There are not 1 but many stories behind why to avoid Onion and Garlic.
I have picked the 3 most popular ones and here they are :
STORY NO.1
Vishnu Purana gives in detail about the churning of the Ocean by both the Devas and Asuras.
During the Churning emerged many divine things among which the most cherished was the AMRIT (Nector)
But an Asura (demon) called SIMHIKA absconded to Patala with the AMRIT (nector) which nobody noticed as everybody was busy with dividing other divine objects.
Only after Simhika's disappearance was it noticed that the AMRIT was missing. At once Mahavishnu assumed the figure of a beautiful woman, got back the Kumbha, and gave it to the devas. The devas began drinking the amrita when, at the instance of some other devas, SIMHIKA, the demon, assuming the form of an old Brahmin reached swarga, (Heaven) got a share of the AMRITand began to drink it.
Surya and Candra (Sun and Moon) who were on guard at the gates divined the secret of the 'old Brahmin' and informed Mahavishnu about it. Shri Vishnu immediately cut the throat of the pseudo-Brahmin with his Sudarshana Chakra. But, half of the nectar he had drunk stayed above the throat and the other half below it. Therefore, though the head and the trunk were severed they remained alive. These two parts, in course of time, evolved as Rahu and Ketu
When the throat was cut some blood dropped on the ground and became the red onion and the white onion (garlic) respectively.
So both onion and garlic originated from the throat and blood of the demons or asuras, thus their consumption brings us closer to tamo guna (mode of ignorance) which characterizes the nature of the demons and thus is detrimental to bhakti.
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STORY NO.2
THIS VERSION IS SHARED BY SRILA PRABHUPADA, the divine head of ISKCON
Once Prabhupada was asked, "Why should I avoid Onion and Garlic"?
Prabhupäda said with a smile that eating onion and garlic is as bad as eating cow's flesh. And he told them a story about a Muslim king, a cow, and a brähmana.
For Muslims, cow slaughter is a regular affair. This particular king, however, before having the cow slaughtered would call a brähmana and the brähmana would offer prayers to the effect that "In this life, these people are slaughtering you, but in the next life you will get the chance to slaughter them."
So one time a brähmana came there but he felt lusty and he wanted to eat the cow's flesh also. However, the system was that he was not allowed to see the slaughter going on, he was supposed to offer his prayers and then leave. So he hid in a corner and witnessed the butchering.
After the Muslims had all taken their share of the dead cow and departed, the brähmana came to that spot and he found an ankle of the cow. Because he was not supposed to eat any meat, he took the cow's ankle into the forest and buried it with the plan that he would return in the night, cook it and eat it. When he came back he dug out the cow's ankle and found to his great surprise that it had turned into onion and garlic.
After the Muslims had all taken their share of the dead cow and departed, the brähmana came to that spot and he found an ankle of the cow. Because he was not supposed to eat any meat, he took the cow's ankle into the forest and buried it with the plan that he would return in the night, cook it and eat it. When he came back he dug out the cow's ankle and found to his great surprise that it had turned into onion and garlic.
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STORY NO.3
The following story source is unknown but is quite popular
"Once, in Satya Yuga, the rishis were performing gomedha and asvamedha sacrifices for the welfare of the whole universe. A cow or a horse would be cut into pieces and placed in the fire. Afterward, the rishis would utter mantras and the same animal would come alive in a beautiful young body.
One time the rishi who was about to perform a gomedha sacrifice, his wife was pregnant.
She had a very strong desire to eat and she had heard that if during pregnancy one has a desire to eat and does not fulfill this, then the baby that will be born will always have saliva coming from its mouth.
Strangely, she desired strongly to eat meat, thus she decided to keep one piece of meat of the cow's body that was offered in sacrifice. She hid it and was making a plan to eat it very soon. At that time the rishi was finishing the sacrifice and uttered all the mantras for the new young cow to come to life. However, when he saw the new cow, he noticed that there was a little part missing from her left side. He went into meditation and realized that his wife had taken away a piece of meat during the sacrifice. Now his wife also understood what happened and quickly threw the meat far away.
Due to the effect of the mantras uttered by the rishi, there was now living in this piece of meat.
Then the blood of this meat became Red Lentils,
the bones became garlic and
the meat became onions.
WHY AVOID GARLIC & ONION?
1. Both Garlic and Onion have a bad smell.
Devas are very sensitive to smell and hence we offer them fragrant flowers, fragrant incense, scents, etc.
Eating Garlic & Onion emits a foul smell and sweating too.
2. Both Garlic and Onion are also TAMASIC food.
Tamasic foods encourage dullness, sexual desires, increases appetite, increases aggressiveness, etc
There are 3 types of foods in Hindu and Jain scientific understanding.
They are -
Tamasic,
Rajasic, and sattvik.
ALTERNATIVE TO ONION AND GARLIC :
Instead of Garlic & Onion, you can consider using alternatives like
a. Asafoetida (more popularly known as HING)
b. Poppy Seeds (Khus-Khus)
c. Chickpea
d. Celery gives good flavor
when chopped (or even when fried)
when chopped (or even when fried)
e. Fennel - onion type of texture.
f. Cummin - can be a good alternative to Garlic
g. Ginger
Pranams,
Srikanth Matrubai
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