Lord Shani is son of Lord Surya and his wife Chhaya, hence also known as Chayyaputra. He is the elder brother of Yamaraj, the Hindu god of death.Lord Shani gives the results of one's deeds through one's life through appropriate punishments and rewards. He is depicted dark in colour, clothed in black; holding a sword, arrows and two daggers and mounted on a crow or vulture.
Legend has it when Lord Shani opened his eyes as a baby for the very first time, the sun went into an eclipse. As Lord Shani was black in colour, Lord Surya doubted Chhaya. As Lord Surya insulted Chhaya, Lord Shani was very angry with his father. This is the main reason why Lord Shani doesn't have a good relationship with his father.
Lord Shani had a very arrogant, stubborn and rigid nature. During his childhood he once had a fight with Lord Yamaraj and injured his foot, that's why he is lame and SANISCHARA(slow-mover).
Since his childhood Lord Shani was a keen devotee of Lord Krishna. His father Lord Surya married him to Sangya , but he used to always remain absorbed in the deep thoughts of Lord Krishna. One day, his wife came to him, after having taken a bath from her mensuration period, at that time Lord Shani was deeply absorbed in the deep thoughts of Lord Krishna.He didn’t even care to take a glance at his wife. His wife got angry and cursed him, “You may not be able to look at someone in future, and your sight would remain ever downward. Whomsoever you will look at, he would be ruined away." Now whenever he looks at a person, he is struck by bad luck (SAADESATI).
A very interesting story related to Ravana and Lord Shani.
Ravana was very powerful, he had created havoc on earth and won both hell and heaven. He even captured all the 7 planets. To show off his mighty power and insult the seven planets he used to sit on his throne by walking on the backs of the seven planets. One day Lord Narad came to Ravana's palace. He saw how the seven planets were being insulted, so he asked Lord Shani that Ravana is a sinner then why he is not punishing him , he said that to punish him he has to look at him and as he is on his back he cannot do so. So Lord Narad asks Ravana " If you really want to insult them then why don't you walk on their chests and see the pain and shame in their eyes". Ravana liked the idea and asked the 7 planets to lay on their backs, as Lord Shani laid on his back he saw Ravana and his saadesati started on that very moment, then Ravana kidnapped sita, Lord Rama attacked him and he lost the war and died. All this happened in the period of seven years.
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