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Give an account of Mara’s vision of the Goddess on the night of the storm. |
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Answer» Until that evening there was no sign of the coming rain, but at dusk, the sky darkened all of a sudden. Raindrops started battering Mara’s roof and at midnight the wind rocked his hut. He came out of his hut and saw a terrifying sight. Veda was thundering down the mountain, and the wind shook the earth. When he went to the edge of the water, the waves rose to a man’s height and hammered at the bank; the water level was just a hair’s breadth below the shore. It appeared as though it might heave and flow over. On seeing the turbulent Veda, Mara fell down and prayed. He had a vision of the Goddess of the lake. He saw the Goddess standing before him. Her tresses were wild, and her eyes gleamed with a strange light; she carried a sword in her hand and she had splashed her forehead with vermilion. |
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