PLATE ONE
“After King Indra insulted his spiritual master Brhaspati, the demons equipped themselves with weapons and declared war against the demigods. As a result of their misbehavior toward Brhaspati, the demigods’ heads, thighs and arms and the other parts of their bodies were injured by the sharp arrows of the demons. The demigods, headed by Indra, saw no other course than to immediately approach Lord Brahmā, the first living being in charge of material creation, with bowed heads for shelter and proper instruction. When the most powerful Lord Brahmā saw the demigods coming toward him, their bodies gravely injured by the arrows of the demons, he pacified and instructed them by his great causeless mercy.” ( pp. 41–43 )