Rama and Lakshmana revive, and on being sprinkled with drops of amrita brought by Garura, the latter with a shaft decapitates Meghnada, and tosses the head into the hands of his father Ravana.
An extract from the Amrita Bazar Patrika, one of the foremost Indian papers, shows that they were not at first regarded as an unmixed blessing.
But doubtless the Amrita Bazar Patrika, with its enlightened staff, its splendid circulation and carefully printed addresses would scarcely maintain the same opinions now.
The sacramental symbol of the Amrita in Hindu Theology is the Soma juice, and this plant Indra is declared in the Rig-Veda (i.
To find the submerged Amrita it was necessary to uproot Mandar and use it to churn the ocean.
It may have been the lightning that was the Amrita churned out of the azure sea in the myth of the 'Mahabharata,' when the gods and demons turned the mountain with a huge serpent for cord (p.
The amrita here that these covet is, of course, the Sacrificial libation.
Listen to the verses sung by him: 'By exertion the amrita was obtained; by exertion the Asuras were slain, by exertion Indra himself obtained sovereignty in heaven and on earth.
The apples stored in Valhal, by eating which the gods preserved their youth, closely correspond to the amrita or soma which, as we shall see, was a peculiar feature of the Eastern conception of the world-tree.
Indeed, the excellent coat of mail and those ear-rings made of Amrita that were born with his body, as also the ordinance of Destiny, kept the child alive.
And the lord of the celestials then, coming to that spot, revived those Gandharvas that had been slain in the encounter with the Kurus, by sprinkling the celestial Amrita over them.
I have also drunk the water of thy springs, sweet asamrita itself.
And I have now sprinkled with amrita the ashes and bones, which were all that remained of him, and his wives, and his guests, and restored them all to life.
Both Sri and the Amrita came out of the sea when it was churned.
This mountain served the gods and Asuras as a churning stick at the churning of the ocean for the recovery of the Amrita and fourteen other precious things lost during the deluge.
And the amrita at last came up at the end of the churning, and the gods stole it, so a quarrel again took place between them and the Asuras.
And he exhibited before the king that dramatic piece in which Vishnu, in the form of a woman, carries off the amrita from the Daityas.
That is Amrita which gives immediate gratification and joy to the mind.
In a former Kalpa, the Lord of all creatures said that food is Amrita or the source of immortality.
I saw the milk and it appeared to me to resemble Amrita itself in taste.
As Amrita is to the deities, as Swadha is to the Pritis, as Sudha is to the Nagas, even so is Ganga water to human beings.
One that has drunk the Amrita constituted by the devotion to Hara, one becomes freed from the fear of the world.
The old lady prepared some food for the Rishi that was as delicious to the taste as Amrita itself.
Know again that Amritais highly auspicious and that Poison is highly inauspicious.
Some of these creepers and herbs came to be regarded as Amrita and some came to be regarded as Poison.
As the deities support themselves upon the Amrita that occurs in the Sun and the Moon and that is offered in diverse sacrifices, even so do human beings support themselves upon Ganga water.
Drinking her milk that resembled Amrita in taste, I knew what the virtues are of milk.
The Devas made Indra their calf and milked out into their golden pot Amrita and energy of body, of mind and of the Indriyas.
She consented to distribute Amrita on the condition that the Asuras should put up with whatever she did, right or wrong.
But the Asuras had fallen in love with her, so they made over the Amrita pot to her without further thought.
When the Amrita was wholly spent, Vishnu assumed His own form and in the presence of all left the place on the back of Garuda.
Siva, Vayasa, Subhadra, Santa, Kshema, Amritaand Abhoya are the Varshas.
I threw plants into the Sea which yielded Amrita by churning.
They asked the tempting girl to settle their differences and to make a proper distribution of Amrita amongst them.
The Serpent King Vasuki was assured of a share in Amrita and he consented to become the rope.
Lose no time in churning the Milk Ocean for Amrita in concert with the Asuras.
She distributed the whole of the Amrita amongst the Devas.
Krishna cast his amrita pouring looks at them and they got up, being restored to life.
But thatAmrita was to be obtained, the arc of spiritual evolution was to be raised by the churning of the ocean of Milk.
But as the ascending arc was near at hand, the Devas were promised Amrita i.
Krishna gave fresh life to his comrades by his Amrita bearing looks.
The famous Purusha Sukta says: -- "He placedAmrita or eternal bliss in the higher three Lokas.
But Vishnu assumed a bewitching female form, and so charmed the Asuras that they presented the amrita to that fair woman.
Then, having broken the revolving wheel, that bright sky-ranger flew forth with the amrita which was contained in the moon goblet.
Rendered immortal by the amrita the head soared to the sky, roaring loud and long.
The amrita had only reached his throat when the sun and moon discovered him and informed Vishnu.
In the epics the gods allied themselves with the demons to procure amrita from Vishnu's Sea of Milk.
When he delivered theamrita to the demons his mother was released, but ere the demons could drink Indra snatched up the golden moon-goblet and wended back to the heavens.
Vishnu immediately gave the amrita to the gods, but soon it was discovered that a demon named Rahu had assumed Celestial form with purpose to drink it.
According to the epics, the ambrosia, the Indian name of which is amrita (both words implying immortality), was required by the gods so as to enable them to overcome the demons.
After the churning, O Brahmana, had gone on for some time, gummy exudations of various trees and herbs vested with the properties of amrita mingled with the waters of the Ocean.
And Garuda, depriving them of life, and then went to where the amrita was.
In the meantime the valiant Lord Vishnu in the form of an enchantress accompanied by Nara deceived the mighty Danavas and took away the Amrita from their hands.
Therefore, O worshipful one, point out to me some other food, by eating which, O master, I may be strong enough to bring away amrita by force.
And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amritawithout permission.
Thus did the illustrious Garuda bring Amrita (from the heavens) for the snakes, and thus were the tongues of snakes divided by what Garuda did.
They who had practised penances and observed excellent vows for amrita now seemed to be eager seekers after amrita (celestial ambrosia).
And all the gods at that time of great fright drank the Amrita with delight, receiving it from Vishnu.
Then the mighty son of Vinata, taking up the Amrita from the place where it was kept, rose on his wings with great speed, breaking into pieces the machine that had surrounded it.
And the bird soon came out, taking the Amrita but without drinking it himself.
The Danavas and the Daityas charmed with her exquisite beauty and grace lost their reason and unanimously placed the Amrita in the hands of that fair damsel.
They saw that the bed of kusa grass whereon the Amrita had been placed was empty, the Amrita itself having been taken away by a counter-act of deception.
By doing so, amrita will be obtained as also all drugs and gems.
She herself seemed by the darkness of her hue to imitate Krishna when he guilefully assumed a woman's attire to take away the amrita seized by the demons.
M] The Amrita is the name given by the mythologists of Thibet to the heavenly tree which yields its ambrosial fruits to the gods.
That eating the soul means no more than satisfaction with it, may also be inferred from the following scriptural passage, 'The gods in truth do not eat nor do they drink; by the mere sight of that amrita they are satisfied.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "amrita" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
