WDT#2 : Being trikaldarshi, why'd Shiva let Sati go to Daksh's yajna?

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As the title suggests, the topic of this week is:

If Mahadev was trikaldarshi, why did he allow Sati to go to Daksha's yajna?

Even if Lord Shiva was trikaldarshi (one who can see the past, present and future), he allowed his wife, Sati to attend her father, Prajapati Daksha's yajna (ritual sacrifice) which was originally intended to humiliate and insult Mahadev. 

It is the same yajna where Sati immolates herself when she couldn't tolerate her husband’s insult anymore by her own father.

Angry and distressed Mahadev wandered around the whole universe by taking his wife, Sati's corpse and performed the tandav nritya (Vishnu Narayan then cuts her body into various pieces which fell into the ground at 51 different places, which are known as "Shakti Peethas") and later went into mahasamadhi (isolation) for many years until Devi Adishakti or Sati was reborn as Devi Parvati. 

Even after knowing the outcome beforehand, why didn't Mahadev try to stop this incident to happen? 

Share your views and engage in meaningful discussions with your fellow members.

Edited by Quantum-Dot - 2 months ago

Inviting our mytho lovers to share their views!

Just because you know something is going to happen doesn't mean you can stop it from happening, simply because its fate. It's meant to be like that, no matter what. 

In most versions we see that Mahadev knowing the future, stops Sati from going to the yajna but she chooses to go and then the rest is well known. I don't think it's in anyone's hands to change the fate, not even Mahadev. 

Other examples - anytime a daitya/danav tries to get a boon from either of Tridev, they know that their boon will be exploited but they give it anyway. Because that's how it's meant to be.

Śivapurāṇa, Rudrasaṃhitā, Satīkhaṇḍa chapters 24-25 tell us that Śiva mentally repudiated Satī because she, deluded by his māyā, had doubted the divinity of Rāma and tested him by assuming the shape of Sītā. Although Śiva never admitted his decision, Satī by her power became aware that she was repudiated, but felt better when Śiva awoke from samādhi and spoke kindly to her.

So, Śiva didn't just know the future; he plotted it. First, he deluded Satī to cause her mistake; then he punished her for it. Śiva put himself in the dilemma that he had to repudiate Satī out of loyalty to Viṣṇu, but he could not actually separate from his other half. As a compromise, he mentally repudiated her. To resolve this contradiction, Śiva provoked Dakṣa to set in motion the events that resulted in Satī's death, so that she could acquire a new identity and be accepted by him again.

Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour

Śivapurāṇa, Rudrasaṃhitā, Satīkhaṇḍa chapters 24-25 tell us that Śiva mentally repudiated Satī because she, deluded by his māyā, had doubted the divinity of Rāma and tested him by assuming the shape of Sītā. Although Śiva never admitted his decision, Satī by her power became aware that she was repudiated, but felt better when Śiva awoke from samādhi and spoke kindly to her.

So, Śiva didn't just know the future; he plotted it. First, he deluded Satī to cause her mistake; then he punished her for it. Śiva put himself in the dilemma that he had to repudiate Satī out of loyalty to Viṣṇu, but he could not actually separate from his other half. As a compromise, he mentally repudiated her. To resolve this contradiction, Śiva provoked Dakṣa to set in motion the events that resulted in Satī's death, so that she could acquire a new identity and be accepted by him again.

So he didn't just cry over the spilled milk, he made it happen first 

This version (?) seems interesting, never read it before, thanks for sharing

More tags. Do share your views regarding this sibjectItl, mytho lovers.

Lord Shiv married Parvati in Sat yuga or Satya yuga. Ram was born in Treta yuga. Sati completed purpose of Her incarnation in Satya yuga itself. So time lines of Ram meeting Sati doesn't match. 

The Real Sati wasn't a crying, inconfident personality like they portray her in TV shows. She was well aware of Her powers. When Shiv tried to stop her from going to Daksh's yagya, from Her 10 Mahavidyas appeared, who stopped Shiv in 10 directions. He was not able to stop Her.

Some shlokas were added much later in puranas. With timeliness not matching with different incidents, everything written in currently available puranas, should be accepted thoughtfully.

Originally posted by: mnx12

Lord Shiv married Parvati in Sat yuga or Satya yuga. Ram was born in Treta yuga. Sati completed purpose of Her incarnation in Satya yuga itself. So time lines of Ram meeting Sati doesn't match. 

The Real Sati wasn't a crying, inconfident personality like they portray her in TV shows. She was well aware of Her powers. When Shiv tried to stop her from going to Daksh's yagya, from Her 10 Mahavidyas appeared, who stopped Shiv in 10 directions. He was not able to stop Her.

Some shlokas were added much later in puranas. With timeliness not matching with different incidents, everything written in currently available puranas, should be accepted thoughtfully.

@Bold : Exactly...as you said Mina, I too feel that the timelines don't match behind this storyline, they had showed the same in DKDM, but I didn't understand it, because this seems like using some time machine to go to the future and do/modify incidents happening there, because Ramayan happened in a different yug and much much later after Sati's death.

Edited by Quantum-Dot - 2 months ago

I feel these are all God's maaya. They know everything that will happen but still they don't stop the events from happening because that's vidhi ka vidhaan. Whatever they do is for the benefit of mankind so that humans can learn their lessons. For example, Sati teaches us a lesson that bhaavnao mein behke one should not take impulsive decisions. One should be practical before taking any decision. Sati too knew what's gonna happen in the yagya but she showed to mankind that a person always regrets after taking impulsive decisions.