[Indian Mythology] Self-cultivation of male gods

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Taraka, the big-armed one among the asuras, a brilliant ascetic, he drove away all the shepherds, and planned to choose the best place among them to practice asceticism to realize his wish. However, Shiva is still here, the god of ascetics, the oldest and most primitive of ascetics, here he is, glaring at Taraka.

"Dharaka!" Shiva roared, his voice rumbled like thunder, huge and shocking.

Shocked by the sound, Taraka was so surprised that he took several steps back and finally fell to the ground.

It was only then that Taraka recognized that the person in front of him was the great god Mahadeva who his mentor Sukara told him could swallow the heaven and the earth.

And Mahadeva is among the shepherds now, he is also dressed like a shepherd, there is nothing magical and unique, his feet are standing on the sand, he holds a trident in his hand, his face is full of Dust, the bun on the top of his head is also messy.

Dharaka heard from Sukara that the god among the gods, the greatest god among the gods, the Rudra who can kill everything, his power is endless, and his penance The posture is also frightening. For this reason, Taraka couldn't help being even more frightened. He didn't dare to stay here anymore, but he was unwilling to leave like this. So he knelt down, clasped his hands and made a foot touch salute to Shiva: "Mahadeva, please forgive my rudeness, I didn't know you were here, and I didn't know that these shepherds were under your protection, please don't be angry with me, Shiva, great Rudra, great beast Lord, please take care of your believers!"

Mahadeva looked at Vishnu without speaking.

At this time, Vishnu said: "Maha Deva, Taraka disturbed the purity of the shepherds, then the shepherds should punish him, but he is your believer, Mahadeva, I do not want to punish you Believer—he has to make at least three mistakes before I can personally punish him, so now, please make up your own mind."

Vishnu's words completely put down the worries in Dharaka's heart.

However, Mahadeva said: "Then let the leader of the shepherds judge what kind of punishment Taraka should receive."

As soon as he said this, all the shepherds gathered around. They discussed how to deal with Taraka, and Taraka just fell on the ground without moving at all. He seemed to be sincerely repenting, and no one could bear to see him. In a world where pious people suffer and the Dharma still exists, as long as a person sincerely repents, he deserves to be forgiven—whether it is a mortal, a god or an asura, they all have the possibility of being forgiven.

Therefore, after the shepherds discussed it, they decided to ask Taraka to help carry all their butter to the carriage-as long as he completed this work, he would have completed the atonement.

The difficult task for the shepherds is extremely simple and easy for Taraka—think about this bull among asuras, this man with big arms, this man of great power He is so easy to carry anything, how can he be tired by this truckload of butter?

So, after carrying it for a while, he put all the butter that had to be carried collectively by the shepherds for half a day on the carriage, and during this time, he didn't drink a sip of water.

After such hard work, such exhaustion, the shepherds thanked him and gave him food... Taraka, this Asura, he smiled very honestly, showing the innocence and enthusiasm on his face superior.

"Since the big-armed man has helped us move the cream to the cart, we will not hold him accountable," said the head of the shepherds, the cow-bearer, the father of the goddess Gayatri.

Taraka immediately expressed his gratitude and turned to seek approval from his Lord Shiva.

Mahadeva nodded, agreeing with this.

He agreed with Taraka's atonement, which means that Taraka is innocent now.

For this reason, Taraka said: "Please tell me how to practice penance, great Shiva, Mahadeva, you are kind and violent, you are so noble in my heart, please tell me, how Penance is the most complete penance!"

He asked in this way, coupled with his respect for the shepherds, Mahadeva also opened his mouth and told him about the way of penance - penance is another type of yoga. After experiencing this painful practice, people will be promoted Realm, and Mahadeva, he is the god of asceticism.

However, when he told how to practice penance for Taraka, Na Luo Yantian's complexion was not very good, and the permanent smile on his face had faded away... what was left was a faint sadness.

Polishini walked over gently, stretched out his hand and pulled the garland worn by Ra Na Luo Yantian: "Oh, Na Luo Yantian?"

"It's nothing...it's nothing, Polishni." Narayan smiled, reached out and patted the top of her head, "Go and play with Lakshmi, you two should go back to heaven ...we should all go back."

"Go back?" Lakshmi asked.

"Yes." Narayan nodded, "I asked you to come out to find the shepherd for Gayatri. She is the reincarnation of a god. She will regain her godhead because of Brahma. This is her karma—Lakshmi, which is the same as what happened to Dios. It's his way of regaining his godliness."

Lakshmi nodded, understanding these causes and effects, these terrible inescapable rules.

So, after waiting for Mahadeva to tell Thalaka the truth about asceticism, Narayantian invited him to return to Vigongcha together.

