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An Asura.

Birth.

Long ago there was a famous Asura King named Danu. Two sons named Rambha and Karambha were born to him. Having no issue, they decided to worship M膩lava峁璦 测补办峁�a, praying to be blessed with children. They started tapas, Karambha, in the middle of water and Rambha in the middle of 笔补帽肠腻驳苍颈. Indra was alarmed at their tapas. He took the form of a crocodile and went into the water in which Karambha was standing and caught hold of his feet, pulling him down. Karambha was drowned. The mighty Rambha who was enraged at the death of his brother, decided to cut off his own head and offer it as sacrifice in the fire. He drew his sword and was about to cut off his head, when Agni, the god of fire, appeared before him and stopped him saying:鈥�"Do not kill yourself. Killing another person itself is a sin. Suicide is a more serious sin. Ask for any boon you wish to have; I shall grant it. Do not put an end to your life."

Then Rambha replied:鈥� "If you are prepared to grant me a boon, let me have a son who is more brilliant than yourself and who will be the conqueror of all the three worlds. He should not be defeated by Devas or Asuras, and he should be as mighty as the wind, handsome and an expert archer." Agni replied:"You will have such a son by the woman who wins your heart".

When god Agni had left after saying this, Rambha went to visit M膩la测补办峁�a, who was attended to by 驰补办峁�a蝉. There, they had a treasure known as Padma and numerous animals like elephants, horses, buffaloes, cows and sheep. Among them was a three-year-old shebuffalo of exceptional charm and Rambha fell in love with her. She was also irresistibly attracted by him. As fate would have it, a sexual union took place between them.

The she-buffalo became pregnant and Rambha took her with him to his own house in 笔腻迟腻濒补. There, the other 顿腻苍补惫补蝉, his kinsmen who came to know of his connection with the she-buffalo, expelled him from their midst as one who had committed a forbidden act. So he returned to M膩lava峁璦测补办峁�a. The pretty shebuffalo accompanied her husband to the holy Yak峁�ama峁囜笉ala.

While they were living there, she gave birth to an attractive buffalo-calf. After that a he-buffalo came across her. But she remained loyal to her 顿腻苍补惫补 husband who drew his sword and rushed towards the he-buffalo. The terrible beast with his mighty horns attacked Rambha who fell dead on the ground. The widowed 惭补丑颈峁Ｄ� (she-buffalo) sought the protection of the 驰补办峁�a蝉. They saved her from the 惭补丑颈峁�a (He-buffalo). The disappointed and love-stricken 惭补丑颈峁�a drowned himself in a holy lake and was reborn as a mighty and heroic Asura named Namara. The 惭补丑颈峁Ｄ� spent some time under the protection of the 驰补办峁�a蝉. When they cremated Rambha鈥檚 body, she jumped into the funeral pyre and burnt herself to death. At once from the middle of the fire there arose a monstrous being. That terrible monster, armed with a sword drove away the 驰补办峁�a蝉 and killed all the 惭补丑颈峁�as. 惭补丑颈峁�a who was the son of Rambha alone was spared. He was the Asura named 搁补办迟补产墨箩补. He defeated all gods like Indra, Rudra, 厂奴谤测补, 痴腻测耻 and others.

惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补 became the King of the Asuras. The alarmed Devas (gods) abandoned their posts of honour. All the worlds were plunged in darkness. (V膩mana Pur膩峁嘺, Chapter 17).

惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补鈥檚 Reign.

惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补 who was intoxicated with pride on account of the boon he had received, became the undisputed and sole emperor of the three worlds. He formed a strong council of Ministers. Cik峁�ura who was puffed with pride and an expert in military Science, was installed as War-Minister and 罢腻尘谤补, the gifted economist as Finance Minister. The Prime Minister was 础蝉颈濒辞尘腻. 叠颈岣嵞乴补 was Foreign Minister. Udarka became Military Commander. 叠腻峁�k补濒补, Trinetra and K膩labandhaka were assigned the posts of Members of the Executive Council. 艢耻办谤腻肠腻谤测补 was the Education Minister. 惭补丑颈峁�a strengthened his army. The State Treasury overflowed with wealth. Kings of the neighbouring states paid tribute and bowed their heads to him. The 叠谤腻丑尘补峁嘺蝉 offered the share of 测补箩帽补 to 惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补 and prostrated before him. (顿别惫墨 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补, 5th Skandha).

Outbreak of War.

