This chapter envisions the doubts
of the Sages who seek the benevolence of Lord Shiva. He is ultimate without any
parallel and the dispeller of the deadly sins – pride, envy, greed, lust, anger,
gluttony and laziness. Once upon a time, a great sacrifice was performed at the
confluence of Ganga and Kalindi in the holy city of Prayaga. Suta arrived there
to be part of austere rituals. The sages were extremely delighted to have the
noble blessing and pleaded with Suta to enlighten them . They are all the
revered people with the knowledge of auspicious and inauspicious. But, in the
Kali Yuga they were thoughtful of the world devoid of any merits – full of evil
ways.
The Sages solicited that the people have become coverts, lustful, ruthless, and atheistic; they hate parents, do not follow the religious duties, along with being defiled, cowardly and unlawful. The rulers and the ruled are on the same path. Rulers do not take care of the people they are responsible for and the ruled do not follow norms, tradition and culture. The namesake worship and penance is not enough to mend their actions which is crooked and antagonistic. Rich people take pleasure in misdeeds, learned people foster disputes, holy people abandon virtuous practices and whole society is not following the justified Varnashrama Dharma – the fourfold system of social classification. The sages were worried with the illicit relationships prevalent, filial affection, ignorant activities, and abandonment of traditional virtues. As Suta is conversant with the essentials of all tenets the Sages sought an answer for their agitated minds and remedy for the immediate destruction of the sins of the people.
OM NAMAH SHIVAYA!
D. Ashalatha Reddy
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