Sunday, June 26, 2011

Curse given to moon

                              Curse given to moon
Daksha had 27 daughters namely Ashwini, Bharani, Kruttika, Rohini etc. All of his daughters are beautiful. Now its time that they get married. Many princes approached Daksha on this matter. But Daksha had one boy in mind. He is Moon. Moon is very handsome. He has many desirable qualities . Because of his appearance, all the herbs are blossoming.
But Moon is in love with Rohini. Even Rohini secretly loves him. Moon came near Daksha seeking Rohini's hand. But Daksha said if he he wants to marry Rohini, he has to marry her 26 sisters also. Moon was in madly love with Rohini and he agreed to marry all of daksha's daughters. But Daksha put a condition that moon has to consider all his daughters with love not only Rohini.
Moon agreed. He came home with all his 27 wives. Though he wanted to treat them equally, he could not escape the attraction of Rohini. He was found spending all of his time only with Rohini. This annoyed the other wives. They all went near their father and complained about moon. Daksha was very angry by hearing this. He himself came to know the truth.
He realised moon has broken his promise. He gave a curse to moon that moon must die. Because of this, effect of moon started decreasing. Herbs which are blossoming because of light of moon were seen dying. There was a big chaos in whole world.
Finally god Shiva took the responsibility of solving the problem. He came near Daksha and explained him the consequences of his curse. Then Daksha said for 15 days in month, moon will become smaller and smaller and on no moon day he wil not be seen. In remaining 15 days, he will grow and on full moon day, he will attain his original shape. Thus, no moon day and full moon day appeared.

2 comments:

  1. I Love This!

    A Romantic Tragedy ... (True Love Story)

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  2. Yes, this is how it bagan; but I feel Daksha was not right in thinking any devatha or person can treat all equally, let alone 27 wives! Even if one has 10 children, the treatment to each may differ slightly, some times more so.
    So perhaps Daksha was at fault of placing the condition of multi-daughter-marriage - surely others would have got suitable bride-grooms?

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