After strengthening his position as Emperor of the world, 惭补丑颈峁�a contemplated the conquest of Heaven. He sent a messenger to Indra. The messenger ordered Indra to surrender to 惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补. Indra answered with utter contempt to the messenger and his master 惭补丑颈峁�a. The messenger returned and reported the matter to 惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补 who began to tremble with anger.

Although Indra sent away the messenger with scorn, he had no peace of mind. He called together the Devas and discussed what was to be done. They decided to declare war on 惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补. 叠谤补丑尘腻 and Indra, accompanied by the other Devas set out to 碍补颈濒腻蝉补. From there, taking 笔补谤补尘补艣颈惫补 with them, they proceeded to 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补. On arrival there, they offered prayers to 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 who appeared before them. They submitted to him their grievances and sufferings under the rule of 惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补. After deep deliberations, 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 supported the proposal for war. Thus the war between Devas and Asuras started.

Dev膩sura Yuddha.

It was a dreadful war. 惭补丑颈峁�a himself appeared on the scene of battle. He struck at Indra with his mighty club. Before he received the blow, Indra broke the club with his Thunderbolt. The Asura named Andhaka encountered 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻. The five arrows of that Asura were broken to pieces by 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 in the sky itself. Then they started a terrible fight with various weapons such as sword, spear, axe, arrow, discus etc. It lasted for about 50 days without a break. 叠腻峁�k补濒补 fought against Indra, 惭补丑颈峁�a against Rudra, Trinetra against Yamadharma, 惭补丑腻丑补苍耻 against 艢r墨da, and 础蝉颈濒辞尘腻 against Pracetas. In the course of the battle, Andhaka, struck a blow at 骋补谤耻岣峚 with his cudgel. 骋补谤耻岣峚, the vehicle of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 was stunned by the blow, but 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 restored his energy by stroking him gently with his right hand. After that he took up his bow 艢腻谤峁単补 and tried to kill Andhaka with a shower of arrows. But the Daitya warrior countered all of them with 50 arrows which he shot at 痴颈峁ａ箛耻. 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 smashed all of them and sent his destructive weapon "厂耻诲补谤艣补苍补 Cakra" against Andhaka. Without the slightest fear, Andhaka stopped it with his own Cakra weapon and kept 痴颈峁ａ箛耻鈥檚 weapon at bay and shouted in triumph. Finding that 痴颈峁ａ箛耻鈥檚 weapon had failed and hearing the scornful shout of Andhaka, the Devas were filled with panic. At this critical moment, 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 took up his club "碍补耻尘辞诲补办墨" and rushed into the midst of the Asuras and struck Andhaka with it. Under the blow, the Asura hero reeled and fell down unconscious. At his fall, 惭补丑颈峁�a himself rushed forward to 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 with a terrible roar. Then there ensued a bitter fight between 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and 惭补丑颈峁�a. Each began a shower of arrows on the other. But not a single arrow injured either. In the thick of the battle 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 struck a blow on 惭补丑颈峁�a鈥檚 head and he dropped down unconscious. But ere long the 顿腻苍补惫补 rose up and taking up his iron pestle aimed a mighty blow at 痴颈峁ａ箛耻鈥檚 head and brought it down with deadly effect Under the blow, even 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 fell unconscious on 骋补谤耻岣峚鈥檚 back. 痴颈峁ａ箛耻鈥檚 condition made 骋补谤耻岣峚 withdraw from the scene of battle temporarily, with 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 on his back. Indra and the other gods began to cry aloud. 艢颈惫补, who saw this desperate plight of the Devas, at once came to the battlefield, carrying his trident, ready to fight against 惭补丑颈峁�a. When he tried to pierce the Asura鈥檚 chest with his trident, the latter thwarted the blow with his own lance and aimed it at 艢颈惫补鈥檚 breast. Although it actually hit him, 艢颈惫补 disregarded it and gave another thrust to 惭补丑颈峁�a with his trident. By this time 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 had recovered from his swoon. At once he returned to the field of battle and joined 艢颈惫补 in his attack on 惭补丑颈峁�a. When 惭补丑颈峁�a saw that both 艢颈惫补 and 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 were launching a combined attack against him, in his wild fury he assumed his own buffalo form and lifting up his tail and shaking his head rushed towards his mighty adversaries. With his terrible horns he lifted up mountain peaks and hurled them at the enemy. But the Deva leaders stopped them with their shower of arrows. 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 sent his Cakra against him and it made the Asura chief drop down senseless. But he soon recovered and rushed forward to renew his attack with a terrible roar. 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 then sounded his divine conch "笔腻帽肠补箩补苍测补" and drowned the sound of his roar. Just as the roaring of the asura frightened the Devas, the sound of 笔腻帽肠补箩补苍测补 struck terror in the minds of the Asuras.

