Once upon a time, there was an asura named Aruna. He meditated on Lord Brahma for many years. Brahma pleased with his devotion, appeared before him and granted a boon. Aruna asked for a boon that he may not be killed by any god, demon, man/women, four legged/two legged creature or any weapon. Lord Brahma granted him this boon. With this boon, Aruna became invincible and defeated everyone! The Devas then approached Lord Brahma and said he had made Aruna immortal! Then Lord Brahma and the Devas approached Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva. They discussed how to put an end to the tyranny of Aruna. They realized Aruna had acquired the blessings of Goddess Gayatri. So, they asked Guru Brihaspati to disguise as a Sage and approach Aruna and make him stop the recitation of Gayatri. Brihaspati agreed and approached Aruna and told him that both of them were equal since both were chanting the Gayatri mantra. This angered Aruna and he stopped the recitation of Gayatri mantra. Meanwhile, all the other gods prayed to Goddess Gayatri. Pleased with their devotion, she appeared before them as Brahmari (goddess of black bees). They asked the goddess to put a stop to the tyranny of Aruna. She agreed and approached Aruna. She destroyed his army. Aruna got enraged and appeared before her. He said she cannot destroy him because of his boon. But, Brahmari raised her hand and a swarm of bees appeared from the skies. The bees stung Aruna and killed him. Soon, peace was restored in the three worlds.
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