PATH OF THE SPIRITUAL WARRIOR
"You are all a bunch of uncouth vandals, dacoits, treacherous thugs! You, who claim to know about divinity, but practice abhorrent practices in the secret caves of your fringe mountains! You practitioners of the tantras, you vile creatures who cheat all.
And your chief..Shiva... this chief vandal cheated me off my pretty, innocent daughter, Sati” Said Daksha venomously .
A furious Nandi, true to his bullish nature, started to head for Daksha in a bid to engage him in combat. The devatas and the congregation became visibly scared.
But Shiva stopped Nandi , raising His hand in a firm gesture of estoppel.
He then said in a slightly raised but resolute voice, “Nandi! You shall hold your peace. If someone knows not of your way, or that of your Master, if someone knows not of the divinity that resides in all things, if someone rebukes your way of invocation, of adoration, that does not mean he is right. Or, that you will set him right. That you know your own divinity, that you are resolute and loyal about your own devotion—that is the entire path a spiritual warrior requires, and indeed creates situations for. Situations, which I, as your Lord, have always prepared you for. We shall not stay here any longer. May the holy flame grant peace to all.”
Shiva walked calmly out of the Yagna venue, bowing His head just a little to mark respect for Daksha despite his show of being a poor host.
Nandi, Bhringhi and the ganas marched after Him. Nandi however, was not as chivalrous as Shiva and gave Daksha one of his dirtiest looks as he exited.
And your chief..Shiva... this chief vandal cheated me off my pretty, innocent daughter, Sati” Said Daksha venomously .
A furious Nandi, true to his bullish nature, started to head for Daksha in a bid to engage him in combat. The devatas and the congregation became visibly scared.
But Shiva stopped Nandi , raising His hand in a firm gesture of estoppel.
He then said in a slightly raised but resolute voice, “Nandi! You shall hold your peace. If someone knows not of your way, or that of your Master, if someone knows not of the divinity that resides in all things, if someone rebukes your way of invocation, of adoration, that does not mean he is right. Or, that you will set him right. That you know your own divinity, that you are resolute and loyal about your own devotion—that is the entire path a spiritual warrior requires, and indeed creates situations for. Situations, which I, as your Lord, have always prepared you for. We shall not stay here any longer. May the holy flame grant peace to all.”
Shiva walked calmly out of the Yagna venue, bowing His head just a little to mark respect for Daksha despite his show of being a poor host.
Nandi, Bhringhi and the ganas marched after Him. Nandi however, was not as chivalrous as Shiva and gave Daksha one of his dirtiest looks as he exited.
( from the book SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.)
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