It is another lovely day for Lord Brahma, In his heavenly abode, inaccessible to mortals. He, illuminating with divine luster, surrounded by The Rishis (those with deep spiritual knowledge), sages, and Siddhas (the accomplished), is witnessing the dance of Apsaras (beautiful dancers of the heaven) accompanied by the music of the celestial musicians. For this lovely moment only to be interrupted by the emergence of an interesting figure. A cow. A COW?? And its SHINING!!?? Yep, She is Holy. A holy cow, with a blue base color, and green patches, which looks like the Earth, but in the shape of a cow! Yet She is so beautiful that I can't take my eyes of her, She's even more beautiful than the Apsaras, her voice so heart touching, even the the Gandharvas (Celestial musicians) are no match. She..... is the Goddess Prithvi, The Goddess Earth herself. Accompanied by the Gods. But there are tears in her eyes. And in mine too...
Wait, who am I you ask? I am your host--Milo Quill. I am here so this story doesn't feel too serious, and like a third person perspective story, and while you're reading The Alethion you have to accept that I am cute, and humorous. Let's get back to business!
Goddess Earth together with The Gods bowed to the four faced Brahma and told him the story. The story behind the tears of Goddess Earth."O Lord Brahma, I've been suffering from the weight of the Evil Demons. My people are suffering the same form these man-eaters, and even among humans, people with evil intentions roam freely! I can't bear the weight of these sinners anymore!!" said Goddess Earth - crying. Brahma replied"O noble lady, why are you crying and offering prayer at the same time? O prosperous one, I will put the effort to relieve you from your troubles!"
It's weird how Lord Brahma has four faces, one facing every direction, and he speaks with a different face each time.
After hearing to the Gods, Lord Brahma, put his hand in a cloud near his throne, and pulled out a LAPTOP!? And it's dusty. He blew the dust away (The dust was shiny for some reason), and opened it, and started a video conference!! Seems He called The Lord, The Lord of the Universe Himself. "Just out of curiosity Lord, Why is the camera facing your back?" said Brahma, and an answer came, "It just gives a cinematic effect, you know!" From Brahma's perspective only a black silhouette of a man was visible, standing against a gloomy light, which really was pretty cinematic! Mann!! Gods these days!! On listening to the words of Lord Brahma, The Gods spoke to The Lord of the Universe, "O Lord, the earth and the her people are suffering at the hands of the Demons, As you happen to be the Creator of the Universe Himself, you immediately search for a remedy for her. O Lord you are our only savior, Please, take into consideration, our request." "Technology huh?? I'm still not used to it!" said Lord Brahma.
With all due respect Lord Brahma, But I don't think you are supposed to use technology!Youare literally one of the top 3 Gods. Yeah He is one of the top three -- Brahma-Vishnu-Mahesh, while all are the manifestations of the Ishvara - The Ultimate God.
Before I knew Goddess Earth had take a human form, maybe I didn't notice because She looked just as beautiful. The conversations they had from now on are just boring so I'll just skip them and go straight to the action part! Lord Brahma accompanied by Goddess Earth and the other Gods go to Lord Shiva (The "Mahesh" part of "Brahma-Vishnu-Mahesh"). As they reach the heavenly abode of Lord Shiva, the Kailasa, on spotting Lord Shiva, all the Gods bowed in reverence to him. Lord Shiva is seated under the everlasting banyan tree, grown on the banks of Ganges of the Heaven, surrounded by Siddhas and Yogis, watching the dance of the Apsaras, accompanied by Goddess Parvati, and the music of the celestial musicians. Wearing a serene smile, He is rearing a Tiger's skin, and garlands of lotus flowers, holding a trident. At the sight of Lord Brahma, Lord Shiva got up to receive him, and offering his salutation to him. All the Gods then offered their salutations to Lord Shiva. Thereafter, Brahma narrated the story of Goddess Earth, to Shiva, hearing which Shiva bowed his head downwards, being the one who loved his devotees. Both Shiva and Parvati on hearing the sufferings of their devotees felt pain at heart. Then Brahma and Shiva, asked the Gods and the Goddess Earth to return to their respective abodes.
