All World
Gayatri Pariwar

Rishi Kahod was studying Vedas. His child was in his mother’s womb. The son said, “Father, Wisdom is not in the Vedas, it’s in the soul.” Rishi said, “Why do you say so?” Son said, “When we point our fingers towards the moon, the fingers don’t become the moon. Vedas are the direction to the knowledge.” Rishi got angry and cursed the child to be deformed from eight points in the body (Ashtavakra). Ashtavakra said, “The deformed body is not going to deter my inner peace.”