Yaksha teaching lessons to the proud gods

The Proud Gods

 Yaksha teaching lessons to The proud Gods

The Demons once defeated the Gods and started ruling the world. They caused a lot of destruction. The Gods went to the all powerful Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe. Lord Brahma blessed them and asked them to fight the Demons again. This time the Gods won and got their kingdom back.

The Gods started celebrating their victory and forgot their duties. They became very proud forgetting that they had won because of Lord Brahma's blessings. Lord Brahma decided to teach them a lesson and sent a Yaksha (demi-god) to their kingdom .

When Lord Indra Deva, the king of Gods, saw the Yaksha, he sent Lord Agni Deva, The God of fire, to him. Lord Agni deva said, "I am the powerful God who can burn anything, " The Yaksha gave him a blade of grass and asked him, "Can you burn this?" Lord Agni Deva laughed and said, "This is such a small thing, I can burn it in a second ." Lord Agni Deva tried to burn the blade but failed. Ashamed, Lord Agni Deva returned.

Then Lord Indra Deva sent Lord Pawan Deva, the god of wind. Lord Pawn Deva told him that he was a powerful God who could blow away anything. The Yaksha gave him the same blade of grass and asked him, Can you blow this away?" He placed the blade on his palm and blew at it, but couldn't even move it. he also returned in shame.

Lord Indra Deva then went himself. The Yaksha said, "You Gods have become so proud that you do not recognise that I am Lord Brahma's messenger. I have come to make you realise that it is the most powerful and who made you win. Now leave your pride and fulfill your duties."

VAYU DEVA , THE WIND GOD

VAYU DEVA , THE WIND GOD

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Vayu is the Hindu god of wind. In Vedic times he was much revered as one of the Hindu Triad. After that age, in the Brahmanic era, he was reduced in status but he still continues to occupy a certain eminent position in the Hindu pantheon. Vayu roams all over the earth and the heavens though his home is in the north-west, a quarter which he rules exclusively. He is featured as a destructive god who has an intemperate character and is often subject to violent desires which he never strives to repress. He is also said to be the king of the Gandharvas, spirits of the mountains who dwell in the foothills of Mount Meru, a mythical summit often mentioned in Hindu religious texts.

Notwithstanding Vayu's amicable association with Mount Meru, he nevertheless once mounted an attack on it and broke its summit. The story goes that, for some unknown reason, Vayu was incited by the sage Narad, a person who can be taken as akin to Mercury of Greek myth, to break off the top of Mount Meru. Vayu, being vindictive and violent, strived to do this for a full year, blowing hard continuously at the Mount but it was nobly defended by Garuda who spread his great wings and took the brunt of Vayu's force, thus shielding the mythical peak. After a full year had passed in this struggle, Garuda became tired and left his guard-post for a while. Narad, who was more mischievous than vindictive, saw the opportunity in this and immediately exhorted Vayu to double his efforts. This time Vayu was successful and Mount Meru lost its respectable top, which Vayu then hurled into the sea where it became the island of Lanka (present-day Sri Lanka).

Vayu's lusts were indiscriminate and the number of illegitimate children he engendered is legion. Though he was married to a daughter of Vishwakarma, the divine architect, he had offspring by many notable female characters of Hindu myths. One of his most famous illegitimate offspring is Hanuman, the monkey god. Hanuman's ability to fly is credited to his covert parentage. Another offspring Vayu engendered is Bhim, the third son of Kunti, one of the two principal mother figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. Bhim's antecedents are more respectable as his mother conceived him as a result of a prayer to Vayu asking him for a son. There is also a tale told of Vayu trying to seduce all the hundred daughters of King Kusanabha. When they resisted all his amorous efforts Vayu gave all of them crooked backs.

Vayu is nevertheless important for certain Hindu ceremonies and is then perceived of in more temperate terms. He is called "the bearer of perfumes" and is credited with being a benign force who is a constant companion of Vishnu, one of the incumbent Hindu triad, and his wife Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and beauty.

Vayu is the gret God of the Wind. He is one of the main Gods mentioned in the Vedas. His element is Air. He is one aspect of the Supreme. He is residing in Anahata Chakra. His manifestations are, among others, thoughts and feelings. His most famous sons are Bhima and Hanuman