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saw Kartikeya, he asked whether this small child was the final destroyer <strong>of</strong><br />
the Daityas. Getting an affirmative answer, he decided to fight him single<br />
handed. Deciding to kill Taraka, Kartikeya took his mace, invoked the<br />
blessings <strong>of</strong> Shiva, attacked Taraka and immediately smashed him to pieces.<br />
Once Taraka had fallen to the ground, Kartikeya did not attack him again.<br />
Later on the gods killed many Daityas and a large number surrendered. After<br />
the fight, Kartikeya retired to Shiva and Parvati.<br />
This story shows the origin <strong>of</strong> Mars or Kartikeya from the upward moving<br />
Serpent Fire <strong>of</strong> Shiva. <strong>The</strong> power ensouling Mars is the primeval force<br />
which creates all forms <strong>of</strong> existence. It always moves upwards with thoughts<br />
<strong>of</strong> righteousness and serves the bencfic creative power. In discharging its<br />
duties, it is important for it to recall its objective, the will to achieve, to<br />
dedicate itself to the Supreme, and then inflict its mighty destructive energy,<br />
its mace that none can resist. Taraka was the son <strong>of</strong> Vajranga, meaning one<br />
whose body is made <strong>of</strong> the thunderbolt. It also means a serpent. His mother<br />
was known as Varangi, which means one with excellent limbs or very<br />
pleasing form. Taraka possessed courage, strength, wisdom and venom<br />
without any deformity. He had all the qualities anyone could ask for. <strong>The</strong><br />
boon that he could be only killed by a child <strong>of</strong> seven days referred to one<br />
who was <strong>of</strong> the earth, who was created, <strong>of</strong> time. Taraka the material egoist<br />
could not be killed by eternal beings, the gods. Kartikeya, being born <strong>of</strong> the<br />
power deposited in the sea for the duration <strong>of</strong> manifestation, is coterminous<br />
with manifestation. Mars does not represent ultimate power, but is an aspect<br />
<strong>of</strong> manifestation suffused in all forms <strong>of</strong> creation as the ultimate life-giving<br />
energy. <strong>The</strong> horse is the creative energy carrying the potency <strong>of</strong> Shiva. <strong>The</strong><br />
solar energy is also carried by horses, as is the energy <strong>of</strong> the Moon. <strong>The</strong><br />
horse js the embodiment <strong>of</strong> Divine Energy in motion. Mars is the energy<br />
which carries Shiva's power for the destruction <strong>of</strong> the arrogant, self seekers<br />
who work against the evolutionary force in manifestation.<br />
Kartikeya was bom <strong>of</strong> water and fire, the gods Mitra and Varuna. <strong>The</strong> solar<br />
energy which is the positive force ensouling every form <strong>of</strong> existence is the<br />
fire <strong>of</strong> Shiva's third eye. Mars has strong affinity with the Sun. <strong>The</strong> primary<br />
difference between the two is that the Sun is the invincible energy, the<br />
indomitable force that penetrates all darkness. Mars, on the other hand,<br />
represents the same energy but is that part <strong>of</strong> it which is aroused when some<br />
opposition is confronted. When destructive forces are met, the destructive<br />
quality <strong>of</strong> Mars becomes predominant. Mars can arouse fire even in water<br />
but also subsists on water. Water, in fact, is the clement which provides<br />
cohesion in matter. Vishnu, the preserver, is closely associated with water.<br />
During the Manvantara, when the manifestation is dissolved, Vishnu as