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Education Edge: A magazine for school students
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Preethi
Express News Service
Last Updated : 15 Sep 2011 01:54:31 PM IST
A student of IIT-Bombay, Shreya Mishra is the founder of Education Edge, a vibrant and youthful English magazine for school students. Mishra and her team, mostly college students, have conceptualised and written the stories. As people who have just moved out of school life, they understand what catches the eyeballs of school students.
“I belong to a tier-2 city of India — Bhopal — and after coming to IIT-Bombay, I realised that students from tier-2 cities lack the level of exposure, awareness and opportunities that students of tier-1 cities enjoy. So in my fourth year of college, I decided to do something to bridge this gap,” says Mishra.
This young crew began with an initial investment of Rs. 2.5 lakh. The designing and printing costs of the magazine that is circulated in Bhopal, Indore, New Delhi, Pune and Ahmedabad, are high — Rs. 19.5 per copy — but the team does not want the cost to be transferred to their readers. They hope to recover the money soon by expanding to other cities like Nashik and Mumbai and later with ads.
The team comprising Neeraj Jain, Prithika Vageeswaran, Niladri Chatterjee, Gouri Nawathe and Mishra, is targeting a largely untapped market of 12-16-year-olds with their all-colour magazine. It focuses on world culture, maths and science, music, movies, books, environmental education, current affairs, career guidance, competitive examinations, technology, hobbies, extra-curricular activities and competitions and also focuses on personality development through their debates, literary exercises, competitions and quizzes. The annual subscription is Rs.300.
They have students from reputed colleges in India and abroad, like IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kanpur, NLS-Bangalore, Stanford University, MIT and Harvard University, contributing articles. As none of them have a journalistic background, the team did a lot of groundwork on how to make knowledge more entertaining.
Prithika is the deep thinker of the team while Neeraj, who works in an investment bank, is the guy with the business acumen. “I work in office for around 9-12 hours every day and come back to my college (IIT-B) to discuss the magazine till 2am, but I never feel tired because I love what I’m doing and the people I work with. All the effort is worth it,” says Jain.
“We currently have 500 subscribers in Bhopal alone and our magazine is also being circulated to 200 school libraries pan-India through the network of Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage & WWF-India, who are partners,” says Mishra about the reach of their magazine.
Two issues down, people have reacted well to their initiative. “We started off with a team of three students. Today we have 30 people working on content development, designing, marketing and sales. Our subscribers are also appreciating the content. We often get mails from elated readers telling us what they liked in our issue,” beams Mishra.
“When we came up with the idea, everyone told us that selling content was very difficult in India andx where one could do a profitable business. We deliberated on the market opportunity and carefully chose our target audience,” adds Mishra.
“What sets our magazine apart is that we want to present education in the holistic sense by transcending what the textbooks teach us,” says Vageeswaran. Mishra and her team hope to continue the mag work even after graduation.
“We intend to run the magazine even with our jobs, but the main operations will be handed over to students still in college,” she says. Visit www.educationedge.in for more details.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Vedanta and Physics:
VEDANTA AND PHYSICS
Let me now talk of a savant who followed Vedic ideas and was inspired
enough to create a modern theory that has transformed the world. I have in
mind the Austrian physicist Erwin SchrЎdinger, who was arguably one of the
two greatest scientists of the 20th century. If Albert Einstein is celebrated for
his creation of the theory of relativity, Erwin SchrЎdinger is equally famous for
his creation of Quantum mechanics, the deepest theory at the basis of outer reality.
Quantum mechanics went so far beyond the already radical framework of relativity
that Einstein refused to accept it to his last day. Without quantum theory, advances
in chemistry and electronics that are the foundation of modern technology would
have been impossible.
It is a fact that the great European scientists have searched for truth by first abandoning the narrow theologies of the religion into which they were born. But for SchrЎdinger,Vedic ideas provided the very foundation for his uncompromising search for meaning.It is not generally known that before he created quantum mechanics he expressed his intention to give form to central ideas of Vedanta which, therefore, has had a role in the birth of quantum mechanics. In 1925, before his revolutionary theory was complete,Erwin SchrЎdinger wrote:
*This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence,but in a certain sense the whole; only this whole is not so constituted that it can be surveyed in one single glance. This, as we know, is what the Brahmins express in that sacred, mystic formula which is yet really so simple and so clear: tat tvam asi,this is you. Or, again, in such words as УI am in the east and the west, I am above and below, I am this entire world.*
SchrЎdingerТs influential What is Life? (1944) also used Vedic ideas. The book became
instantly famous although it was criticized by some for its emphasis on Indian ideas. Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the DNA code, credited this book for key insights that led him to his revolutionary discovery. According to his biographer Walter Moore, there is a clear continuity between SchrЎdingerТs understanding of Vedanta and his research:
*The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and continuity of wave
mechanics. In 1925, the world view of physics was a model of a great machine composed
of separable interacting material particles. During the next few years, SchrЎdinger and Heisenberg and their followers created a universe based on superimposed inseparable waves of probability amplitudes. This new view would be entirely consistent with the Vedantic concept of All in One.*
SchrЎdinger became a Vedantist, a Hindu, as a result of his studies in his
search for truth. He kept a copy of the Hindu scriptures at his bedside. He
read books on Vedas, yoga, and Sankhya philosophy, and he reworked them
into his own words, and ultimately came to believe them. The Upanishads and
the Bhagavad-gita were his favorite scriptures.
According to his biographer Moore, УHis system--or that of the Upanishads-- is
delightful and consistent: the self and the world are one and they are all. He rejected traditional western religious beliefs (Jewish, Christian, and Islamic) not on the basis of any reasoned argument, nor even with an expression of emotional antipathy, for he loved to use religious expressions and metaphors, but simply by saying that they are naive.
SchrЎdinger was a professor at several universities in Europe. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933. During the Hitler era he was dismissed from his position for his opposition to the Nazi ideas and he fled to England. For some years he was in Ireland, but after the conclusion of World War II he returned to Vienna where he died in 1961. Quantum mechanics goes beyond ordinary logic. According to it reality is a superposition of all possibilities which restates Vedic ideas. It is quantum mechanics which explains the mysteries of chemical reactions and of life. In recent years, it has been suggested that the secrets of consciousness have a quantum basis.
In a famous essay on determinism and free will, he expressed very clearly the sense that consciousness is a unity, arguing that this Уinsight is not new... From the early great Upanishads the recognition Atman = Brahman (the personal self equals the omnipresent, all-comprehending eternal self) was in Indian thought considered, far from being blasphemous, to represent the quintessence of deepest insight into the happenings of the world. The striving of all the scholars of Vedanta was, after having learnt to pronounce with their lips, really to assimilate in their minds this
grandest of all thoughts. He considered the idea of pluralization of consciousness and the notion of many souls to be naive. He considered the notion of plurality to be a result of deception (maya):the same illusion is produced by a gallery of mirrors, and in the same way Gaurisankar and Mt. Everest turned out to be the same peak seen from different valleys.
SchrЎdingerТs ideas continue to be fundamental in a variety of new fields. The wonders of modern science, such as electronics, biology, chemistry, wouldnТt have been possible without the insights of quantum theory. The possibilities inherent in quantum theory have not all been realized. SchrЎdinger remains one of the most discussed figures in modern scientific thought.
His ideas will continue to inspire science.
SchrЎdinger was a very complex person. But he had a sense of humor and paradox. He called his dog Atman. Perhaps he did this to honour Yudhishthira whose own dog, an incarnation of cosmic justice (Dharma), accompanied him on his last march to the Himalayas. More likely, he was calling attention to the unity that pervades the web of life.
Let me now talk of a savant who followed Vedic ideas and was inspired
enough to create a modern theory that has transformed the world. I have in
mind the Austrian physicist Erwin SchrЎdinger, who was arguably one of the
two greatest scientists of the 20th century. If Albert Einstein is celebrated for
his creation of the theory of relativity, Erwin SchrЎdinger is equally famous for
his creation of Quantum mechanics, the deepest theory at the basis of outer reality.
Quantum mechanics went so far beyond the already radical framework of relativity
that Einstein refused to accept it to his last day. Without quantum theory, advances
in chemistry and electronics that are the foundation of modern technology would
have been impossible.
It is a fact that the great European scientists have searched for truth by first abandoning the narrow theologies of the religion into which they were born. But for SchrЎdinger,Vedic ideas provided the very foundation for his uncompromising search for meaning.It is not generally known that before he created quantum mechanics he expressed his intention to give form to central ideas of Vedanta which, therefore, has had a role in the birth of quantum mechanics. In 1925, before his revolutionary theory was complete,Erwin SchrЎdinger wrote:
*This life of yours which you are living is not merely a piece of this entire existence,but in a certain sense the whole; only this whole is not so constituted that it can be surveyed in one single glance. This, as we know, is what the Brahmins express in that sacred, mystic formula which is yet really so simple and so clear: tat tvam asi,this is you. Or, again, in such words as УI am in the east and the west, I am above and below, I am this entire world.*
SchrЎdingerТs influential What is Life? (1944) also used Vedic ideas. The book became
instantly famous although it was criticized by some for its emphasis on Indian ideas. Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the DNA code, credited this book for key insights that led him to his revolutionary discovery. According to his biographer Walter Moore, there is a clear continuity between SchrЎdingerТs understanding of Vedanta and his research:
*The unity and continuity of Vedanta are reflected in the unity and continuity of wave
mechanics. In 1925, the world view of physics was a model of a great machine composed
of separable interacting material particles. During the next few years, SchrЎdinger and Heisenberg and their followers created a universe based on superimposed inseparable waves of probability amplitudes. This new view would be entirely consistent with the Vedantic concept of All in One.*
SchrЎdinger became a Vedantist, a Hindu, as a result of his studies in his
search for truth. He kept a copy of the Hindu scriptures at his bedside. He
read books on Vedas, yoga, and Sankhya philosophy, and he reworked them
into his own words, and ultimately came to believe them. The Upanishads and
the Bhagavad-gita were his favorite scriptures.
According to his biographer Moore, УHis system--or that of the Upanishads-- is
delightful and consistent: the self and the world are one and they are all. He rejected traditional western religious beliefs (Jewish, Christian, and Islamic) not on the basis of any reasoned argument, nor even with an expression of emotional antipathy, for he loved to use religious expressions and metaphors, but simply by saying that they are naive.
SchrЎdinger was a professor at several universities in Europe. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1933. During the Hitler era he was dismissed from his position for his opposition to the Nazi ideas and he fled to England. For some years he was in Ireland, but after the conclusion of World War II he returned to Vienna where he died in 1961. Quantum mechanics goes beyond ordinary logic. According to it reality is a superposition of all possibilities which restates Vedic ideas. It is quantum mechanics which explains the mysteries of chemical reactions and of life. In recent years, it has been suggested that the secrets of consciousness have a quantum basis.
