Vishwakarma - Architect for building and
construction for the gods, had a daughter named Sangya/Sandhya who was
married to Sun (Surya). They had a son by the name Manu. Manu was
very learned and master of various streams of arts and subjects. Another name
of Sun god is Vivaswana therefore Manu is also known as Vaivaswat(coming
from Vivaswana). The epoch we are currently living in, is named after him
being called Vaivaswat Manvantar.
Due to the
strength and brilliance of Sun, Sandhya was always perturbed and used to feel
uneasy. She would close her eyes whenever Sun approached her. This behavior angered
Sun and he cursed her. He said “She will give birth to a son Yama, who
will be dark and will rule the kingdom of darkness where creatures will go to
after death.
On hearing
these terrible words Sandhya trembled with fear and started looking in
various directions. This angered Sun even more and he cursed her again
to beget a girl Yami, who is known as the river Yamuna.
Unable to
bear the terrible heat and anger of her husband, Sandhya decided to
abandon him and go back to her father. With her divine powers, she looked at
her shadow and created a woman who looked exactly like her. As she was born out
of her shadow, she named her Chhaya which literally translates as The
Shadow. She asked her replica to keep her secret, stay in place her place
as a loving wife and not reveal her real identity. Under oath Chhaya was not to
say anything to the Sun. She departed for her father’s house. On arrival, her
father asked her about her husband, the revered Sun and why is she come alone.
She told him about her problem and that she has abandoned her family. Her father
politely told her to go back saying, “She is always welcome at his place,
however, it is not right to abandon her family and husband. She has to go back
and seek permission from her husband.” This did not go down well with her and
she transformed herself into a mare and started living alone in a dense
forest “Uttarkuru”.
Meanwhile Sun
had no knowledge of all this and he never suspected anything amiss. He
continued his life as before and further sired more children. As is natural, Chhaya
developed a step motherly attitude towards Manu, Yama and Yami. She gave
more affection to her own children. Manu was quiet about this behavior but
Yama could not bear the partial treatment. One day in his anger he tried
to hit her from his leg. Chhaya cursed Yama that he will lose his
leg as he had shown disrespect towards her.
Yama was
worried and related the incident to his father Sun adding that he has never
heard of any mother being so harsh towards her own children so as to cause bodily
harm. This act was not at all normal and Sun suspected some foul play.
He tried to ask Chhaya why she did this and all her answers couldn’t placate
Him. He grew angry and in his anger he pulled Chhaya by her hair and
threatened to kill her if she did not tell her the truth.
Fearing for
her life, Chhaya was free from her oath (to save her life), she told him
the entire story. Sun was full of grief and being a loving husband set out to
get her back. He reached the house of Vishwakarma and asked him to
decrease his brilliance and heat so that Sandhya can bear her presence.
Vishwakarma scraped off 15 parts and used these scrapings to fashion various
articles and weapons for other gods.
His
brilliance decreased, Sun meditated and discovered the whereabouts of Sandhya
in the forest of Uttarkuru in the form of a mare. He transformed himself
into a horse and went to the forest to try and woo her back. Being ever so
charming, he was able to attract her and they were blessed with twins who were
horses with human torso. These twins are called the Ashvin brothers (Ashwa
means Horse). Being born in forest they developed a keen knowledge of
plants and herbs and are known as propunders of Ayurveda.
Having found
each other and with much decreased brilliance love blossomed again. The
reunited couple went back to live happily again.
This is an
interesting story and explains many concepts at different levels. It has specific
meaning for astrology.
Sun is the
strongest member of the astrological family. He is the king. Though full of
love, responsibility and care for all Sun is cruel and when it comes to
ensuring justice and discipline just like a good king he needs to shed his
concern and take cruel / harsh decisions. So we learn the astrologically Sun is
a cruel planet. Whenever another planet is too close to Sun, it loses
its natural actions and becomes combust. The results of that planet come thru
the SUN. If Sun is very strong in an astrological chart the
person has less hair or a tendency to lose hair and become bald (Sun pulled
the hairs of Chhaya). Sun represents people of authority,
closeness to positions of power or government. A person with strong Sun
likes to be the center of attraction, doesn’t like being ignored. If a strong Sun
casts its direct effect on the house of marriage, temporary or permanent
separation between the couple is almost guaranteed unless there are mitigating
factors. In most of such cases reputation is maintained, discretion is maintained.
The discord between the couple doesn’t become public. Many a times the couple
starts sleeping in different bedrooms within the same house. This is also a
kind of separation. Recall that Sandhya
replaced herself with similar looking woman Chhaya, so in actuality no
one came to know of the discord between the couple. Their reputation remained
intact.
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