These great gods have left the shepherd's place, but Gayatri is still here. She is the mother of the reborn, and even Taraka cannot be disrespectful to her. King, therefore, he had no choice but to put his palms together, and after paying homage to Gayatri, he went to the snow-capped mountains near Jiluosa to practice penance so that he could receive blessings.

However, back at Vigongcha, Narayan questioned Mahadeva: "How can you tell Taraka how to practice asceticism, Mahadeva! You know he is not really an ascetic, and you know his Penance is only for his own benefit, Mahadeva! Can you turn your back on the world because of what he wants, Mahadeva!"

"Calm down, calm down, Narayan!" Mahadeva could only persuade in this way, "Then what should I do, Narayan? His actions have shown his piety, Narayan, I can't refuse Even his gift cannot refuse his question, Narayan!"

"But regardless of his gift or his question, Maha Deva, he has only one purpose - to rule the world! This world cannot be ruled by anyone alone, no matter if it is a god, no matter if it is a mortal, no matter if it is an Asura... They They all have their own affiliation, and they also have their own supply of power... If you feed the heavenly people food from mortals without going through the sacrificial fire, the hearts of the heavenly people will become closer and closer to mortals, and finally lose their divinity—— Self-nature spreads, eventually leading to an unbalanced universe!

"You give mortals the food of asuras... mortals will become asuras, their ignorant hearts will become evil, and their pure consciousness will be contaminated with hope!

"You feed the asuras the food of the gods, the holy goodness that has been baptized by the fire will make them lose their power... This should not happen, Mahadeva, this should not happen!

"The reason why the Three Realms are the Three Realms is precisely because each world has its own fixed trajectory... This cannot be confused—unless Asura becomes a god, unless a god degenerates into an Asura, unless the Deva God Race reincarnates into the world... Otherwise, this cannot be confused.” Narayan accused him eagerly, he had never been so eager, and his eagerness made people worry, and it made Mahadeva worry even more... Mahadeva grabbed his hand and couldn't help but He wanted to open the eyes on his forehead to see everything in the future, but Na Luoyan covered his eyes on his forehead with his other two hands.

"Maha Deva!" Narayan finally became angry, his eyes were red, and tears rolled in his lotus eyes, "You shouldn't do this, you shouldn't do this!"

"But Narayan..."

"Mahadeva, I'm going to the Abyss of Karma, the Sea of ​​Karma... I'm going to take Lakshmi, and you'd better talk to Prashni first... She's got a terrible curse, I hope you Can comfort her." After speaking, Narayan left Vigongcha with Goddess Lakshmi.

Mahadeva was not allowed to see the future, so he could only ask Prashini.

When Prashni heard Mahadeva talk about this conversation with Narayan, she had a lot of doubts, and finally she asked: "Mahadeva, is this really related to my being cursed? Sara Swati's curse and Taraka's penance...does this matter have an unspeakable relationship?"

After her reminder, Mahadeva felt that things might become terrible... For this reason, he told Polishni: "Then...you should go to penance, and I should also go to penance. Xiu...I need to use penance to make my Lord forgive me..." He cupped his hands on his chest, where his heart beats, where his Lord Narayanten lived.

Prashini nodded and said, "I should go back to my original form, Swami, I should go back to the most fundamental form and become Shakti so that I can really become a mortal. If the curse is like this, I decide to bear it, Then turn it into the motivation for me to finally become the real mother of the world—I will understand mortals, I will understand mortals, I will maximize my own nature, and then, understand everything about mortals, and finally become the Mother of Time.”

As soon as she spoke, she immediately transformed into Shakti's original form, leaving only strength but not flesh = body.

Thus, she returned to the depths of the universe, and only the most pious and terrifying penance could summon her out.

Seeing her go to penance... Maha Deva also decided to leave Vigongzha and go to the world to carry out arduous penance... He is the god of penance, he endures all sufferings, he perceives all deaths, and at the same time, he will also be in the world without knowing it. In the future, to use penance to win back his master.

Mahadeva came to the world.

He practiced asceticism all the way, without saying a word, without eating or drinking... Everything in this world has nothing to do with him, and everything in this universe has nothing to do with him... He only hopes that his penance can please the people he loves... ...However, his asceticism only caused more pain to those whom he loved... This source of suffering, this root of pain... The pain of the two Lords combined is the greatest sorrow between the universes.

At this moment, Taraka's asceticism has also been carried out for 100 years.

For 100 years, Taraka heard the voice of pain in the universe, and he knew that Mahadeva had also started ascetic practice, and ascetics were so pure-hearted and ascetic.Just like him.

"Narayantian, why did you treat Mahadeva like this?" Lakshmi saw this in the sea of ​​karma, and she was very worried.

"Goddess...it's not me who wants to treat him like this...it's him." Luo Yan's eyes were unmoved, and there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth, but the smile was not happy.