Later Both Brahma and Shiva combined went to the Vaikuntha, the heavenly abode of Lord Vishnu, beyond the cycle of birth and death, this eternal abode of Vishnu is beyond the comprehension of the poets, where rubies and sapphires are freely used on the path ways. Pathways! Did He Really have that much extra laying around! Any(shiny)ways, both Brahma and Shiva went to the inner apartment, where Lakshmi-Narayana was seated on the gem-studded lion-throne, adorned with gem-studded ornaments, armlets, wrist-lets and anklets. Besides the neck ornaments, He was wearing yellow lower garments, and a garland of forest flowers of Goddess Sarasvati, served by Goddess Lakshmi at his feat, surrounded by his attendants like Sunanda, Nanda, Kumuda and several others. Brahma bowed in reverence to Vishnu, Shiva said - "O Lord, you are indestructible imperishable, all-pervading, visible and invisible, blissful and possess all the siddhis, like Animaa (the ability to become infinitely small), Mahimaa (the ability to become infinitely large), and many others."
Narayana (Vishnu) addressing His guests and answering the prayers of the Gods, said: "Narayana, the dweller of this place, and Krushn are one and the same. All the Gods, beginning with Brahma, happen to be my rays. The demons and the Human beings also represent my rays. All of you should go to Gokula, and you will surely meet with success." Thereafter, all the Gods bowed in reverence to him and proceeded to Gokula which is an astonishing place on The Earth on the banks of the Yamuna River.
Siddhis are supernatural or spiritual powers gained through deep meditation, or devotion. These are considered as by-products of spiritual progress. Examples include: Animaa, Mahimaa, Laghimaa( becoming weightless), Prapti(obtaining anything desired), Telepathy, levitation, clairvoyance, etc.
Meanwhile on the earth:
Once upon a time, Surasena, the King of Yadu dynasty, residing in Mathura Puri (Where our MC will later be born), was happily ruling the kingdom. Later this same Mathura Puri became the capital of all the kings of Yadu dynasty. Vasudev the son of the greatest of the Yadu dynasty: Surasena after being married mounted his chariot along with his newly wed wife Devaki, ad starts on a journey to his home. Kamsa, the son of Ugrasena, brother of Devaki, is holding the reins of the chariot's horses. This same chariot is surrounded by hundreds of other chariots fully covered in gold. King Devaka, the father of Devaki, gifted her four hundred elephants, 15000 horses, 1800 chariots, 200 beautiful maids fully decorated with ornaments as dowry. Damn, this guy is filthy rich! And that's more of a show off than a gift out of love!! As the journey started, there vibrated the sounds of beating drums, kettledrums, etc. apart from echoing sounds of conch shells, bugles, all of them together.
While Kamsa s controlling the reins of the horses of the chariot a voice from the sky addresses and says to Kamsa - "Hey you unintelligent one! The eight child of the one that you now are carrying on the chariot, shall kill you."
