of ignorance. Only the grace of the Lord can bring it back. After placing Mother Earth securely in her watery abode, Lord Varaha disappeared. This implies that such mental purity is acquired only through intense “Yagnam” and all that is already there in the Lord. Simply speaking, there can be nothing separate from the Lord.

Hiranyaksha’s story…

Now Vidura was curious to know, why Hiranyaksha wanted to fight with the Lord and Sage Maithreya started telling the interesting story behind it.

Prachethas had a son Daksha, and Daksha had a daughter Dithi. She was married to Kashyapa Muni, the son of Sage Mareechi. One day, while Kashyapa was doing “Sandhya Vandanam” Dithi approached him with a lustful mind and prayed to him to bless her with a child. As it was dusk and the holy time to offer prayers, especially to Lord Rudra (Siva) Kashyapa discouraged her. However he tried to convince her that “Sandhya” time should be avoided for physical relations, she kept insisting. Then Kashyapa thought, this must be the will of the Lord, otherwise why should Dithi keep on demanding in spite of his protest?

Thus Kashyapa yielded to his wife’s desire and physically merged with her. Afterwards, Kashyapa meditated. Then Dithi became embarrassed