Pleasure Island Of The Nagas

After Vinata became Kadru's slave, her second son came out of his shell. As he was born, he increased the size of his body and rose up to the sky and went to meet his mother, Vinata. She was very happy to see him! At that moment, Kadru came up to them and said she wanted to go to the pleasure island of the nagas (snakes) in the midst of the ocean called Ramaniyaka. Vinata took Kadru on her shoulder and Garuda took Kadru's children on his shoulder. He was perplexed and wondered if he and his mother were their slaves. He got enraged and increased his size further. He flew towards the sun. The snakes were alarmed. Kadru prayed to Indra to save her sons from the heat. Indra answered her prayers and it began to rain. Then Garuda took her sons to the island. Kadru and Vinata were already there. Kadru and her sons went to explore the island. Garuda asked Vinata why should they listen to bidding of the snakes. Then Vinata explained the story of the bet. After listening to the story, Garuda went to the Nagas and asked them what he should do to gain freedom from this slavery. They asked him to get the Amrit (Nectar Of Immortalty). Garuda agreed to get it and went to get his mother's blessings. After that he set out to get the Amrit.

PS: This story is to be continued...And this is a continuation of my previous post. Please read my previous posts to understand this story.

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