Kamsa being the very cruel sinner he is, as soon as hearing those words, catches hold of his sister's hair and circles them round his hand, draws his sword, with the intention to kill her, when Vasudev interrupts, and says "You are the one praised by all the great persons for you good qualities and are the pride of the Bhoja dynasty. Being of that personality, how come it be appropriate to axe and kill a woman, especially your sister, that too particularly on the occasion of the celebration of her marriage?!" Despite being advised by Vasudev several times, Kamsa, the follower of the evil man eating demons, doesn't withdraw himself. Having understood the firm determination of Kamsa, in order to stop the eminent danger, Vasudev says "You shall have nothing from Devaki, as I shall deliver unto you all her progenies, from whom you fear, fear that they be the reason for your death." Only on hearing these words, Kamsa withdrew, and Vasudev and Devaki reached home safely
Later, in due course of time, Devaki reached pregnancy. Even Later, Vasudev handed over to Kamsa the first born child named Kirtiman. Kamsa having become happy and satisfied said laughingly to Vasudev: "Let this child be back with you, I have no fear from this child, because only through the eighth progeny my death has been destined." Vasudev replied, "let it be so" , returned form there along with his son. Narada Muni (Muni meaning Wise ascetic; He is a messenger, storyteller, and sometimes a mischievous provocateur — often creating situations that ultimately lead to divine outcomes), after this confrontation of Vasudev with Kamsa, came to Kamsa and explains to him, "Narayana! Narayana! Kamsa Maharaj! starting with Nandagopa, all his associates known as Gopas and also their respective wives in the Vrindavana; those belonging to Vrishni family such as Vasudev, Yadava women like Devaki, and other distant relatives of both Nandagopa and Vasudev; also their own relatives and friends; and those who follow the orders of Kamsa, all and all of them generally possess the powers of Demigods. All of them are planning to eliminate all the demons who are responsible for adding up to the burden of the Earth. Narayana! Narayana!" *disappears*
UUh yeah! Narada Muni doing his thing again! Devrarshi Narada - meaning divine sage Narada; is the divine messenger, and storyteller, and most importantly the cosmic trickster whose apparent mischief always leads to greater good. Though he sometimes provokes quarrels of 'tests' Gods, Demons, and Humans through his words, his intentions are never evil. Instead, his actions serve as the will of the divine. guiding events toward moral of spiritual lessons. Narada's easing of timely interference often triggers events that reveal truth,or destroy arrogance. His "mischief " is hence seen as divine play(Leela)- a way to keep the balance of the universe and ensure that righteousness ultimately prevails.Spoiler alert!: We are going to encounter a lot of these Leelas (but of our main character) later in the story!
The most powerful Kamsa had started giving troubles to the Yadavas taking help of Jarashndha, the king of Magadha. As he thought that Yadavas, being demigods, might play an instrumental role in the killing of him. After having killed all the six children of Devaki by Kamsa, there appeared in Devaki's womb the seventh one, widely known as Adi Sesha, The Eternal Serpent. Another one of Vasudev's wives, Rohini, was living at the house of Nandagopa, the chief of the Gopas. With the help of The Lord's Yogamaya, the reincarnation of The Eternal Serpent, born as Balaram, the fetus in the womb of Devaki, was transplanted in the womb of Rohini, thus saving the life of the fetus, and to Rohini was born the Balaram. For the purpose of troubling the Yadavas, he took in his company Pralamba, Bhaka,Chanura, Trinavarta, Mahasana, etc., and also Mushtika, Arishta, Dwida, Putana, Kesi, Denuka, etc., apart from other demon kings like Bana and Naraka.
And then, again after some time, Devaki conceived, and That Devaki, became the one single focus point of containing within herself the very source of all the universe; Was bearing in her pregnancy none other than Shri Maha Vishnu Himself. Kamsa thought "what am I supposed to do right now urgently on that? However much it ma suit me to think selfishly like this and it may also immensely benefit me, but one should never put at stake and destroy one's own valor under any circumstances. Killing Devaki now, being a woman, especially own sister, and more so now pregnant, shall not only diminish but also destroy immediately my own fame, my own prosperities and also the duration of my life." Having thought in this manner, he withdrew himself from the killing of the pregnant Devaki. However, due to his constant fear with Shri Hari, he bid his time waiting for His manifestation to appear. As Kamsa sat, laid down, stood up, had food, went around the Earth, and at all times remembering entire world immersed into Krushn. Ultimately, the time arrived endowed with the signs of all the Prosperities. All the directions have become, very clear, and sober. All the rivers are flowing crystal clear, the air has become pure mixed with fragrance, when He is about to manifest, one could hear the huge drums beat somewhere in the outer sky. At that time Kinnaras and Gandharvas sang songs; the Vidhya Dhara, Womenfolks along with the Apsaras also danced around. The saints, the sages, and the demiGods overwhelmed with happiness showered the fragrant and beautiful flowers. Just like the full moon rises with all its art and form, manifested in the same manner in the divine personality of Devaki. Vasudev saw that wonderful boy who was: having lotus like eyes, four beautiful limbs having the Shrivatsam Crest on his chest.