Baal Kaanda
17 - Disowning of Sati by Siva and Siva's trance
Chaupais
Description
Sats felt perturbed in Her heart at the thought of what She had done; and the extent of Her anxiety could neither be gauged nor described. She realized that Lord Siva is a supremely unfathomable ocean of mercy, hence He did not openly declare Her fault. From the attitude of Sarkara, however, She judged that the Lord had abandoned Her, and felt disturbed in Her heart. Conscious of Her guilt She could not utter a word of protest; but all the while Her heart smouldered like a furnace. Perceiving the sad look of Sats, Siva (who has a bull emblazoned on His standard) narrated beautiful stories in order to divert Her mind. Relating various legends while on His way, the Lord of the universe, Siva, reached Kailsa. Then, recalling His vow, Sambhu sat down there under a banyan tree in the Yogic pose known as Padmsana (the pose of a lotus). Sarkara communed with His own Self and passed into an unbroken and indefinitely long Samdhi (trance). (1-4)