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The Greedy Nagas Splitting Their Tongues by Licking the Sharp Kusha Grass

🕉️ Hindu MythologyMount Meru (Kailash Proxy)The Nagas • The Devas

In an era of cosmic abundance, the Nagas, driven by an insatiable greed for the sacred Kusha grass, attempted to consume the plant to gain its purity. Because of the grass's razor-sharp nature and the Nagas' own avarice, their tongues were split in two upon contact. This myth explains the physiological characteristic of serpents and serves as a warning against greed.