Sati entered into the grand palace of Daksha Raj on top of Mahadeva’s
bull. She hoped that her father would
see the error of his ways and treat Siva kindly. As she entered the palace, her mother, Daksha
Rani, ran out to greet her.
“I was worried that you were not coming,” said Daksha Rani.
Sati’s sisters saw the exchange and were jealous because they had not been greeted as such, so they went and told their father, Daksha Raj, that Sati had arrived to attend the yagna.
“Sati is at the yagna? She should not have come. I will see to it that she does not remain. Bring her to me,” said Daksha Raj.
Therefore, Sati entered into the palace and came into the throne room. As she walked towards Daksha Raj’s throne, the thousands of guests all beheld her with admiration at her exquisite dress and grace. When she arrived at the throne of her father, he began to berate her and Siva.
“Siva is just a beggar god, he does not deserve to attend a yagna like this,” said Daksha Raj.
After angrily insulting Shiva for a while, Daksha Raj
finally ceased to talk then Sati said to him, “While Siva is a beggar; he only cares
about the love of his children. Because
such have words have exited your mouth and because such insults towards Shiva
do not belong in a human, you shall no longer have the head of a human but of
an animal.”
Therefore, Daksha Raj’s head turned into a goat. Then Sati as she held the audience hall spellbound left the chamber. As she walked to the stable were Mahadeva’s bull was stabled she marveled to herself that someone so powerful and had so many gods supporting him could be so wicked.
So, Sati left the city and returned to her home with Siva. When Siva heard from Sati, what he had foresaw what would transpire at the palace he was filled with rage towards Daksha Raj.
So Siva went down the mountains to the city where Daksha Raj lived and finding Daksha Raj he killed him and began killing everyone else in the palace. When his rage finally began to subside, he restored the residents of the palace back to life and granted boons to each of them but to Dahsha Raj he said, “I will restore your voice and head but in your time of greatest need nothing shall exit your mouth but the voice of a goat.”
This follows along the same storyline of Sati from the book Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee. I wanted to tell a variation on the story were Sati does not actually decide to die. So I had Sati return to her home and had Siva go on a rampage in the palace of Daksha Raj instead.
Bibliography:
Nine Ideal Indian Women by Sunity Devee (1919)
I thought you did a good job sticking with the same plot and storyline while making it your own by adding a little twist to the end with Sati. Sometimes it's easier and more enjoyable to retell the story very closely to the original, and I tend to do that a lot. You were very descriptive and even though I have not read the story you based it off of, I was not confused. Overall, great job!
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