DAAKSHAAYINI ENTERED FIRE; DAAKSHAAYINI CAME OUT OF SHIVA!
Devi appeared before Shiva! Shiva opened his eyes reluctantly.
He never wanted to see this world where his Daaksha was dead.
He would rather remain forever absorbed in his Higher Self than wake up from his penance!
Daakshaa was standing in front of him! Yes, his Daakshaa!
Was she real? He wondered!
There was no time for him to think.
Daakshaa fell on his lap like a bundle of flowers.
Her lips cooled his dried up body.
Her hands tightened on his neck like a snake.
Her laughter echoed all over his heart breaking his dispassion into crumbs.
Shiva lost his control.
The lovers had met after a long time.
Time stood still in their blissful reunion. Eternity passed for them.
Daakshaa requested him for a child.
A very very beautiful child and a very very naughty child! Female child!
Shiva obliged. Even if she had asked him for his own head he would have willingly offered it to his dearest Daakshaa! But, she wanted only a child!
Will she also desert him for the sake of the child? He felt slightly anxious.
Whatever, he couldn’t refuse her anything.
With all the goodness in his essence and the complete essence of the beauty of Daakshaa, he created a child of unparalleled beauty and goodness.
The child was red in hue! It shone like a red gem!
Daakshaa named her Taijasaa, daughter of TEJAA, the Power- part of Devi!
Tejaa is the essence of Daakshaayini in Devi!
To Shiva’s surprise Daakshaayini requested him to give off the child to Uma.
She asked him to reside in Kailaasa as a father to his children.
She promised him that she will come out anytime from the Supreme Devi whenever he remembered her.
Shiva agreed! He had nothing to lose!
He treaded towards his abode of Kailaasa with the little red beauty laughing gleefully in his arms.
He looked at the child.
She was hanging on to his matted locks on one hand and with the other hand was squeezing the neck of the snake around his neck.
A scintillating aroma rose out of her body.
A beautiful green shining light covered her body like a garment.
Her black locks flew in the wind like little clouds.
Her affectionate looks even melted the stony heart of her father.
He embraced her to his bosom and showered kisses on her person.
He for the first time in his eternal life understood the pleasure of being a father.
The child closed her tired eyes in the secure arms of her father.
Her one hand held on to his locks. The other hand held tightly the crescent moon like a toy to the great relief of the snake on Shiva’s neck. The snake left his place on Shiva’s neck and hid himself inside the forest-like locks of his Master. Taijasaa’s arrival had brought a new problem to the poor serpent. He knew. in the future his only mission in life would be to escape the tiny hands of this red menace and hide somewhere. Gone were the restful days of penance both for the ‘Master and his garland’ alike!
Uma was surprised at the sudden rush of good events in her life.
Shiva had returned to live with her. He had offered a baby of his own essence for her company.
Though he still remained aloof, Uma was happy just to be a mother to such a darling child.
After all the tears of the Great Gods a red rainbow appeared predicting smiles to everybody. The child became the darling of her uncle Naaraayana! His lonely heart soon forgot his past blunders and became devoted to her entirely. He already decided that she should be his eternal partner in his eternal life. He just had to wait till Shiva decided to change the child-form of Taijasaa to a youthful person! To play with her, Kumara changed his form to that of a young boy. Uma found out about his ill-suited wives and sent them away to perform penance and get absorbed in DEVI. Kumara was also fascinated by the ever-charming playfulness of his sister Taijasaa and became cheerful in the role of her elder brother. The three worlds rocked in the playful pranks of the two little darlings of Uma! Laughter resounded everywhere. All the Gods were always alert now lest the little red menace do something to them. Naaraayana was so fascinated by her pranks that he borrowed the concepts of naughtiness from her when he descended down to Earth as Krishna and tried to play the same pranks there. Taijasaa was here, there everywhere - all over the heavens. She was so fast in her movements that only Lord Bhairava, the giant God had the strength to hold her quite.
Naaraayana kept her close to him tempting her with countless toys and magical worlds he produced just for her sake. Uma used all her imaginations to dress up her daughter in glamorous heavenly garments. Shiva spent his time just watching her innumerable games. He was kept busy by her incessant questions and had to be ready with answers always. The whole Deva Loka reddened with her presence!
Uma asked the good giant lord Bhairava to take care of the baby and protect her against all dangers. Bhairava’s giant heart also stirred in passion at the touch of the tender hands of the little red girl. He also waited for permission from Uma to make this darling child as his spouse.
Taijasaa soon blossomed into a charming young beauty. She was the envy of all heavenly nymphs. But she was so innocent and guileless that even they fell in love with her and learnt some goodness lessons from her. Though the two Great Gods Naaraayana and Bhairava were madly in love with her, Taijasaa had no such thoughts. Her world was filled with her mother. She had no eyes for anyone except her mother. Every moment her lips called out to her mother and she could never be dragged away from her mother for long. Uma was so attached to her that even the question of her daughter’s marriage with any one was out of question.
Vishnu met Shiva in private and asked him for the hand of his daughter. Shiva who understood the unblemished love of Vishnu for his daughter agreed.
Bhairava approached Uma and confided his love for her daughter. Uma was thoughtful. But she knew Bhairava adored her and would never take away her daughter from her. She promised to fulfill his wish.
But when Shiva called Uma and announced that Naaraayana would be the suitable spouse for Taijasaa
Uma was in a dilemma. If she expressed her own opinion about Bhairava, Shiva might feel offended and walk out of Kailaasa again. Though he never acted her husband, he was at least a name-sake husband of the Queen! She did not want to lose him the third time. She prayed to Devi!
