Sage Agastya continued: Sukesa lived righteonly without any taint of Rākshasās nature. A Gandharva, Grāmani by name, gladly gave is daughter Dēvavati a celestial beauty in marriage to Sukesi, who was looked upon as the foster-son of Siva and Pārvati Dēvi. In course of time, three sons as radiant as fire were born to them and they were named Mālyavanta, Sumāli, Māli. When they grew up, all the three brothers went to the mount Mēru and did terrible tapās for power (It was a highly tāmasic penance, terrorising all the beings in all the worlds and putting them under duress). Fear and disterss, from such penances having struck all - the Dēvās, the rishis and even Rākshasās, God Brahma appeared them, to grant them what they wanted. They prayed for the boons of invincibility, great power to subdue the enemies, long life and undisturbed brother hood among themselves. The great God granted those boons and disappeared. All the moral constraints of the tapās being over, those great boons gave the signal for their Rākshasās activities. Nor only the Dēvās, the rishis and other celestals but also even Asurās suffered hell at their hands and ran away in grate confusion. Once God Indra through the great Architect Viswakarma got the most magnificent and the most impregnable Lanka and as splendid as Amaravati of Indra, built on mount Suveladhi, surrounded by mount Trikoota, on the coast of the southern ocean. All its walls were of gold and were so lofty that even birds cannot enter the city. The city was 100 yōjanās in length and 30 yōjanās in width. On being asked by the brothers to build for them a splendid city, Viswakarma showed them the Lanka. So on thousands of Rākshasa warriors resided there. A Gandharava celestial Lady, Narmada by name, gave her three daughters, most beautiful nymphs, like the celestial (abstract fairies) symbolical "divine estates", ह्रिं (modesty), श्री (prosperiety), कीर्तिं (fame), in marriage to the brothers though they were Rākshasās in the Lagna of thestar presided over by Bhaga deity. The bride of Mālyavanta was called Sundari, Kethumati was the bride of Sumāli and Vasudha was the bride of Māli. By Sundari, Mālyavanta had seven sons, Vajramushti, Virupāksha, Dhurmakha, Suptāgna, Yagnakōpamatu and Unnata (names indicating their devilish nature) and a daughter named Anala. By Ketumati, Sumāli had sons Prahasta, Akampana, Vikata, Khalakarmuka, Dhumraksha, Dhandu, Suparswaya, Samhadri, Pragasa, Bhasakarna and daughters Rakha, Pusphotkata, Kaīkasi, Kumbināsi, Māli had by Vasudha sons Anala, Anila, Hara and Sampāti, who became the ministers of Vibheeshana. These Rākshasās became the terror of all the three worlds, destroying the yagnās, killing the rishis, brāhmins and the celestials in their wickedness.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 17:28:30 +0000
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