In a famous essay on determinism and free will, he expressed very clearly the sense that consciousness is a unity, arguing that this Уinsight is not new... From the early great Upanishads the recognition Atman = Brahman (the personal self equals the omnipresent, all-comprehending eternal self) was in Indian thought considered, far from being blasphemous, to represent the quintessence of deepest insight into the happenings of the world. The striving of all the scholars of Vedanta was, after having learnt to pronounce with their lips, really to assimilate in their minds this
grandest of all thoughts. He considered the idea of pluralization of consciousness and the notion of many souls to be naive. He considered the notion of plurality to be a result of deception (maya):the same illusion is produced by a gallery of mirrors, and in the same way Gaurisankar and Mt. Everest turned out to be the same peak seen from different valleys.
SchrЎdingerТs ideas continue to be fundamental in a variety of new fields. The wonders of modern science, such as electronics, biology, chemistry, wouldnТt have been possible without the insights of quantum theory. The possibilities inherent in quantum theory have not all been realized. SchrЎdinger remains one of the most discussed figures in modern scientific thought.
His ideas will continue to inspire science.
SchrЎdinger was a very complex person. But he had a sense of humor and paradox. He called his dog Atman. Perhaps he did this to honour Yudhishthira whose own dog, an incarnation of cosmic justice (Dharma), accompanied him on his last march to the Himalayas. More likely, he was calling attention to the unity that pervades the web of life.
Friday, December 16, 2011
REGRETS in Life:
Reproduced from Dr. Kehinde Ayeni's writing his personal experience working with patients;
Kehinde Ayeni
Top Five Regrets of The Dying December 1, 2011 By T Kelly 96 Comments By Bronnie Ware on November 30, 2011 For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them. When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five: 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it. 2. I wish I didn’t work so hard. This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence. By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle. 3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result. We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying. It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships. 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier. This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again. When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying. Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose
Kehinde Ayeni
Top Five Regrets of The Dying December 1, 2011 By T Kelly 96 Comments By Bronnie Ware on November 30, 2011 For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they departed though, every one of them. When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five: 1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. This was the most common regret of all. When people realise that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made. It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it. 2. I wish I didn’t work so hard. This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children’s youth and their partner’s companionship. Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence. By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle. 3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result. We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win. 4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. Often they would not truly realise the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying. It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships. 5. I wish that I had let myself be happier. This is a surprisingly common one. Many did not realise until the end that happiness is a choice. They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called ‘comfort’ of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again. When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying. Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose
Monday, December 12, 2011
VIKRAM_VAITAAL Stories;10th series; Blood's characteristics
Read more stories on; www.sushmajee.com
and Vikram-Vaitaal stories on; ( THIS IS GOING TO BE LAST story in my blog)
http://sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/index-vaitaal.htm
The same story is written under different titles; the story under the title " Three Special Braahman " is written on;
http://sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/vaitaal-3/3-braahman.htm
and the story here in my blog under the title" Blood's Charactristics" is written on;
http://sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/vaitaal-3/3-braahman.htm
Characteristics of the Blood
Blood has its own characteristics
Vikram was walking fast. He had to reach the Yogee in time. Vaitaal said - "Vikram, Now listen to the story. The King of Adhak Desh was very brave and mighty. His Kingdom was very large. One day a Vaishya came in his court. He greeted him prostrating in front of him and said - "Victory to the King." That Vaishya had three sons, but unfortunately all were blind. They also greeted the King and stood aside.
The Vaishya said - "Raajan, I am in great difficulty. I need 1,000 gold coins. I will return them after 6 months." King asked - "What is such a need?" The Vaishya said - "I want to go to foreign lands for business." The King didn't speak anything. At this the Vaishya said - "I am leaving my three sons in return of the money." The King asked - "But they are blind, what will I do of them?"
Vaishya said - "Please do not say like this about them. my all the sons are very qualitative." "How", the King asked. Vaishya said - "Raajan, They work on the basis of touch and smell. My first son is very good at horse, the second one knows women very well, and the third one knows weapons very well. If you find anything wrong with their judgment, you may cut their head, and punish me also when I have come back. My three sons will help you in carrying out your royal duties." The King agreed, he gave him 1,000 gold coins and the Vaishya went away. The King made the arrangements of his sons' living and food etc.
Thus some time passed. One day a horse trader came in the court and showed a beautiful horse to the King. The King liked the horse, so he got ready to buy that horse. The trader said - "It is very beautiful horse. It is from Kaabul." He told the King very high price for that horse. The King was about to buy the horse, that he remembered the Vaishya's first son. He ordered to bring him in the court.
The Vaishya's son was bought to the court. He asked him to examine the horse and advise him whether to buy or not to buy that horse. Vaishya's son went to the horse and started examining him by touching him at many places. The trader and the courtiers were smiling thin King that what this blind boy can tell about the horse without seeing him. As he started smelling him, the trader said - "Leave him alone. Is a horse examined by smelling?" Still the boy continued his examination by smelling the horse.
After a while he said - "Raajan, Please, never buy this horse even by mistake." "Why?" "You may ask somebody to sit upon him and try him." The King asked one of his soldiers to try him. He sat on the horse, and drove him, but after a while the horse had thrown him down and started shaKing his head badly. The trader got surprised to see this. He said to the King - "Raajan, This horse has never behaved with me like this before."
The boy said - "He will never behave like this with any milkman. You are a milkman. You have abandoned your own job, and now you are in the business of horse trading." The trader asked him - "How do you know that I am a milkman?" "This horse is born in your house only. His parents are also with you. You have fed him buffalo's milk. I knew it by his smell." The trader was very surprised to know all these details. He bowed to the King and went from there asKing his forgiveness. The King got very happy with the Vaishya's son, he ordered his people to make his food double.
One day a jeweler came in the court of the King. He showed him many beautiful gems. The King liked some gems, so he got ready to buy some of them. But then again he remembered the Vaishya's second son, he ordered his people to bring him in the court. He was brought in the court.
The King said - "O Boy, I want to buy these gems, advise me on this matter." The boy examined them and separated some beautiful gems and advised the King not to buy them." "Why?" "Because all of them are inauspicious. At least do not buy this ruby. This is very inauspicious. It goes in whichever house, kills somebody in that house."
That jeweler knew this, he got very scared hearing this. The King asked him - "Tell me O jeweler, Is it true?" The jeweler said folding his hands - "Maaraaj, Please forgive me." The King forgave him and the jeweler went away. The King asked his people to make his food also double. After a while a trader in weapons came to the King's court and this time also the Vaishya's third son proved himself.
After a while the Vaishya came back from his business and he asked his sons back. The King asked him - "You are the father of these boys, what is your specialty?" The Vaishya said - "I know the person." The King asked - "Then tell me, what do you know about me?" The Vaishya said - "You are the son of a cook. You have never given any reward to my sons, but to increase their diet." The King became severely angry hearing this. He immediately ordered to kill the Vaishya and his sons.
Vaitaal said - "Tell me, Vikram, Was the King sinner or not?"
Vikram said - "The King was not a sinner. This is true that the characteristics of blood never go away, but the Vaishya should have acted intelligently. He was killed along with his sons only because of his foolishness."
Vaitaal laughed loudly, ran away and hung from the same tree. Vikram was again following him.
and Vikram-Vaitaal stories on; ( THIS IS GOING TO BE LAST story in my blog)
http://sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/index-vaitaal.htm
The same story is written under different titles; the story under the title " Three Special Braahman " is written on;
http://sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/vaitaal-3/3-braahman.htm
and the story here in my blog under the title" Blood's Charactristics" is written on;
http://sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/vaitaal-3/3-braahman.htm
Characteristics of the Blood
Blood has its own characteristics
Vikram was walking fast. He had to reach the Yogee in time. Vaitaal said - "Vikram, Now listen to the story. The King of Adhak Desh was very brave and mighty. His Kingdom was very large. One day a Vaishya came in his court. He greeted him prostrating in front of him and said - "Victory to the King." That Vaishya had three sons, but unfortunately all were blind. They also greeted the King and stood aside.
The Vaishya said - "Raajan, I am in great difficulty. I need 1,000 gold coins. I will return them after 6 months." King asked - "What is such a need?" The Vaishya said - "I want to go to foreign lands for business." The King didn't speak anything. At this the Vaishya said - "I am leaving my three sons in return of the money." The King asked - "But they are blind, what will I do of them?"
Vaishya said - "Please do not say like this about them. my all the sons are very qualitative." "How", the King asked. Vaishya said - "Raajan, They work on the basis of touch and smell. My first son is very good at horse, the second one knows women very well, and the third one knows weapons very well. If you find anything wrong with their judgment, you may cut their head, and punish me also when I have come back. My three sons will help you in carrying out your royal duties." The King agreed, he gave him 1,000 gold coins and the Vaishya went away. The King made the arrangements of his sons' living and food etc.
Thus some time passed. One day a horse trader came in the court and showed a beautiful horse to the King. The King liked the horse, so he got ready to buy that horse. The trader said - "It is very beautiful horse. It is from Kaabul." He told the King very high price for that horse. The King was about to buy the horse, that he remembered the Vaishya's first son. He ordered to bring him in the court.
The Vaishya's son was bought to the court. He asked him to examine the horse and advise him whether to buy or not to buy that horse. Vaishya's son went to the horse and started examining him by touching him at many places. The trader and the courtiers were smiling thin King that what this blind boy can tell about the horse without seeing him. As he started smelling him, the trader said - "Leave him alone. Is a horse examined by smelling?" Still the boy continued his examination by smelling the horse.
After a while he said - "Raajan, Please, never buy this horse even by mistake." "Why?" "You may ask somebody to sit upon him and try him." The King asked one of his soldiers to try him. He sat on the horse, and drove him, but after a while the horse had thrown him down and started shaKing his head badly. The trader got surprised to see this. He said to the King - "Raajan, This horse has never behaved with me like this before."
The boy said - "He will never behave like this with any milkman. You are a milkman. You have abandoned your own job, and now you are in the business of horse trading." The trader asked him - "How do you know that I am a milkman?" "This horse is born in your house only. His parents are also with you. You have fed him buffalo's milk. I knew it by his smell." The trader was very surprised to know all these details. He bowed to the King and went from there asKing his forgiveness. The King got very happy with the Vaishya's son, he ordered his people to make his food double.
One day a jeweler came in the court of the King. He showed him many beautiful gems. The King liked some gems, so he got ready to buy some of them. But then again he remembered the Vaishya's second son, he ordered his people to bring him in the court. He was brought in the court.
The King said - "O Boy, I want to buy these gems, advise me on this matter." The boy examined them and separated some beautiful gems and advised the King not to buy them." "Why?" "Because all of them are inauspicious. At least do not buy this ruby. This is very inauspicious. It goes in whichever house, kills somebody in that house."
