In English
King , a , symbolises the first kind of Upasana. a great belongs to the second category of Upasana. , the famous represents the third type of Upasana. The totality of the experience of , and is the essence of . These three types are truly the forms of the three - , and . is a text that has harmonised these three aspects and demonstrated the oneness of divinity. Having received the protection of even while he was in the mother’s womb, was a very learned person and was governing his kingdom very wisely. It is natural that we get a doubt as to how such a good and noble king could lose control over himself in a fit of anger and place a dead snake over the shoulders of . However great a man may be; however great a devotee he may be, he will lose control over himself when he gets angry. Anger is the greatest enemy of man. In a fit of anger, put a dead snake round the shoulders of , but this cannot be treated as a wanton act of arrogance or carelessness. It was a genuine mistake committed in a weak moment. When found that the and the other did not care to receive him and attend to him, he was very agitated; and while returning from there, he picked up a dead snake and put it round the shoulder of . This enraged , son of , who saw this a little later and as he saw King leaving the , he cursed him saying, “Within seven days, will be killed by a snake bite.” Here, we should recognise that what happened was a passing state of ’s anger, and there is no cruelty or evil intention in his action. However, when saw this, he became very angry and in his anger, he cursed the king. The king was not aware of this curse. Here we must carefully examine the reason for ’s curse and understand how really works in such situations. If a righteous and benevolent king commits a mistake unintentionally, the consequences will affect only the king and not the people. In the king, who was a , there is a little of left and hence he was angry in a weak moment. brought about a lot of confusion, because as a result of his curse, the people will also suffer and remain unprotected. Thus the consequences of the king’s fault were also affecting the people. In fact, had no right to curse. Here we notice that a person like , who has no right to curse, gave a curse. Indeed, this is the subtle aspect of . The fact that a good and noble king lost his temper and insulted a and the fact that a gave a curse though he did not have the right to do so are symbolic of the decline of the accepted norms of . Indeed, at this time was the advent of the . Here we see that as a result of , certain blemishes are coming into and .