll have to please lord vishnu even further." "And there's only one way to do it." "Narayana yagna (fire-ritual)!" "Prajapati." "The narayana yagna isn't an ordinary one." "We'd need 108 varities of flowers for its completion." "Especially the parijata flowers." "But where will we find the parijata flowers here?" "I'll bring the parijata flowers." "Sati, you?" "No." "I won't let you enter that dense forest." "I'll send somebody else for it." "Please don't refuse me the opportunity to serve you, father." "This is my good fortune." "It's my good fortune that i'm blessed with a daughter like you." "I'll not be able to forgive myself if you're troubled because of me." "Nothing will happen to me." "Lord vishnu will protect me." "Father, don't worry." "We'll all go along with sati." "Nothing will happen to your sati." "Trust us." ""Mahadeva, the lord of lords!"" "Salutations, my lady." "You're welcome to the hermitage of sage dadhichi." "I've... i've lost my way." "Losing the way, is finding it." ""O lord, the embodiment of bliss, i prostrate before thee!"" ""The omni-present being who is the source of all knowledge."" ""The one who is formless and reverberates as 'om eternally blissful."" ""The enlightened one, the king of kailash."" "You've never seen it before, isn't it?" "Somebody with ash smeared on their body." "Adorned with the rudraksha beads." "This ash is the ultimate end of all our lives." "Ash..." "it never allows us to forget that all that is created, is destroyed." "Including the world itself." "Then why the attachment to such a world?" "And this is the seed of rudraksha." "Seeds never wither." "They never die." "They give life." "Like the soul." "So that we're never lose sight of this truth that's why we wear a garland of rudraksha seeds." "This is the mark of the devotees of shiva." "Shiva?" "Yes, my lady." "Shiva." "Lord shiva, the supreme one." "Whose divinity has always been shunned by your father, prajapati daksha!" "I've to return." "My sisters must be searching for me." "They must be getting worried that i've got lost." "Your arrival here in the search of the parijata flowers was predetermined o sati, the daughter of daksha." "If everything is predetermined then the idol not entering the temple must also be predetermined." "Yes." "And even the failure of the narayana yagna that prajapati daksha arranges." "An incomplete idol cannot be consecrated, sati." "What is it that makes the idol incomplete?" "I'll tell you." "Touch this and think of the vishnu idol made by your father." "You'll find your answer." "Just as how brahma is the creator of the world vishnu, the presever of creation." "Similarly, the destroyer of this world is the lord of lords, shiva." "Just like how creation is incomplete without all three." "Similarly, that idol of vishnu cannot be complete though it has brahma but not shiva." "The courage to interfere in the laws of the divine are gathered by those who're either ignorant, or who are ruled by the arrogance of knowledge!" "Forgive me, sire." "But please do not use such expletives while referring to my father." "Lack of acceptance doesn't render the truth to be false." "Without giving the shiva linga it's rightful place in that idol prajapati daksha will never be able to consecrate the idol." "And mere utterance doesn't translate your words into action!" "I'm suvarcha, the wife of sage dadhichi." "Salutations!" "This is for you." "Thank you for the parijata flowers." "Father's fire-ritual will surely be completed now." "To attain the self, i don't need to be disillusioned or go astray." "You've already gone astray, sati." "All that remains now is to find your self." "You may refrain as much but every path of your life will lead you back to this rudraksha." "Until you don't accept it." "Is it true that father instructed you not to include a shiva linga in the idol?" "Does your silence mean a yes?" "Is this why the idol isn't entering the temple?" "Princess, if there's any other reason then it's beyond the understanding of a mere man like me." "Where is it written that placing a shiva linga will make the idol enter the temple?" "Neither is it written that not placing a shiva linga will move it?" "I've the shiva linga." "If you wish to believe it then you can keep it there, in its rightful place." "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Princess, please install the shiva linga." "Failure to consecrate the idol in the temple will prove shameful to your father." "His subjects will lose faith in him." "Pull it now!" ""Pure as camphor personifcation of compassion, the essence of the world..."" ""garlanded by a serpent..."" ""pure as camphor personifcation of compassion, the essence of the world..."" ""garlanded by a serpent..."" ""the one who resides in the lotus of my heart..."" ""the one who resides in the lotus of my heart..."" ""i bow to thee, o shiva and shakti."" ""I bow to thee, o shiva and shakti."" