They occupied Indra’s palace and poured into the streets of Amravati, singing their frightful songs of victory.
With shouts and whoops of delight, the asura army drove the gods out of heaven. Mahishasur now took the form of a giant buffalo again and redoubled his attack. But he was shocked to see that Mahishasur still stood there, laughing! Indra’s mighty thunderbolt passed over him like a gentle breeze. In revenge, Mahishasur butted the god and knocked Vishnu down.Īs a last resort, Indra hurled his thunderbolt vajra at the demon. Then Vishnu threw his chakra to cut off his head but it bounced back, unable to make even a slight cut on him. The demon was stunned but rose again, taking the form of a lion. Mahishasur had taken the form of a huge buffalo and was leading the demons.Īnd to their horror, all the divine weapons of the gods proved useless before his strength. If only I had guessed his intentions!’ All the same, he came to the battlefield along with Vishnu and Shiva.
‘I was the one who granted the boon of invincibility to Mahishasur. ‘There is little I can do,’ he said gravely. The gods had heard about the coming attack and were quite worried. True to his command, the army of asuras stormed Amravati, confident that they would win. Tomorrow we will attack Amravati, Indra’s capital,’ he bellowed.Īlso Read: Let your child turn storyteller ‘The gods have always tried to keep us down,’ he thundered. He called all his generals for a meeting. The news spread everywhere that Mahishasur was invincible and no one could harm him.Īfter suppressing all the mortals, Mahishasur decided to challenge the gods. Soon, all the inhabitants of the earth were living in fear of the demons. If people fought back or tried to stop them, they killed them without a second thought. They broke into people’s houses and took what they wanted. They beat up travellers and robbed them of their belongings. He gathered a huge army of fellow asuras and began to torment the inhabitants of the earth. And Mahishasur lost no time in unleashing a reign of terror. His terrible laughter rang through the earth. ‘No one can harm even a hair on my head, ha-ha!’ ‘Now I will show these weakling gods who the true ruler of the three worlds is!’ he yelled. The moment Brahma departed, Mahishasur bellowed with triumph and waved his trident in the air. ‘I thank you for this great boon, Lord,’ he said. Mahishasur folded his hands and bowed low before Brahma. ‘You will meet your death only at the hands of a woman.’ ‘Maybe I can ask for a boon that will make me as good as immortal.’ After sometime, he asked Brahma, ‘Lord, if you cannot make me immortal, can you grant me the boon that I cannot be killed by either a man or a god? If I have to die, it should only be at the hands of a woman.’īeing a gigantic demon, he was confident that no woman would be strong enough to kill him. ‘There has to be a way,’ he said to himself. Mahishasur was disappointed at first, but he thought quickly. ‘My son, what you ask for is not possible,’ he said gently.
‘All I ask is that I should become immortal.’īrahma smiled and shook his head. ‘Lord, I thank you for your kindness,’ he replied at once. You have fasted for years and prayed to me. ‘I am, indeed, very impressed by your long and devoted tapasya. (Source: Getty Images)īrahma raised his hand in blessing. It means you have recognised my devotion and answered my prayers.’ Durga puja celebrations. When he saw Brahma standing there, he fell at his feet and cried, ‘Lord, you have honoured me greatly by coming here. Mahishasur sensed his presence and opened his eyes. He set off for the place where the asura was fasting. ‘Mahishasur has been praying to me with great devotion for such a long time,’ Brahma said to himself. Even Brahma the creator felt its presence. Soon the time came when the power he had built up through his penance spread through all the three worlds. And the longer he stood, the more strength he gained. Many years passed and Mahishasur continued to stand there, praying. He stopped eating and began to pray to Brahma, the creator, standing on one foot under a tree. Mahishasur immediately began a long penance. ‘Why didn’t I think of it earlier? Everyone knows that strict fasting and prayer can make a person very strong.’
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‘Maybe one day you shall.’Īnd so, day and night, all that Mahishasur could think of was about how to become more powerful than the gods. ‘You have my blessings, son,’ said his father. If only I could become the most powerful being in all creation!’ If only I could grow so strong that even these snooty gods couldn’t touch me. ‘Father, why do we always lose to the gods? They have begun to think they are too great,’ he would say to Rambha. When Mahishasur grew older, he didn’t like this one bit. They were always fighting with each other and it was the gods who usually won.
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