That jeweler knew this, he got very scared hearing this. The King asked him - "Tell me O jeweler, Is it true?" The jeweler said folding his hands - "Maaraaj, Please forgive me." The King forgave him and the jeweler went away. The King asked his people to make his food also double. After a while a trader in weapons came to the King's court and this time also the Vaishya's third son proved himself.
After a while the Vaishya came back from his business and he asked his sons back. The King asked him - "You are the father of these boys, what is your specialty?" The Vaishya said - "I know the person." The King asked - "Then tell me, what do you know about me?" The Vaishya said - "You are the son of a cook. You have never given any reward to my sons, but to increase their diet." The King became severely angry hearing this. He immediately ordered to kill the Vaishya and his sons.
Vaitaal said - "Tell me, Vikram, Was the King sinner or not?"
Vikram said - "The King was not a sinner. This is true that the characteristics of blood never go away, but the Vaishya should have acted intelligently. He was killed along with his sons only because of his foolishness."
Vaitaal laughed loudly, ran away and hung from the same tree. Vikram was again following him.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
TOP FIVE DINNER MEALS for good SLEEP
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Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
For remaining mentally sharp and productive throughout the day and for ensuring that you are emotionally balanced, having a sound night-time sleep is critical.
Rather than seeking help in the form of chemically-formulated sleep medications that are often addictive and are known to have serious side-effects, it is better to opt for natural aids. The safest and probably the most undemanding solution to all your sleep problems is food. Following are Five Dinner Meals that will help to optimize your overall sleeping pattern and halt your progress towards serious complications due to sleep deprivation such as insomnia:
1. Whole-wheat Rotis with Potatoes
Most carbohydrate sources, particularly those rich in complex carbohydrates, like whole wheat are recommended for ensuring better sleep. This can be easily used for dinner by opting for whole-wheat flour. Rotis made from such flour help to promote sleep by stimulating release of insulin. This hormone is a stimulant for ensuring that tryptophan is directedtowards the brain . Here, tryptophan is metabolized into serotonin which in turn is the primary biochemical for establishing a general feeling of wellness. It fights stress or anxiety-induced sleep disturbances. Ideally, these rotis should be combined with at least one potato-based dish. Potatoes are known to breakdown the acids that interfere with the metabolism of tryptophan.
2. Spinach Combined with Low-fat Yogurt
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
Whether consumed with whole wheat chapattis or brown rice, spinach is a recommended dietary sleeping aid. Most leafy green vegetables like spinach are a rich source of iron that is vital to neutralize a common sleep deterrent referred to as Restless Legs Syndrome. This condition is actually a form of subdued hyperactivity or an anxious reaction to any persistent thought that prevents onset of sleep. A recommended combination with spinach is having low-fat yogurt. This is a proven source of magnesium and calcium. These two micronutrients are essentially sleep-supportive minerals that promote deeper, more relaxing sleep. Eating yogurt with spinach is also recommended to ensure that absorption of iron is comprehensive.
3. Beans With Flax Seed Rotis
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
Beans in form of kidney beans are a rich source of B vitamins including Folic Acid, B6 and B12. These are vital, sleep vitamins, i.e. they help in regulating the sleep cycles and assist metabolic process related to serotonin. This is why vitamin B supplements are commonly recommended to people diagnosed with insomnia. Flax seed or Alsi is commonly used as a fiber and nutrition resource in the form of flax seed oil or as a flour ingredient. A bit of grounded flax seed should be added to the whole wheat flour. Flax seeds are enriched with Omega 3 Fatty Acids that help to fight-off sleep disturbances like stress by aiding the complete absorption of serotonin.
4. Cauliflower/Kale (Javi) With Whole Wheat Rotis
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
Many green vegetables are a natural source of Tryptophan. Among these, Kale or Javi is recommended for dinner. Javi also contains biochemicals that fight-off anxiety. When combined with tryptophan-boosters like whole wheat bread or rotis, it acts like the perfect sleep-promoting meal. If you cannot find Javi in your area, you can use cauliflower or cabbage.
5. Cooked Lentils With Brown Rice
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
Carbohydrate foods that are high in fiber tend to aid the gradual release of Tryptophan, ensuring that the stress-fighting capabilities of Tryptophan are sustained over a longer period. Among these high-glycemic foods like Brown Rice are recommended which can be combined with cooked dals. Lentils are another high-tryptophan food item. These are easy-to-digest and also provide the body with essential proteins. -
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
For remaining mentally sharp and productive throughout the day and for ensuring that you are emotionally balanced, having a sound night-time sleep is critical.
Rather than seeking help in the form of chemically-formulated sleep medications that are often addictive and are known to have serious side-effects, it is better to opt for natural aids. The safest and probably the most undemanding solution to all your sleep problems is food. Following are Five Dinner Meals that will help to optimize your overall sleeping pattern and halt your progress towards serious complications due to sleep deprivation such as insomnia:
1. Whole-wheat Rotis with Potatoes
Most carbohydrate sources, particularly those rich in complex carbohydrates, like whole wheat are recommended for ensuring better sleep. This can be easily used for dinner by opting for whole-wheat flour. Rotis made from such flour help to promote sleep by stimulating release of insulin. This hormone is a stimulant for ensuring that tryptophan is directedtowards the brain . Here, tryptophan is metabolized into serotonin which in turn is the primary biochemical for establishing a general feeling of wellness. It fights stress or anxiety-induced sleep disturbances. Ideally, these rotis should be combined with at least one potato-based dish. Potatoes are known to breakdown the acids that interfere with the metabolism of tryptophan.
2. Spinach Combined with Low-fat Yogurt
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
Whether consumed with whole wheat chapattis or brown rice, spinach is a recommended dietary sleeping aid. Most leafy green vegetables like spinach are a rich source of iron that is vital to neutralize a common sleep deterrent referred to as Restless Legs Syndrome. This condition is actually a form of subdued hyperactivity or an anxious reaction to any persistent thought that prevents onset of sleep. A recommended combination with spinach is having low-fat yogurt. This is a proven source of magnesium and calcium. These two micronutrients are essentially sleep-supportive minerals that promote deeper, more relaxing sleep. Eating yogurt with spinach is also recommended to ensure that absorption of iron is comprehensive.
3. Beans With Flax Seed Rotis
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
Beans in form of kidney beans are a rich source of B vitamins including Folic Acid, B6 and B12. These are vital, sleep vitamins, i.e. they help in regulating the sleep cycles and assist metabolic process related to serotonin. This is why vitamin B supplements are commonly recommended to people diagnosed with insomnia. Flax seed or Alsi is commonly used as a fiber and nutrition resource in the form of flax seed oil or as a flour ingredient. A bit of grounded flax seed should be added to the whole wheat flour. Flax seeds are enriched with Omega 3 Fatty Acids that help to fight-off sleep disturbances like stress by aiding the complete absorption of serotonin.
4. Cauliflower/Kale (Javi) With Whole Wheat Rotis
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
Many green vegetables are a natural source of Tryptophan. Among these, Kale or Javi is recommended for dinner. Javi also contains biochemicals that fight-off anxiety. When combined with tryptophan-boosters like whole wheat bread or rotis, it acts like the perfect sleep-promoting meal. If you cannot find Javi in your area, you can use cauliflower or cabbage.
5. Cooked Lentils With Brown Rice
Top 5 Dinner Meals That Will Get You Good Sleep
Carbohydrate foods that are high in fiber tend to aid the gradual release of Tryptophan, ensuring that the stress-fighting capabilities of Tryptophan are sustained over a longer period. Among these high-glycemic foods like Brown Rice are recommended which can be combined with cooked dals. Lentils are another high-tryptophan food item. These are easy-to-digest and also provide the body with essential proteins. -
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JUST TO REMIND YOU TO BE MORE CAREFUL
Answer the phone by LEFT ear
Do not drink coffee TWICE a day
Do not take pills with COOL water
Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm
Reduce the amount of TEA you consume
Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume
Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night
Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS
Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time
Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning
Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping
When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar,
do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times
Forward this to those whom you CARE about
Sushma Gupta
Website: http://www.sushmajee.com
http://sushmajee.blogspot.com/2011/07/sanskriti-and-sanskar.html
JUST TO REMIND YOU TO BE MORE CAREFUL
Answer the phone by LEFT ear
Do not drink coffee TWICE a day
Do not take pills with COOL water
Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm
Reduce the amount of TEA you consume
Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume
Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night
Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS
Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time
Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning
Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping
When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar,
do not answer the phone as the radiation is 1000 times
Forward this to those whom you CARE about
Sushma Gupta
Website: http://www.sushmajee.com
http://sushmajee.blogspot.com/2011/07/sanskriti-and-sanskar.html
VIKRAM-VAITAL Stories; 8th series; A Truthful Woman
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A TRUTHFUL Woman:
Vaitaal said - "Listen to another story, O king. There was a Vaishya Hiranyadatt, who had a very beautiful daughter, Madansena Sundaree. As she was growing her beauty was also increasing. The people of that country, Madanpur, ruled by Beerbar, had spread this news everywhere. So many suitors drew their portraits and sent them to that Vaishya. The Vaishya showed all of them to his daughter and asked her to choose anyone she liked, but she told him that none of them pleased her, then she begged him to find such a boy who has good looks, good qualities and good sense.
Once four suitors came from four different countries. The father asked them to prove their knowledge to him, as he was satisfied with their looks. The first one said - "I am well versed with all Shaastra and there is nobody equal to me in science." The second one said - "I have specialization in archery and I can shoot at an aim which is not seen but only heard (Shabd Vedhee Vaan)." The third one said - "I understand the languages of all water, air and land animals." The fourth one said - "I can make certain cloth which can be sold at five rubies. After selling those five rubies, I give the proceeds of one ruby to a Braahman, one ruby to deity, one I wear myself, the fourth one I give to my wife, and the fifth one I spend on giving feasts."
The father thought that "the excess of anything is not good. Seetaa was very beautiful that is why Raavan took him; King Bali of Mahaabaahpur gave much alms that is why in the end he became poor. My daughter is too fair to remain maiden, to whom I should give my daughter?" Thinking thus he sat down hanging his head down. After a while he spoke to himself, the boy who is good at Shaastra, is Braahman; the boy who could shoot an arrow at the sound is a Kshatriya; and he who made the cloth is a Shoodra; but the one who understands the languages of all animals is of our caste so I will marry my daughter to him." Thinking thus he proceeded to fix her daughter's marriage.
Meanwhile Madansenaa went to a garden for a stroll, that she saw Dharmdatt Vaishya's son Somdatt who came there with his friend just for pleasure. He saw Madansenaa and fell in love with her instantly. He said to his friend "I have to marry this girl." And saying thus he came to her, held her hand and said to her - "If you will not marry me, I will commit suicide." She said - "Please do not do this as this will involve me in a murder and I will be punished for that." Somdatt said - "I cannot live without you, so you make me the promise."
