Sheran Waali, Lady of the lions!

 

Parvati was different from the very beginning. She was well loved by everyone, She played with the girls of Her age, She won the love of Her elders and admiration of Her palace staff, but She was different. There was always a sense of knowership in Her, as if She knew that She was someone very special, born for a very special destiny. But this was not in a conceited way at all. She did not have even an iota of arrogance, even though She was easily the prettiest among all the girls in the whole province.

She was good at Her studies and all the rishis who came to teach Her gave Her an excellent report card. “She can do even better, if She wants,” said Bhrighu one day to Himavat. “But…”
“But?”

“But I have noticed, your Majesty, that Parvati puts in only as much effort as is required to get the basics right. She could excel in anything that She wants, and to be honest She does all things very well, but then, I have noticed, She leaves it at a level of ‘fairly good’, and weans off. It is as if She has Her heart in something else.”

“Hmm… like what?”

"Like, She hardly plays with Her dolls, She keeps making Shivalingas in the sand.”
“The only thing that interests Her about the dolls, is when a doll marriage is arranged!”

“Yes! Yes, that’s true,” said Mena. “I have to make new dresses for the doll bride, and Parvati insists that I make many sweetmeats in the kitchen!”

“Hmm… does She still say She will marry Shiva?” Himavat asked Mena.
“Oh, come on, She is just a child. And those things are very far. Who knows who will marry whom?”

“Shiva. It will always be Shiva,” said Bhrighu with a solemn look.

“Always be Shiva what?” asked Mena.

“It will always be Shiva, whom Shakti marries. It was so in the past, and it will be so in future,” said Bhrighu, his eyes now half closed in meditative bliss. 

"My Lord! My Lord ,what is one to do with Princess Parvati?” asked the captain of the private guard of Himavat’s security.

“Why, captain? What has Parvati done?” smiled Himavat.

“My Lord, She goes after the mountain leopards and panthers, catches them and then pats them as if they are little kittens. It’s dangerous my Lord, this sort of play.”

“But do not all princes play with the wild cats as if they were our domesticated cats? Is it not part of their training and even courage?” asked Himavat.

“Yes, my Lord, but we must not forget that Parvati is all of eight years! And my Lord… She is a girl!”

“Hmm… you are right, captain. I think Parvati deserves a new title for this trait,” laughed Himavat loudly. “From now on we should call Her, Sheran Waali, Lady of the lions!”

“Haha, what are you gentlemen discussing about my little Goddess?” chipped in Mena. “Parvati is luminous, resplendent; She is Jyotan Waali, the embodiment of light…”

From the book ~  SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.    , a modern rendition of Great God Shiva's story by Shail Gulhati

SHIVA PARVATI FIRST MEETING

 

SHIVA PARVATI FIRST MEETING

“My Lord, King Himavat has come to visit you,” Nandi announced Himavat’s arrival.

“Yes, King Himavat, please go ahead,” said Shiva

“My Lord, my daughter…Parvati.”

“Yes?”

“She wants to meet you, my Lord.”

“Whatever would She want to see me for? You know I don’t meet anyone. And a girl on top of that… how…” Shiva was reticent.

“My Lord, for my sake,” said Himavat, folding his hands into a namaskar.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. Part 2

TO CUT OFF ATTACHMENT, LITERALLY

 

TO CUT OFF ATTACHMENT, LITERALLY

“Shiva, you know I love you like a brother… I loved Sati like my sister…” began Vishnu.

“Loved?” said Shiva quietly.

“Yes, I mean I love Her like a sister. I mean She has gone now, so I loved Her.”

“Gone?”

“Shiva, Shiva! Come on, it’s the most terrible thing that could have happened, but you have to compose yourself. She is gone now, and we must go on, it’s what She would have wanted,” said Vishnu.

“Go on?”

“Shiva, you cannot be like this, you cannot behave like this,” Vishnu was almost pleading.

Nandi shifted uneasily.....

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

RUDRA!

 

RUDRA!

The thugs have arrived!” cried the riders.

The thugs were an ominous band of dacoits.

