Passage 4

In English

's ego earned him eternal disgrace

ignored God and coveted Nature, courting disaster. This story is the subject of the famous epic, . He desired to own and master (personified Nature; she was the child of Mother Earth, found in a furrow) and brought her away from , the incarnation of God, who was her lord and master. His own brother reminded him of the inequity and advised him to seek refuge in and restore to her rightful Lord. was so proud of the success he had achieved in imprisoning that the warning fell on deaf ears.