“When Brahma created living beings, he was filled with anxiety. ‘These lives will multiply and soon their number will be beyond the capacity of the earth to bear. There seems to be no way of coping with this.’ This thought of Brahma grew into a flame which became bigger and bigger until it threatened to destroy all creation at once. Then Rudra came and pleaded for allaying this destructive fire. Brahma controlled the great fire and subdued it into the law that is known to mortals as Death. This law of the creator takes many forms, such as war or sickness or accident and keeps the balance
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