So this is an especially odd month because there is not only a solar eclipse, but also a lunar eclipse (more about that tomorrow)The brahmin castes eschew the use of garlic or onions in food. I've been told that it's because they 'excite the passions'.
Turns out that as Rahu and Ketu were drinking the elixir of immortality, interestingly called soma, and Visnu, dressed in drag as Mohni, cut off their heads with his/her chakra - if you have no idea what I'm talking about go look at yesterday's post -
So the elixer dribbled back out of Rahu's & Ketu's necks and spilled on the ground.
From where the drops fell grew garlic and onions. The elixir gives these plants wonderful and healthful properties, but they've been tainted by the demons and cause excitment among men.
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