When to Kill a Women-Story of Tataki

                      

           Lord Shri Raam is the son of King Dasharath, he is fondly loved by his father. He was never away from his father and father was never able to stay away of him. But a sage Vishwamitra who knows the fortune ( a fight with the undefeated demon Ravana) of the young princess decide to teach everything he knows. One day  Vishwamitra arrives the Sabha of King Dasharath and requests for his help. King Dasharath assures him for anything he needs when he was asked to send out his son Shri Raam as the protector of Yagna to be performed. King Dasharath requests him to take anything but says he cannot send his son. Angry Vishwamitra wishes to leave the kingdom when Dasharath with no choice sends his son Shri Raam  and  Lakshmana as his protector along with him.

Vishwamitra teaches lord shriram and lakshman the usage of most powerful weapons such as Brahmastra too in their journey of learning. The young prince becomes more powerful with his new learnings. Vishwamitra tells them that the power can be used only against injustice. He says that any weapon which fights for justice through a truthful person is more powerful than even Brahmastra and hence the arrow of Raam have that power. Without wasting a moment of time brothers earned the knowledge from their master Vishwamitra.

Lord Shriram learns what is justice in case of women and When to Kill a Women with the story of Tataki.Tataki is a women demon who is very powerful. She is the mother of Maricha and Subahu- who play a key role in separating Shri ram and Sita devi.

        A yaksha king sukethu perfomed tapasya in the desire of having a son. Lord Brahma blessed him with a strong and beautiful daughter instead. He marries her to an Asura king named Sumali. They have 2 sons and 1 daughter(Kalikesi). Tadaka and Sumali wishes to marry their daughter to sage Vishrava as their kids will get the power to rule the entire 3 worlds. Vishrava although married fels in love with Kalikesi and fathers the most powerful demons on earth— Ravana, Vibhishana, Kumbakarna and Soorpanaka.

       Knowing this Rishi Agastya curses Sumali and kalikesi to death. Tadaka with her sons try to take vengeance on sage. Agastya was a very powerful sage with his yogic powers. No one can touch him with an intention to harm. He is also very angry sage. He cursed Tadaka with the loss of beauty and transformed them into demons. They moved to a forest on the banks of Ganges and Sarayu and continued to live there. Tataki did not allow anyone to dare in stepping into forest.

Maricha and Subahu started harassing all rishis by destroying their penance, yagnas with rains of blood and flesh. Vishwamitra who knows all this brings in the young princes into the forest. He tells the story of Tadaka and asks him to kill her.

Lord Shri Ram says, “A woman cannot be killed by a warrior. She is in this form due to a curse and not by in nature. Whatever she might be I cannot kill a woman.”

Vishwamitra says, “ A Woman can be killed when she is demonic and is spoiling others life. Evil has no gender, caste or creed. As a prince of the nation your responsibility is to look after the good of your people." Kill her she is a demon.

        Lord agreeing for his teacher Vishwamitra swiftly pierced her heart with arrows and was blessed by all the sages. Knowing this her sons act upon rage. They reach the Yagna place of Vishwamitra and tries to disturb it. When the young prince and his brother Lakshman builds a Chakra with arrows above the place which will not allow anything to come beyond from sky. 

       They hit Maricha and Subahu hard with their arrows.Subahu gets killed with the shot of arrow. Maricha fells in sea and swims to Lanka for escape. The Yagna went undisturbed and the proudful guru continues with them for the Sita Swayamwara of King Janaka. King Ravana listens to the name of Lord Shriram for the first time through demon Maricha.

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A Living Stone - Ahalya

            In our Vedic Land India, everything has its own history and has life too. They speak about the truth of our existence today. I have picked up a very such beautiful story to put front and also to show that even a stone have life here. It’s the story of beautiful women, Ahalya. This story is revealed in the Baala Kand of Ramayana. The story began when Lord Brahma the creator of universe decides to give life to a being with no defects. He wants to clarify his wife goddess Saraswati that fate cannot be changed. He creates the most beautiful and charming lady on earth from his mind, names her as Ahalya. Everyone was attracted to her beauty and wished to marry her. Lord Brahma as a father decides to make her marriage with the person who can come back first, after revolving around the earth.

            Sage Narada knew with his yogic powers that the great saint Gowtham is suitable for her. Gowthama Maharshi is one among the Saptarishis and one among the vedic times who discovered Mantras. In Narada Purana it was described that Gautama fed all the rishis for 12 years famine and saved them. Maharshi Gautama was also the author of Gautama Dharma Shastra. Almost every aspect of Hindu Dharam including the rules of four ashramas, the forty sanskaras, the four varnas, kingly duties, punishments of various offences, dharmas of women, rules for prayaschitta(atonement for sins) were described in his shastras. He is the descendant of Lord Shiva as Triambakeshwar constituting the source of Jyotirlinga happened for sake of Gautama.

            Narada brings in Sage gowtham into the race. Sage Gowtham easily wins the race by simply doing Pradakshina around a Dwamukhi cow ( Dwamukhi means cow in the stage of giving birth to calf). Narada explains that doing pradakshina to Dwamukhi is equal to pradakshina(revolving) around earth. 

Lord Brahma agrees with Narada and gave the hand of Ahalya to Sage Gowtham. Ahalya proudly accepts his husbands intelligence and walks away with him.

            Indra who is the king of gods becomes humiliated and had lecherous dreams about her.One day he took the form of a rooster and at midnight imitates the rooster’s call. Sage Gowtham wakes up thinking its early morning and went to near by river to perform Surya Namaskar. When Sage Gowtham is away, Indra takes the form of Gowtham approaches Ahalya and satisfied his lust. Sage Gowtham returns back with a sense of doubt on the wrong call of rooster(thinking ahalya is in deep trouble) and finds Indra in his form.  Gautama stares at his wife in defeating silence and in anger, He curses Indra to have female sexual organs( Vagina ) all over his body and loose his manliness. Ahalya to become a stone.

                                       

            Ahalya explains her innocence to husband when pleased gowtham excuses her by telling the remedy to restore her form. He says her that she can restore into original form only when the most sacred person Shri Raam touches with his feet. Saying so he left the hermitage. Indra did severe penance towards shiva and got the boon to convert the mark of female organ to that of eye. Hence Indra is also known as Sahasraksha(One with thousand eyes).

                                          GOD INDRA

            

         After several thousands of years, Brahmarshi Vishwamitra along with Shri Ram and Lakshmana is moving towards seta Swayamwara walked through Gowtham’s hermitage. Lord Shri raam sees a tulasi plant growing out of the stone and asks his guru  about the amazing thing. He was explained with the story of Gowtama and Ahalya. Shri Raam considers the innocence of Ahalya as a women cursed by a man and deceived by another man touched his feet to the rock, it changed to Ahalya again. Gowtham who is waiting for shri raam’s arrival for years says she has become pure with his touch and accepts her again as wife.

            Ahalya says  “ O Lord.. Shri Raam, I thought my husband has cursed me but it turned out as a blessing in seeing you god, after these many years. I have made Japa all these years wishing to see you and for transforming me back to human. I would have died with insult if my husband didn’t curse me. I have regained my husbands love back with your sacred touch. I am very much grateful to you.”

                          *** OM SHRI RAAM***

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