Madansenaa said - "Oh, Kali Yug indeed has come, lying has increased and truth has decreased in this world, religion is destroyed, crime has increased. My marriage is after five days, but if you will not kill yourself, then I will visit you first then I will be with my husband." Having sworn like this Madansenaa went home and Somdatt also went away.
Marriage day arrived, ceremonies were started, turmeric was rubbed on their bodies, and marriage procession went to bride's house and both were married. Her husband brought his wife home after the marriage. After a few days she was taken to her husband's room. As her husband was about to take her hand, that she jerked it away and told him about Somdatt, his committing suicide and her promise to him. Her husband said - "From your speech, it seems that you are speaking the truth. If you really want to go to him, you may go."
With the permission of her husband, she went to Somdatt's house in her full marriage dress. On the way, a thief saw her and asked her where she was going adorned like that? She told him that she was going to her lover's house. "And who is your protector here?" "Kaam Dev, Rati's husband. Please do not destroy my jewels, I will give you everything when I come back." The thief agreed and he freed her to go and sat down there waiting for her to come back, thinking - these six things lower the man - friendship with a fool, causeless laughter, flattering with women, serving an unworthy master, riding an ass, and speaking any other language than Sanskrit. And these five things are decided before we take birth - age, action, wealth, science and fame. Today I have done a good work.
Meanwhile Madansenaa reached the home of Somdatt. He was fast asleep. As she woke him up, he asked her - "Are you a deity or a saint, or a serpent? From where have you come?" She replied - "I am human, Madansenaa, the daughter of Hiranyadatt Vaishya. Do you remember taking my hand in that grove and told that you would kill yourself, if I did not marry you, and I promised you to visit first and then I will remain with my husband." Somdatt was surprised to hear this, he said - "So, have you said everything to your husband?" Madansenaa said - "Yes, I have told him everything, he has understood the whole situation and I have come here with his permission."
He got very sad hearing this, he said - "This matter is like pearls without dress or food without Ghee, or singing without melody - they are alike unnatural. In the same way unclean clothes will destroy the beauty, bad food will destroy the strength, a wicked wife will worry her husband to death, a defamed son will ruin the family, and a woman whether she loves or hates will be a source of pain. For there are a few things a woman will never do - she never brings to her tongue what is in her heart; she will never speaks out that is on her tongue; and she never tells what is she doing. That is how God has created the woman. You may go home, I have no concern with another man's wife."
Madansenaa went away. On the way she met that thief, but pleased with her truth, he allowed her to go untouched. As she reached her house, her husband said - "No, Not a king, not a minister, not a wife, not a person's hair, not his nails look out of their places. The beauty of Kokilaa is in her notes, an ugly man's in his knowledge, a devotee's in his forgiveness and a woman's in her chastity."
After narrating the story so far, Vaitaal asked Vikram - "Who among the three was most virtuous?"
Vikram was so engrossed in hearing the tale, that he replied - "The thief." "Say why?" "Because when her husband found that she loved somebody else, he could not love her anymore. Somdatt let her go because of the fear of the king, but the thief had no fear of anybody, that is why the thief was the best."
Vaitaal laughed loudly and said - "Here ends my story." and escaped from the bag as before leaving father and son in dismay. Vikram said to his son Dharmdhwaj - "When next time Vaitaal asks me a question, you pinch me before answering his question. Because if this will go on like this, we will never be able to finish our task." But he was not sure that his father's plan will work. As they took him again, Vaitaal again started his new story.
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A TRUTHFUL Woman:
Vaitaal said - "Listen to another story, O king. There was a Vaishya Hiranyadatt, who had a very beautiful daughter, Madansena Sundaree. As she was growing her beauty was also increasing. The people of that country, Madanpur, ruled by Beerbar, had spread this news everywhere. So many suitors drew their portraits and sent them to that Vaishya. The Vaishya showed all of them to his daughter and asked her to choose anyone she liked, but she told him that none of them pleased her, then she begged him to find such a boy who has good looks, good qualities and good sense.
Once four suitors came from four different countries. The father asked them to prove their knowledge to him, as he was satisfied with their looks. The first one said - "I am well versed with all Shaastra and there is nobody equal to me in science." The second one said - "I have specialization in archery and I can shoot at an aim which is not seen but only heard (Shabd Vedhee Vaan)." The third one said - "I understand the languages of all water, air and land animals." The fourth one said - "I can make certain cloth which can be sold at five rubies. After selling those five rubies, I give the proceeds of one ruby to a Braahman, one ruby to deity, one I wear myself, the fourth one I give to my wife, and the fifth one I spend on giving feasts."
The father thought that "the excess of anything is not good. Seetaa was very beautiful that is why Raavan took him; King Bali of Mahaabaahpur gave much alms that is why in the end he became poor. My daughter is too fair to remain maiden, to whom I should give my daughter?" Thinking thus he sat down hanging his head down. After a while he spoke to himself, the boy who is good at Shaastra, is Braahman; the boy who could shoot an arrow at the sound is a Kshatriya; and he who made the cloth is a Shoodra; but the one who understands the languages of all animals is of our caste so I will marry my daughter to him." Thinking thus he proceeded to fix her daughter's marriage.
Meanwhile Madansenaa went to a garden for a stroll, that she saw Dharmdatt Vaishya's son Somdatt who came there with his friend just for pleasure. He saw Madansenaa and fell in love with her instantly. He said to his friend "I have to marry this girl." And saying thus he came to her, held her hand and said to her - "If you will not marry me, I will commit suicide." She said - "Please do not do this as this will involve me in a murder and I will be punished for that." Somdatt said - "I cannot live without you, so you make me the promise."
Madansenaa said - "Oh, Kali Yug indeed has come, lying has increased and truth has decreased in this world, religion is destroyed, crime has increased. My marriage is after five days, but if you will not kill yourself, then I will visit you first then I will be with my husband." Having sworn like this Madansenaa went home and Somdatt also went away.
Marriage day arrived, ceremonies were started, turmeric was rubbed on their bodies, and marriage procession went to bride's house and both were married. Her husband brought his wife home after the marriage. After a few days she was taken to her husband's room. As her husband was about to take her hand, that she jerked it away and told him about Somdatt, his committing suicide and her promise to him. Her husband said - "From your speech, it seems that you are speaking the truth. If you really want to go to him, you may go."
With the permission of her husband, she went to Somdatt's house in her full marriage dress. On the way, a thief saw her and asked her where she was going adorned like that? She told him that she was going to her lover's house. "And who is your protector here?" "Kaam Dev, Rati's husband. Please do not destroy my jewels, I will give you everything when I come back." The thief agreed and he freed her to go and sat down there waiting for her to come back, thinking - these six things lower the man - friendship with a fool, causeless laughter, flattering with women, serving an unworthy master, riding an ass, and speaking any other language than Sanskrit. And these five things are decided before we take birth - age, action, wealth, science and fame. Today I have done a good work.
Meanwhile Madansenaa reached the home of Somdatt. He was fast asleep. As she woke him up, he asked her - "Are you a deity or a saint, or a serpent? From where have you come?" She replied - "I am human, Madansenaa, the daughter of Hiranyadatt Vaishya. Do you remember taking my hand in that grove and told that you would kill yourself, if I did not marry you, and I promised you to visit first and then I will remain with my husband." Somdatt was surprised to hear this, he said - "So, have you said everything to your husband?" Madansenaa said - "Yes, I have told him everything, he has understood the whole situation and I have come here with his permission."
He got very sad hearing this, he said - "This matter is like pearls without dress or food without Ghee, or singing without melody - they are alike unnatural. In the same way unclean clothes will destroy the beauty, bad food will destroy the strength, a wicked wife will worry her husband to death, a defamed son will ruin the family, and a woman whether she loves or hates will be a source of pain. For there are a few things a woman will never do - she never brings to her tongue what is in her heart; she will never speaks out that is on her tongue; and she never tells what is she doing. That is how God has created the woman. You may go home, I have no concern with another man's wife."
Madansenaa went away. On the way she met that thief, but pleased with her truth, he allowed her to go untouched. As she reached her house, her husband said - "No, Not a king, not a minister, not a wife, not a person's hair, not his nails look out of their places. The beauty of Kokilaa is in her notes, an ugly man's in his knowledge, a devotee's in his forgiveness and a woman's in her chastity."
After narrating the story so far, Vaitaal asked Vikram - "Who among the three was most virtuous?"
Vikram was so engrossed in hearing the tale, that he replied - "The thief." "Say why?" "Because when her husband found that she loved somebody else, he could not love her anymore. Somdatt let her go because of the fear of the king, but the thief had no fear of anybody, that is why the thief was the best."
Vaitaal laughed loudly and said - "Here ends my story." and escaped from the bag as before leaving father and son in dismay. Vikram said to his son Dharmdhwaj - "When next time Vaitaal asks me a question, you pinch me before answering his question. Because if this will go on like this, we will never be able to finish our task." But he was not sure that his father's plan will work. As they took him again, Vaitaal again started his new story.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
VIKRAM-VAITAAL Stories:7th in series; Foolishness of the four wise
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Foolishness of the Four Wise:
Vaitaal started a new true story - "There was a Braahman in Gaur (Bangaal) university, named Vishnu Swaamee. He could write prose in very old languages, not very good, but still better than many people, that is what it made him distinguished. He had all Ved, Puraan etc on his finger tips. He had written bulky commentaries also. With regard to speaking truth, he was second Yudhishthir. He knew all the events chronologically even 5-6 million years before of his birth. But this was also true that sometimes he even lost his memory to tell you where the Yavan country (Greece) was located. Still even the Pandit of his alma mater Kaashee, looked forward to learn from him.
He had four sons. He taught all good qualities to his children - humility, obedience, respect, attachment etc. He admired them at their back but scolded them on their face. He dressed them coarsely to save them from vanity. Whenever they anticipated a "treat" he strongly disappointed them to teach them self-denial. If he promised them to give reward, he gave them to teach them discipline. At the age of six, they were sent to "Chatushpadee" (school) where they labored till noon, then they had two hours time for their usual work (bathing, eating, sleeping, worship); and at 3.00 pm they resumed their labor. This lasted till twilight, then they worshipped, ate, drank for an hour. Then they returned to their study till 10.00 pm.
All Four Go to Kaashee
In those days, teachers did not intend to dull their students with lots of study, but they taught them god behavior - not to engage in night frolics, not to use light expressions, not to draw pictures on the walls, not to eat honey, flesh etc, on no account to wear sandals, or use umbrella and by no means to steal neighbor's mangoes. But Shani must have been in 9th mansion when those boys came to light. At the age of 12 they went to the University of Kaashee, and without losing any time, the first one became a gambler, the second one a confirmed libertine, the third one a thief, and the fourth one a high Buddhist (in other words an atheist)."
