The birth of a mighty warrior

It was time for the next yuga. The burden of the warriors on
the earth was becoming unbearable. And so Narayana himself
had decided to incarnate on earth. The other Gods of the
heavens obviously incarnated with Lord Narayana to help him
with the task.
Soma Deva remained alone and did not help the Devas in any
way. Seeing this the other Gods approached him.
'Lord Narayana himself is incarnating in earth! Soma Deva,
you also will have to contribute in some manner to this!'
Soma Deva staunchly refused to meet the eyes of the other
Devas. Probably he knew exactly what they were going to
ask.
Seeing him silent, the other Devas did indeed ask for the one
thing which the Deva did not want to hear. 'Your valiant son,
Varchas! He is one of the greatest warriors ever! You will
have to let him incarnate on earth for this divine purpose....'
Soma Deva murmured something which no one heard.
'Speak up, Soma Deva! We cannot hear you!' The other Gods
spoke angrily.
Soma Deva took a deep breath and spoke quietly. 'Varchas is
dear to me, than my life! I cannot part with him...please ask
me for anything else!' he pleaded with the others.
The other Gods shook his head. 'The entire incarnation is for
the purpose of the destruction of Asuras on earth! We are
Devas! The destruction of Asuras is our purpose too! You
cannot shirk away from it, Soma Deva!'
All the Gods convinced Soma Deva some more and he finally
relented. However he imposed a very important condition
before he allowed his son to incarnate on earth. 'What you say
is true! This is indeed our purpose! But I have some
conditions! Only if they are met, I can allow Varchas to
incarnate on earth! I cannot be parted with Varchas for long!
So he will have to come back to me as soon as his work there
is done....Probably as soon as he is sixteen years.....' The other
Gods watched Soma Deva as he continued. 'When he
incarnates on earth, he will be one of the greatest warriors on
earth! In fact he will fight a battle when both Narayana and
Nara would not be there and still keep away all his enemies
effortlessly....He would be powerful enough to decimate
almost one-fourth of the enemies forces....just in a day!' Soma
Deva looked proudly as he continued. 'I also wish that it is
through this son of mine that the almost extinct heroic race
should continue!' He finished with a ringing voice.
The other Gods looked at Soma Deva quietly and finally they
all nodded their head. 'So be it!' They intoned as one....