Amrita

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Whose shadow is 'immortality, whose shadow is death !
—Rig Veda.

'IVE thousand Kalpas ago, the Devas and their archenemies the Asuras declared a truce. During several Kalpas they had been battling tenaciously and bitterly for a sip of the Amrita, that godly drink which gave immortality, health and power, which had the strength of Yama, was as inebriating as the Infinite, and more blissful than Nirvana.

Now, when the victorious Devas reached the haunt of the Ghandarves, who watched over the Amrita, they learned to their great consternation that not a single drop was left; and(...)"