She called her sons and said, "I have bet with your aunt that the horse Uchaishravas possesses a black tail. Kadru knew that the horse was white through and through, so she hatched a plan.
If I am right, you must become my slave instead." If you are right, I shall become your slave.
Tell you what, let us have a bet on this topic. While it is true that his face and his body are of a flawless white color, I think that his tail alone is a shiny black color. Her sister replied, "It is of a flawless white color, right from its nose to its magnificent tail." Kadru asked her sister, "Sister, what is the color of the divine horse Uchaishravas that belongs to Indra?" Some time after this, the two sisters Kadru and Vinata were involved in an argument. If you wait for another five hundred years, he shall be the means of delivering you from your servitude." I curse you to slavery! Do not disturb my brother in the other egg. The child grew angry at his mother and said, "How could you be so impatient? You have nearly killed me by your rash act. The embryo in it had the upper part fully developed, but its lower half was still to be formed. Vinata grew impatient, for her sister already had a thousand snakes as her offspring. Five-hundred years passed, but the eggs had not hatched. They put these two eggs in warm containers and guarded them day and night. She gave them to her maid-servants for safe-keeping. In due course of time, Vinata laid two eggs. When it was her turn to chose her boon, Vinata said, "Let two sons be born to me, who shall eclipse the sons of my sister in strength, valor and fame." Kashyapa said, "So be it!"
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Kadru said, "Let a thousand sons of incomparable strength and valor be born to me!" Kashyapa said, "So be it!", and to Kadru were born the race of serpents, a full thousand of them, endowed with great strength. Kashyapa was exceedingly pleased with both of them and offered to grant each of them a boon. (Kashyapa was married to many more women, some of them the daughters of Daksha.) Both these sisters were of great beauty and jealous of each other. "The great sage Kashyapa, the wish-born son of Lord Brahma, was married to the two daughters Kadru and Vinata of Daksha.
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It is regarded as an auspicious omen with such strong mystic powers that even its shadow acts as an antidote to the poison of a snake.įor a recommended narrative entitled ‘The Glorious Garuda’ check out this link here.įind out about the story of the birth of Garuda from this very nice ‘You Tube’ Kids Animation Movie (for the kid in all of us) The Brahminy Kite is believed to be the vahana (mount) of Lord Vishnu and revered throughout India as Garuda. The emerald, which is sometimes called the Garuda stone is considered a protection against poison and Garuda images appear in Jewellery as a protection against snake bite.” Garuda symbolises the wise mind which reaches everywhere and brings about growth and wisdom. Because of his large wings, he represents openness and freedom of mind unaffected by emotional conflicts. He represents spiritual energy which devours the delusions of jealousy and hatred. The Garuda which comes out of its egg fully grown symbolises the space element and the power of the sun, which dries up water. However, sometimes, he is represented in human form with wings. The Garuda is represented with a human upper body, big eyes, beak, short blue horns, yellow hair standing on end, bird's claws and wings. Similarly, by practising awareness we can develop wisdom which can perceive the workings of our mind in the most beneficial way.
The Garuda can perceive these tiny snake like aspects and fall upon them. The snake represents the subconscious or hidden aspects of the mind the feelings and thoughts which crawl underneath the surface. Its name derives from the root Gri, to swallow as the Garuda devours snakes. “The Garuda is regarded as the King of Birds. I have written about Garuda worship at Samudram Erie several times on Arunachala Grace, so thought it might be interesting to give more information about the mythology of the Garuda and its worship in the form of the Brahminy Kite.įor particulars about the Brahminy Kite and some excellent photographs check out my Arunachala Bird Blog at this link:
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