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: In article <ghenE925LK.4Kr@netcom.com> nnyxsi@swap31-236.ny.ubs.com (Kunal Singh) writes:
: I wanted to add that Satyavrata, later known as Trishanku, also killed
: a cow and fed the meat to Vishwamitra's family during the time when
: wild game was scarce. He actually killed Vasistha's cow and Vasistha
: was furious with him for it. Since Vishwamitra wasn't furious with
: him for feeding the meat of cows to his family, we can assume that he
: did not object to the killing and eating of cows.
: --
Hardly so. Firstly, I have forgotten the reason, why Trishanku
was rejected by Vashishtha. Secondly, assuming your charge of
his cow killing, is accurate, Vishwamitra's acceptance of Trishanku
does not imply the condoning of Trishanku's acts. The times
when Vishvamitra accepted Trishanku, were when he was quite
arrogant, and felt like that he had to prove a point. That
is very natural, since he was a new knower of lots of new
things at that times. So, he felt like that he could create
a universe of his own, and put the king in it. His efforts
hardly succeeded, since his plans were against certain cosmic
laws. Finally, he realized his errors. The result was that
the king Trishanku still is said to hang in between the
earth and heavens as Trishanku nakshatra. The story of
Trishanku tells us two things.
a) That betrayal of your own, with a view to get undue
favors from others, is not a good idea.
b) No matter who you are, no one has been allowed to
bend Dharmic laws of universe. Not even Shiva or Vishnu
have played with these laws. Wheneve, Shiva or Vishnu
have appeared on earth, they themselves have subscribed
to their own laws.
Further, Shiva has given boons to all sorts of persons. From
Ravan to all people, whosoeve have prayed him. This does not
mean, that the acts of these folks were condoned by Shiva.
-- Nachiketa Tiwari
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