00:00You ask a god to prove illusion is real, and he drops you inside.
00:04Narada, a proud male sage, boasted that Maya, divine illusion could never fool him.
00:10The Devi Bhagavata Purana records the lesson that followed.
00:13Vishnu, keeper of the universe, led the sage to a quiet lake.
00:17Step inside, said Vishnu.
00:20Narada plunged beneath the surface.
00:22He stepped out as a woman, with no memory of his past.
00:26Think about that horror.
00:27A lifetime of devotion wiped out in seconds.
00:30A king found her by the shore, and made her his queen.
00:34Twelve years passed.
00:35She bore twelve sons and raised them with love.
00:39Then war struck, and enemy swords cut down every single son.
00:43She collapsed beside their bodies, sobbing in the blood and dust.
00:47Vishnu appeared beside her and asked,
00:50Why weep for shadows?
00:52He lifted her up, and Narada stood on the shore, a man again.
00:56Twelve years of motherhood and heartbreak evaporated in a single breath.
01:00The king, the kingdom, and the dead boys were only here.
01:04He wept for children who never lived.
01:06What you cling to creates your reality.
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