Rudra sighted the nearest thug, and instantly found Himself flying through the air at him.

Rudra was swift in response. His entire body moved with one great synchronicity. He did not know what came over Him.

He was not thinking and doing things; He became the doing.

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

A GOD SITTING SERENELY IN MEDITATION..

 

 A GOD SITTING SERENELY IN MEDITATION..

“Now, it is my turn to ask”, smiled the Yogi. “Why did you choose me?”

“Although God is one, His attributes are different in His different manifestations. Your form held a particular appeal for me. I was awed both by your appearance and character. Here was a lord, with no kingdom, no material acquisitions, no riches, nothing, yet he was bestowing gifts upon others. Here was a God sitting serenely in meditation, a technical God? Someone who loved his wife and children, and was so much at ease with Nature. Someone who loved the forests and the hills, the rivers and the springs and all the beings, that lived in them. I loved the way you let your hair hang loose, and was intrigued at your informal attire.

#TheYogiandthesnake( Conversations with Lord Shiva) एक पारिवारिक पुरुष "अब, पूछने की मेरी बारी है", शिवजी मुस्कुराए। "तुमने मुझे क्यों चुना?" "यद्यपि ईश्वर एक है, उनके गुण उनके भिन्न-भिन्न रूपों में भिन्न-भिन्न हैं। आपके फॉर्म ने मेरे लिए एक विशेष आकर्षण की। मैं आपके रूप और चरित्र दोनों से चकित था। यहाँ एक स्वामी थे, जिनका कोई राज्य नहीं था, कोई भौतिक अधिग्रहण नहीं था, कोई धन नहीं था, कुछ भी नहीं था, फिर भी वह दूसरों को उपहार दे रहे थे। यहाँ एक भगवान ध्यान में शांत बैठे थे, एक तकनीकी भगवान? कोई है जो अपनी पत्नी और बच्चों से प्यार करते थे, और प्रकृति के साथ बहुत सहज थे। जो जंगलों और पहाड़ियों, नदियों और झरनों और उनमें रहने वाले सभी प्राणियों से प्यार करते थे। जिस तरह से आपने अपने जटाओं को ढीला छोड़ दिया, मुझे बहुत प्यारा लगा, और आपकी अनौपचारिक पोशाक भी मनमोहक थी।" भक्त ने उत्तर दिया। Hindi translation by Yash NR

DIVINE PLAYSCHOOL

 

DIVINE PLAYSCHOOL

On yet another day, Parvati asked Shiva, “So what exactly was the plan of Divine consciousness in creating this world? Was it essentially for learning about the Self?”

“You do know, it is said of Yashoda, that she had mastered Brahma Gyana hundreds of times over: which meant she was at par with supreme consciousness. She could create her own world, or then remain formlessly in unison with God. But she chose, to be a mother to Krishna. This is how much she understood what a child is.“

~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.

SHIVA IS THE SUPREME GOD ALWAYS

 

Right in the very early beginnings of the world, Brahma and Vishnu, the two Gods were arguing over which one of them was older in age and therefore, perhaps superior. Both were citing various examples of their own prowess; while Brahma boasted about all His creations, Vishnu talked of His divine manifestations and how He had, from time to time, saved the world. Suddenly, a huge column of fire appeared, which had virtually no beginning and no end, startling both Brahma and Vishnu; they had never seen anything like this.The question arose as to what was this fire? Who owned it? Where did it originate? What kind of power did it denote? Brahma and Vishnu both looked at each other and shook their heads side-ways , conveying that neither of them had created this column.Then who was the creator? This became a stark mystery staring both of them in the face.They agreed to put aside their own argument and first fathom this infinite column. One went skyward, the other into the depth of the earth. They travelled for an endless time, but they just could not reach the end of the column!This, of course meant that they could not ever know where it began! Ultimately, Both Vishnu and Brahma were so exhausted that they collapsed onto the ground , and prayed to the fire itself to reveal its identity, its originThen, Shiva appeared, and told them that the column was created and owned by Him.


Aum Namah Shivaye.
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.
  A modern rendition of Great God Shiva's story   by Shail Gulhati