Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1080

c4.1080

Before long, King Śaryāti and his wife came to the āśrama to enquire about the welfare of their daughter. To their great amazement they found a young and handsome ascetic at the āśrama and were a bit suspicious of the character of their daughter. But soon all doubts were cleared and they were immensely pleased. Cyavana then told the King the request of the Aśvinīdevas and Śaryāti also promised his help on this matter. On their return to their palace Śaryāti decided to perform a big yāga to which all the devas were also invited. Cyavana officiated as priest. The Aśvinīdevas were also present quite to the dislike of Indra. The time came for distributing soma, and when Cyavana called the Aśvinikumāras to take their share Indra objected saying that since they were physicians of the devas they could not be given that drink. Cyavana argued against that and after a great verbal combat Cyavana succeeded in making the Aśvinikumāras take the drink. For more details look under ‘Cyavana’. (Seventh Skandha, Devī Bhāgavata).