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
Brahma, the first living being in charge

to immediately approach Lord
of material creation, with bowed

heads for shelter and proper instruction. When the most powerful Lord
Brahma saw the demigods coming toward him, their bodies gravely in-
jured by the arrows of the demons, he \iac ad and instructed them by

his great causeless mercy.” (pp. 41-43
