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
Brahmi, the first living being in charge 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 pacified and instructed them by
his great causeless mercy.” (pp. 41 43).