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Lord vishnu!" " Hail!" "Who has kept it here?" "!" "Tell me, who has kept it here?" "!" "I have, father." "Sati, you?" "My daughter cannot do such a thing." "Tell me that this is untrue." "You cannot insult my love and faith in you." "All the wisdom that i provided the culture that i imbibed how can you spurn it... it's impossible!" "Undoubtedly, you've been led astray by someone." "Who is it?" "Who is it who filled your mind with such impure thoughts that you've betrayed your parent!" "Tell me!" "The line that divided us was unbreached until now testified the fact that i hold you in high esteem." "Rishi dadhichi." "I'd have been very pleased if you had respected the same." "But by misleading my daughter you've displayed your lowly and perverted thinking." "You've been mislead, prajapati." "You desire to exclude lord shiva from worship." "Your shiva had cursed my father brahma of never being worshipped." "Do not forget that lord shiva's decision was graciously accepted by your father brahma." "Do you even know what does a father's insult mean to a son?" "It's so difficult to live with the burden of shame in my heart!" "In revenge, you decided to rob shiva of his divinity?" "To exclude him from worship you're establishing rules?" "What's so worthy of worship in shiva, dadhichi?" "It's my fault, daughter." "It's my fault!" "I kept you unaware of shiva's name." "But today, the time has arrived when it's necessary for you to know who shiva is!" "He lives in cremation grounds!" "A slave to intoxication!" "Amidst ghosts, ghouls and cannibals he dwells!" "How can one accept such a creature as god?" "!" "Then explain as well why shiva, the lord of the barbarians is so dear to your vishnu." "So much that vishnu refused to allow the consecration without him." "You're questioning the powers of the narayana yagna, dadhichi!" "Where devotion is required expecting power, is in vain." "Devotion!" "The worshippers of the uncouth shiva are even aware of the meaning of devotion!" "The easiest way to attain shiva is through devotion." "Do you wish to experience it?" "No rule, no yagna no ritual would be required." "Shiva comes to you even at the behest of a bael leaf." "Bring bael leaves!" "Call him!" "So that all may see that uncouth person!" "The one whom they mistakenly consider their god!" "Call him!" "Meditate upon him with true devotion." "He'll surely come." "Here." "Take it, dear." ""Pure as camphor..." ""Garlanded with a serpent..."" ""pure as camphor..." ""Pure as camphor..." ""The one who resides in the lotus of my heart..."" ""the one who resides in the lotus of my heart..."" ""i bow to thee, o shiva and shakti!"" ""I bow to thee, o shiva and shakti!"" "What made the prajapati remember me today?" "It was my desire that my subjects and my daughter should also see who you are." "Your subjects believe it's very simple to please you." "Because neither is a rule mandatory for you nor do rituals hold any importance in your worship." "That's why they refer to you as bholenath the one who's pleased easily." "The fools do not realise that shiva in reality is a complete opposite." "Right from excluding my father from worship, rituals and his rightful place upto entering this temple today at this time all your moves are premeditated." "The stench of conspiracy emanates from it!" "You forget your manners, prajapati daksha." "You forget that the one you display your arrogance to is the supreme lord himself!" "You're just an ordinary..." " i'm not ordinary!" "I'm the son of brahma!" "Brahma!" "If brahma has created this world then i administer over it." "I've made the earth fertile!" "Organised it." "Made it worthy of life." "Had i not bound these people by rules then who would have worshipped the brahmins and the sages." "I'm the one who has elevated this world through the science of rituals." "I'm not ordinary." "For whom, daksha?" "Who have you done all this for?" "Administration of the world." "You made this earth worthy of life by establishing rules." "It's the responsibility of a prajapati." "You've been recognised because of it." "Then what favour have you done?" "And on whom?" "On the subjects?" "What subjects, prajapati?" "Look around you." "The sun, these trees the earth, the air even the animals contribute everyday to maintain the balance and keep creation going." "Have you ever heard any of them announcing their greatness?" "Son of brahma!" "You're wise." "You're knowledgeable." "What you need, is to look within yourself." "The answers to all questions, lie there." "I'm a vagabond." "Neither do i yearn for praise nor do i fear embarassment." "Neither enemy, nor friend." "Neither is anybody my own, nor a stranger." "Neither do i take anything from this world, nor do i give." "But whenever tyranny is unleashed in the name of dharma becomes the basis for differentiation i'll surely vanquish it!" ""Mahadeva, the lord of lords..."" ""mahadeva, the lord of lords..."" ""mahadeva, the lord of lords..."" "sati!" "Father... i... my intentions weren't to hurt you, father." "I, myself, argued with sage dadhichi." "And refused to believe what he said." "But at that moment in the temple, i don't know why i felt that this is the only way