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=Andhakasura =

            There were many more births outside the womb in the Dvapara-Yuga than in the Tetra Yuga! Rig Veda Hymn 7.33.13 supports the concept of growth and nurturing of a fertilized ovum outside the mother's womb.

 Lord Shiva rejoiced in the company of Goddess Parvati. In a joyous mood the Goddess, thought that her Lord’s attention entirely cantered on her. She slipped playfully behind Him. In sport covered fondly the three eyes of Shiva with her two hands resembling lotus petals and asked merrily, “Who is it?”

 As soon as His three eyes that are the Moon, the Sun and Fire covered, a dismal darkness spread over the universe. Shiva could not see and everything seemed to be dark to him. The world was plunged in darkness as Shiva’s eyes energized the world. Lord Shiva opened his third eye and helped the sunlight once again. Light returned to the worlds. The heat of the third eye caused Parvati’s hands that covered Shiva’s left and right eyes to perspire. Parvati’s hands sweated from the exertion and the sweat fell down on the ground.

   Parvati and asked Lord Shiva, “Oh! Lord please have look. I wonder where this baby has come from.”

 Lord Shiva said, “Parvati! This is baby is our first child.”

 Parvati in astonishment asked, “Oh! Lord please let me know how this child is born even without sexual union.”  Lord Shiva replied, “Oh dear Parvati! This is a surrogate baby is a boy. This is an arrangement to give birth to a child will be raised by Asura Hiranyaksa. This is the design of the great Creator. Our secretions are of five Great Elements. The perspiration our bodily fluids became capable of fertilizing. The multicellular egg is fertilized as soon as they joined in the aether state with full of power moved by air and became capable of fertilizing on the Earth. Oh dear Parvati! Andhaka is our son. You take care of him now.”

 Parvati immediately realized that the Child is her first son. She lifted the child from the ground and held it in her arms. The Shiva army started calling him Andhakasura as understood on the circumstance in which the birth took place.

 Asura Hiranyaksa gladly agreed to this brought Andhakasura home. Initially his wife Vrishadbhanu did not show any love for the boy. However, in due course of time, because of Shiva’s illusion, Vrishadbhanu developed love for Andhakasura and started looking after him well. He grew up never knowing his true origins. Andhaka had been crowned king in the kingdom of Asura Hiranyaksa

 Andhaka’s cousins Prahlada and his brothers did exactly what Tarakasura wanted and said, “You are blind. What are you going to do with a kingdom? Give it to us. Our uncle made a mistake in accepting a blind son from Shiva.”

 This was hurting Andhaka. He went away to the forest to perform penance, praying to Lord Brahma. He did not eat or drink, and chopping off parts of his body, offered it to the sacrificial Fire. Even after most of his flesh was exhausted, no one came to give him a boon. Finally, he decided to jump in to the fire pit himself. No one since that day has been able to duplicate Andhaka's wonderful feat of Dhyana. When there was no more meat left on his body, Lord Brahma appeared before him and offered a boon.

 Andhakasura requested Brahma to grant him extraordinary vision. He further desired that even Indra should obey him. Finally, he asked that he “should not be killed by anyone including gods, demons, or humans, or even by the great Vishnu himself. Even Indra should obey”

 “Everything that you have asked for is possible”, replied Brahma. “But all beings have to die. Indicate the circumstances under which you will die and the boons will be granted.”

 Andhaka thought for a while and replied, “Since everyone has to die, let it be so! If this Andhaka ever wish, to marry a beautiful woman who is as if a mother unto him, very unethical and commits gravest seven sins being Kamandhaka desiring sex with own mother let that be the hour appointed for death.”

 Lord Brahma granted the boons, because this condition was better than nothing was at all and said, "May you win over the brave".

 By the power of Brahma’s boon, Andhaka became Kamandhaka now desiring sex with own mother.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> Read Kingdom of Shiva and know how the Kamandhaka became Brungiswara, an ardent devotee and even the Commander-in- Chief of Shiva Gana..... ...Sivkishen, Author, Kingdom of Shiva