Sunday 8 September 2019

Feast

Parvati. Once, early in the morning, Shiva left Kailash astride the bull Nandi and along with his followers. He was supposed to return for lunch. Aparna or Parvati cooked a large, varied spread

for everyone and waited and waited. When it became really late, she sat down to eat, defying the taboo that dictated a wife should eat only after the husband has had his fill. When Aparna hears the sound of Shiva’s damru quite late in the day, she is enraged: she throws everything she has cooked into Nandi’s trough. Shiva has to go hungry, but the bull has a feast.

Source
http://threeinformation.blogspot.com/search/label/SaralaDas

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