to protect your honour." "A daughter couldn't bear to see her father's helplessness." "And she forgot her responsibility as a daughter of the prajapati." "But do not punish me for this with your silence." "Your sati can live without air or water or even rice but she can't live without her father's love and affection." "Punish me as you deem fit." "As harshly as you wish but talk to me once." "How could you forget that prajapati daksha's position doesn't shelter anybody." "And never that shiva!" "I didn't tell you about him because i wished to keep you away from this issue." "I didn't want even shiva's name to pollute your mind." "But you knew me." "How did you take such a big decision?" "I know that whatever you did was in view of my welfare." "But what was the consequence?" "If you accept responsibility for all the misdeeds then this injustice will not happen." "Forgiving the sin committed by you out of ignorance will not be just, sati!" "Sati repents her action, my lord." "Forgive her." "No, mother." "Forgiveness won't free me of the burden of my actions." "I wish to atone." "I pondered over all the rules established by you." "But none of the methods of atonement are so tough as to befit the sin of hurting one's own father." "You're right." "You've committed a mistake, and you'll have to atone for it." "For the next seven days you'll not eat rice." "You're allowed to eat anything else." "And you'll have to write vishnu's name in one lakh flowers of lotus." "I promise, father." "There's another rule." "And you'll have to fulfill it with dedication." "Failure to do so will result in your atonement being unsuccessful." "Your sati is willing to accept every challenge." "Henceforth you'll not think of shiva even for a moment." "The one who insulted your father in public." "You'll oust his thoughts from your life forever." "The strict nature of your punishment stands testimony to the fact that you haven't lost faith in sati." "I promise you, father." "I'll never fail you, ever again." "This is prajapati daksha's daughter." "Unshakeable resolve." "She loves her father so much that in order to fulfill her atonement, she can do anything." "How is father?" "By punishing his daughter so harshly he can be nothing but aggrieved." "Jaya, niyati." "Both of you will stay with sati everyday." "Ok." "Go on." "Fulfill your resolve." ""To fulfill her father's orders..."" ""to fulfill her father's orders..."" ""...she sets off, the poor girl!"" ""The princess of this palace..."" ""the princess of this palace..."" ""to fulfill her father's orders..."" ""to fulfill her father's orders..."" ""...she sets off, the poor girl!"" ""The princess of this palace..."" ""the princess of this palace..."" "only these many lotuses?" "Nothing to worry." "I'll gather them for sure." "I think, we should return now." "Dusk approaches." "And it won't be advisable to leave this forest after dark." "I'm short of time." "I've to gather the lotuses and start writing vishnu's name today itself." "Look there!" "I feel we'll surely find lotuses there." "Come on." "Jaya." "Niyati." "Both of you return to the palace." "No." "We're not leaving you behind." "Both of you have accompanied me hence you're bound to follow my orders." "Whatever i say, you'll have to comply." "Don't worry about me." "After i gather a few more lotuses, i'll also return." "Come on, give it to me." "Both of you proceed." "Get the medicines, immediately!" "Yes, mother." "Won't you enquire about sati's condition?" "Won't you see for once the state of her bruised feet!" "Sati's body... sati's mind and every wound on sati's soul and every pain that emanates from it has caused me more grief than ever before." "Because this time i know that sati has been used as a weapon against me." "They couldn't harm me so they used my daughter as a medium." "And shiva has to repent for that." "He'll have to account for all the harm that befell my daughter!" "Through every word, every rule in my works i'll answer shiva's arrogance and his ploy." "Before sati's wounds heal i'll make every rule of this book mandatory for the people." "Before sati's pain subsides i'll erase shiva's name!" "Sister!" "Sister!" "What is it, sati?" "Why do you appear anxious?" "I saw... i saw something." "Maybe it was a dream." "But it felt very real." "Unusual!" "Spectacular!" "That... there... that... where?" "There." "Sati, there's nothing there." "I'm unable to understand a word." "C'mon, come with me." "Sit." "Calm down." "Sit." "Drink some water." "Prajapati!" "Prajapati!" "The divine sage narada arrives!" "Praise be to narayana!" "O senseless one!" "O fool!" "My arrival need not be announced." "From the gods to humans, all know that narada has been cursed to live as a wandering saint!" "Like time, narada can't stay in one place for long." "He appears, anywhere, any time." "Isn't it, prajapati?" "Salutations!" "Salutations, o sage narada!" "Rightly said, sage narada." "Because you look at it as an opportunity to interfere in the personal lives of others." "That's why, your curse spells doom for you." "If something untoward