Mythological Sleep

Sleep ... what a beautiful word it is . After a long tiring day 7 to 8 hours sleep is must for all. But have you ever noticed that when you go to temple or at home you are performing any religious rituals you feel like yawning and sleepy.Or when you attend some kirtan or path you can see so many people sleeping over there while sitting . Why ?? what is the reason ?? have you ever think ??( oh oo i know here some students will say we feel sleepy all the time lol ..well thats a different thing.) I guess no ..you don't. Well today i am gonna tell you why it is like this.
  Right from my childhood i am a religious kind of person. And it is all because of my Mother. She was a very religious lady . She dedicated her whole life to lord krishna. She used to go to all the religious functions and she also took me with her. She used to tell me the tales related with gods. So i think it is because of her influence i am very much into mythological stuff. Whenever i get a chance i start reading the old stuff and old books related with the different gods and other godly events.
                Few days before i have read somewhere about the drowsy thing that why we feel sleepy or yawns  while performing any holy ritual . Because it is considered as a bad act in Hindu mythology . My mom used to tell me that sleep comes to distract our mind from god. Ok so the main story behind this thing is something like this...
In satyug  Shri Ram ( avtar of lord vishnu) went for fourteen years of exile with her wife Sita (avtar of lakshmi) and brother lakshman (avtar of sheshnaag). For these fourteen year lakshman never took a single nap. Only once Sleep ( In hindu mythology sleep is also one of the hindu angels ) came to his eyes. After waking up lakshman was very angry and he tried to kill the sleep. Then sleep apologised and lakshman ordered her to came back after completing the fourteen years of exile. Lakshmana dedicated these years for the security of his brother Ram and sita. After 14 years when all came back to ayodhaya and Ram became the King and Sita his queen, They all were sitting in the rajyasabha and Sleep came to lakshmana's eyes, immediately he ordered sleep to go back. Then sleep said where i am supposed to go . He told her from now to till the end of the world you will go to those bad people ( Adharmi log ) who will attend any sacred ceremony ..You will divert their mind from the God because they don't deserve to be at that place after doing bad deeds or bad things.

                            So from that time to till now it is like this only. If you haven't noticed this thing then next time be careful and do notice you can find so many people feeling drowsy at any kirtan hall or at church or at  gurudwara or in home too while doing prayer . And i can bet it happens to most of people out there.