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Sarg 5

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Sarg 5 - Sukesh's Marriage and Children

There was a Graameen named Gandharv who was as gracious as Vishwaavaash. He also got Var from Brahmaa Jee. He married his daughter Dev-Vatee to Sukesh. Dev-Vatee was well-known for her beauty in all three Lok. Because of the effect of Var Sukesh was living happily and in luxury. Dev-Vatee was also very happy to have Sukesh as her husband. Sukesh was also feeling lucky to have Dev-Vatee as his wife.

After some time Dev-Vatee had three Agni-like gracious sons - Maalyavaan, Sumaalee, and Maalee. They all were very powerful, mighty and graceful like Rudra. They grew up soon. When they came to know that their father had a Var, they went to Sumeru Parvat for Tap. All the three did Tap with truth, simplicity and controlling their Indriyaan and shook all the Lok.

Pleased with their Tapasyaa, Brahmaa Jee came there and asked them to ask for a var. The three brothers said - "If you are pleased with us, then grant us the Var that we can win all our enemies and nobody can win us, and we live long." Brahmaa Jee granted them this Var and went away to His Lok.

Now after getting this Var, they got mad and started troubling all Devtaa and Daitya. All started crying because of their torturing. One day they all three ordered Vishwakarmaa to built a house for them like Mahaadev's house. So Vishwakarmaa built a place like Amaraavatee for their living. 

Vishwakarmaa said - "There is a Trikoot named Parvat on the shore of southern sea and near that Parvat is Suvail Parvat. There I have built a 30 Yojan wide and 100 Yojan long Lankaa Nagaree (city). That Nagar is all made of gold. Its houses, boundary wall, gates all are made of gold. So you all can live there as Indra lives in His Indra Puree. No enemy can harm you here because it is very difficult to approach there." So those three brothers started living there along with thousands of Raakshas. They got very happy to see its beauty. Its boundary wall was very strong. 

Hey Raam, At that time, there lived a Gandharv woman named Narmadaa. She married her three  daughters, as beautiful as moon, to those three brothers. Maalyavaan's wife was very beautiful, so she had her name Sundaree. She had eight sons - Vajramushti, Viroopaaksh, Durmukh, Suptaghn, Yagyakop, Matt and Unmatt; and one beautiful daughter named Analaa.

Sumaalee'e wife was Ketumatee. She was dearer to her husband than his own life. She had 10 sons - Prahast, Akampan, Vikat, Kaalikaa Mukh, Dhoomraaksh, Dambh, Supaarshwa. Praghas, Bheemkarn, Sanhlaadi; and four daughters - Pushpotyataa, Kaikasee,  and Kumbheenasee etc.

Maalee's wife Vasudhaa was also very beautiful and well-known for her lotus flower petal-like eyes. She had three sons - Anal, Har and Sampaati. They all were the ministers of Vibheeshan. 

So these three Raakshas used to trouble Devtaa, Naag, Rishi and Yaksh etc and destroy Rishi's Yagya.

 

 

 

 

 

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