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