BHASMASUR-THE ASH DEMON
This asura was
so greedy for power and might,
He was ready to
do anything for it, wrong or right.
Thus he spent
many a month in prayer and meditation;
Forcing even
Lord Shiva to yield to his determination.
When Shiva
declined to grant him the boon of immortality,
The wily demon
asked cheekily for a monstrous killer ability;
Asking that
anyone whose head he merely touched should turn to ash.
Lord Shiva had
now no option but to agree though he knew it to be rash.
But when
Basmasur decided to put his power to test
By touching the
Boon giver himself first,
Lord Shiva,
realizing the danger he was to face,
Took to his
heels with the cunning asura in chase.
When the Lord
Vishnu assured help on his plea,
Lord Shiva
sighed in relief and hid behind a tree.
The asura,
following meanwhile,suddenly saw a wondrous woman
And stood there
spellbound and gaping in awe- this demon.
Forgetting everything in his total
infatuation
The demon did
everything for her ingratiation;
When the lovely
Mohini beckoned him to dance,
He imitated her
every step as in a trance.
When Lord Vishnu as Mohini moved in steps very
easy,
Basmasur
followed suit, in his ecstasy.
And when the
clever Mohini touched her own head suddenly,
He did likewise and
lo! Burned to ashes, killed by his own folly
Comments
Post a comment