We often read stories until the happy ending—Lakshmi returns, Vishnu departs victorious. But the Mahabharata as told by Kashidas in Bengal doesn't stop there. This is the account of Shiva's furious, then steady, entry into the Ocean Churning and the unexpected, chaotic element he had to address.
Shiva's order to resume the churning, after everyone had left, was a challenge to the status quo. It revealed that the job wasn't about the treasures alone; it was about dealing with the consequences of the process. The poison that emerged was the mess everyone had created and tried to escape.
Shiva didn't back off. He simply stood there and contained the chaos in his throat, becoming Neelkantha. This action, Kashidas suggests, is the quiet, essential mechanism that holds everything together.
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