||Sri Ram Jayram Jaya Jaya Ram||

Chapter – 42 – Dhoha – 41

Maharishi Narada's advice to Devi Mena

Devi Mena affectionately looked at her lovely daughter and spoke “Oh! Puthri, It is difficult to speak about the creation of Bhrama who created you as the gorgeous woman on the Earth, and your future husband insane, What do I speak about him? The fruits that should adorn the Kalpavruksha cannot embellish on the unworthy plant. I am willing to die with you jumping from the mountain top, or willing to jump into the bottom of the ocean, and jump in the fire and sacrifice my life, I am least bothered about the family, or people’s criticisms, I will not give you as a wedded wife to that insane person.”

The woman folks assembled were distressed to watch the inconsolable state of Devi Mena, she kept crying and her speeches were incoherent. “Why did Maharishi Narada advised you to undertake extreme penance to attain such an insane person as a husband? What I did to him to destroy my family? He is an ascetic who has no love for people, possessions, and wealth, that is the reason he is destroying other's family life. He has no shame or regrets to destroy others life, how did a childless woman know the pain of the birth of a child?”

Devi Bhavani who was watching the grief and disappointment of her mother advised her in an amicable way with intelligent words “Oh! Mother, it is impossible to remove the destiny of an individual which was already destined by Vidhatha, therefore do not get yourself worried, If I have the fate to marry an insane person why should you blame Vidhatha? Could you change my destiny? Therefore, kindly stop criticizing the ascetics of higher rank, Oh! Mother, do not grieve over the things you cannot control, it is not the time to blame or cry over the happenings, sorrows and grieves are pre-written, therefore it would happen wherever I go.”  The woman folks assembled were listened to the sensible words of Devi Uma and shed tears; they began to curse the destiny.  After listening to this, Maharishi Narada and Mount Himavan arrived inside the palace. Maharishi Narada made the women understand the previous birth of Devi Uma, and spoke to Devi Mena “Oh! Devi, listen to my truthful words carefully, your daughter is none other than Jaganmatha Goddess Bhavani, and she is inseparable from supreme Lord Mahadeva. She has no birth/Aja, she has neither beginning or end/Adi and Anantha, and she is unconquerable and eternal. She is the inseparable consort of Lord Shiva/Ardhangini. She is the cause for Shrishti, Sthithi, and Laya, she assumes various forms/Saguna, at her own will, and performs various amusements. In her previous birth Devi Sati married Lord Shankara, it is world famous legend. Once, she met the Raghu who is lustrous like lotus flower, while returning to the abode of Mount Kailash with Lord Mahadeva,  she became curious to know about him, assumed the form of Devi Sita and appeared before him to conduct experiment on that Parambhramam, therefore she had got herself separated from Lord Mahadeva for the sin committed.”