MANU FLOOD STORY

6/22/20

(From the Hindu Puranas)

In the earliest era of Satya Yuga, a king named Manu performed severe penance for thousands of years. One day, as he was performing ablutions with river water, a small fish came into his hands, and just as he was about to throw the fish back into the river, the fish requested Manu to save its life. Heeding its request, he put the fish into a jar of water but the fish started growing and the jar was not big enough for it. Then he threw it into the river, but soon it outgrew the river, and he then threw it into the Ganges River and then into the ocean. Now, he realized that the fish was Lord Vishnu himself. Then the Lord made an appearance and made a special request to Manu.

He predicted that the world would come to an end by a huge flood in 7 days and requested Manu to build a huge boat and take 7 sages (hermits), 4 worlds, seeds of all plants, 1 animal of each type and told him that he would appear as a fish to propel the boat to Mt. Himavan to survive from the flood and to take them to the next Yuga.

After 7 days the Lord appeared and the king tied the boat to the fish by using the royal serpent Vasuki and the fish took all of them to Mt. Himavan and kept them there until the flood was over, then like Noah, he started procreation for the new era.

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