BHAARGAVA PURAANM - PART 1
13 b. AhaylA DEvi – 2
Long before dawn, Indra assumed the form of a rooster. He crowed loudly in front of the ashram. Gouthama rushi thought it was time for the bath and daily prayers. He left for the river immediately.
The moment Rushi’s back was turned, Indra assumed the form of the rushi and entered the ashram. AhalyA was surprised to see him return so soon.
“It is not yet dawn. So I came back. My sleep had been disturbed unnecessarily.” Indra, in the guise of the sage, sat near AhaylA. She did not suspect any foul play and was happy with the love showered on her by the ‘sage’ on that day.
The rushi Goutama on his way to the river, noticed that all the living creatures were in deep sleep. He looked up at the sky and found from the position of the stars that it was not yet time for dawn.
He hurriedly finished his daily prayer. His mind was deeply troubled for no known reason. Such a thing had never before happened. He hurried back to the ashram.
The doors were closed. So he knocked the door and called out his wife’s name. AhaylA was startled to hear her husband’s voice from outside the hut. ‘If her husband was outside the hut, then who was with her on the cot?’
She was shocked to realize that she had been deceived by a clever impersonator.
13 b. AhaylA DEvi – 2
Long before dawn, Indra assumed the form of a rooster. He crowed loudly in front of the ashram. Gouthama rushi thought it was time for the bath and daily prayers. He left for the river immediately.
The moment Rushi’s back was turned, Indra assumed the form of the rushi and entered the ashram. AhalyA was surprised to see him return so soon.
“It is not yet dawn. So I came back. My sleep had been disturbed unnecessarily.” Indra, in the guise of the sage, sat near AhaylA. She did not suspect any foul play and was happy with the love showered on her by the ‘sage’ on that day.
The rushi Goutama on his way to the river, noticed that all the living creatures were in deep sleep. He looked up at the sky and found from the position of the stars that it was not yet time for dawn.
He hurriedly finished his daily prayer. His mind was deeply troubled for no known reason. Such a thing had never before happened. He hurried back to the ashram.
The doors were closed. So he knocked the door and called out his wife’s name. AhaylA was startled to hear her husband’s voice from outside the hut. ‘If her husband was outside the hut, then who was with her on the cot?’
She was shocked to realize that she had been deceived by a clever impersonator.