" Fourteen Sounds, One Outcast" Shiva would dance to his joy everyday and sage Brihaspati( Jupiter) would keep rhythm. At times shiva would pick up such speed and trance making it very difficult for Brihaspati to keep beat. The sage would lag and drag with his best effort, Shiva would still keep dancing though. That surprised the sage how is he still dancing without any beat? So he asked. Shiva, what are you dancing to ? there is no beat ? he was beyond curious to know the answer. Shiva said: I'm dancing to a beat coming from afar. Shiva had not cared thus far as who was playing so prodigiously but now even his curiosity was piqued. He looked far and saw a tall gaunt man who was dressed in simple attire but had a demeanor of someone celestial. sitting amidst a Sham-shaan (graveyard) he played the percussion so fervently, as his yearning to meet his father, who had long passed away. Shiva said: Ravana my child, come close to me and play in the abode of the Gods. Ravana: I'm not welcomed there I'm a demon. Brihaspati and the other Gods have prohibited me to play there so I make music here, amongst the dead. As they become music itself, bodies becoming energy, through them I had hoped, that my music reached you. Shiva hearing this loving call, embraced Ravana and out of joy danced with all the creatures of the world in his palms. - Fourteen times he played his Maha damaroo ( percussion) as Ravan played the most intense rhythms. Fourteen sounds came out of Shiva's damaroo and were born as fourteen texts of music, and the fourteen notes. other sounds which came could only be audible to animals and sea creatures. Ravan has found his father in the music, and Shiva by welcoming Ravana had dissipated all bias towards who can and who cannot create music. When you play for yourself, you are truly playing it to me...he said to all looking at the miraculous Ravana, the outcast. - - Story: Abhishek ( from the book “Namaha” Amazon link in Bio. Thank you ☀️) - - - - - - #instadaily#instacomics#comics#stories#instastories#fables#future#cosmic#yogic#poet#abhiart#storyteller#abhisheksingh#comicbooks#sketchesoninstagram#watercolour#abhisheksingh#abhiart https://www.instagram.com/p/CB7yT2ugJJX/?igshid=77j3nakjrujg