At this point Vikram frowned at his son to behave like a king's son. He asked Vaitaal the meaning of "Atheist". Vaitaal said - "It is difficult to explain. The sages assign it to three or four meanings. First, who denies that God exists; secondly, one who believes that the gods exist but denies that they are busy with human affairs; thirdly, one who believes in the gods and in their providence and also believes that they are easily to be set aside. But according to Buddha, none exists but the five elements (earth, water, fire, air and space).
He did not believe in spirit because it could not be detected in the body. Reason was a developed instinct for him, and life an element of the atmosphere affecting certain organisms. He believed in Sat, Raj and Tam (Notes 127) but only as a properties of matter. He acknowledged Sthool Shareer (gross matter) and Sookshm Shareer (atomic matter), but not the Ling Shareer (archetype matter). He did not credit the miracles of Krishn, because, according to him, nature could never suspend her laws. He ridiculed the idea of Mahaapralaya (Great Deluge); because as the world had no beginning, it had no end.
Thus in the end, the University Guru called the four and said to them - "There are four types of characters in the world, (1) he who perfectly obeys the command, (2) he who practices the commands, but follows the evil, (3) he who does neither good nor evil, and (4) he who does nothing but evil. The third character may be considered as an offender, because he neglects which he ought to observe, but you all belong to the fourth category."
Then they turned to the eldest one and said - "Books on Government say that cut off the nose and ears of the gamblers, hold up his name to the public contempt, and drive him out of the country. For, who play must often lose than they win; and while losing either they should pay or not pay, in latter case they should lose their cast. And although a gambler has a family but it should not be considered as it is there, because nobody knows when it is lost. So you should go to a country life."
Then they said to the second one - "The wise shun a woman who can fascinate a man in a twinkling of an eye, but the foolish forfeit all for her. Even elders cannot advice such people because they make others also bad, because it is said that, "Who has lost all senses of shame, fears not to disgrace others." and "A wild cat who devours its own young, is not likely a rat to escape." That is why you also leave this seat of learning."
Then the third one proceeded to justify himself by quoting from Leelaa Shaastra - "Fortune favors foolish and force, but the elderly professors drive him out of execrations." Although professors did not approve the thief and an atheist but could not disregard the words of wisdom, so they punished him with some fine and mutilation of hands for theft; and when detected in the act with loss of life; and chopping off his fingers for snatching things. They drove him out of the door, as he shamelessly began to quote texts about the four approved texts for house breaking - picking out the burnt bricks, cutting through unbaked bricks, throwing water on a mud wall, and boring the wood."
They spent six hours to convict the atheist, the fourth one - by inference, by comparisons, by sounds, by Shruti and Smriti - revelational and traditional, rational and evidential, physical and metaphysical, analytical and synthetically, but they found all their endeavors vain, because it is said - "For a man who has lost all shame, who can talk without sense and who tries to cheat his opponent, will never get tired and will never put down." He fell foul of the gods, accused Yam for kicking out his mother, Indra tempting the wife of Maharshi Gautam, and Shiv associated with low women - thus no one can respect them. Thus he made the professors so angry that they drove him out of the assembly.
All Four Are Expelled from Kaashee
Thus all the four came back to their home. Their father considered them as a disgrace to his family. He also asked them to go out until they showed some signs of improvement. He said - "For, those who have read science in their boyhood; and who, in youth, are agitated by evil passions; have remained in ignorance, feel regret in the old age, and are burned in the fire of avarice." He stopped their monthly allowance, but to aid to their task he told them if they went to the neighboring university of Jayasthal and did some better, he might ask their maternal uncle to supply them food and other necessities.
They tried in vain to soften the heat of their father by threatening him to commit suicide, so they deferred their father's proposal as a last resort. They decided to enjoy life before going there. They tried to live without monthly allowance but it was like squeezing the oil from sand. The gambler lost all the games and had to sell himself for slavery. He found it difficult so he told his brothers that they would see him at Jayasthal where he would learn wisdom. After a month the second one could not afford new good clothes, so women did not like him, so he also went to Jayasthal.
The third one, the thief, thought about himself - "Am I not a cat in climbing, a deer in running, a snake in twisting, a hawk in pouncing, a dog in scenting, keen as hare, tenacious as a wolf, strong as a lion, a lamp in the night, a horse on a plain, a mule on a stony path, a boat in the water, a rock on a land?" The answers of all his questions were affirmative; but in spite of all these qualities one day he was caught and was handed over to the justice. As he was a Braahman he was fined heavily, but he could not pay it so he was put in the jail for some time. He escaped from there, made a parting bow to Kaarttikeya (Notes 138), stole a blanket and finally went to Jayasthal.
First the atheist, the fourth one, engaged himself in discussions, but could not continue because people did not want to discuss anything with him because they could not oppose him as they knew his father; so he went to another city where nobody knew him and nobody invited him to his house. Once he attempted his usual trick on a group of sages but he was pushed back from there and thus he also ended up at Jayasthal.
All Four Come Back to Gaur
Now all the four discussed what they should study so that they should be respected at Gaur. They came to conclusion that they should study "white magic". They chose a Guru. In those days one made an unusual discovery, but only some enthusiastic people could approve it, while others did not. Wise of Gaur and the wise of Jayasthal discussed the matters of each other what they least understood about each other. The four men mastered the difficulties of that life giving process, and in due time their industry gave them reward.
They returned home. On the way they saw a Kanjar (one of the lowest caste people in India) carrying a bundle of skin and bones of a tiger which he had found dead. The thief said to the gambler - "If we take these remains, we may prove our science to Gaur." Being now possessed of knowledge they now thought to apply that knowledge for a good cause - power over the property of others. So the libertine, the gambler and the atheist engaged the Kanjar in conversation, while the thief took a bone, kept it upright on another and did something that the man ran away in fright.
Vishnu Swaamee lately wrote a learned commentary on the mystical words of Lokaakshee - "The scriptures are at variance, the tradition is at variance. Who give a meaning of his own, quoting the Ved, is no philosopher. True philosophy, through ignorance, is concealed as fissures of a rock. But the way of the Great One, that is to be followed...."
As the four boys came home, Vishnu Swaamee welcomed them with an open heart. He had already heard from his brother-in-law that the boys could support themselves; and when he was informed that they wanted to show their knowledge to public, although not believing them, he agreed to do show it. All Pandit, Guru, pious learned teachers and professors, spiritual fathers, poets, philosophers, mathematicians, school masters, coaches, mentors, monitors, met together in a big garden.
The four brothers came there slowly lowering their eyes. After making an introductory speech, composed by their father for them, they announced that they were about to prove a truth of a science, the rivals of Jayasthal did not believe. Their huge words, their intellectual convocation deserved all praise. None objected of what was being proposed except one of the heads of houses. His appeal was dismissed because his Sanskrit style was vulgarly intelligible. He had the bad name for being a practical man.
The metaphysician Rasik Laal looked at the poet Vaishwat, who in turn looked at a theo-philosopher Vardhmaan. Haridatt, the antiquarian, whispered something in the ears of the metaphysician Vaasudev who burst into laugh, while other learned in Ved stared at him with astonishment. He felt offended and went home. They opened the bundle of a tiger's skin and bones before the large crowd.
One of them spread the bones just in correct fashion. The second one connected its skeleton with the heart, muscles of an elephant which he had already procured for this purpose. The third drew from his pouch a brain and eyes of a tom-cat which he carefully fitted in its skull, and then covered its body with a young rhinoceros. And the fourth one, the atheist who was the director of this whole operation, produced a globule having another globule in it. And as the crowd pressed on them, he placed the Principle of Organic Life in the tiger's body with such effect that the monster immediately heaved its chest, breathed, agitated its limbs, opened its eyes, jumped to its feet, shook itself, glared around, and began to grind its teeth.
The sages sprang back, and the animal sprang forward. All of them rushed to the garden gate, but the beast having muscles of the elephant, bones of a tiger, made a few bounds 80-90 feet each and devoured 121 people, including Vishnu Swaamee and his all sons."
After telling this story, Vaitaal hung for a few minutes then said to Vikram - "Listen to me O King now, Which of those learned people was the greatest fool? Although the answer is easy, yet it is distasteful to you. Remember "science without understanding is of little use; understanding is superior to the science; and those who do not have understanding perish like the people perished in above story."
The King mistook the mortification imposed upon him and replied - "The greatest fool of all was the father himself. Is it not said that "There is no fool like an old fool."
Vaitaal again burst into laugh and said - "Now I return to my tree. By this head I have never heard a father condemning another father." and he slipped out of the bundle. Vikram scolded his son for his disobedience, for which he promised to remember next time. They went back to the tree, took him and set off for their journey again. Vaitaal had to speak, so he started telling them another story.
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Foolishness of the Four Wise:
Vaitaal started a new true story - "There was a Braahman in Gaur (Bangaal) university, named Vishnu Swaamee. He could write prose in very old languages, not very good, but still better than many people, that is what it made him distinguished. He had all Ved, Puraan etc on his finger tips. He had written bulky commentaries also. With regard to speaking truth, he was second Yudhishthir. He knew all the events chronologically even 5-6 million years before of his birth. But this was also true that sometimes he even lost his memory to tell you where the Yavan country (Greece) was located. Still even the Pandit of his alma mater Kaashee, looked forward to learn from him.
He had four sons. He taught all good qualities to his children - humility, obedience, respect, attachment etc. He admired them at their back but scolded them on their face. He dressed them coarsely to save them from vanity. Whenever they anticipated a "treat" he strongly disappointed them to teach them self-denial. If he promised them to give reward, he gave them to teach them discipline. At the age of six, they were sent to "Chatushpadee" (school) where they labored till noon, then they had two hours time for their usual work (bathing, eating, sleeping, worship); and at 3.00 pm they resumed their labor. This lasted till twilight, then they worshipped, ate, drank for an hour. Then they returned to their study till 10.00 pm.
All Four Go to Kaashee
In those days, teachers did not intend to dull their students with lots of study, but they taught them god behavior - not to engage in night frolics, not to use light expressions, not to draw pictures on the walls, not to eat honey, flesh etc, on no account to wear sandals, or use umbrella and by no means to steal neighbor's mangoes. But Shani must have been in 9th mansion when those boys came to light. At the age of 12 they went to the University of Kaashee, and without losing any time, the first one became a gambler, the second one a confirmed libertine, the third one a thief, and the fourth one a high Buddhist (in other words an atheist)."
At this point Vikram frowned at his son to behave like a king's son. He asked Vaitaal the meaning of "Atheist". Vaitaal said - "It is difficult to explain. The sages assign it to three or four meanings. First, who denies that God exists; secondly, one who believes that the gods exist but denies that they are busy with human affairs; thirdly, one who believes in the gods and in their providence and also believes that they are easily to be set aside. But according to Buddha, none exists but the five elements (earth, water, fire, air and space).
