The focus is often missed out. Very few are those who lay their hands on things they do not give up till the end. Unmindful of the rocks, dams, forests, etc., the river flows to the ocean & ocean alone. Very few are those who, like the river, are concerned about the ocean (goal/purpose) alone. One such person was "Kacha".
"kacha" was the son of Brihaspati (Guru of devas/suras/gods). Inspite of Brihaspati being all knowledgeable, he lacked the knowledge of Sanjeevini (Sanjeevini revived the dead persons to life). Shukracharya, the Guru of asuras (demons) new the the sanjeevini vidya. No matter how big was the victory of gods over demons, the demons were brought back again to life and the gods had to concede defeat. This was a hurdle. So, the gods along with Brihaspati decided to send Kacha (his son) as a disciple to Shukracharya.
Though being aware of his motive, Kacha was admitted as his disciple (probably Shukracharya then was not aware of the tolerance/intolerance debate). Shukracharya, however, refrained from teaching him the Sanjeevini Vidya.
Meanwhile im the Ashram a beautiful twist to story comes with a Love story. Shukracharya's daughter devyani, having seen Kacha for a long time, falls in love with her. Kach stays unperturbed by her love and focuses on his learning.
During his stay Kacha was killed 3 times by the demons out of sheer hatred & enimity. Shukracharya had to save him twice out of the love for his daughter (with the help of Sanjeevini). For the third time, Kacha is killed and his ashes are mixed in intoxicants and are offered for Shukracharya. Having become aware of this incident, daughtet devyani pleads her father to save Kacha. If Kacha was saved, Shukracharya was to be killed (as he would cut open the stomach out of his birth from the ashes). So Shukracharya had no option but to teach Kacha the Sanjeevini vidya in order to save his own life. Kacha break open Shukracharya's stomach and comes back to life. In a way he was the first Phoenix. The new Kacha then revives the dead Shukra. Shukracharya haven been pleased, offers his daughter in marriage to Kacha. Kacha squarely refuses by saying 2 things:-
1. Devyani was his Guru's daughter.
2. Kacha was "re-born" from Shukracharya's stomach. So in a sense Kacha is Shukra's sun a Devyani's brother.
It all boils down to this. Look at the mountainous spirit of Kacha. Inpite of:-
1. Being looked down by the Guru (Shukra by not teaching sanjeevini initial).
2. Being allured by the beauty & gait of Devyani.
3. Being killed 3 times.
Kacha moves not an inch from his goal of learning the Sanjeevini. Hw finally saves the devas (gods) from the danavas (demons) from his new found knowledge.
Very few are those who, like the river, are concerned about the ocean (goal/purpose) alone.
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