Once upon a time, there was a rishi called Agathiyar.
Agathiyar was a short guy, but powerful. No one could dare him, not even the mighty Vindhyas.
But then, there were rules, that even the mighty Agathiyar cannot disobey. Without an offspring, you cannot save your ancestors. (The philosophy of our Hindu religion is that, when you are born, you are indebted to your ancestors. The only way you can repay your birth debt & save your ancestors from hell is to, raise an offspring)
So Agathiyar started searching for a suitable girl to marry. He could not find one, so created one. And he gave that girl child to a king, for upbringing.
While that girl was growing up.................
There was an asura named, "Ilvala". He was childless, so he prayed to the gods, and invited the priests to fulfill his yagams. But for some unknown reasons, they refused to do his bidding.
Now Ilvala was very angry with these priests people, so he decides to kill all the priests coming to him.
Ilvala has a good plan, his brother Vathapi can take any form at will. And he can be summoned, no matter where he is.
So Ilvala's plan is to make Vathapi to assume the form a goat, and give the vathapi biryani to the priests who visit him. After the priests eat the Vathapi biryani, Ilvala will call his brother. Then Vathapi will tear open that unfortunate priests stomach and come out, while killing that priest.
Like this, Ilvala was killing the priests and taking his revenge.
Now the Agathiyar girl has grown up ....................
Agathiyar goes to the king and orders him, to get that grown up girl and let him marry her.
The king is frightened, to say no to this powerful muni. The girl more frightened, so they get the girl married to Agathiyar.
But the marriage is only for namesake, the girl does not let Agathiyar near her.
The frustrated Agathiyar asks, why wont you love me?
She tells him to get a luxurious bedroom, lot of wealth & be rich like my father, before I love you.
So Agathiyar goes to a king, thats known to him. And Agathiyar asks that guy for all this. That poor king tells Agathiyar, you measure my earnings, measure my expenditures and measure what you are asking for, and take whats left.
Agathiyar realizes that, this king cannot help him. So both Agathiyar & the king goes to another king to get all these stuff.
So it goes on.....
And finally one king says that Ilvala, has got all we need. Lets go to him.
So they all go to Ilvala, to get wealth.
Now Ilvala is happy, he gotta bigger fish to fry (Agathiyar)
So Ilvala, goes and prays to Agathiyar & the kings following him to eat in his house.
Everyone knows what they are getting, (Vathapi Biryani), so all the kings are sad.
Agathiyar tells them not to worry, and that he will eat the full biryani.
Ilvala serves the Vathapi biryani to Agathiyar, he eats it.
Then Ilvala, calls his brother. Then comes the sound of burping from Agathiyar.
Ilvala calls Vathapi, Agathiyar burps.
Now Ilvala is confounded, asks Agathiyar "What have you done?"
Agathiyar tells him "Digested Vathapi"
Agathiyar was a short guy, but powerful. No one could dare him, not even the mighty Vindhyas.
But then, there were rules, that even the mighty Agathiyar cannot disobey. Without an offspring, you cannot save your ancestors. (The philosophy of our Hindu religion is that, when you are born, you are indebted to your ancestors. The only way you can repay your birth debt & save your ancestors from hell is to, raise an offspring)
So Agathiyar started searching for a suitable girl to marry. He could not find one, so created one. And he gave that girl child to a king, for upbringing.
While that girl was growing up.................
There was an asura named, "Ilvala". He was childless, so he prayed to the gods, and invited the priests to fulfill his yagams. But for some unknown reasons, they refused to do his bidding.
Now Ilvala was very angry with these priests people, so he decides to kill all the priests coming to him.
Ilvala has a good plan, his brother Vathapi can take any form at will. And he can be summoned, no matter where he is.
So Ilvala's plan is to make Vathapi to assume the form a goat, and give the vathapi biryani to the priests who visit him. After the priests eat the Vathapi biryani, Ilvala will call his brother. Then Vathapi will tear open that unfortunate priests stomach and come out, while killing that priest.
Like this, Ilvala was killing the priests and taking his revenge.
Now the Agathiyar girl has grown up ....................
Agathiyar goes to the king and orders him, to get that grown up girl and let him marry her.
The king is frightened, to say no to this powerful muni. The girl more frightened, so they get the girl married to Agathiyar.
But the marriage is only for namesake, the girl does not let Agathiyar near her.
The frustrated Agathiyar asks, why wont you love me?
She tells him to get a luxurious bedroom, lot of wealth & be rich like my father, before I love you.
So Agathiyar goes to a king, thats known to him. And Agathiyar asks that guy for all this. That poor king tells Agathiyar, you measure my earnings, measure my expenditures and measure what you are asking for, and take whats left.
Agathiyar realizes that, this king cannot help him. So both Agathiyar & the king goes to another king to get all these stuff.
So it goes on.....
And finally one king says that Ilvala, has got all we need. Lets go to him.
So they all go to Ilvala, to get wealth.
Now Ilvala is happy, he gotta bigger fish to fry (Agathiyar)
So Ilvala, goes and prays to Agathiyar & the kings following him to eat in his house.
Everyone knows what they are getting, (Vathapi Biryani), so all the kings are sad.
Agathiyar tells them not to worry, and that he will eat the full biryani.
Ilvala serves the Vathapi biryani to Agathiyar, he eats it.
Then Ilvala, calls his brother. Then comes the sound of burping from Agathiyar.
Ilvala calls Vathapi, Agathiyar burps.
Now Ilvala is confounded, asks Agathiyar "What have you done?"
Agathiyar tells him "Digested Vathapi"
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