365bet娱乐

(Termites). Cital has got its own place in the 辫耻谤腻峁嘺蝉. Dev墨 Bh膩gavata has the following story about the origin of it.

惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 once looking at the face of 尝补办峁�m墨 laughed without any apparent reason. 尝补办峁�m墨, thinking that 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 was laughing at her and that he had an eye on some other woman more beautiful than her lost her temper and cursed 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 that his head would be severed from his body.

No sooner was the curse pronounced than the asuras came in batches fully armed and challenged 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 to war. Single-handed the Lord fought the asuras with one bow. The fight did not end though it continued for thousands of years. 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 felt tired and decided to rest awhile. He planted one end of the untied bow on the ground, rested his chin on the other and sat in 笔补诲尘腻蝉补苍补. Being very tired the Lord remained asleep for a long time in this posture.

About this time the devas made preparations to perform a 测补箩帽补. All the devas except 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 attended that 测补箩帽补. Since he was the master of 测补箩帽补s performed for purposes of the devas they could not begin it in his absence. So, 叠谤补丑尘腻 and others went in search of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 to 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补. But he was not to be found there. Then 叠谤补丑尘腻 and others found out with their eyes of knowledge where 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 was and they went to the place where he was sleeping. They waited there for a long time, yet 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 did not awake from sleep. Then 叠谤补丑尘腻 hit at a plan to awaken 痴颈峁ａ箛耻. It was to create citals (termites) to eat the end of the bow. When they had eaten away the end of the bow planted on the ground the cord binding the two ends of it would break, the bow would straighten up and the speedy movement of it would awaken 痴颈峁ａ箛耻.

According to this plan 叠谤补丑尘腻 created citals, but his other plans were not acceptable to the citals. They argued that the advantage of awakening the Lord from sleep would go only to the devas, while its sin would fall upon them.

They argued,

"nidr膩bha峁単a岣� kath膩chedo dampatyo岣� pr墨tibhedanam / 艣i艣um膩t峁泇ibheda艣ca brahmahaty膩sama峁� sm峁泃am //"* 叠谤补丑尘腻 conceded the justness of this argument and agreed that, in future, a part of the result of 测补箩帽补s shall go to citals. It was after this that havis (sa crificial offering) which, in the course of being submitted to the fire falls on the sides of the pit of fire became the share of citals (termites). This promise of 叠谤补丑尘腻 pleased the the citals, and they did as was bidden by 叠谤补丑尘腻 and the bow of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 straightened up with a terrific sound. The devas were terror-stricken, the whole universe shook, the earth experienced a convulsion and the oceans too were shaken. Moreover, the head of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 was severed from the body, rose high up in the sky and fell into the sea. 叠谤补丑尘腻, 艢颈惫补 and others opened their eyes only to find the body of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 lying thus without the head.

This loss of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻鈥檚 head proved to be useful in another way. Now, 贬补测补驳谤墨惫补, after securing the boon from 叠谤补丑尘腻 that he would be killed only by one with horse鈥檚 head, was running rough-shod over the whole earth. The devas cut off the head of a horse and attached it to the trunk of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻. Thus 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 came to life again, and according to his orders the citals gnawed away the cord of 贬补测补驳谤墨惫补鈥檚 bow as a result of which he was killed. (Dev墨m膩h膩tmya, Prathma Skandha).

*) To disturb one in sleep, to interrupt a story, to separate husband and wife as also mother and child from each other鈥攖hese things are tantamount to Brahmahaty膩 (killing of the brahmin).