happens with anybody it becomes a source of joy to you." "Love!" "The prajapati's showers me with love." "And why not?" "We're born of the same father." "Brahmadeva." "And our chosen deity is the same too." "Lord vishnu." "Tell me." "What's the reason for your presence in this orderly and well-provided city of mine?" "Prajapati, i heard that you're authoring a book, 'daksha sahita'." "Something similar to a rule book." "You're right." "Oh!" "The rumours are true!" "Which rumours?" "No, i heard that... praise be to narayana!" "Let it be, there's nothing to say." "What did you hear, o sage?" "I heard that shiva is deeply influencing your personal life these days." "And i also heard that while consecrating the idol of narayana sati installed a shiva linga." "I couldn't believe it, prajapati." "It must've saddened you." "Or... prajapati, is it that you're trying to work out a truce with shiva?" "I knew that you've come here for the same." "As much as a i know and understand you if you've come here you'll leave directly from here to shiva's abode." "Tell shiva that his cruelty has strengthened prajapati daksha's resolve even further." "Very soon, i'll do something that will make shiva aware that he made a big mistake in gauging the might and courage of prajapati daksha." "Praise be to narayana!" "C'mon, narada." "Too much work and too little time!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Salutations, prajapati." "Salutations, o sage narada." "A meeting with sati!" "But in this state?" "Alas!" "Oh shiva, the gullible one!" "O lord of lords, here i come." "But before that, let me gauge the mood here." "Praise be to narayana!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Salutations, o sage." "May you be joyful, sati!" "But you appear to be sad." "And what's this?" "Atonement." "Atonement?" "What such thing did sati do that she needs to atone for it?" "It was something." "Father has ordered that i should write vishnu's name on one lakh flowers of lotus." "What are you saying, sati?" "If the punishment is so tough then the crime must be as grave, too." "Let it be." "It's not my habit to dig into wounds." "Moreover, we all do make mistakes." "By the way, sati i've heard that you did something great." "You invited shiva in vishnu's idol-consecration ceremony organised by your father." "Sati, i wasn't aware that you were so courageous." "That wasn't courage, but my foolishness." "I made a mistake." "I made my father sad." "That's what i'm atoning for." "I never want to discuss that incident." "Why?" "You found shiva to be so bad?" "Yes, he isn't civilised in attire." "But he looks quite fine." "And you do have to agree, sati that his personality holds a charm of its own!" "Forgive me, sage." "I'm time-bound to complete this task." "Please grant me leave." "Salutations." "Praise be to narayana!" "Shiva, the temperature is quite high here." "And before the heat here melts the glaciers of kailash i'll pay you a visit." "I even have a reason to visit you now." "Praise be to narayana!" ""Shiva, the auspicious one!"" ""Shiva, the beginning and the end."" ""Master of the yogas..." "lord of lords, shiva."" ""Shiva, the beginning and the end."" ""Shiva, the mightiest."" ""Shiva, the auspicious one!"" "Salutations, my lord." "Welcome, o sage narada." "O lord of lords, the path that leads to you might be rough but a glimpse of you renders one energised." "I feel blessed!" "My lord, i met your soldiers, demons and others they were asking me news about the three worlds." "I told them that the world awaits many a changes." "They enquired, what kind of changes... how would i tell them that daksha prajapati has arranged for a grand fire-ritual." "Where, he'll compel humankind to cease your worship." "On the other end, daksha's daughter, sati is emotionally disturbed." "After meeting you, something's gone wrong with her." "You must've seen her." "An enchanting beauty!" "Blessed with pious virtues!" "Why do you while away time in unimportant issues, o narada?" "My lord!" "Daksha prajapati is conspiring against you and you're not worried about it?" "Daksha envies me." "But then it's his problem, not mine." "But sati... don't you wish to know anything about her?" "Sati... what about her?" "My lord, you've charmed her such that neither does she eat nor does she drink." "My lord, will you abandon her in such a state?" "Narada... i visited daksha's temple at sati's behest." "But only because sati called out to me with true devotion and faith." "Beyond this neither does sati hold any importance in my life nor a place." "My lord, will you remain a vagabond forever?" "Father brahma and mother saraswati." "Lord vishnu and divine mother lakshmi." "Doesn't their marital bliss evoke a desire for marriage in your heart?" "Like vaikuntha, graced by the presence of lakshmi... like brahmanukh, graced by the presence of saraswati... similarly, will kailash ever feel graced, my lord?" "Don't you ever desire that this barren and desolate kailash should be blessed by the grace of the goddess?" "Doesn't its barrenness your loneliness