THE FIRE CALLED JEALOUSY.
Kadru and Vinatha were two sisters married to the same rushi. They were jealous of each other and were always trying to win their husband’s love and affection.
Kadru wanted a thousand strong sons. So she got 1000 famous nAgAs as her sons.
Vinata wanted two very strong and distinguished sons. She gave birth to two eggs. Five hundred years had passed by but nothing emerged from the eggs.
Vinata lost her patience and broke open one of the eggs,. She was sorry to find the half formed body of her son. He had only the upper parts of his body developed!
He was named as Arunan. The sun God made Arunan his saarathi. Sun is always on the move and the saarathi never needed to get down from the chariot.
Another 500 years rolled by and Garudan emerged from the other egg. He was more brilliant than even the Sun God.
The mothers were two sisters and jealous of each other. Their sons were half brothers but became ‘janma virOdhis’.




