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Bhrigu Muni chosen to test Brahma,

Shiva and Vishnu
Bhrigu was chosen to test the Trimurtis (Brahma, Siva
and Lord Vishnu) because he was the son of Brahma,
the brother of Siva and the prominent priest who
worshipped Lord Vishnu.
He first went to Brahma’s abode, Satyaloka. When
Lord Brahma saw him coming, he was so happy
because the sage was his son. Bhrigu purposely
didn’t offer respect to his father, nor respectful words
of praise. Such negligence was very disrespectful and
offensive. When Brahma saw that his son did not
acknowledge him at all, he became very angry due
to his quality of passion. However, Brahma was able
to control his anger with his intelligence because
Bhrigu was his son. Seeing that Brahma was affected
by passion, Bhrigu left him and went to see Lord Siva,
his brother.

Siva and his wife Parvati were glad to welcome Bhrigu
at their abode on Mount Kailasa. Siva approached
Bhrigu to embrace him, but Bhrigu stepped back
and said, “My dear brother, you are always impure.
You smear your body with the ashes of dead people.
Please do not touch me.” Hearing this, Siva became
very angry due to his being influenced by the quality

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