bother you, my lord?" "Marriage is a medium of attachment to material life." "It holds no meaning to a vagabond." "Doesn't love hold any meaning for shiva, the celestial yogi?" "Love surely holds meaning." "My devotees... my soldiers... i'm bound to them by love." "Whether they're ghosts, ghouls animals or humans." "But the love you talk of is built upon selfishness and ego." "And my penance is aimed towards the sacrifce of selfishness and ego." "I'm aware that vishnu attempts to bind me by marriage." "But i'm free of all bonds!" "I'm content!" "I'm complete!" "What's wrong with me?" "The same silhouette shiva's thoughts... no." "I've promised father that i'll not even allow the thought of shiva to enter my mind." "If my dreams can't free themselves of shiva's thoughts." "Then i'll sacrifice sleep." "The sun is about to rise... such dense clouds!" "It seems, it's going to rain." "Mother won't allow me out of the palace." "I've to gather a few more flowers." "What do i do?" "I've to leave right now." "Sister khyati!" "Sister!" "Sister!" "Sati isn't in her room." " Did you check the garden?" "She might be in the temple." " I've checked everywhere, sister." "I think she went on her own, today." "She must've surely gone to gather lotus flowers." "But there's a possibility of heavy rains!" "A storm seems to be brewing." "We've to do something fast." "Or else... sati, alone... you're right, aditi." "We've to inform father right away." "C'mon, let's go right away." "Sati!" "Sati, where are you?" "Sati!" "Sati!" "Sati!" "Sati!" "Sati!" "Enough!" "Do you hear me?" "Why are you doing this to me?" "How have i wronged you?" "!" "Since you entered my life i've forgotten to live." "I've forgotten to smile." "Why do you linger in my thoughts all the time?" "Why do you seem to be present everywhere?" "Because of you, i lost father's love his trust." "Not just my heart you've torn apart the hearts of my entire family." "What more do you want?" "Who are you?" "Show yourself, if you dare to!" "Talk to me." "Come." "Until now, i tolerated everything quietly." "Not anymore." "I won't let you win, any longer." "Neither me, nor my father." "You're unaware of my determination." "Once i decide upon something nobody can stop me from achieving it." "Nobody!" "Sati!" "Sati!" "Sister sati!" "Sati!" " Sati!" "Aditi, lift her up." "Her body is burning." "And the trembling indicates that it's going to increase." "Wasn't father's punishment enough that you're punishing yourself further, like this?" "There's a limit to everything." "I'll talk to father right away." "No, sister." "You're under my oath." "Promise me that you won't say anything to him." "We'll not listen to you." "No, sister." "You've to promise me." "You're already very worried because of me." "I don't wish to disappoint our parents further." "Alright." "I promise." "But you've to make a promise too." "Whatever you did today, won't be repeated again." "I promise that whatever happened today, will never be repeated." "Hey... sati." "Sati, where do you go?" "Won't you rest?" "I'm absolutely fine." "Both of you proceed i've to complete my task." "Sati, don't be insane." "Don't you wish that i should fulfill my atonement before time?" "Stand before father... seek his forgiveness... don't you wish that he should trust me again?" "Don't you wish, sister that i'm relieved of the woes that are increasing by the day?" "But sati... - no, sister." "If you truly worry about me then you'll allow me to fulfill my atonement." "I request you." "Alright." "C'mon, aditi." "This door will now open when i've written vishnu's name on one lakh flowers of lotus." ""In search of a million lotus flowers..."" ""...she marches on, hungry and thirsty..."" ""in her zest to fulfill her promise..."" ""...she lost all sense of herself."" ""She lost all sense of herself..."" ""tired by body, but by mind..."" ""tired by body, but by mind..."" ""...she stood strong."" ""The princess of the palace."" ""The princess of the palace."" "Sati, open the door!" "Father, sati isn't opening the door." "Sati, open the door!" "Sati, open the door!" "Forgive me, dear." "Forgive me." "I've fulfilled my atonement, father." "I've written vishnu's name on one lakh lotuses." "See." "My daughter sati!" "My daughter!" "She faced all the difficulties that came her way." "But she didn't turn her back to her duty." "She has proven that she'll never waver in the path of duty." "However big a sacrifice she might have to make." "She has proven that she's a reflection of myself." "Her morales... her discipline is a shining example of my nurturing." "My daughter sati is the rightful heir to prajapati." "There's nothing that can make a father more proud!" "I'm blessed to beget such a daughter." "What's all this?" "How did this happen?" "I wrote vishnu's name on all the flowers." "How come... believe me, father." "I know that shiva's name itself... why would i do such a thing?" "I don't know how this happened." "But believe me, father... believe me, father." "Believe me." "I wrote vishnu's name alone on the lotus flowers." "It's not your