惭补丑颈峁�a鈥檚 Death.

The Asuras were terrified at the sound of 笔腻帽肠补箩补苍测补. In order to encourage them, 惭补丑颈峁�a assumed the form of a lion and rushed into the midst of the army of Devas roaring. Even the 罢谤颈尘奴谤迟颈蝉 were alarmed for a short while when they saw the fierce beast advancing through their battlearray killing and mauling hundreds of the Devas on either side. 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 at once sent his weapon Cakra against the lion. The lion was reduced to ashes by it, but 惭补丑颈峁�a rose up again in the form of a buffalo and rushed forward. He gave a severe cut on 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻鈥檚 chest with his long and powerful horn. 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 started fleeing to 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补. At the sight of this, 艢颈惫补 concluded that 惭补丑颈峁�a was proof against killing and so he also fled to 碍补颈濒腻蝉补 riding on his bull. When 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and 艢颈惫补 took to their heels, 叠谤补丑尘腻 also flew to Satyaloka, riding on this swan. Although the leaders left the field, the rest of the Devas under the leadership of Indra, encountered 惭补丑颈峁�a again. Indra drew his Vajra. The 础峁ａ弓补诲颈办辫腻濒补办补蝉 assisted him. The battle raged fiercely again. The Devas began to flee for life. Taking this opportunity, 惭补丑颈峁Ｄ乻耻谤补 forced his way into Heaven. He planted his Daitya flag highly. He drove out all the remaining Devas. In this way the Asuras took possession of Devaloka. The Devas took shelter on the tops of mountains.

Several centuries passed. The Devas assembled and prayed to 叠谤补丑尘腻. He took them again to 痴补颈办耻峁囜弓丑补. 艢颈惫补 also arrived there. The Devas submitted their grievances to 痴颈峁ａ箛耻. They prayed to him to devise some method by which 惭补丑颈峁�a could be killed. 叠谤补丑尘腻 had given him a boon that no Man was capable of killing him.

惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 said to them:鈥�"By Virtue of the boon, 惭补丑颈峁�a could be killed only by a woman. If we can create a woman who is part of the Devas with their power and glory, we could kill him with her help. So let us try to create such a mighty woman, concentrating all our powers on her. After her creation, we must give her all our weapons."

As soon as 惭补丑腻惫颈峁ａ箛耻 spoke these words, a figure with dazzling effulgence issued forth from 叠谤补丑尘腻鈥檚 face. Both 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 and 艢颈惫补 were amazed at the sight of this figure radiating beams of light which were partly cool and partly warm. Similar figures, embodying the peculiar powers and qualities of 痴颈峁ａ箛耻, 艢颈惫补, Indra, Kubera, 痴补谤耻峁嘺 and all other gods, emanated from them. In a moment all these figures merged into a single figure and transformed themselves into a single woman with celestial beauty and having eighteen arms. This woman of exquisite beauty combining all the powers and glories of all the Devas was 顿别惫墨 herself. The devas supplied her with jewels and ornaments and gorgeous clothes. Decked in all glory and with fascinating beauty, riding on a lion. she took her stand at the entrance of Devaloka and challenged 惭补丑颈峁�a. At the very first sight of 顿别惫墨, 惭补丑颈峁�a fell in love with her. She declared she would become the wife of the person who could defeat her in battle.

So 惭补丑颈峁�a made up his mind to defeat her in a fight. It was a terrible battle. All the Ministers of 惭补丑颈峁�a, like 叠腻峁�k补濒补, Durmukha, 罢腻尘谤补, Cik峁�ura, 础蝉颈濒辞尘腻 and 叠颈岣嵞乴补 were slain. At last 惭补丑颈峁�a himself appeared on the scene to fight with 顿别惫墨. 惭补丑颈峁�a started with a shower of arrows and 顿别惫墨 countered them all with her own arrows. In the end she attacked him with 痴颈峁ａ箛耻 Cakra. The Cakra cut off his throat and he dropped down dead. The devas raised a thunderous shout of joy and triumph. (顿别惫墨 叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补, 5th Skandha).