The Legend of Ram - Sight Beyond Sight

The 'Paradox' Revealed - for Now!

-"Did you ever happen to look into the night sky and discover seven glooming stars at a row out there, Ashtabasu? Collectively they are known as 'Saptarshi', seven great sages of all time who are now remaining as stars in the night sky; shining high above us! 'Aatri', 'Angira', 'Pulaha', 'Pulastya', 'Kretu', 'Vashishtha', 'Marichi' – these were the mortal names of those seven ancient sages; they belong to the time when society begins, religion takes its form. Nobody exactly knows when they were born, when they got their 'Nirvana'. Their mortal part faded away a long time ago; their bodies turned into ashes, but their names remain immortal among the stars. Whenever you see them in the night sky, don't forget to pay your homage to them.

Maharshi Markendeya is even far more ancient than these great sages are! But people will never – why are you so shocked? Don't be afraid; he is livelier than you and me! When you will meet him, you will understand how lively and the cheerful person he is! An animated and charming personality with a divine smile every time on his face. He might be elder than me, but you will soon find that he looks much younger! Though, his proper age can never be determined."

-"Why, Maharshi?"

Maharshi Valmiki had a stare at Ashtabasu first, and then he replied –

-"Because age calculation applies to those who play by the rule of time; anybody roaming outside beyond time is outside the bond of mortal combat! Am I clear now? The person then turns out to be a 'paradox', a secret dweller toying with every mortal law! The same thing happens to him.

He was born into an ancient, noble dynasty. However, later he left his family and Thrones in a quest of his own mental peace and some 'mundane' questions those were clogging his mind and senses. He travelled across many places in pursuit of those questions and at last, after years of worship and devotion to the almighty, he was able to form a new ideology. Soon his ideology, his religion became famous among his disciples. He showed the path of life and must to do rituals to the frivolous, demented populace based upon eight basic principles of life. In the end, he moved away of the mass, sorted out the enactment of his own death and only then, he was set free to walk the path guided by the Gods!"

-"Forgive me 'O great sage for my ignorance, but is this new ideology, or religion, whatever it is, less popular among the mass? Never actually heard of any such ideology that is based on eight basic principles; where did this new or semi-new ideology actually do exist Maharshi?"

-"It is possible that you never had ears to it Ashtabasu, because, this ideology never exists in our timeline, nor before us! Its birth is destined into the womb of the future. Maharshi Markendeya is supposed to born in a later period, in a critical situation when Mankind shall be descending through its darkest hours. Serious problems will arise those will be enough to decay the moral values that bind the humans together. Brothers will hunt down brothers, the mother will kill her own children, wives will be feasting on the dead bodies of their husbands, and fathers will lose their very lives in the hands of their own blood. Everything a man holds dear will be lost, relations will fade away. All these complexities and anomalies will give rise to one possible alternative only – civil war.

In these hard days of mankind, Maharshi Markandeya will be born into a Royal dynasty by the side of a river. He will bring on the new ideology that someday will help humanity to flourish and prosper. The ideology that will be based upon democracy and right to exist for all; and the very moment when his mundane existence is no longer needed,Maharshi Markandeya will resurrect again! And then, he will continue his roaming beyond the grip of time."

All the three disciples looked each other for a while; then Ashtabasu had his question –