He did not believe in spirit because it could not be detected in the body. Reason was a developed instinct for him, and life an element of the atmosphere affecting certain organisms. He believed in Sat, Raj and Tam (Notes 127) but only as a properties of matter. He acknowledged Sthool Shareer (gross matter) and Sookshm Shareer (atomic matter), but not the Ling Shareer (archetype matter). He did not credit the miracles of Krishn, because, according to him, nature could never suspend her laws. He ridiculed the idea of Mahaapralaya (Great Deluge); because as the world had no beginning, it had no end.
Thus in the end, the University Guru called the four and said to them - "There are four types of characters in the world, (1) he who perfectly obeys the command, (2) he who practices the commands, but follows the evil, (3) he who does neither good nor evil, and (4) he who does nothing but evil. The third character may be considered as an offender, because he neglects which he ought to observe, but you all belong to the fourth category."
Then they turned to the eldest one and said - "Books on Government say that cut off the nose and ears of the gamblers, hold up his name to the public contempt, and drive him out of the country. For, who play must often lose than they win; and while losing either they should pay or not pay, in latter case they should lose their cast. And although a gambler has a family but it should not be considered as it is there, because nobody knows when it is lost. So you should go to a country life."
Then they said to the second one - "The wise shun a woman who can fascinate a man in a twinkling of an eye, but the foolish forfeit all for her. Even elders cannot advice such people because they make others also bad, because it is said that, "Who has lost all senses of shame, fears not to disgrace others." and "A wild cat who devours its own young, is not likely a rat to escape." That is why you also leave this seat of learning."
Then the third one proceeded to justify himself by quoting from Leelaa Shaastra - "Fortune favors foolish and force, but the elderly professors drive him out of execrations." Although professors did not approve the thief and an atheist but could not disregard the words of wisdom, so they punished him with some fine and mutilation of hands for theft; and when detected in the act with loss of life; and chopping off his fingers for snatching things. They drove him out of the door, as he shamelessly began to quote texts about the four approved texts for house breaking - picking out the burnt bricks, cutting through unbaked bricks, throwing water on a mud wall, and boring the wood."
They spent six hours to convict the atheist, the fourth one - by inference, by comparisons, by sounds, by Shruti and Smriti - revelational and traditional, rational and evidential, physical and metaphysical, analytical and synthetically, but they found all their endeavors vain, because it is said - "For a man who has lost all shame, who can talk without sense and who tries to cheat his opponent, will never get tired and will never put down." He fell foul of the gods, accused Yam for kicking out his mother, Indra tempting the wife of Maharshi Gautam, and Shiv associated with low women - thus no one can respect them. Thus he made the professors so angry that they drove him out of the assembly.
All Four Are Expelled from Kaashee
Thus all the four came back to their home. Their father considered them as a disgrace to his family. He also asked them to go out until they showed some signs of improvement. He said - "For, those who have read science in their boyhood; and who, in youth, are agitated by evil passions; have remained in ignorance, feel regret in the old age, and are burned in the fire of avarice." He stopped their monthly allowance, but to aid to their task he told them if they went to the neighboring university of Jayasthal and did some better, he might ask their maternal uncle to supply them food and other necessities.
They tried in vain to soften the heat of their father by threatening him to commit suicide, so they deferred their father's proposal as a last resort. They decided to enjoy life before going there. They tried to live without monthly allowance but it was like squeezing the oil from sand. The gambler lost all the games and had to sell himself for slavery. He found it difficult so he told his brothers that they would see him at Jayasthal where he would learn wisdom. After a month the second one could not afford new good clothes, so women did not like him, so he also went to Jayasthal.
The third one, the thief, thought about himself - "Am I not a cat in climbing, a deer in running, a snake in twisting, a hawk in pouncing, a dog in scenting, keen as hare, tenacious as a wolf, strong as a lion, a lamp in the night, a horse on a plain, a mule on a stony path, a boat in the water, a rock on a land?" The answers of all his questions were affirmative; but in spite of all these qualities one day he was caught and was handed over to the justice. As he was a Braahman he was fined heavily, but he could not pay it so he was put in the jail for some time. He escaped from there, made a parting bow to Kaarttikeya (Notes 138), stole a blanket and finally went to Jayasthal.
First the atheist, the fourth one, engaged himself in discussions, but could not continue because people did not want to discuss anything with him because they could not oppose him as they knew his father; so he went to another city where nobody knew him and nobody invited him to his house. Once he attempted his usual trick on a group of sages but he was pushed back from there and thus he also ended up at Jayasthal.
All Four Come Back to Gaur
Now all the four discussed what they should study so that they should be respected at Gaur. They came to conclusion that they should study "white magic". They chose a Guru. In those days one made an unusual discovery, but only some enthusiastic people could approve it, while others did not. Wise of Gaur and the wise of Jayasthal discussed the matters of each other what they least understood about each other. The four men mastered the difficulties of that life giving process, and in due time their industry gave them reward.
They returned home. On the way they saw a Kanjar (one of the lowest caste people in India) carrying a bundle of skin and bones of a tiger which he had found dead. The thief said to the gambler - "If we take these remains, we may prove our science to Gaur." Being now possessed of knowledge they now thought to apply that knowledge for a good cause - power over the property of others. So the libertine, the gambler and the atheist engaged the Kanjar in conversation, while the thief took a bone, kept it upright on another and did something that the man ran away in fright.
Vishnu Swaamee lately wrote a learned commentary on the mystical words of Lokaakshee - "The scriptures are at variance, the tradition is at variance. Who give a meaning of his own, quoting the Ved, is no philosopher. True philosophy, through ignorance, is concealed as fissures of a rock. But the way of the Great One, that is to be followed...."
As the four boys came home, Vishnu Swaamee welcomed them with an open heart. He had already heard from his brother-in-law that the boys could support themselves; and when he was informed that they wanted to show their knowledge to public, although not believing them, he agreed to do show it. All Pandit, Guru, pious learned teachers and professors, spiritual fathers, poets, philosophers, mathematicians, school masters, coaches, mentors, monitors, met together in a big garden.
The four brothers came there slowly lowering their eyes. After making an introductory speech, composed by their father for them, they announced that they were about to prove a truth of a science, the rivals of Jayasthal did not believe. Their huge words, their intellectual convocation deserved all praise. None objected of what was being proposed except one of the heads of houses. His appeal was dismissed because his Sanskrit style was vulgarly intelligible. He had the bad name for being a practical man.
The metaphysician Rasik Laal looked at the poet Vaishwat, who in turn looked at a theo-philosopher Vardhmaan. Haridatt, the antiquarian, whispered something in the ears of the metaphysician Vaasudev who burst into laugh, while other learned in Ved stared at him with astonishment. He felt offended and went home. They opened the bundle of a tiger's skin and bones before the large crowd.
One of them spread the bones just in correct fashion. The second one connected its skeleton with the heart, muscles of an elephant which he had already procured for this purpose. The third drew from his pouch a brain and eyes of a tom-cat which he carefully fitted in its skull, and then covered its body with a young rhinoceros. And the fourth one, the atheist who was the director of this whole operation, produced a globule having another globule in it. And as the crowd pressed on them, he placed the Principle of Organic Life in the tiger's body with such effect that the monster immediately heaved its chest, breathed, agitated its limbs, opened its eyes, jumped to its feet, shook itself, glared around, and began to grind its teeth.
The sages sprang back, and the animal sprang forward. All of them rushed to the garden gate, but the beast having muscles of the elephant, bones of a tiger, made a few bounds 80-90 feet each and devoured 121 people, including Vishnu Swaamee and his all sons."
After telling this story, Vaitaal hung for a few minutes then said to Vikram - "Listen to me O King now, Which of those learned people was the greatest fool? Although the answer is easy, yet it is distasteful to you. Remember "science without understanding is of little use; understanding is superior to the science; and those who do not have understanding perish like the people perished in above story."
The King mistook the mortification imposed upon him and replied - "The greatest fool of all was the father himself. Is it not said that "There is no fool like an old fool."
Vaitaal again burst into laugh and said - "Now I return to my tree. By this head I have never heard a father condemning another father." and he slipped out of the bundle. Vikram scolded his son for his disobedience, for which he promised to remember next time. They went back to the tree, took him and set off for their journey again. Vaitaal had to speak, so he started telling them another story.
Monday, December 5, 2011
VIKRAM-VAITAAL Stories; 6th. in series: Severed Nose
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SEVERED NOSE:
A meanest person can also have humanity
This time Vikram got very angry with him. He again came after him, caught him, put him on his shoulder and started walking. Vikram said angrily - "You deceive me, Vaitaal? I will cut your head. Why do you run all the time?" Vaitaal first didn't say anything, but after a while he said - "Why are you so angry?" Vikram said - "Why do you run away?" I run because of your correct answer. What was our condition? Do you remember? That you will not speak at all." Vikram said - "But when you talk about justice, then I have to speak. You know that it is my nature." Vaitaal said - "Then running away is my nature." and he laughed heartily. "OK, Listen now, I tell you a story just to pass time." Vaitaal started his story and Vikram listened it quietly.
Vaitaal said - "This time the story is very strange, and you have to tell me the correct judgment, otherwise your head will split and scattered away in pieces, you know that. This is my Shaap to you " Vikram nodded silently.
Vaitaal started - "Once upon a time, there lived a rich man in Avanteepur. His name was Gunvant. He was very religious. His wife was very beautiful but was very wicked. She gave birth to a daughter who was from some other man, and that is why she was more beautiful. After some time she grew up and became like her mother. Her name was Ratnaavatee. Her father started looking a boy for her, but in the meantime, she had illegal relations with her servant. Hearing this Gunvant sacked his servant. He went away and started living at another place.
But Ratnaavatee still continued to see him. She used to go in night and come back in night. Only her mother knew about this affair. In the meantime Gunvant had searched a good match for her and married her to him. Thus she went to live with her husband, but she could not break her relationship with her servant. She took her maid in confidence and continued to visit him in the night. The maid helped her brother also to meet Ratnaavatee.
After a while her husband came to know about this, he sacked the maid. Now it had been difficult for Ratnaavatee to meet her lover, but one night she got this chance. She went there and told him the story. He advised her that she should wait for sometime, and when the situation is better, she might come again. Her husband knew everything, so he managed to give that servant poison. He took the poison mixed with food and slept. In sleep, he died. On the same night, Ratnaavatee went to meet him.
On the way a thief saw an ornament-laden woman going in dark, so he followed her. When she had entered in the servant's house, he watched her from hiding. Now, under whichever tree the thief was standing, a Vaitaal lived on that tree. He also saw Ratnaavatee going inside the house and fell in love with her instantly. He thought why shouldn't he enter the servant's body and enjoy with Ratnaavatee. So he entered the dead body of the servant. Ratnaavatee had come to him. She met with her lover. In excitement he bit her nose with his teeth. After biting her, Vaitaal went out of the servant's body, but the piece of her nose still remained in his dead body's mouth.
