Śivadūtī

This chapter opens on the Saptamī tithi — the day of Śivadūtī, Messenger of Śiva. The seventh verse asks that the friend of the gods come bearing fame and precious gems. Śivadūtī's teaching is that wealth travels through relationship and reputation — that what you say about money, and what others say about your integrity, are themselves forms of capital. Narrative bias is the shadow of this tithi: the stories we tell about our financial past that foreclose the future.