Mahabharata episode - 22

 

Shaunaka said: "We have heard about the powerful and greedy serpents. What did they do after learning of the curse?" The Sutta said: “The venerable Lord Sesha, having abandoned Kadru, performed a great penance, fasting and consuming only the air.

He performed penance in the forests of Gandhamadana, Badari, Gokarna, and Pushkara, and on the Himavat mountain. In all these holy pilgrimages and shrines, he was solitary, a regular devotee, and a constant seeker of life.

The patriarch saw the lord, his hair tied up, his skin and flesh withered, and performing severe penance. The father said to the ascetic Satyadhruthi: "Shesha! What are you doing? Do good to the world."

"Anagha! The worlds are burning due to your intense penance. Shesha! Tell me the desire in your heart." Sesha said: "All my brothers are weak-minded. I do not want to live with them. Lord! Please have mercy on me for this."

They are always engaged in jealousy and hostility towards each other. That is why I have undertaken penance. I do not want to even look at them. Father! They are always giving trouble to Vinate and her son. They have been hating him, who has become so powerful thanks to the boon of their father, Mahatma Kashyapa. "I am doing this penance to attain liberation from the body. I do not want to live with them for any reason."

Brahma said: "Shesha! I know everything about your brothers. Your brothers are in great fear due to the curse they received from their mother for committing a crime." Bhujangam! I have already made a solution for this earlier. Do not grieve for the sake of all your brothers. Shesha! Ask for any boon you like. I, who am greatly beloved by you, will grant you a boon today.

"Pannagottama! I have observed that your mind is engaged in the Dharma. May your mind be still steadfast in the Dharma." Sesha said: “Father! May my intellect be engrossed in God, religion, and penance. This is the boon I desire.”

Brahma said: "Shesha! I am pleased with your prayers and peace. May this task that I am telling you, as my mission for the sake of the people, also be done by you." "Shesha! This beauty, which is swaying, carrying mountains, valleys, oceans, and cities, stand firm, so that she remains unshaken."

Sesha said: “God! Blessing! Lord of the worlds! Lord of the gods! As you have said, I will carry this jewel on my head, unmoving.” Brahma said: “O most excellent Shesha! Go under the feet of Mahi. She herself will pave the way for you. By carrying this earth, it will be as if you have done something very dear to me.”

The Suta said: “That lord, the chief of the nagas, said, ‘So be it,’ and entered the cave, carrying the goddess Mahi on his head, and embraced this ocean of fire.” Brahma said: “Shesha! You alone are the best of all the serpents and the god of righteousness, having borne this mahi. Only Indra and I can bear this mahi.” The Suta said: “Thus, according to the decree of Vibhu Brahma, the mighty Naga Ananta lives beneath the earth and alone carries this universe. The immortal father, the Lord, appointed Vainateya Suparna as the companion of Ananta.”

 

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