Kratu

Kratu
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Family	Brahma (father)

Kratu (Sanskrit: क्रतु) (Sanskrit for "strength") was a rishi who appeared in two different ages. In the Swayanbhuva Manvantara, Kratu was a Prajapati and a very dear son of Lord Brahma. He was also the son-in-law of Prajapati Daksha. His wife was named Santhati. It is said that he had 60,000 children. They were named as included in the Valakhilyas. Kratu also had 2 sisters, Punya and Satyavati.

He is considered one among the seven great sages, the saptharishis believed to have originated from the mind of Brahma. As per another legend, he is believed to have been born from his father's left eye. He was married to Sannathi and the pair had sixty thousand children, called Balakhilyas, who were of the size of a thumb and resided on the bank of rivers. There were once insulted by Indra, the king of celestial deities. By the power of their penance, they were able to please Shiva, who gave him a boon that they would be able to produce a bird which would pull out nectar from Indra.

Before he was married, Kratu was a good friend of Lord Rudra (Lord Shiva). Rudra was originally called Pasupati, the Lord of Beasts. It appears, though, that he gave away his authority of Pasupati to Kratu when Kratu punished Rudra's father Brahma for his sinful activities.

Later, the demigods divided all the beasts among themselves without giving any share to Rudra and without considering Rudra, as he was initially considered a non-Aryan god. Rudra went to Prajapati and told him that he would kill all the demigods. Prajapati asked him to wait and promised him that soon he would restore the title to Rudra. The demigods then proceeded to perform a sacrifice without inviting Rudra. The head of the sacrifice was none other than Prajapati Daksha, who was nursing a grudge against Rudra or for the simple reason that his daughter Sati married Shiva against his wishes. He did not send even an invitation to Shiva, who was his son-in-law.

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