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Curse Of Wine

 

The asuras wanted to kill Kacha for the third time. This time they slew him and cremated his body and his ashes were collected. They mixed the ashes into a glass of wine and gave it to Shukracharya. He drank the wine readily as he had a weakness for it unaware that the ashes of Kacha was mixed in it. Devayani again went in search of Kacha. But she could not find him. She went to Shukracharya and started crying. He told her he will revive him again. Through his secret knowledge he found Kacha in his stomach. He cursed himself for drinking wine and forbid people in pursuit of knowledge to drink it. If he saved Kacha, he would die. If he saved himself, Kacha would die and Devayani would be disappointed. The only way both of them could be saved was to teach Kacha the "Sanjeevani Mantra". So Shukracharya taught him the mantra and both of them were saved. When Devayani confessed her love for Kacha, Kacha said since he had come out of Shukracharya's stomach, he had become her brother and cannot marry her. She got angry and cursed him stating he will not be able to use the Sanjeevani Mantra. He cursed her back saying no Rishi's son will marry her and departed to the abode of the Devas as his mission was accomplished to learn the Sanjeevani mantra. Though he could not use it, he taught the mantra to others. 






PS: This is the continuation of the previous story: "Mantra that revives the dead".


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