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MAYASURA 498 MAYIL( PEACOCK)

them took the chariot with the horses and whirled it MAYAVASISTHA. There was once a King called Mitra- round in the air. Both the queen and the maid fainted saha among the Kings of the who ruled at this exhibition of strength. The ate all the Ayodhyfx. One day while he was hunting he saw two horses and then catching hold of the hands of the queen roaming about as tigers and Mitrasaha killed he roared, "If you want your life make me your husband. one of them. The other demon waited for an opportu- Your husband has been killed by Siva in the battle. If nity to wreak vengeance and an opportunity presented you join me you can live for years together without itself. Mitrasaha was conducting an ASvamedha yaga to fear. Come on, drink this sweet liquor with flesh". which Vasistha was the chief priest. The demon went Vrnda became half dead when she heard that. to the King as Vasistha and privately told him that At that time Mahavisnu in the guise of an ascetic he desired to eat meat and the King accordingly pre- wearing barks of trees and matted hair appeared pared meat which was greatly resented by the real before them. An angered look form Visnu sent the Vasistha and the sage cursed Mitrasaha to become a demon away from the place. Vrnda took refuge in the demon. The false Vasistha who played the trick on the ascetic and the false ascetic said, "I am Devasarma, son King is called Mayavasistha. (See for details under all I of . Renouncing worldly pleasures have Kalmasapada) . come here to do penance and if it pleases you, you can MAYAVATl. An incarnation of Ratidevl. An come and stay in my afirama and do penance. We can named Sambara made her his wife. But Pradyumna, go to another forest far away from here." As soon as son of Krsna, carried her away to Dvaraka. (See under they reached the aSrama Mahavisnu appeared before Pradyumna). her in the figure of Jalandhara. They embraced each MAYAVl. An asura. to the other and lived there joyfully for many days. One day 1) Birth. Mayavl was oorn great architect of at the end of a sexual act Vrnda saw instead of Jalan- the Danavas, Maya, of his wife Hema, a nymph. Maya dhara the ascetic in embrace with her. She was shocked fell in love with Hema when he once found her dancing and stood up separated from him. Then Mahavisnu in Devaloka and the devas coming to know of it gave her said "Vrnda, I am Visr.u husband of Laksmi. Your in marriage to Maya. Maya took Hema to the southern husband has gone to conquer Siva and get for side of the Himalayas and constructing a city there himself. I am Siva also. We appear separate. Your hus- called Hemapura stayed there happily. They got two band Jalandhara has been killed in the battle. Join with sons named Mayavl and Dundubhi. ( - me."' yana) . Valorous and Vrnda got angry. She cursed Visnu ; she said, "You 2 ) Death. Mayavl fought against anybody cheated me by pretendiug to be an ascetic. Let your everybody. He once challenged Bali to a fight. But the wife also be once cheated by a false ascetic." The mighty blows of Bali were unbearable to him and the cursed Visnu disappeared and Vrnda started penance. defeated Mayavl ran away from Bali and hid himself Many ladies came with temptations to dis- in a big cave. Bali followed him and when he reached suade Vrnda from continuing the penance. But all such the mouth of the cave he posted his brother Sugrlva attempts failed and Vrnda ended her life doing penance. there with instructions to shut tight the opening of the The nymphs showered flowers on her from above and cave in case he died in the cave in the fight. He said the dead body of Vrnda was cremated by Smaraduti that if blood flowed from the cave the dead person was and Smaraduti into the jumped funeral pyre of Vrnda Mayavl and ifmilk flowed from the cave the dead person and her life. The gave away nymphs made an image of was himself. In the cave a great fight ensued in which her with the ashes from the funeral pyre and floated it Mayavi was killed. But Mayavl by his powers of magic on the river . made the blood that flowed out look like milk for Parvati did not consent to having any sexual enjoyment and the latter thinking that it was his brother with iva and she from the Mayas escaped place and went who was killed shut tight the mouth of the cave and went to and started there. Akasaganga doing penance One day his way. (Sarga 9, Kiskindha Kanda, Valmlki Parvati called her maid to her side and said Jaya "Jaya and Purva Kanda, Kamba Ramayana . in dress to Siva you go my and find out whether he is MAYIL (PEACOCK). In Uttara Ramayana there is Siva or not. If he kisses and really you embraces you he a story about how the peacock got its beauty. Mayil in will be a come in surely disguise by his Maya. Malayalam means peacock. But if he asks you about my welfare he will be real Siva. Once set out in his Puspaka Vimana with his and tell me what Go happens." army of Raksasas, determined to gain victory over all went to when Jaya Mayai'iva. Jalandhara he saw her Kings. They got down on the mountain called Us'iravira. mistook her for Parvati and caught hold of her and Ravana examined the valley to see whether there were semen flowed out from immediately him. Jaya returned any Kings doing tapas anywhere there. A King named and told Parvati that it was Jalandhara and not Siva. Marutta was performing a yaga called "Mahesvara" in Parvati afraid of Jalandhara hid in a lotus and her an asrama. and other gods were also present to became beetles the companions sitting on lotus. In the receive the share of offerings (Havirbhaga). At the sight meantime the of the guards palace finding the queen of Ravana, the gods took different disguises and fled absent from the the palace reported matter to Sumbha in panic. At that time Indra assumed the form of a big fighting against Siva. He sent Candamundas to Jalan- peacock. As soon as Ravana left the place, the gods re- to inform dhara him of the situation. Jalandhara came assembled there. From that time, Indra who put on the back to the battle-field and took running up the fight disguise of a peacock felt a special attachment to that against Siva again. bird. He called the peacock and said: "Till now you MAYASURA. An asura. He had a daughter named were blue in colour. But from today onwards, your Somaprabha. (Kathasaritsagara) . feathers will have various colours. All my thousand eyes