महाकाली / MahAkAlI

उपसंहार / The Epilogue.

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छिन्नमस्ता / ChinnamastA 

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मातृ-शक्ति / The Mother Principle, before being born as the शैलपुत्री or the daughter of the हिमवान्, The Himalayas, was born as सती, -the daughter of दक्ष प्रजापति / dakSha prajApati. 

The evolution of consciousness was quite unconscious at that time. 

Life of the humans, who are but one of the 10 species who are again born of the 10 sons of ब्रह्मा, brahmA - the विरञ्चि / Creator-aspect of the Lord Supreme, was destined to follow the nature and this nature itself is verily the सती / satI, the skill.

These 10 sons of brahmA are the primal and foremost fathers of all living beings. 

The word दक्ष / dakSha means an expert and a skilled one. 

This is how the story in PaurANika vein is true even at present times. 

सती / satI is verily the knowledge and skills indeed. 

The consciousness reached to its highest possible evolution as we see that our this day scientists and technicians may have attained perfection. 

The story narrates that at the times when दक्ष / dakSha had  सती / satI as His daughter, and she was earnestly devoted to Lord Shiva, did great arduous penance in order to propitiate the Lord.

Though the Lord Shiva married her, she was only the nature and an example of Art and skill only.

Then in the same time, when she was living with the Lord Shiva and serving Him in full devotion, during times of the त्रेता-युग / tretA- yuga, The Lord Supreme took the अवतार / avatar in the human form as the prince of दशरथ / dasharatha, named राम / Rama, the son of दशरथ, -dasharatha, the King  of  अयोध्या, and was sent to excile in the forests for 14 years, when His wife,  सीता / seetA, was kidnapped by रावण / RavaNa who at that time ruled over the kingdom of  लंका / lankA.

When Lord Shiva saw Lord Rama, He bowed to Him and satI couldn't see why He bowed before RamA, who in her opinion was an ordinary mortal only. 

She expressed her doubt before Him, so the Lord suggested to her :

"Why don't you find out Who  is RamA and why I bowed to Him!"

This is exactly how our this day perfection in science and knowledge is trying to find out. 

Then सती / satI in order to find out if RamA was an ordinary mortal or as was told to her by her husband, The Lord Supreme, took the form of  सीता seetA and secretly appeared before RamA.

RamA was apparently though looking as if  searching for सीता / seetA,  knew well that  it was  सती / satI, who in the disguise of  सीता / seetA, is trying to clear out her own doubt about Him, if He was or was not The Lord Supreme.

When Lord Shiva knew about what  सती / satI had done, He grew angry and agitated and gave up  सती / satI as His wife, for He could not see  सीता / seetA, in this form. 

Later on, the father of  सती / satI, दक्ष प्रजापति  / dakSha prajApati, arranged a big यज्ञ / yajna, and as is the custom, invited to all devatA but didn't invite Lord Shiva.

Lord Shiva, permitted  सती / satI to attend the ceremony,  and He immersed Himself into deep समाधि / samAdhi.

When at the home of her father, सती / satI was ridiculed by her sisters and others, she burnt down herself in the  योगाग्नि / yogAgni / the Fire of yoga. 

When the news reached to Lord Shiva, He sent His servants to disrupt the  यज्ञ / yajna, that was being performed by दक्ष / dakSha.

We can see now the simily and  understand, when our this day science and knowledge, may be how-so-ever advanced and perfect, immolates itself in the  योगाग्नि / the Fire of yoga, then only will undergo transformation when it could attain the Lord Supreme.

Before that, let us have another glimpse of  देवी / devI. The Consciousness, Who in order to perform Her role of आदि-शक्ति / Adi-shakti, took the forms of the काली / kAlI, and छिन्नमस्ता / ChinnamastA.

।। नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ।।

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