The Celestial horse

Once upon a time, Kadru(Mother Of Snakes) and Vinata(Mother of Aruna and Garuda), were taking a walk. They saw Uchaishrava(celestial horse) in the sky. Kadru asked Vinata to tell the colour of the horse. Vinata confidently said "white". Kadru said that she thinks the tail of the horse is black. Vinata disagreed. So both of them bet on the colour of the horse and agreed whoever loses, will become the slave of the other. Kadru had second thoughts about the bet. She decided to make the horse's tail appear black even if it wasn't. Kadru asked her thousand sons(snakes) to make the horse's tail appear black. When they refused to do it, Kadru cursed that they would all be consumed in Janamejaya's(Arjuna's great grandson) snake sacrifice. Brahma heard this curse and approved it as the number of poisonous snakes were increasing on earth. He advised the snakes to follow their mother's order. They agreed to do it. The next morning, Kadru and Vinata set out to the abode of Uchaishrava. They saw the horse but the tail appeared black. Kadru's sons had executed the plan. Vinata was devastated and she had to continue being the servant of Kadru.

PS: This story is to be continued... Also this is a continuation of the previous story. Read about it from the following link: https://arthatatvam.blogspot.com/2021/06/origin-of-snakes-and-birds.html

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