Kumbhakarna did not ask for 6 months of gold boon, but got it, know how this lapse happened:

News India Live, Digital Desk: The Secret of Ramayana: We have all heard stories of Ramayana since childhood. Rama’s valor, Ravana’s ego and devotion to Hanuman. But there is also such a character in this Mahagatha, which comes to know a huge body and deep sleep as soon as he remembers – and that is Kumbhakarna. We all know that Kumbhakarna used to sleep for 6 months and woke up 6 months. But do you know that this deep sleep was found not by any curse, but because of a boon? And the most interesting thing is that he had never asked for such a boon

This story is of the time when Ravana, Vibhishan and Kumbhakarna, the three brothers were doing harsh penance to become immortal and become invincible. The three brothers together meditated for thousands of years to please Brahma Dev. All three people started burning with the fire of his penance and all the gods reached Brahma ji.

Brahma ji was pleased with penance, but the gods are nervous

When Brahma ji appeared to give a boon to the three brothers, all the gods were scared. He knew that Ravana and Kumbhakarna are asuras by nature and if they got the desired powers, they would create a ruckus in the creation. He was most afraid of Kumbhakarna. Kumbhakarna was so powerful that he had made his food to seven nymphs and Indra’s Airavat elephant at one time. The gods feared that if Kumbhakarna asked for Indrasana (Indra’s throne), the Holocaust would come.

The nervous Indra and the rest of the gods reached the mother Saraswati, the goddess of learning to help. He prayed to the goddess that he should do something so that Kumbhakarna could not ask for any destructive boon.

Mother Saraswati sitting on the tongue and changed boon

Hearing the prayers of the gods, Mother Saraswati agreed to help them. As soon as Brahma ji asked Kumbhakarna to ask for a boon, at the same moment Mother Saraswati sat on the tongue (tongue) of Kumbhakarna.

Kumbhakarna wanted to ask for ‘Indrasana’ from the heart, but due to the influence of mother Saraswati, her tongue slipped and ‘Nidanasana’ (posture for gold) came out of her mouth. Brahma ji and all the gods were surprised to hear ‘Nidrasana’ instead of ‘Indrasana’, but Brahma ji fulfilled his promise by saying ‘Aastastu’.

Brahma ji changed boon at the behest of Ravana

When Kumbhakarna realized his mistake, he ran to his brother Ravana. Ravana was very sad to see this condition of his brother. He requested Brahma to take back his boon, because this boon is like curse.

Brahma ji could not take back the boon completely, but after making a lot of request of Ravana, he made a change in it. He said that Kumbhakarna will sleep in deep sleep for 6 months and then wake up for 6 months. According to some beliefs, it is also said that he will sleep for 6 months and will wake up for only one day, in which he will eat a lot and sleep again.

In this way, due to a small lapse, which was actually a trick of the gods, Kumbhakar-N received a bizarre boon of 6 months of gold. This story tells us that sometimes even big strong people do not run in front of luck.