Ratnaavatee cried with pain. Besides she saw her lover dead. Seeing her lover dead, Ratnaavatee got confused and ran away from there. The thief was also watching, he also got frightened. He didn't leave Ratnaavatee, he still followed her. Ratnaavatee came back to her own house and started crying in front of her husband's room. Her husband got up, his other family members also got up. She said that her husband had bit her nose. Ratnaavatee's husband was giving explanations but nobody was listening to him
The matter went to king's soldiers. Ratnaavatee and her husband were presented in king's court. There she blamed her husband for her bitten nose. The king got angry and ordered to hang her husband. When the thief heard this, he went to the king and told him everything and said - "If you will see the dead body's mouth, you will find the piece of her bitten nose in his mouth." The king sent his people there, and indeed they found the piece in his mouth. The king released Ratnaavatee's husband, and expelled Ratnaavatee after shaving her head.
Vaitaal said - "Now you do justice, who was at fault, and who stayed on his good path?" Vikram didn't reply. Seeing him silent, Vaitaal said to him - "OK, I tell you another story. In Indraapur named city lived a very rich religious man named Mahaadhan. He had a son whose name was Shreedhan. He was very wicked. Fed up with his wickedness, Mahaadhan had expelled him from his house so he went to Chandra Nagar.
There lived a rich man named Hemgun whose daughter Chandramukhee was very beautiful. Hemgun was in the process of searching a good boy for her, and Shreedhan was in search of money.
One day he disguised as a poor and went to Hemgun and told that he was robbed by robbers while he was going for trading. Now he doesn't have a single penny. The rich man pitied him and let him stay in his palace. Hemgun told everything to his wife. His wife thought why not they should marry their daughter to him. She told this to her husband, the man liked the proposal and he talked to Shreedhan.
Shreedhan got very surprised to hear this, because he came here only for some money while that man wanted to marry his daughter to him. He immediately got ready to marry her. So they were married and he started enjoying life with his wife. Hemgun had given him lots of dowry. After some time, Candramukhee asked him - "Will you not go home?" Shreedhan said - "Yes, I will go. In fact I just forgot everything in your love."
Shreedhan started for his home. At the time of going from there, he got more wealth. He was not a good man, so as he was passing through a lonely forest, he threw Chandramukhee in a well, and went away with all the wealth. Now Shreedhan came to another kingdom. There he started gambling with that money.
Chandramukee got stunned to see the behavior of Shreedhan. Luckily the well was dry. As she fell down her head got hurt and she became unconscious. When she gained consciousness, she started crying. A traveler was passing by, he heard a woman's cry, but couldn't see anybody around. Then he peeped in the well and took her out of the well.
Chandramukhee introduced herself to him and told him that she was going with her husband that some thieved surrounded them. They took her husband away and threw her in this well. The traveler was very kind, he took her to her father's house. She told the same story to her family also what she told to that traveler. Chandramukhee just started passing her time there, and Shreedhan was enjoying his money.
One day came when he had nothing nothing in his pocket, so he started begging. He came to Hemgun's city. Although he did not want to go to Hemgun but still he tried to find out about him and his family. He was surprised to know that Chandramukhee was still alive. He got scared. Later he came to know that thieves took away Chandramukhee's husband, threw her in a well and some kind traveler brought her here. He got very surprised at his wife's behavior.
Vikram, Now you see Shreedhan's drama. He was already poor, he entered Hemgun's house. In spite of his bad condition, Hemgun recognized him. He was very surprised to see him. Shreedhan told him that somehow he was coming escaping from thieves after four days of crossing the forest.
Hemgun let him stay with respect for some time, and then later bade farewell. He again gave lots of money to him. This time also he behaved in the same way. This time he didn't throw Chandramukhee in well, but he killed her and went away with all the wealth."
Now you tell, that in these two stories, who is more respectable? The just king of the first story or Hemgun of the second story? One did justice and the other one trusted his son-in-law every time."
Vikram said - "These are not important in any way. In the first story, I consider the thief honest and great, because if he didn't tell about the incident, then that innocent man would have been hanged; while in the second story, Chandramukhee is like Seetaa or Saavitree. She accepted to die by her husband but didn't say a word against him. That is why these both are respectable."
As the king spoke, Vaitaal laughed heartily and suddenly he disappeared from the king's shoulder and hung upside down from the same tree. The king Vikramaaditya again got very angry at this. He took out his sword and caught him before he could reach the tree. Vikram said - "You again ran away?" "No, I didn't. I am still walking with you." and he again sat on his shoulder. Vikram started his journey again.
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SEVERED NOSE:
A meanest person can also have humanity
This time Vikram got very angry with him. He again came after him, caught him, put him on his shoulder and started walking. Vikram said angrily - "You deceive me, Vaitaal? I will cut your head. Why do you run all the time?" Vaitaal first didn't say anything, but after a while he said - "Why are you so angry?" Vikram said - "Why do you run away?" I run because of your correct answer. What was our condition? Do you remember? That you will not speak at all." Vikram said - "But when you talk about justice, then I have to speak. You know that it is my nature." Vaitaal said - "Then running away is my nature." and he laughed heartily. "OK, Listen now, I tell you a story just to pass time." Vaitaal started his story and Vikram listened it quietly.
Vaitaal said - "This time the story is very strange, and you have to tell me the correct judgment, otherwise your head will split and scattered away in pieces, you know that. This is my Shaap to you " Vikram nodded silently.
Vaitaal started - "Once upon a time, there lived a rich man in Avanteepur. His name was Gunvant. He was very religious. His wife was very beautiful but was very wicked. She gave birth to a daughter who was from some other man, and that is why she was more beautiful. After some time she grew up and became like her mother. Her name was Ratnaavatee. Her father started looking a boy for her, but in the meantime, she had illegal relations with her servant. Hearing this Gunvant sacked his servant. He went away and started living at another place.
But Ratnaavatee still continued to see him. She used to go in night and come back in night. Only her mother knew about this affair. In the meantime Gunvant had searched a good match for her and married her to him. Thus she went to live with her husband, but she could not break her relationship with her servant. She took her maid in confidence and continued to visit him in the night. The maid helped her brother also to meet Ratnaavatee.
After a while her husband came to know about this, he sacked the maid. Now it had been difficult for Ratnaavatee to meet her lover, but one night she got this chance. She went there and told him the story. He advised her that she should wait for sometime, and when the situation is better, she might come again. Her husband knew everything, so he managed to give that servant poison. He took the poison mixed with food and slept. In sleep, he died. On the same night, Ratnaavatee went to meet him.
On the way a thief saw an ornament-laden woman going in dark, so he followed her. When she had entered in the servant's house, he watched her from hiding. Now, under whichever tree the thief was standing, a Vaitaal lived on that tree. He also saw Ratnaavatee going inside the house and fell in love with her instantly. He thought why shouldn't he enter the servant's body and enjoy with Ratnaavatee. So he entered the dead body of the servant. Ratnaavatee had come to him. She met with her lover. In excitement he bit her nose with his teeth. After biting her, Vaitaal went out of the servant's body, but the piece of her nose still remained in his dead body's mouth.
Ratnaavatee cried with pain. Besides she saw her lover dead. Seeing her lover dead, Ratnaavatee got confused and ran away from there. The thief was also watching, he also got frightened. He didn't leave Ratnaavatee, he still followed her. Ratnaavatee came back to her own house and started crying in front of her husband's room. Her husband got up, his other family members also got up. She said that her husband had bit her nose. Ratnaavatee's husband was giving explanations but nobody was listening to him
The matter went to king's soldiers. Ratnaavatee and her husband were presented in king's court. There she blamed her husband for her bitten nose. The king got angry and ordered to hang her husband. When the thief heard this, he went to the king and told him everything and said - "If you will see the dead body's mouth, you will find the piece of her bitten nose in his mouth." The king sent his people there, and indeed they found the piece in his mouth. The king released Ratnaavatee's husband, and expelled Ratnaavatee after shaving her head.
Vaitaal said - "Now you do justice, who was at fault, and who stayed on his good path?" Vikram didn't reply. Seeing him silent, Vaitaal said to him - "OK, I tell you another story. In Indraapur named city lived a very rich religious man named Mahaadhan. He had a son whose name was Shreedhan. He was very wicked. Fed up with his wickedness, Mahaadhan had expelled him from his house so he went to Chandra Nagar.
There lived a rich man named Hemgun whose daughter Chandramukhee was very beautiful. Hemgun was in the process of searching a good boy for her, and Shreedhan was in search of money.
One day he disguised as a poor and went to Hemgun and told that he was robbed by robbers while he was going for trading. Now he doesn't have a single penny. The rich man pitied him and let him stay in his palace. Hemgun told everything to his wife. His wife thought why not they should marry their daughter to him. She told this to her husband, the man liked the proposal and he talked to Shreedhan.
Shreedhan got very surprised to hear this, because he came here only for some money while that man wanted to marry his daughter to him. He immediately got ready to marry her. So they were married and he started enjoying life with his wife. Hemgun had given him lots of dowry. After some time, Candramukhee asked him - "Will you not go home?" Shreedhan said - "Yes, I will go. In fact I just forgot everything in your love."
Shreedhan started for his home. At the time of going from there, he got more wealth. He was not a good man, so as he was passing through a lonely forest, he threw Chandramukhee in a well, and went away with all the wealth. Now Shreedhan came to another kingdom. There he started gambling with that money.
Chandramukee got stunned to see the behavior of Shreedhan. Luckily the well was dry. As she fell down her head got hurt and she became unconscious. When she gained consciousness, she started crying. A traveler was passing by, he heard a woman's cry, but couldn't see anybody around. Then he peeped in the well and took her out of the well.
Chandramukhee introduced herself to him and told him that she was going with her husband that some thieved surrounded them. They took her husband away and threw her in this well. The traveler was very kind, he took her to her father's house. She told the same story to her family also what she told to that traveler. Chandramukhee just started passing her time there, and Shreedhan was enjoying his money.
One day came when he had nothing nothing in his pocket, so he started begging. He came to Hemgun's city. Although he did not want to go to Hemgun but still he tried to find out about him and his family. He was surprised to know that Chandramukhee was still alive. He got scared. Later he came to know that thieves took away Chandramukhee's husband, threw her in a well and some kind traveler brought her here. He got very surprised at his wife's behavior.
Vikram, Now you see Shreedhan's drama. He was already poor, he entered Hemgun's house. In spite of his bad condition, Hemgun recognized him. He was very surprised to see him. Shreedhan told him that somehow he was coming escaping from thieves after four days of crossing the forest.
Hemgun let him stay with respect for some time, and then later bade farewell. He again gave lots of money to him. This time also he behaved in the same way. This time he didn't throw Chandramukhee in well, but he killed her and went away with all the wealth."
Now you tell, that in these two stories, who is more respectable? The just king of the first story or Hemgun of the second story? One did justice and the other one trusted his son-in-law every time."
