14 JAN UPDT:Mothers Sad at AYODHYA !!!!!!!!! - Page 2

Originally posted by: sita11

thanks suniti 😊

yup suniti this particular episode wud b worth watching tht kamalnayan giving his kamalnayan to the yagya of mata chandi !!!!

& in my yesterdays update the old man standing near to ravan & giving his suggestion was ravans father in law,i thought he was ravans nana sumali ,today wen ravan adressed him as his father in law ,i got to know that the old man was ravans father in law king maay !!!!

even i thought that he was sumali... but why they are not showing Ravan's Nanaji..he [played important role during War..again and again... trying to convince him... but they are not showing him...i think they only shown him only once or twice...
GR8 update Sita..

Originally posted by: Chandraketu

Sumali, along with Kaikesi, was the Rakshasha who encouraged Ravan in his ambitions. The nana who tries to dissuade Ravan from war was Malyavan, his brother. Sumali never surfaced in Ravan's life during his war with Rama.

But yeah, the danav here was Maya, father of Mandodari, and also of Dundubhi and Mayavi, who were killed by Vali.

so they both were mandodri's brother ..is that the reason that Ravan went to fight with Vali?

Maya was an expert architect. He once fought with Arjun and Arjun won.

Originally posted by: akhl

Maya was an expert architect. He once fought with Arjun and Arjun won.

Arjun spared Maya's life. Out of gratitude, Maya wanted to do something for Arjun. Lord Krishna said that he should build a palace for Yudhisthir. Maya was the one who made Indraprasth palace.

it was maya😲. i remember vishwakarmaji made indraprast palace. 😊not sure. thanks 4 info

Rajnish, it was Maya danav.
There was a king named Swetaki. He was habituated to performing yagyas. When one yagya was over, he started another. Because of performing so many yagyas, the priest became tired and weak. So many priests refused to perform more yagyas. Then the king employed other priests by giving them various gifts. But they also got tired. A day came when the king could not find any priest, who was willing to perform the yagya.
Swetaki was planning for a very large yagya. He pleaded a lo with the priests, but they refused. This made the king angry. Then the priests said that only Lord Shiv can solve the king's problems. The king did tapasya of Lord Shiv. Lord Shiv appeared and asked Swetaki to ask for a boon. Swetaki requested Lord Shiv to assist him in the sacrifice. Lord Shiv said that Swetaki should make sure that ghee is poured into sacrificial fire without break for 12 years. Swetaki did the same. After 12 years, he again requested Lord Shiv to assist him in the sacrifice. Lord Shiv called sage Durvasa to perform the yagya for the king. Durvasa did the same.
So much of ghee was added into fire for 12 years. The firegod Agni felt weak because of excess of ghee. He went to Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma said, "Go to Khandav forest. Eat all the plants and all the creatures of that forest. You will regain your strength."

Agni went to the Khandav forest. But when he tried burning the forest, the animals put off the fire. Elephants filled water in their trunks and poured water on the fire. Other animals also did whatever they could to stop fire. Not only this, even Lord Indra put off the fire by causing heavy rain. Lord Indra did not want the forest to burn because he wanted to save his friend Takshak (a snake). When Agni could not eat the forest, even after repeated attempts, then he sought help of Krishna and Arjun.

One day Krishna and Arjun went to the Khandav forest. There they saw a brahman. This brahman was none other than Agni. Agni introduced himself and told the whole story. Arjun said that he and Krishna needed better weapons, bows and chariots. Agni called Varun dev. Agni and Varun gave excellent weapons, bows and chariots(with excellent horses) to Krishna and Arjun.

Then Agni started eating the forest. Krishna and Arjun stopped animals and birds from escaping. Very few could survive. (In another post, I will write more detail on who survived and how).

Lord Indra caused heavy rain. Arjun covered the forest with his arrows so that no rain fell into the forest. Then Indra came with his army to fight with Krishna and Arjun. Animals, snakes and birds also fought with Krishna and Arjun. Even demons fought (it is interesting to note that this time demons fought on the side of Indra). But Krishna and Arjun defeated all of them. There was an akashwani saying that nobody could defeat Krishna and Arjun. Then Indra decided to stop the war. Agni continued to eat the forest. The demon Maya begged Arjun to save him from fire. Since he came into Arjun's protection, therefore Arjun decided to save him. Since Arjun gave him promise, therefore Krishna and Agni also decided to spare Maya's life.
Maya was grateful to Arjun. He wanted to do something for him. Then Lord Krishna said that Maya should build an excellent palace for Yudhisthir and Maya did the same.

