Meanwhile, there was a powerful and proud daitya who was Andhaka's son. He remembered his father's death and got to know about the mountain's daughter. He was Baka's brother and terrible in battle. He defeated all the devas. His name was Adi and he constantly waited for an opportunity. This enemy of the immortals arrived at the city of the one who wears the moon on his crest, the destroyer of Tripura. Having gone there, he saw Viraka stationed at the gate. Earlier, the one born from the lotus had granted him a boon and he thought about this. When Girisha had killed daitya Andhaka, the enemy of the immortals, Adi had performed extremely terrible and extensive austerities. Satisfied at his austerities, Brahma had appeared before him and had spoken to him. "O Adi! O best among danavas! What do you wish to achieve through your austerities?" The daitya had told Brahma, "I ask for the boon that I should not die." Brahma had replied, "There is no man or danava who does not suffer from death. O Indra among daityas! In one way or another, everyone with a body faces death." Thus addressed, the lion among daityas had spoken to the one who had originated from the lotus. "O one born from the lotus! Let me face death when my form is transformed. Otherwise, let me be immortal." Satisfied, the one born from the lotus had agreed to this. "When you are transformed and have a second form, that is when you will die, not otherwise." Thus addressed, the immensely strong son of a daitya had regarded this as good as being immortal. At the time, he remembered the means of his death. Accordingly, to save himself from Viraka's line of vision, he assumed the form of a snake. Avoiding the line of vision, he entered through a hole. The danava thus avoided the extremely invincible ganesha. Unnoticed by the ganesha, he entered inside the city. Thereafter, the great asura discarded the form of a snake. Evil in intelligence, to deceive Girisha, he assumed Uma's form. Using his maya, he devised this enchanting form. All the limbs were complete, so that no one was in a position to detect. However, inside his mouth, the daitya had teeth that were as firm as the vajra and sharp at the tips. In his deluded intelligence, he prepared to slay Girisha. Having assumed this form, the daitya approached Hara. The wicked one attired himself in beautiful and colourful garments and ornaments.

Deception

Shiva’s Dilemma

War, Terror and Hate