fault, sati." "It's my fault." "This is the consequence of the mental agony that i caused you." "I... i never intended to shame you, father." "Your honour is of utmost importance to me." "Believe me." "I don't know how this happened... i trust you more than myself, sati." "You don't need to atone for anything now, dear." "Your absolute surrender discpline and determination forced the prajapati to concede defeat to a father." "Daughter!" "Tell the maids to remove all the lotus flowers from sati's room." "Surely, father." "Daughter you'll not discuss this with anybody." "I wish to see your old self again." "Cheerful... joyous... prajapati, a doubt lingers in my mind... tell me, sage bhrigu." "When you saw shiva's name written on the lotus flowers then we all panicked fearing your rage." "But your reaction was otherwise." "We were all shocked." "I've forgiven sati." "But there was an important reason behind it." "I had told you that i'll write sati's fate myself." "Shiva and his devotees like dadhichi have created a deep impression in sati's mind." "The more i compel sati to forget him the more she'll get attracted to him." "This is human nature." "And i learnt this from my mistake." "They can't defeat me." "And neither will i let them win." "Your battle is with shiva then why do you indulge sati in this?" "I know what i'm doing." "Shiva and his devotee have made sati a medium to reach me." "I'm just protecting sati." "I'm rescuing her." "Fulfilling my duty as a father." "I'm shouldering my responsibilities." "None can take my daughter away from me." "Nobody!" "And i'll never let this happen." "Never!" "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "Lady..." "listen to me." "Don't throw away these flowers." "What i mean to say is that instead of throwing them why don't you give them to me?" "We don't even know you." "Then why should we give it to you?" "Prajapati has ordered us to throw them away." "And we can't go against his orders." "Lady, i beg you please give me these flowers." "I beg you!" "Hey!" " Manjari!" "What's going on there?" "What is it, manjari?" "Any problem?" "What is all this?" "Princess sati, he has been troubling us... what are you doing?" "You're elder to me." "Please don't do this." "C'mon, get up." "Mother... seeing you, i wished to prostrate before you." "Princess sati, he wants the lotus flowers." "Mother... i plead you please give me all these flowers." "But what will you do with so many lotuses?" "Mother, i love the lotus." "Seeing them dumped will sadden me." "I request you to please give them all to me." " Alright." "Manjari." " Yes?" " Give it to him." "Yes, give it to me." "I'll knot it." "Nandi's here?" "!" "How dare he enter my palace in disguise?" "!" "You've proven, shiva that you don't understand the seriousness of my warning." "I'm blessed, mother." "I'm blessed, mother." "I'm blessed." "I'm blessed!" "I saw the divine mother!" "Who was it sage kashyap?" "Why were you staring at him?" "Even father looked perturbed upon seeing him." "Who is he?" "I can't say anything at this moment." "Please wait." "I know that you're hiding something from me." "Please tell me, i request you." "Please tell me, who was he?" "He was nandi." "Nandi?" "Who is he?" "The vehicle of lord shiva." "Nandi." "What?" "!" "Ghoul!" "Ghost!" "Where are the two of you?" "Come out, see what i've brought." "Ghoul!" "Ghost!" "See... see what i've brought." "C'mon, i need to inform the lord that i saw the divine mother." "The divine mother!" "I saw the divine mother!" "Mother... where's father?" "I need to talk to him right now." "I'm not responsible for whatever happened." "I know, sati." "You're not at fault." "I didn't even know who nandi was." "I understand." "Go." "Your father awaits." "But mother... - look, sati." "You're the daughter of a brahmin." "Controlling your mind in all situations is your responsibility, dear." "I'm feeling very scared, mother." "Father must be very angry!" "Sati... control yourself." "Go on." "Your father awaits you." "Salutations, my lord!" "Salutations!" "I saw the divine mother today, my lord." "Yes, my lord." "The divine mother!" "As gentle a form as i had imagined." "And see, my lord what i've brought from there." "See, my lord." "See!" "Open your eyes, my lord." "O lord!" "Lord?" "O lord!" "Since sage narada spoke of goddess sati since then i've been yearning for a glimpse of her." "When i reached there, i saw that goddess sati had written your name on the petals of a lakh lotuses since the past nine days." "I couldn't resist any longer." "I thought it was imperative that you see these flowers." "That's why i brought them, my lord." "See them, o lord." "This is proof of sati's love and devotion towards you." "Take these petals away from here." "Despite living with me on the kailash for so long you've not been freed from material illusion." "Forgive me, my lord!" "Forgive me." "Forgive me, my lord." "I wasted your time." "I was a fool to have been so happy over such a small issue." "Forgive me." "Nandi." "My intention isn't to cause you grief." "You're very dear to