Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Vayu Vs Vasuki

Sri Lanka was built on top of a mountain called Tri-kuta Giri. ThisTri-kuta was a piece of rock that broke from Mount Meru. Long ago,there was some discussion between two Gandharvas. One Gandharvasaid, "Vasuki is such a powerful strong snake, that when the Lordtook incarnation as Matsya, he used Vasuki as a rope to tie the hornof that fish to the boat where Maharaja Satyavrata and thesapta-rishis were travelling. In the dissolution water, this boatwas kept safe due to Vasuki binding Matsya and the boat." The otherGandharva said, "Maybe he is strong, but do you think he could be asstrong as Vayu, Varuna or Agni?" The other said, "He must bestronger than them, otherwise why did the Lord select Vasuki?" Whilethey were discussing in this way, Vayu, the god of air, who ispresent everywhere, he couldn't tolerate this discussion. Hepersonally came in front of them and asked them, "What is thisuseless discussion?" "Who are you?" they enquired. "I am Vayu," hereplied. "Is there anyone as strong as me? Why do you even discussthese things? Don't you know that I am everywhere and I am listeningto these things?" One Gandharva said, "Well, I have seen Vasuki. Iwas the last one to creep into the water at that time. I've seen howstrong he is." Vayu said, "Bring that Vasuki, and we can test."Then Vasuki was brought, and he challenged Vayu. "What do you mean?I am so strong! Every time the Lord selects me, so there must besome reason." Vayu said, "Then we can test our strength."

Vasukisaid, "I will coil around the Meru three times, and you blow and seeif you can open my coils." But they never consulted Mount Meruwhether they could do it. Around Mount Meru were so many insects andcreatures. All the planetary systems were going around it. Vasukiwent on there, and Meru did not mind. So many snakes were on therealready. But he didn't know there was going to be some sports.Vasuki coiled around Meru three times and started getting tighter andtighter.

And then Vayu started blowing against Mount Meru in fullforce. Mount Meru started moving back and forth, because Vayu wasusing all his strength, and Vasuki was not going to give up. So itwas not just Vasuki, but Vayu had to work on both, the strength ofMount Meru and the strength of Vasuki. And then Mount Meru startedcomplaining and screaming. "What is this? There are three partiesinvolved in this, but I was never consulted. Why am I being giventrouble like this? I am going to turn upside down and createtrouble. All the planetary systems will fall." Brahma heard allthis, and he appeared on the scene, telling Vayu and Vasuki, "Youhave your kind of strength, and he has his kind of strength. In yourkind of strength, you are the most strong. And in his strength,blowing, that you cannot do. So in that way he is strong." WhenVasuki uncoiled after the sports, one rock was broken from MountMeru, and it fell in the salt ocean. This rock had three peaks, soit was known as Tri-kuta. It was on the salty ocean for a long time.And then Visvakarma, for the purpose of making a nice palace for thepastimes of the demigods, he made this Sri Lanka city on top ofTri-kuta mountain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trikuta
http://www.backtogodhead.in/the-making-of-lanka-by-subha-vilasa-dasa/
http://ramalila.blogspot.com/2007/03/chapter-8-background-stories.html

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