Chaturmukha - Part 2 - Trimurti Katha
Chapter 1 - The Adventures of Kochadaiiyaan
Episode 1 - The Sea Monsters
Makara
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Kochadaiiyaan walked along with Prince Rishikodagan, the youngman who occupied the foreign relations of Kottaipattinam, one amoung the 5 Kingdoms. On the shore were debris of broken ships. Further, a half of a war vessel was blocked by the sands on which the sea waves were showing their angers. Pointing at the dead ship, Rishikodagan told Kochadaiiyaan without any pride that it was their biggest and the best War Ship with a strength of 150 crew members and that the sea further from Kottaipattinam was cursed - first it took in the cargo ships and then all the war ship returned only in pieces. He further added that they are in verge of war with Kalingapuri, as the new King Mahendran is not happy with them for breaching the trade treaties. They have to cross this crused part if the goods were to be delivered. They reached a small hut at the sea side, inside which laid a wounded sailor. His half body was completely burned by some sort of chemical and was motionless. His rest of the face was torn inbetween which held a scared eye that looked at Kochadaiiyaan. He bent and touched the sensible hand of the sailor which sent tiny waves over his body.
With a partially comprehensible accent, the sailor told them what he saw, which was a huge monster with huge tentacles that had pores which poured liquid that burns human skin. He recollected that it had a face of an elephant and one of its tentacles was indeed a trunk. Its body was quite flat which sticks to the ship vessel whiles its boneless hands break the ship down. Further, he stated that he could see a tail of a fish, when he alone miraculously escaped by faling on to a broken ledge which had reached the shores.
'Makara', whispered Kochadaiiyaan to which Rishikodagan put a blank face. He moved to Anagha and spoke with the Alwars. That evening he sat on one of the rocks folding one of his legs and letting the other one loose. Errect it that position he brought his fingers and cupped his nose. He went into an meditating stance under the moonlight. The 6 warriors surronded him, heavily gaurding the Saint, as during that form he will not react to any pain or joy and was very vulnerable. They murmured 108 lines repeatedly to keep him and themselves safe all through the night : 1. Om Shivaya Namaha ... 108. Om Parameshvaraya Namaha
The next day Kochadaiiyaan left to the hills. He came down with a sack full of plants. He handed them to the Alwars who prepared a paste. Two days later, charged with all the needed supplies, Anagha set sail towards the cursed sea, the whole crew applying the body lotion prepared by the Alwars.
Shama shrinked her face not supporting the foul smell. Soon others experienced it too. All of a sudden the sea water before them raised and fell at inappropriate manner. Slowly, fountains of water were pushed upwards around Anagha. Kochadaiiyaan ordered to put the sails down to half. The deck crew climbed the snars to rope down the sails as instructed by their Captain. A huge tentacle from the sea swept couple of the crew who fell onto the see. A trunk took hold of one of them and pulled him inside with it. A flat and curved head floated up with 2 aligator eyes. Its breathe turned gallons of water to waves. The next moment Anagha was under the crush of 8 tentacles and with a thud at the side of the ship, Makara stuck to the ships body, attacking anything that was visibly on ship.
Kochadaiiyaan rode to the top of the mast by cutting a pulley rope. He knew that Anagha cannot resit long as the power mixed with acidic fliuds will fragile her. On the top just beside him were barrels, loaded by the Alwars on a bed of the fishing nets. He looked at his both sides and signaled to Jishan & Pandu who were positioned on the top of other 2 masts. Jishan sent rapid arrow towards the knots on the net and Pandu threw his knives at them in quick sucession. Kochadaiiyaan took his bow Inesh and shot an arrow towards the net.
The free falling barrels found several resting place over Makara. Yudhi, who was choping the tentacles saw the barrels and prepared to react. On the two other corners Vrikoda who was wrestling with a huge mass of flesh and Shama who was spinning to escape the monsterous slashes, were ready too. The 3 in unison signaled the crew to throw lighted torches at the barrels, and also to ignite the fire balls from the double cannons. Everything went ablaze around Anagha. The barrels were connected to each other with cloth dipped in oil. The fire spread rapidly detonating every single barrel which contained crude oil and shrapnels in a continous explosions. The erruption created an unsteadiness on the Makara's grip and the tiny sharp blades flew and slashed the body and the tentacles. All the 8 tentacles fell like jelly pieces and one star shaped metal piece got itself buried inside the right eye of Makara.
Leaving behind a huge cry, the monster fell back into the sea. The crew rejoiced, but Kochadaiiyaan knew that they have just provoked the Kraken. After a few silent moments, the attack started with a violent shake of the ship and everyone felt something in their stomach due to the pseudo force. Kochadaiiyaan saw a tail of huge fish rapidly moving sideways. There was its weakness - Makara thrusts all it force threw the locomotion of its fishtail. He took out his sword Arha and jumped straight into the water from the top of the mast.
The crew and the warriors followed their Captians leap and his disappearence into the water. With one swift movement, Kochadaiiyaan chopped the tail of Makara with Arha. Everything came back to normal when a pool of blood started to float over the sea water. Inbetween the red pool, Kochadaiiyaan appeared completely soaked with blood and debris of flesh. Vrikoda pulled back their Hero on board, when Kochadaiiyaan ordered them to be more vigilant as the last leg of attack is about to begin. Just as he finished saying, a huge form leaped from the sea - head of an elephant with trunk touching its forehead, crying out load through its sharp teaths that bordered its mouth. The trunk came down heavy on the desk which rocked Anagha violently. Kochadaiiyaan signaled to Jishan, who prepared himself, while their Master started to run faster than the wind. With one swift jump, he caught the rope and cut its bottom which catapulted him to the top again. Hanging on both sides were 2 gaint barrels and coupling them under his arms, Kochadaiyaan made a free fall towards Makara.
Makara was preparing for its 2nd attack, it opened its mouth wide making gushing noises with its trunk, its teeth deadly than ever and thats when the flying Demi-God dropped the barrels in its mouth. Not wasting a second, Jishan sent two fire arrows. First went the barrels inside the Kraken's mouth, followed by 2 flaming arrows. When the barrels stuck its throat Makara was forced to close its mouth. After a beat of a moment, there was an explosion, that widened its stomach and then pieces came out tearing Makara. The lump of dead meat carpeted the sea on which stood Anagha.
Admist the flying metal pieces, Kochadaiiyaan grabed another rope on his flight down and descended just in time for his whole crew members hailing with joy - Kochadaiiyaan, Engal Kochadaiiyaan.
Episode 1 - The Sea Monsters
Kundalini
... to be continued ...