Shamshan
Nath was no ordinary gana. He belonged to the Aghora sect—The most
elite, but also the most terrifying Guard of Shiva. It comprised of some
ganas from Himachala, Tibet and Mahacina, and others from the unknown
reaches of the mountains called Shambala.
Aghoras were the earliest and foremost Shamans to whom absolutely nothing mattered, other than proximity to their Lord Shiva, at all times.
To be chosen into this Guard was indeed a rare honour for a boy from the Plains.
“Arise, Shamshan Nath,” Shiva had said ever so gently. “It is you who shall prepare for my arrival into the current life cycle.” When Shiva clasped his shoulders to shake his disbelief, Shamshan Nath felt as though a thousand bolts of lightning from a sky of knowledge and power had entered him.
" So what made up your mind that you want to be a Sadhu? " asked Shiva
"My Lord, i belonged to a very poor family in Bengal , i often wondered why nature had made me take birth in an impoverished family. One day, when i was just a about thirteen, i saw a band of mendicants roaming in the city, and was intrigued by their attire. They wore even less on their person than me. But they did not look impoverished of mind. They joyously sang a song , thrusting their begging bowls even at the poorest, imploring them to fill their bowls with rice for the day. They had this magical quality of making the poor feel rich. It seemed as if they had done their lot with worldly life, and had turned to something far greater. Something that i was looking for.
“Who do you sing of?” i asked one of them who appeared to be the leader.
“I sing of the Timeless one,
I sing of the oldest yet the ever young,
I sing of someone, whom you have not met,
and yet, I sing of thee,” answered the Sadhu.
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati
Available on Amazon as an E book,
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017ECI6CU
and for INDIA exclusively:
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B017ECI6CU (SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.)
A modern rendition of Great God Shiva's story Available as an E book on Amazon.http://www.amazon.com/dp/
Art : Anand Verma
Aghoras were the earliest and foremost Shamans to whom absolutely nothing mattered, other than proximity to their Lord Shiva, at all times.
To be chosen into this Guard was indeed a rare honour for a boy from the Plains.
“Arise, Shamshan Nath,” Shiva had said ever so gently. “It is you who shall prepare for my arrival into the current life cycle.” When Shiva clasped his shoulders to shake his disbelief, Shamshan Nath felt as though a thousand bolts of lightning from a sky of knowledge and power had entered him.
" So what made up your mind that you want to be a Sadhu? " asked Shiva
"My Lord, i belonged to a very poor family in Bengal , i often wondered why nature had made me take birth in an impoverished family. One day, when i was just a about thirteen, i saw a band of mendicants roaming in the city, and was intrigued by their attire. They wore even less on their person than me. But they did not look impoverished of mind. They joyously sang a song , thrusting their begging bowls even at the poorest, imploring them to fill their bowls with rice for the day. They had this magical quality of making the poor feel rich. It seemed as if they had done their lot with worldly life, and had turned to something far greater. Something that i was looking for.
“Who do you sing of?” i asked one of them who appeared to be the leader.
“I sing of the Timeless one,
I sing of the oldest yet the ever young,
I sing of someone, whom you have not met,
and yet, I sing of thee,” answered the Sadhu.
~ SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller. by Shail Gulhati
Available on Amazon as an E book,
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B017ECI6CU
and for INDIA exclusively:
https://www.amazon.in/dp/B017ECI6CU (SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller.)
A modern rendition of Great God Shiva's story Available as an E book on Amazon.http://www.amazon.com/dp/
Art : Anand Verma
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