Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . e him was : When Rama, Dasarathas son,Destroys thee, and the tight is won,Thy proper shape once more assume,And heaven again shall give thee room.|| When Ravana had risen to the summit of his power, he madethe gods perform various offices in his house: thus Indra pre- Bhagavata Purana : ? Muir, . S. T., i. 492. f Nymphs of Paradise.< guardians ol treasures. § Griffithss Ramayana, iv. 24. II Ilml. iii. 14. KUVERA. 325 pared garlands, Agni was his cook, Surya gave light by dayand Chandra by night, and Kuvera became his cash-keeper. Kuvera married Yakshi or
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Hindu mythology, Vedic and Purânic . e him was : When Rama, Dasarathas son, Destroys thee, and the tight is won, Thy proper shape once more assume, And heaven again shall give thee room.|| When Ravana had risen to the summit of his power, he madethe gods perform various offices in his house: thus Indra pre- Bhagavata Purana : ? Muir, . S. T., i. 492. f Nymphs of Paradise.< guardians ol treasures. § Griffithss Ramayana, iv. 24. II Ilml. iii. 14. KUVERA. 325 pared garlands, Agni was his cook, Surya gave light by dayand Chandra by night, and Kuvera became his cash-keeper. Kuvera married Yakshi or Charvi ; and two of his sons, through a curse of the sage Narada, became trees, in whichcondition they remained until Krishna when an infant uprootedthem. Narada met with them in a forest, bathing with theirwives, in a state of intoxication. The wives, ashamed of them-selves, fell at Naradas feet and sought for pardon ; but as theirhusbands disregarded the presence of the sage, they suffered thefull effects of his curse.. 326 The Inferior Deities. CHAPTER III. THE DEMIGODS OF THE RAMAYANA. I. SUGRIVA. Over the mighty leaders of the Monkey army associated with Rama in the destruction ofRavana was King Sugriva.When Vishnu, before leavingheaven to become incarnate asRama, asked the gods to Make helps, in war to lend him aid, In forms that change at will arrayed, Of wizard skill and hero might, Outstrippers of the wind in flight,