THE WIELDER OF THUNDERBOLTS
Perhaps that is why He allowed stories about Himself to be floated and rumoured among the city people. It did not trouble Him at all that tales about ‘The Terrible Rudra’ abounded. This was quite in character with society: If you were not present in its midst, you became the subject of talk. Society relished rumours, and Rudra was a favourite in fuelling their imagination.One rumour in particular, had been blown quite thunderously out of proportion: ‘Rudra left His father's palace and joined the forest creatures, because He discovered one day that He was some kind of secret creature. He feels more comfortable with His own kind who live beyond city limits. He abounds, where other mortals fear to tread. He, is not human! He has unspeakable magic powers, which he uses to control all the denizens of the forests from atop a mountain. He, is the wielder of thunderbolts in an angry sky.’
Rudra actually laughed at the thought of people imagining Him like that. He knew all these were false beliefs, deliberately floated by society for their own motives.The same society that often shunned snakes, saying “Snakes bite each other for their own survival”
Nothing could have been further from the truth.
In fact , it was society that harmed each other all the time, for their own survival.
He had noted that the captains of society were obsessed with rejection, whereas He loved all beings. So, He in turn, did just that; He rejected society in favour of ‘real people’.
And felt close to the snakes who were shunned on a wrong notion.
Rudra actually laughed at the thought of people imagining Him like that. He knew all these were false beliefs, deliberately floated by society for their own motives.The same society that often shunned snakes, saying “Snakes bite each other for their own survival”
Nothing could have been further from the truth.
In fact , it was society that harmed each other all the time, for their own survival.
He had noted that the captains of society were obsessed with rejection, whereas He loved all beings. So, He in turn, did just that; He rejected society in favour of ‘real people’.
And felt close to the snakes who were shunned on a wrong notion.
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