Indra and Brahma

After a golden age of righteousness, the defeated Asuras begin to take birth on earth as kings and beasts, oppressing all beings until the planet itself can no longer bear the weight. The overburdened Earth seeks refuge with Brahma, who commands the gods, gandharvas, and apsaras to incarnate on earth to relieve her.

During a great sacrifice where Yama, the god of death, serves as priest, death itself is suspended. Humans stop dying and their numbers swell until they rival the gods. Alarmed by this loss of distinction, the gods go to the creator Brahma for a solution.

Sunda and Upasunda, invincible asura brothers, conquer the three worlds and indulge in every pleasure. Their perfect unity shatters in an instant when they both desire the apsara Tilottama, leading to a fatal clash that returns the universe to order.