As the Story Will Tell Itself: To Become the Mouth Which Holds the Universe

While the gods were captured and were slaves to Ravana, I do wonder if they are abused or treated well (for slaves) under Ravana. Indra did say they were "seduced" by Ravana. I have this image of Ravana being totally ruthless as he took over Heaven but then being a really cool guy afterwards in Lanka. Maybe he even pays them a living wage. That or I can see another scenario like the United States penitentiary system: full of abuse and exploitation. One could absolutely turn this into a think piece like that. The membranous egg-thing reminds me of that flesh lump that resulted in the Kauravas from the Mahabharata . But unlike them, this egg-thing is not a source of evil. The perfect way to personify and describe the Gods: Brahma is the distracted, hopeless romantic; Wishnu is like the handsome, "popular" Marty Stu; and Shiva is like an edgelord or just some guy who thinks he's better than everyone else. So when Shiva discovers Sati committed suicide because h...

The image of ash-smeared sadhus riding motorcycles is kind of funny to me. I like it. I bet you when Shiva is not meditating or doing rituals these days, he is out riding a motorcycle. I can just imagine a scenario where Narada and Vishnu argue with each other like "I love you more" and "No, I love you more" just back and forth for longer than they should. Would it not be interesting if there was a scenario where Narada had a lot of trouble coming up with a new song for Vishnu? He lost his muse and has a bit of an existential crisis. Later, he may regain it after some exchange with Vishnu. Is the section about Vishnu set in the modern day? Did Radha originally become upset at Krishna after seeing him also dancing with the other gopikas at the same time? It is understandable that she did. With how much Narada claims to love and worship Vishnu, he certainly does not seem to understand Vishnu very well. Like in the case of Narada talking about celibacy, Narada ha...

Coming from Brahma's forehead or third-eye is Saraswati. So trying to hide from his lustful gaze, Saraswati moved to four other sides of Brahma with each head sprouting to look at her, hence why every story in just words about this says he grew four heads to look at her from every direction. These comics do help visualize what is actually happening in these stories I have been reading. Sometimes some details may get glossed over either by me or the source material. I too would be upset if someone stared at me all the time with unblinking eyes. The fifth head sprouted to look above Brahma: an easy target for a chopping. I am concerned about where and how Brahma would sprout his head is Saraswati moved somewhere below him. A war rages between brahmins and kshatriyas that results in an all-consuming fire (vadavagni) that could destroy the world. The Devas ask Shiva and Saraswati for help. Shiva gave the fire to Saraswati, and she then merged with a plaksha (fig) tree from whic...