Originally posted by: akhl

Rajnish, it was Maya danav.
There was a king named Swetaki. He was habituated to performing yagyas. When one yagya was over, he started another. Because of performing so many yagyas, the priest became tired and weak. So many priests refused to perform more yagyas. Then the king employed other priests by giving them various gifts. But they also got tired. A day came when the king could not find any priest, who was willing to perform the yagya.
Swetaki was planning for a very large yagya. He pleaded a lo with the priests, but they refused. This made the king angry. Then the priests said that only Lord Shiv can solve the king's problems. The king did tapasya of Lord Shiv. Lord Shiv appeared and asked Swetaki to ask for a boon. Swetaki requested Lord Shiv to assist him in the sacrifice. Lord Shiv said that Swetaki should make sure that ghee is poured into sacrificial fire without break for 12 years. Swetaki did the same. After 12 years, he again requested Lord Shiv to assist him in the sacrifice. Lord Shiv called sage Durvasa to perform the yagya for the king. Durvasa did the same.
So much of ghee was added into fire for 12 years. The firegod Agni felt weak because of excess of ghee. He went to Lord Brahma. Lord Brahma said, "Go to Khandav forest. Eat all the plants and all the creatures of that forest. You will regain your strength."

Agni went to the Khandav forest. But when he tried burning the forest, the animals put off the fire. Elephants filled water in their trunks and poured water on the fire. Other animals also did whatever they could to stop fire. Not only this, even Lord Indra put off the fire by causing heavy rain. Lord Indra did not want the forest to burn because he wanted to save his friend Takshak (a snake). When Agni could not eat the forest, even after repeated attempts, then he sought help of Krishna and Arjun.

One day Krishna and Arjun went to the Khandav forest. There they saw a brahman. This brahman was none other than Agni. Agni introduced himself and told the whole story. Arjun said that he and Krishna needed better weapons, bows and chariots. Agni called Varun dev. Agni and Varun gave excellent weapons, bows and chariots(with excellent horses) to Krishna and Arjun.

Then Agni started eating the forest. Krishna and Arjun stopped animals and birds from escaping. Very few could survive. (In another post, I will write more detail on who survived and how).

Lord Indra caused heavy rain. Arjun covered the forest with his arrows so that no rain fell into the forest. Then Indra came with his army to fight with Krishna and Arjun. Animals, snakes and birds also fought with Krishna and Arjun. Even demons fought (it is interesting to note that this time demons fought on the side of Indra). But Krishna and Arjun defeated all of them. There was an akashwani saying that nobody could defeat Krishna and Arjun. Then Indra decided to stop the war. Agni continued to eat the forest. The demon Maya begged Arjun to save him from fire. Since he came into Arjun's protection, therefore Arjun decided to save him. Since Arjun gave him promise, therefore Krishna and Agni also decided to spare Maya's life.
Maya was grateful to Arjun. He wanted to do something for him. Then Lord Krishna said that Maya should build an excellent palace for Yudhisthir and Maya did the same.

wow!!! thanks 4 info. you are really amazing knowing such great about scriptures as well as know science, physics and maths in profound way at the same time👏👏. salute to ur knowledge👏👏. tell me first about who survived. will ask u some doubt latter if arise😊

Originally posted by: akhl

Not only this, even Lord Indra put off the fire by causing heavy rain. Lord Indra did not want the forest to burn because he wanted to save his friend Takshak (a snake). When Agni could not eat the forest, even after repeated attempts, then he sought help of Krishna and Arjun.

Akhl

Was this the same Takshak who bit Parikshit and killed him, and whom Indra decided to save from the naaga yagna of Janamejaya (Parikshit's son)?

I second Rajnish - your knowledge of the scriptures and the epics is enviable. I just wish I had half your brain 😆😆

Originally posted by: sam1903

so they both were mandodri's brother ..is that the reason that Ravan went to fight with Vali?

Sam

Interesting question - I don't know which came first - Vali's confrontation with Ravan, or his battles with Dundoobhi and Mayavi.