पूतना-बध (1)

POOTANAA BADH(1)

Kans took the newborn baby from his sister’s hand and threw it to a stone to kill it. Yogmaayaa (The newborn girl) slipped from his hands and flew to the sky. She showed her original form. She was none, but Aadi-Shakti Yogmaayaa which is the cause of creation, domestication and destruction of the universe. She had eight hands having weapons like bow, trishool, arrow, shield, sword, shankh (conch), chakra and gada. Gods and goddesses were praying and offering so many presentations. Yogmaayaa disappeared telling him that his killer had taken birth elsewhere. He repented (The Almighty had come in the womb of Devakee and Devakee-Basudev had seen his original form. Seeing such pious souls whom The Almighty chose as his parents, heart changing is quite possible) and freed Devakee-Basudev. But, the words of Yogmaayaa always haunted in his mind. He called all his courtiers and sought advices. The foolish courtiers (the ill advisors) unanimously advised to kill all newborn children.

                                               The giantess Pootanaa was famous in killing children. She was chosen for this very purpose.