me." "But it's necessary for you to understand that i've broken all bonds with the world." "Rules rituals and procedures i'm free of all worldy bonds." "I spend most of my time in penance." "On high mountains sometimes in dense forests sometimes on cremation grounds." "I never realise how much time passes by." "I wrap myself in whatever i find." "Nandi... i cannot give up my dispassion for marriage." "And if i cannot give up my dispassion then it won't be right to bond somebody with the rigorities of my life." "What i intend to explain is this." "Think about it." "The mere mention of a woman caused so much debate." "Then behold the sight once she arrives!" "What you did was for my welfare." "I'm pleased about it." "Now, go on." "Take rest." "I'm not at fault, father." "I didn't even know that it was nandi." "I know that." "It's not your fault." "Then why... i saw you." "Getting angry?" "But i wasn't angry with you, dear." "I was angry with nandi for having dared to come here!" "It's not your fault." "Be assured." "You appear to be very sad." "What is the matter?" "As if you are unaware of it?" "!" "Why are you so pretentious?" "Despite the lord's repeated warnings you keep going back, harping the same old story." "Bring home a goddess." "What's the use?" "Have you ever worried about the lord?" "You're always lost, always intoxicated." "In order to relieve him of miseries like you i wish that goddess sati comes to reside here at the earliest." "Oh no, gan!" "He started off again!" "Lord shiva doesn't need any goddess." "Get this thing into that hard head of yours!" "I know that i'm doing the right thing." "If the lord doesn't understand me then it's fine." "But i also know that somewhere my lord is aware of his solitude." "You'll remain a bull forever!" "You don't understand anything straightforward." "That's why we flogged your clansmen and made them work the fields." "Yes!" "I'm a bull!" "I'm a bull." "I may not be wise." "But i've a heart which both of you lack." "And that's why i can sense my master's agony." "And i care for his well-being." "Hey ghoul!" " Yes, ghost." "That bull isn't around today to interfere." "Yes, today, we can talk to our lord without any interference." "Let's think!" "Fool, not 'let's think', but uninterrupted." "Uninterrupted?" "So be it." "C'mon, let's talk to him." " Yes." "Yes, c'mon." "O lord!" "O lord, nandi isn't interested in his work nowadays." " Yes." "Look at this... who knows where he's gathered these lotuses from!" "It looks like a garbage dump." "Absolutely!" "You're absolutely right." "Kailash seems to have lost its charm." "What was the need to bring all this?" "And even if he had to then he could've kept it in the right place." " Of course." "Once the lord has said that he doesn't wish to enter marital life then why is he so persistent?" "Even we fail to understand it." "Nandi loves me a lot." "Even we do." "Who knows!" "So, don't we do so, lord?" "Don't we?" "You do." "That's why you live with me here." "And i also love you all equally." "It's not that i prefer nandi over you." "That's true, my lord." "My lord, come with us to the cremation ground." "Let's have a good time with mendicants and barbarians." "I'll surely come along, one day." "Very soon." "Yes, my lord." "Both of them are back here?" "!" "My lord, their only job is to keep you away from the world." "Nandi." "It's not the fault of the ghouls or the ghosts." "I don't know how long it has been since i distanced myself from the world of misery." "And i'll stay away forever." "Being prajapati daksha's daughter doesn't mean that you'll never commit a mistake." "But upon realising a mistake accepting it and correcting it can surely be expected of the daughter of the prajapati." "And that's precisely what you've done." "There's nothing to regret." "I'll be back in a moment." ""Shiva, the auspicious one!"" ""Shiva, the auspicious one!"" ""Shiva, the beginning and the end."" ""Master of the yogas..." "lord of lords, shiva."" ""Master of the yogas..." "lord of lords, shiva."" ""Shiva, the beginning and the end."" ""Shiva, the mightiest."" ""Shiva, the mightiest."" ""Shiva, the auspicious one!"" ""Shiva, the auspicious one!"" "Praise be to narayana!" "Salutations, sage narada." "What an amazing boon i've received!" "I reach the right place at the right time always." "Salutations, my lord!" "My lord the one you wished to get rid off, until yesterday today, you have picked it up in your own hands and watching it very intently." "It floated down by itself." "By itself?" "By itself!" "Maybe the one who decorated this flower with your name that goddess... maybe... she'll come here on her own some day." "No!" "No!" "These flowers didn't come here by itself." "It was brought here." "Yes." "And he brought these flowers." "Oh yes!" "I forgot to tell you since you visited prajapati daksha's palace and brought these lotus flowers chaos has reigned over there." "They've called for a council." "Chandra (moon god), indra, the seven sages, all are coming." "Surely something important is going to take place." "And the reason for