LIFE AND DEATH
colored flowers above the mirror of water. Rainbow-hued insects and butterflies circled around the flowers and among the palms of the shore, while higher up in the sunny air birds gave out sounds like those of silver bells. This pond was the passage from one region to the other.
The first region was called the Plain of Life, the second the Plain of Death.
The supreme and all mighty Brahma had created both plains, and had commanded the good Vishnu to rule in the Region of Life, while the wise Siva was lord in the Region of Death.
"Do what ye understand to be best," said Brahma to the two rulers.
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