Shiva was sitting on his favorite rock in the mountain. Taijasaa was jumping on and out of his lap chasing the poor serpent of his. A child in a youthful body! Shiva watched her affectionately.
He thought of his Daakshaa! Daaksha stepped out of his mind. She took the darling girl in her arms and showered kisses on the red face. The Divine Mother tightly embraced the pretty girl. When she removed her arms, there were two Taijasaas standing in front of Shiva. One was the same old bubbling naughty innocent playful Taijasaa. The other had a more mature look with the third eye of Knowledge adorning her fore-head. A female Shiva with three eyes with all the knowledge embodied in her youthful form. A typical daughter of Shiva! She had not the passionate love for her mother. Instead her face was colored by the thought of her Lord Naaraayana!
She looked like a garden of red lotuses.
Shiva called her nearby and kissed her on her fore-head.
He named her ‘Padmaavati’, ‘the lotus form’ and blessed her.
He offered her hand to his sincere devotee Naaraayana, to share all his responsibilities in future.
He ordained that they both will henceforward be the Supreme Gods ruling all the three worlds;
They both will be kind and compassionate to all their subjects and rule the worlds with Supreme Knowledge as their support.
Vishnu returned to his abode with his long-coveted treasure. His arms tightly held his beloved to his bosom. His bluish hue reflected on Padmaa’s red hue and a new color arose filling Vaikunta with a bluish red glow. His milk-ocean was now bereft of the giant ferocious Adi Shesha! Instead a beautiful giant fragrant golden lotus awaited the young lovers beckoning them to enter it. As they stepped inside it, the huge petals closed over them. Laughter resounded from inside the closed lotus. The milky waves rocked the lotus like a cradle.
The lovers were everywhere in Vaikunta. A million forms of Vishnu filled the magical gardens of Vaikunta! Countless Padmaavatis embraced him everywhere. Their love and passion could not subside with just one single form of theirs. They had to make love in countless forms. And for Vishnu, it was a child’s play.
He chased the red beauty as she disappeared behind a bush. He also disappeared. Laughter of the lovers echoed all over Vaikunta. Vaikunta was filled with a reddish hue! The flute came alive again!
Shiva took the fun-loving, child-like Taijasaa to Uma and left her there. Uma hesitantly expressed her wish to offer her daughter’s hand to Bhairava. Shiva did not object. Uma revealed the news to Bhairava. Bhairava’s joy knew no bounds. He fell at Uma’s feet and showered her lotus feet with joyous tears. A ferocious giant with terrifying form was the cherished handsome figure in the heart of little Taijasaa. Both adorers of the Queen were united together in the presence of Shiva.
Bhairava was Adi Shesha. He had taken the role of the brother of Naaraayana whenever Vishnu descended down to Earth. He was actually a twin form of Naaraayana created by Shiva to guard the heavens. He was a great adorer of the Queen and was ready to serve any slightest bidding of hers. He had no intention of separating the daughter from her mother. He was satisfied to just look at them at play and feel happy just being in their presence. Uma was happy at last. Her daughter would never leave her and go away.
She rolled on the garden grass with her child-daughter like a child herself. Their laughter resounded in the Gandha-maadana gardens. Bhairava watched their play from his garden seat with an adoring look. He waited patiently. He knew soon Uma would realize his plight and vanish from there. Taijasaa would rush to his side like a mad calf removed from the mother cow. But his arms were strong. The crying face would soon be laughing as he recited his poems. The trembling lips will be closed in his passionate kisses. They both would disappear in a magical world created by him. He would make love to this child, without even her knowledge. Such a child-heart! Would he corrupt it with the knowledge of passion? He loved her as a child only and will take care of her as a child only.
His dear dear KAANNAMMA! The two names of his adored divinities- Kanna [Krishna] and Amma as the single form of his Kannamma! His life; his breath; his very existence was his Kannamma! Bhairava smiled with satisfaction looking at his little Kannamma playing on the laps of his Amma! His joy broke out as poems and he sang joyously in his thunder -like voice! Kannamma glanced at him from the tightly enclosed arms of her mother and smiled at him approvingly!
Shiva called for an assembly of Gods. He called Kumara to his side.
He kissed him on the fore-head affectionately.
He seated him on his lap and whispered something in his ears.
Kumara’s face glowed with the Divine Knowledge!
Shiva had given off all his knowledge to him with a whisper.
Kumara came out of his father’s side glowing like another Shiva.
His forehead shone with the third eye of Knowledge!
Shiva crowned him as the Supreme Brahma of the three worlds.
He called Satyaa to come near him.
Naaraayana addressed her as his daughter and embraced her.
Padmaavati kissed her cheeks affectionately.
Satyaa smiled shyly and her hue turned blue like her father.
Naaraayana named her KAANHAVI and blessed her.
He called Kumara to his side and offered the hand of his daughter to Kumara.
Kumara drenched his new father’s feet with tears.
He would never be bereft of a father’s love from now on.
Naaraayana would always be there to guide him with paternal affection.
All the Gods showered Kumara and his spouse with divine flowers.
The previous Brahma was advised by Shiva to perform penance and attain the highest knowledge of Devi! The old Brahma relieved of his burden of duties retired to forests. Shiva ordained that no more will humans or Gods aspire for the post of Brahma. Shiva also proclaimed that there would be only one Brahma as the ‘Supreme Creator’ and that would be Kumara with his ‘all-knowing’ Satyaa as his spouse!
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