Another version is that Siva wanted to embrace Sage Bhrigu but Sage Bhrigu did not accept because He felt Siva’s conduct was not vedic (Siva is also called Vama Deva and followed some left hand practices, Vamachara. Siva ignored Sage Bhrigu and did not stop His dance. Sage Bhrigu did not hesitate to curse Him! From Satya Loka, Bhrigu went to Kailas where Siva and Parvati were busy with the cosmic dance. Bhrigu, Who shared the Rajo Guna from His father Brahma, also did not greet Him or pay His respects to Brahmaji. Brahma was busy with His work of creation and did not receive the sage properly. He agreed and went first to Satya Loka, the abode of Brahma. When a big Yagna was planned and the question of deciding Who among the Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva should be considered the best and made the Chief of the Yagna, all the sages requested Bhrigu to decide. Vishnu stood in an invisible form between the sage and Ambareesha, Vishnu’s staunch devotee and took the curse on Himself when the sage was cursing Ambareesha.īhrigu tests the Trinity and declares Vishnu as the Best Vishnu accepted the curse of the sage as He accepted the curse of Sage Durvasa. He brought his wife back to life with his powers. Sage Bhrigu cursed Vishnu to take birth on earth and go through the cycles of birth and death and thus suffer like us. Once Usana was killed, her powers also left and Devatas became free. You and Indra will be reduced to ash!” Before these words were spelt out, Vishnu killed Bhrigu’s wife with a sharp arrow and separated her head from the torso. You have now become biased and this Adharma cannot be left unpunished.
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Usana saw through the disguise of Vishnu and said to Him: “Vishnu, I am doing my duty of protecting my children and You are supposed to be impartial and protect dharma. Vishnu disguised Himself as a ferocious beast and tried to scare Uasana. However, Vishnu realised that unless she tried to harm Him, He could not kill her without violating the dharma. But Usana being a lady was not to be killed as per dharma. Vishnu understood that the curse on devatas could not be annulled unless Usana was killed. The Devatas prayed to Lord Vishnu to protect them and get them out of the predicament. Once they became immobile, they became easy targets for the daityas and were subjected to various tortures by the Daityas. She assured them protection and she came out of her cottage and using her powers froze the devatas. During his absence, the Daityas sought refuge in Usana, the mother of Sukracharya. He left for severe Tapas (penance) to please Lord Siva and get the MritaSanjivini Mantra Siddhi. Daityas went to their Guru, Sukracharya and sought his help. When the battle ensued between the Devatas and the Daityas, the Devatas led by Indra had the upper hand. During the two months of Shravana and Bhadrapada, he made the chariot of the Sun God as his abode. With his powers, he fulfilled the wishes of people for begetting sons. Maharshi Bhrigu had accomplished many Yagnas and had helped others to accomplish them. We will try to catch up more about these great sages in future. Similarly Sukracharya, the preceptor of Daityas is another son of Bhrigu born to Usana and hence is known as Kavi, Bhargava etc.
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Hemamalineem…goes the Daridrya Mochana Stotram). Since She is the daughter of Bhrigu, She is called Bhargavi (Bhargaveem, Bilva Nilayaam, Vararohaam, Yasaswineem, Vasundharaam, Udaaraaangaam, Harineem. Sri (Lakshmi), his daughter became the consort of Shri Vishnu. Chyavana was his son from Puloma as we have seen. Maharshi Bhrigu is also called Prajapati (creator) as he was created by Lord Brahma to help him in the process of creation of the universe. Two sons, Dhata and Vidhata and a daughter Shri were born to Khyati. He was married to Khyati (the daughter of Daksha), Puloma (daughter of Kardama) and Usana. Bhrigu is considered as one of the Nine Brahmas. Sage Narada, Vasishtha, Atri, Gautama etc. Maharshi Bhrigu was one of the Manasputras (born by a wish) of Lord Brahma (It is said that he was born from the heart part).