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陌NTERVENING STORIES
123 Kubera and Yama as the Lokap膩las (rulers) of the East, the West, the
North and the South respectively. They were the sons of Adityak墨rti
and Makaradhvaja, Varu峁嚹� and Megharatha, Kanak膩val墨 and Sura-
khecara, and 艢r墨prabh膩 and K膩l谩gni respectively.
Further Indra appointed Vai艣rava峁嘺 (Vesama峁嘺), the Yak峁�a
prince of Yak峁�apura as the ruler (fifth Lokap膩la) of La峁卥膩pur墨. He
was the son of Vi艣vasena (V墨sase峁嘺) born of Ko艣ik膩 (Kosiy膩), the
daughter of Vyomabindu of Kautukamangalapura. He is called
Dhanada also (7.53-55).
According to the VR on the strength of the boon granted to them
by Brahma, they (Malyavat etc.) started oppressing the Suras, Devas,
峁歴is, N膩gas and Yak峁�as as well as the Indras (7.5.44). The Suras and
the Rsis then made a complaint to 艢iva (God), but the latter sent them
to Vi峁ａ箛u (God) who promised them to kill their oppressors (7.6.21).
When M盲lyavat came to know of it, he decided to annihilate the
Devas totally (7.6.44). So he along with his two brothers attacked
Devaloka (the territory of the Devas), but Vis峁噓 assisted the Devas
and killed M膩lin (7.7.43). At this Sum膩lin and M膩lyavat fled away to
Lank膩. But seeing that the fight was going on, they came back and
after a hot discussion with Vi峁ａ箛u and Indra they resumed fighting.
This time they had to flee away to P膩t膩la (7. 8. 22 or Ras膩tala 7.8.29)
for their safety. Lank膩puri was given to Dhane艣vara or Vai艣ravana
by his father Vi艣ravas or Paulastya.
About the advent of Vaisrava峁嘺 it is said that Pulastya, the son
of Praj膩pati was a Brahmar峁�i. He went to the Asrama of T峁涐箛abindu,
a Rajar峁�i to perform penances. Once the latter's daughter, Veda艣ruti
came into the range of the sight of Pulastya and became pregnant on
account of being cursed by the latter to that effect (7.2.13). She was then
She
married to Pulastya by her father.
birth to a son who was
gave
name and Vi艣ravas on account
called Paulastya after his father's
of hearing the Vedas recited by her mother (7.2.31). Vi艣ravas married
Devavar峁噄n墨, the daughter of Muni Bharadv膩ja and begot a son
Vaisravana on her. Brahm膩 being
Brahm膩 being
pleased with the penances of
Vai艣ravana made him the fourth Lokap膩la. conferred on him the title
of Dhanesa and presented him with the Puspakavim膩na (7.3). Here
it is said that Yama. Indra and Varu峁嘺 were other three Lokap膩las
(7.3.17). Thereafter Paulastya made Vai艣ravana the ruler of Lank膩
which was already vacated by the R膩k峁�asas (7.3.25-31), M膩lin and
Sum膩lin as mentioned above.
1. Here Kubera and Dhanada are two separate persons. In the VR Vai艣rava峁嘺,
Dhanada and Kubera are the same and one person.