I Choose To Be A Woman

There was once a king named Bhangasvana. He was pious and was known as a royal sage. But, he was childless. So, he performed a sacrifice called "Agnishtuta" where the fire god was worshipped. Agni then blessed him with a hundred sons. This annoyed Indra as Bhangasvana worshipped only Agni and not him. One day, when king Bhangasvana went on a hunting expedition, Indra saw an opportunity to take revenge on the king. He made the king confused, hungry and thirsty. When the king saw a lake nearby, he immediately plunged into it. When he came out of the lake, he was turned into a woman! He was ashamed to go back to his kingdom but still went back to it. The people of the kingdom were amazed at this transformation. The king then bestowed the kingdom to his sons and went to the forest where he lived in the hermitage of an ascetic. He then delivered a hundred more sons (in the form of a woman). Then he went back to his kingdom with these hundred sons and asked them to live in peace with the other hundred sons. All the two hundred sons of the king enjoyed the kingdom and lived happily. This again angered Indra. He disguised himself into a Brahmana and created a dispute between the sons of the king. Then a battle ensued between the two hundred sons of the king and all the sons died in the battle. King Bhangasvana was mortified and started crying! At that time, Indra in the form of a Brahmana approached him and asked why he was crying. After the king narrated his story, Indra told the king that he was the one who caused all this because he was not worshipped in the sacrifice performed by the king. Then the king fell at Indra's feet and told him that he performed the sacrifice only to obtain sons and asked for his forgiveness. Indra was pleased at this and granted him a boon and said he would revive only one hundred of his sons and asked him to choose between the two. The king told Indra that he wanted him to revive the sons he had begotten when he was a woman! This amazed Indra and he asked the king why he chose this option. The king replied saying, a woman is more affectionate towards her children. Hearing this, Indra revived his sons and granted him another boon. He asked if the king wanted to be a woman or a man. The king chose to be a woman and Indra granted him this wish.

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