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| Upasargas hy God Sangama
how to control his senses. He is really brave and powerful, It seems, peace and happiness will reign supreme in this world through the mercy of this great man, " Thinking so, the heavenly maidens bowed down to the Lord silently and returned to their place in utter disappointment.
Here it must be known that enemies like Desire, Anger, Pride, Greed etv., always try to overcome the soul. Of all these enemies. Desire takes the first place, because the scriptures depict it as the Fire of lust. In fact, its flames are more horrible then those of blazing fire, more horrible than even poison. Except some very fortunate persons no one is -immune to its effect. Desire is responsible for the down-fall of man. If the trend of this desire be external that is, if it takes the form of enjoyment of material pleasures,' it may be the cause of our greatest down-fall and complete ruin.
Although all the measures used by sangama had failed before the Lord, still he could not shake off his feeling of jealousy from his mind. He condemned again and again his celestial power which had failed the power of an earthly being. He codemned even himself and said " How can I show my face before the gods. I was very proud of my celestial powers, but all of them have failed in the battle with human powers Now I shall have to carry shame, disappointment ard weakness with me to heaven. I have been harrassing this man for the last six months, but the wonder is that this man is not at all affected by my repressing measures. Let me try again. I vow that I will be success-ful in my attempts this time. With this thought in his mind, Sangama, inspite of his being a god, left no stone unturned in troubling the Lord, and thus showing the naked display of his wickedness.
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