SECTION –CCII
(Markandeya-Samasya Parva Continued)
"Markandeya said, 'Thus addressed by Utanka,
that unvanquished royal sage, with joined hands, O thou foremost of the Kuru
race, replied unto Utanka, saying, 'This visit of thine, O Brahmana, will not
be in vain. This my son, O holy one, known by the name of Kuvalaswa is endued
with steadiness and activity. In prowess also he is unequalled on earth.
Without doubt he will accomplish all this that is agreeable to thee, aided by
all his brave sons endued with arms like unto iron maces. Give me leave to
retire, O Brahmana, for I have now given up my weapons.' Thus addressed by the
king, that Muni of immeasurable energy replied unto him, saying, 'So be
it." And the royal sage Vrihadaswa then, having commended his son to obey
the behest of the high-souled Utanka saying, 'Let it be done by thee,' himself
retired into an excellent forest.'
"Yudhishthira said, 'O holy one, O thou
possessed of the wealth of asceticism, who was this Daitya of great energy?
Whose son and whose grandson was he? I desire to know all this; O thou
possessed of the wealth of asceticism I never heard of this mighty Daitya
before. I desire to know all this truly, O holy one, and with all particulars
in detail, O thou of great wisdom and ascetic wealth!'
"Markandeya said, 'O monarch, know
everything as it happened, O ruler of men, as I narrate the particulars truly,
O thou of great wisdom! When the world became one broad expanse of water and
creatures mobile and immobile were destroyed, when, O bull of the Bharata race,
the entire creation came to its end. He who is the Source and Creator of the
Universe, viz., the Eternal and unfading Vishnu, He who is called by Munis
crowned with ascetic success as the Supreme Lord of the Universe, that Being of
great holiness, then lay in Yoga sleep on the wide hood of the Snake Sesha of
immeasurable energy, and the Creator of the Universe, that highly-blessed and
holy Hari, knowing no deterioration, lay on the hood of that Snake encircling
the whole Earth and as the Deity lay asleep on that bed, a lotus, endued with
great beauty and effulgence equal unto that of the Sun, sprang from his navel.
And from that lotus possessed of effulgence like unto the Sun's, sprang the
Grandsire Brahma, that lord of the worlds who is the four Vedas, who hath four
forms and four faces, who is invincible in consequence of his own energy and
who is endued with mighty strength and great prowess and as the Lord Hari of
wondrous frame, possessed of great lustre and decked with a crown and the
Kaustubha gem and attired in purple silk, lay stretched for many a yojana on
that excellent bed furnished by the hood of the snake itself extending far and
wide, blazing, O king, in his beauty and the lustre of his own body like a
thousand Suns concentrated in one mass. He was beheld some time after by two
Danavas of great prowess named Madhu and Kaitabha and beholding Hari (in that
posture) and the Grandsire with eyes like lotus-leaves seated on that lotus,
both Madhu and Kaitabha wandered much and they began to terrify and alarm
Brahma of immeasurable prowess, and the illustrious Brahma alarmed by their
continued exertions trembled on his seat, and at his trembling the stalk of the
lotus on which he was seated began to tremble and when the lotus-stalk
trembled, Kesava awoke. And awakened from his slumber, Govinda beheld those
Danavas of mighty energy, and beholding them the Deity said unto them,
'Welcome, ye mighty ones! I am gratified with you! Therefore, I will grant you
excellent boons!' And thereupon both those proud and mighty Danavas, O king,
laughingly replied unto Hrishikesa, saying, 'Ask boons of us, O Divine one! O
thou that art the Supreme Deity, we are disposed to grant thee a boon. Indeed,
we will grant thee a boon! Therefore, ask thou of us anything that cometh to
thy mind.' Thus addressed by them the holy one spoke, 'Ye brave ones, I will
accept a boon from you. There is a boon that I desire. Both of you are
possessed of mighty energy. There is no male person like unto any of you. O ye
of unbaffled prowess, submit ye to be slain by me. Even that is what I desire
to accomplish for the good of the world.' Hearing these words of the Deity,
both Madhu and Kaitabha said, 'We have never before spoken an untruth; no, not
even in jest; what shall we say of other occasions! O thou foremost of male
Beings, know that we have ever been firm in truth and morality. In strength, in
forms, in beauty, in virtue, in asceticism, in charity, in behaviour, in
goodness, in self control, there is no one equal unto either of us. A great
danger, O Kesava, hath approached us. Accomplish thou, therefore, what thou
hast said. No one can prevail over Time. But, O Lord, there is one thing that
we desire to be done by thee. O thou best and foremost of all Deities, thou
must slay us at a spot that is absolutely uncovered. And, O thou of excellent
eyes, we also desire to become thy sons. This is the boon that we desire, know
then, O chief of the gods! Let not that O Deity, be false which thou hadst at
first promised to us.' The Holy One then replied unto them saying, 'Yes, I will
do as ye desire. Everything will be as ye wish!'
"Markandeya continued, 'Then Govinda began
to reflect but uncovered space found he none and when he could not discover any
spot that was uncovered on earth or in the sky, that foremost Deity then beheld
his thighs to be absolutely uncovered. And there, O king, the illustrious Deity
cut off the heads of Madhu and Kaitabha with his keenedged discus!'"
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