Dr KK Aggarwal
Sibi is a king in Hindu
mythology. He became
very famous as a protector of surrendered souls and a donor of charities.
Indra, the King of heaven once
took the shape of a pigeon-hunter bird (eagle), and Agni, the fire-god, took
the form of a pigeon. While being chased by the eagle, the pigeon took shelter
on the lap of Maharaja Sibi, and the hunter eagle wanted the pigeon back from
the King.
The King wanted to give it
some other meat to eat and requested the bird not to kill the pigeon. The
hunter bird refused to accept the King's offer, but it was settled later that
the eagle would accept flesh from the body of the King of the pigeon's
equivalent weight.
The King began to cut flesh
from his body to weigh in the balance equivalent to the weight of the pigeon,
but the mystic pigeon always remained heavier. The King then put himself on the
balance to equate with the pigeon, and the demigods were pleased with him.
The King of heaven and the
fire-god disclosed their identity, and the King was blessed by them.
The story has deep scientific
and spiritual meaning behind it.
Explanation in Advaita
Philosophy
To attain high level of
spirituality, in an extreme parasympathetic state of mind, one needs to be
disconnected with desires, expectations, ego and attachments to the worldly
desires. The same is evident by Amarnath Ki Yatra where both Shiv and Parvati
first leave Nandi (desires), then the moon (expectations), then Shesh nag
(ego), Ganesha (relatives) and finally the five elements before they lose track
of time (tandav nritya). These are the stages when one shifts from sympathetic
to parasympathetic state of mind.
This is also true of the story
of Dasura in Yoga Vasishtha, where sage Dasura to get detached with his
father’s death first offers his organs in the fire one by one and later sits on
the tendril under the Kadamba tree and performs Gomedha, Aswamedha and
Naramedha before getting enlightenment.
Cutting your organs denotes
detachment with the organs one by one and then by yourself in an extreme
parasympathetic yogic state of mind.
Sitting on the tendril means
that you are in a state when you have forgotten about your body and merged with
the sukshma sharira.
Gomedha, Ashvamedha and Naramedha
mean totally getting control of your chitta, sense and the body.
Dr KK Aggarwal
Padma Shri Awardee
President Elect Confederation of
Medical Associations in Asia and Oceania (CMAAO)
Group Editor-in-Chief IJCP Publications
President Heart Care Foundation of
India
Past National President
IMA
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