Shivi : Shibi, son of Ushinara, king of the country also called Ushinara, near Gāndhāra (q.v.). King Shibi was renowned for his charity & as protector of the weak. To test him, Agni assumed the form of a pigeon & Indra that of a hawk. The pigeon, pursued by the hawk, took refuge in the lap of Shibi. The hawk would accept in lieu of the pigeon only an equal weight of the king’s own flesh. Shibi cut piece after piece from his right thigh, but the pigeon remained heavier until the king offered his whole body to outweigh the pigeon. Indra & Agni revealed their true forms & blessed him.
... King of the solar dynasty, son of Trisanku, reputed for his unique truthfulness and integrity. 43. Shivi: the son of Usinara, this king was put to test by Indra and the gods; Indra took the form of a kite and Agni took the form of a dove. The dove, chased by the kite sought refuge with Shivi. The kite asked the king to give back its prey, but the latter refused since it was his duty to protect... protect the dove and offered instead any other flesh. The kite then asked for a piece of the king's right thigh equal in weight to that of the dove. Shivi cut a piece, but its weight was insufficient; he kept on adding pieces of his own flesh, but the dove was still heavier. The king then offered himself in the balance. Seeing that Agni and Indra blessed the king for his firm sense of sacrifice. ...
... Animal leaders, Sugriva, Hanuman, friend of the vulture Jatayu, friend even of the R ā ksasa Vibhisana. All that he was in a brilliant, striking but of this note or that like Harishchandra 42 or Shivi, 43 but with a certain harmonious completeness. but most of all, it was his business to typify and establish the things on which the social idea and its stability depend, truth and honour, the sense ...
... vulture Jatayu, friend even of the Rakshasa Vibhishan. All that he was in a brilliant, striking but above all spontaneous and inevitable way, not with a forcing of this note or that like Harishchandra or Shivi, but with a certain harmonious completeness. But most of all, it was his business to typify and establish the things on which the social idea and its stability depend, truth and honour, the sense of ...
... to underline Sri Rama's renunciation and his emphasis on action to uphold the truth. The story of Harischandra can also be told it illustrates both Truth and renunciation. The story of Shivi can also be told in the same connenction. The ideal of Truth is so much emphasized that India when it became free adopted the following as its official motto: — satyam evajayate. From ...
... the Lord!" Well, you may say, "What an extravagant story and how contrary to human nature!" Not so contrary as all that and in any case hardly more extravagant than the stories of Harishchandra and Shivi. Still I do not hold up the Bhakta as an example, for I myself insist on the realisation in this life and not after six or a lakh of births more. But the point of these stories is in the moral and surely ...
... compassion, true for the sake of truth alone. Page 416 Harishchandra sacrificing self and wife and child and kingdom and subjects in an unswerving fidelity to the truth of the spoken word, Shivi giving his flesh to the hawk rather than fall from his kingly duty of protection to the fugitive, the Bodhisattwa laying his body before the famished tiger, images in which sacred or epic legend has ...
... tortured by the poison of a thousand venomous serpents, yet calmly true to his faith. He saw Buddha give up his royal state, wealth, luxury, wife, child & parents so that mankind might be saved. He saw Shivi hew the flesh from his own limbs to save one small dove from the pursuing falcon; Karna tear his own body with a smile for the joy of making a gift; Duryodhan refuse to yield one inch of earth without ...
... the Lord!” Well, you may say, “What an extravagant story and how contrary to human nature!” Not so contrary as all that and in any case hardly more extravagant than the stories of Harischandra and Shivi. Still I do not hold up the bhakta as an example for I myself insist on the realisation in this life and not after six or a lakh of births more. But the point of these stories is in the moral and ...
... vulture Jatayu, friend of even the Rakshasa Vibhishana. All that he was in a brilliant, striking but above all spontaneous and inevitable way, not with forcing of this note or that like Harishchandra or Shivi, but with a certain harmonious complete- ness. But most of all, it was his business to typify and establish the things on which the social idea and its stability depend, truth and honour, the sense ...
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