The Danava King was my favorite story from the second half of this weeks reading. I really enjoy learning about royalty and the different ways people have lead their people throughout history. This story tells about how king Bali was arguably the best king every in just about every way. He won over the gods as well as the people he ruled. Everyone under his rule was so pleased that masses of people began to move from their homes to come under his rule. People even started to worship him instead of the gods. Indra finds himself in a bind because he does not know how to stop this. He can’t wage war because he is not being beat by war. Indra prays to Vishnu to let him retire and let king Bali take his place as ruler of heaven. Vsihnu refuses him of this and takes matters into his own hands. Vishnu incarnates himself as a boy on earth. He then goes to king Bali and asks for land that can be covered by his three feet. The king refuses nobody, therefor he agrees to these terms even after being warned against this. Vishnu reveals himself and covers the heavens and earth with his feet. King Bali was then sent to the infernal regions. This would be a cool story to rewrite so that king Bali overcomes Vishnu. I’m brainstorming on the best way to do that, but at least the story will have a happy ending that way because king Bali has done no wrong.
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