this... and the reason for this is you, nandi." "Prajapati daksha who doesn't like the mere mention of shiva's name you entered his palace met sati, spoke to her and returned with the lotuses bearing the lord's name." "He was sure to get angry!" "Angry!" " Now behold!" "Now behold the outcome of the council." "Relations weren't pleasant before and now you've set fire to it." "Nandi cares a lot for me, sage." "He loves me a lot." "He thought that the petals bearing my name cannot be thrown away!" "That's why he brought them along." "Truly said!" "Truly said, my lord!" "Undoubtedly... undoubtedly, nandi is your greatest devotee." "But my lord what about the council?" "What has happened to you, o narada?" "Usually, an avalanche of thoughts storm your mind but when there's a dire need to think drought prevails!" "There must surely be a way to make shiva meet sati." "Think... think, o sage!" "Think!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Is sati's appearance an indication that i'm thinking in the right direction?" "If possible, i'd have called shiva here." "And even made him meet sati." "There must surely be a way." "There has to be a way out, o narada!" "In these mountains, in these trees, in these leaves in these flowers, these thorns there has to be a solution, narada!" "I found the solution!" "I found the solution, o lord!" "A song!" "Music makes everything possible." "But all i need an audience whom i can impress with my legendary singing abilities." "Praise be to narayana!" "I found the solution, o lord!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Do you see, o lord shiva what all i've to do to make you meet sati." "Praise be to narayana!" ""O benevolent rama..."" "hey!" "These are all perfomers!" "Sage narada, your job's done!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Salutations, divine sage!" "Where are you headed?" "We've received an invitation from prajapati daksha's palace." "We're headed there." " Is it?" "Now i've understood... princess sati was waiting for you." "Is it?" "But where?" "She was around here, just now." "She must've gone to the saraswati river." "But don't worry, you should wait here for her." "But sire, we're already late." "Princess sati came all the way from the palace only for you all." "If you proceed without meeting her, she'll feel hurt." "Will she return alone?" "While you wait for her i wish to sing before you all." "There can't be a better audience." "Praise be to narayana!" "Surely, sire." "It's our good fortune." "But..." " why immerse your mind in doubt?" "Can there be anything more important than good music?" "Come." "Come and hear my song." "Come." "Praise be to narayana!" "Praise be to narayana!" "Hey!" "Why are you all standing?" "Have a seat." "Sit down." "What's wrong with the sage today?" "Why is he singing like this?" "If we keep listening to him then we'll forget music." "There's something wrong." "C'mon, let's run away." " Oh!" "He's a divine sage." "If we leave, it'll be an insult to him." "But..." "we won't be able to get up by the time he completes his song." "Who knows how many have been hurt by this harsh voice!" "I should leave now." "Father must be waiting." "What happened to you?" "Son!" "Bhairav!" "Bhairavi!" "Water!" "Water!" "Water?" "Water... - water!" "Water." "How did all this happen?" "Your singing, o sire." "None could survive it." "But i never sung such a powerful raaga." "Which raaga can i sing to revive them?" "Have mercy, sire." "Not anymore." "You presented the raagas in such a convoluted form this is the consequence of that." "Only lord shiva can save us now!" "Call lord shiva!" "Call lord shiva!" "My lord... my lord, protect them!" "Protect the lives of these musicians, o lord!" "Protect them!" "Protect their lives, o lord!" "Else calamity will befall us!" "The whole world will hold me responsible." "If they perish, so will music from this world." "O lord!" "O lord, protect them!" "Protect their lives, o lord!" "Protect them, o lord!" "Protect them!" "My lord!" ""Shiva, the auspicious one!"" ""Shiva, the auspicious one!"" ""Shiva, the beginning and the end."" ""Master of the yogas..." "lord of lords, shiva."" ""Master of the yogas..." "lord of lords, shiva."" ""Shiva, the beginning and the end."" ""Shiva, the mightiest."" ""Shiva, the mightiest."" ""Nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""when creation came into being..."" ""...what echoed was 'om'..."" ""with the birth of om..."" ""...was born the seven notes of music."" ""All the seven notes..."" ""...that music is composed of..."" ""...were imbibed in creation..."" ""...spreading bliss all around."" ""The seasons, the flora, the fauna..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""all the ten directions were mesmerised..."" ""...when the winds sang..."" ""all the earth danced with joy..."" ""...the skies smiled."" ""The trees, the rivers and streams..."" ""...broke into a dance..."" ""...when they heard the music that spread."" ""Nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music..."" ""nothing is complete without music...""