Vikram said - "These are not important in any way. In the first story, I consider the thief honest and great, because if he didn't tell about the incident, then that innocent man would have been hanged; while in the second story, Chandramukhee is like Seetaa or Saavitree. She accepted to die by her husband but didn't say a word against him. That is why these both are respectable."
As the king spoke, Vaitaal laughed heartily and suddenly he disappeared from the king's shoulder and hung upside down from the same tree. The king Vikramaaditya again got very angry at this. He took out his sword and caught him before he could reach the tree. Vikram said - "You again ran away?" "No, I didn't. I am still walking with you." and he again sat on his shoulder. Vikram started his journey again.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
VIKRAM-VAITAAL Stories;Wisdom is Greater:4th in series
Sushma on her website www.sushmajee.com has compiled several stories from four different sources ( Vetaal Kathaayen; Vikram aur Vetaal; Translations from Burton; Bhavishya Puran and other sources.. ) with very good introduction of the genesis of the stories etc. Here, I will be putting them one by one as per my own evaluation from her following link;
http://sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/intro-vaitaal-1.htm
Both the stories are the same under different titles;
The link for the title "Wisdom is greater" is:
http://www.sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/vaitaal-1/1-wisdom-1.htm
The link for " A man deceives a woman: is
http://www.sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/vaitaal-2/1-vajramukut-1.htm
Wisdom is greater:
Wisdom is Greater...-1
Everything is possible if acted wisely
As king Vikramaaditya took Vaitaal on his shoulder, Vaitaal started telling him a story - "Listen O King, Once upon a time, there ruled a king in Vaaraanasee city. He had a son named Vajramukut. King had a minister who also had a son named Ratnraaj. Both were very good friends. They both were seen together. They used to go together for hunting too. Once they went to a forest for hunting, but got separated while they were following their deer. After some time, Vajramukut sensed that he had come very far, and now he should go back. So he turned back without hunting the deer.
When he was coming back, he saw a beautiful palace. It looked like a king's palace. There was a beautiful garden also beside the palace. Many kinds of flowers were blooming there. There was a small temple also in the garden. Prince was very tired, so he came in the garden with the idea that he would take some rest there. He was about to lie down there, that the gardener of that garden came and said to him - "O traveler, You go from here because the Princess is just about to come here to worship. If she saw you here, she would scold me." Prince said - "OK, I will go from here." Gardener went away assured that the Prince would go away. Prince also started preparing his horse to go from there.
In the meantime, the Princess came there with her friends to worship in that temple. Vajramukut got stunned to see her and continued looking at her. She was very beautiful. He has never seen such a beautiful girl before. She went to the temple to worship and when she came back she saw the Prince standing there. She also got attracted to him.
She picked up the lotus flower from her head which she brought from the temple, touched it with her ears, bit it by her teeth, put it under her foot and then touched it with her heart. Vajramukut was still looking at her. The Princess went away, so he also came back. He was very sad as he was unable to forget the Princess. On the way he met his friend Ratnraaj.
Ratnraaj found him sad, so he asked him - "O Prince, What is the reason, why do you look so sad?" First the Prince didn't tell him any thing, but when Ratnraaj insisted, he told him the whole story. Ratnraaj smiled and asked him - "What do you want now, tell me." The Prince said - "I want to marry her." Ratnraaj asked - "Did she also see you?" "Yes, She also saw me." "Then what did she do after seeing you? If you tell me everything, maybe I can help you." The Prince told him everything as how she picked up the lotus flower from her head, touched it with her ears, bit it by her teeth, put it under her foot and then touched it with her heart. Hearing this Ratnraaj got very happy. He said - "You are through now." Vajramukut asked him - "How do you know?"
O Vikram, listen further what happened. Ratnraaj told him that "she touched the flower with her ears", it meant that she lived in Karnaatak Pradesh; and "bit it by her teeth", it meant that she was the daughter of King Dantvaad; "put it under her feet", it meant that her name was Padmaavatee; and then she "touched the flower with her heart", it meant that she loved you. Vajramukut got very happy to hear this and said to Ratnraaj - "So now we should go there." "Sure".
Both started towards king Dantvaad's city. In Dantvaad's city, Ratnraaj started looking for someone who often used to go to the Princess. After some time he found an old woman who used to go to her daily. So they came to her house and knocked the door. When she came to open the door, Ratnraaj said to her - "Mother, We are travelers. We wish to see king Dantvaad's city, can we stay with you for a couple of days?" The woman said - "If you wish so. I live here alone." So Hey Vikram, They both stayed with that woman. That woman had brought up the Princess by breastfeeding her, that is why she used to go to her once a day, just to see her.
Next day when that old woman was about to go to see the Princess, Ratnraaj said to her - "Will you take our message to the Princess?" "What is that?" Ratnraaj said - "Tell her that whoever she saw in the temple, he has come." The woman said - "If she got angry, she would kill me." Ratnraaj assured her that this would not happen. The woman agreed.
When the woman met the Princess, she conveyed the message of Ratnraaj. The Princess first smeared some sandal paste on her cheek and then slapped her five times and pushed her out of the palace. The woman got frightened, because the Princess has never behaved with her like this before. She immediately came back home and said to the boys - "You have put me into trouble. I am sure the king will severely punish me for this. The Princess was very angry with me. She slapped me five times and pushed me out of the palace."
Hearing this the Prince got worried, but Ratnraaj laughed. The Prince said - "This poor woman was slapped and you are laughing? What is there to laugh?" Ratnraaj stopped laughing and said - "The Princess has said that "let five days of bright fortnight pass, then I will tell you, what to do." Both, Vajramukut and the woman, got a sigh of relief. When the woman went there next day, the Princess behaved normally with her, so the woman got happy.
After five days, the Princess slapped her with inked hand and sent her out through west door. The woman told this to those boys. Vajramukut asked Ratnraaj - "Now tell me what does this mean?" Ratnraaj said - "Now the Princess has sent the message that you go there in the night through west door, and she will meet you there." Prince got very happy to hear this.
At midnight, when the Prince went to the west door of the palace, the Princess was waiting for him. She took him inside, he stayed there for overnight. He came back from there next day. But when he came back, he was very sad. Ratnraaj said - "Friend, What is the matter? You are coming after meeting your beloved, and still you are sad? You should be happy." Vajramukut said - "The Princess told me that she loved me very much but her father has fixed her marriage somewhere else. What to do now?" Ratnraaj said - "Let me think, I try to find some way."
Ratnraaj asked - "When she has asked you to come back?" "She has called me tomorrow." "OK, then I will tell you tomorrow." Next day, when the Prince was about to go, he gave him a Trishool (trident) and asked him to make a mark on her thigh with that Trishool and come back with all of her jewelry. First Vajramukut hesitated but then agreed to do the same. He did so. He made a mark with Trishool on her thigh, took her all jewelry and came back. Now Ratnraaj assumed his guise as a Saadhu and Vajramukut as his disciple and went to a temple.
Ratnraaj sat in the temple and asked the Prince to sell that jewelry in the market. The Prince said - "But these are Princess' jewelry, as I will sell them, I will get caught." Ratnraaj said- "We want the same thing, when they will catch you, you will tell them, "My Guru has given them to me to sell." When they will come to me, I will deal with them." The Prince went to sell that jewelry to the same jeweler who used to make jewelry for the king. As the jeweler saw the rincess' jewelry, he handed him over to the king's men.
The king's men asked him - "Where did you get these ornaments?" The Prince said - "My Guru gave me these to sell in the market." "Who is your Guru?" "Come with me, I show him to you." So all came to Ratnraaj. They arrested Ratnraaj and presented them in the royal court. Ratnraaj said to the king - "Mahaaraaj, A witch came to me last night, I made a mark on her thigh, and took all ornaments off her body."
The king got very surprised to hear this. He found out that the Princess had that Trishool mark on her thigh. He expelled her out of his kingdom. The Prince went to see the Princess. First the Princess got very angry, but after knowing the purpose of this, she got very happy. The Prince took her away, married her, and they lived happily ever after.
After telling this story, Vaitaal asked Vikram, "Who is at fault in this?"
Vikram said - "Listen O Vaitaal, The minister's son kept his friendship, the soldiers obeyed their king, but the king himself is at fault, because he expelled the Princess without consideration."
"You are right." Saying Vaitaal ran away from the king's shoulder laughing loudly and hung upside down from the same tree. The king Vikramaaditya got worried that this Vaitaal had deceived me. He took out his sword and came back to the same place. He asked him - "Why did you come here?" "Why did you speak?" The King said - "You asked me to do justice, and I did that." Saying this the King again took him from the tree, put him on his shoulder and started walking. Vaitaal said - "King, You are very cruel. You twisted my neck in such a way that it is hurting me terribly." "Then why did you run away?" "This is my nature, what can I do?" The king was holding him tightly and was walking fast.
After a while, Vaitaal said - "I have heard, that you have a throne in which there are 32 female figures?" The king said - "Yes, I have it, but why do you ask?" Vaitaal said - "In fact my great grandfather sculptured them, that is why I know them very well. In fact, that throne itself was made by my great grandfather."
Vikramaaditya kept quiet. Now he had firmly believed that he was the same Taantrik, who was referred to by that Dev, that was why he thought to be careful, and the king became more careful. Vaitaal said - "O King, Just to pass time, listen to this story now."
"You be quiet."
"Vaitaal cannot keep quiet."
"I will not listen to your story."
"Then I will run away." and he ran away again.
Vikram had to run after him, he caught him again and started walking. Vaitaal again ran away, and Vikram again had to bring him back. At last Vikram said - "OK, Tell your story, I will listen to it."
http://sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/intro-vaitaal-1.htm
Both the stories are the same under different titles;
The link for the title "Wisdom is greater" is:
http://www.sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/vaitaal-1/1-wisdom-1.htm
The link for " A man deceives a woman: is
http://www.sushmajee.com/shishusansar/stories-vikram-vaitaal/vaitaal-2/1-vajramukut-1.htm
Wisdom is greater:
Wisdom is Greater...-1
Everything is possible if acted wisely
As king Vikramaaditya took Vaitaal on his shoulder, Vaitaal started telling him a story - "Listen O King, Once upon a time, there ruled a king in Vaaraanasee city. He had a son named Vajramukut. King had a minister who also had a son named Ratnraaj. Both were very good friends. They both were seen together. They used to go together for hunting too. Once they went to a forest for hunting, but got separated while they were following their deer. After some time, Vajramukut sensed that he had come very far, and now he should go back. So he turned back without hunting the deer.
When he was coming back, he saw a beautiful palace. It looked like a king's palace. There was a beautiful garden also beside the palace. Many kinds of flowers were blooming there. There was a small temple also in the garden. Prince was very tired, so he came in the garden with the idea that he would take some rest there. He was about to lie down there, that the gardener of that garden came and said to him - "O traveler, You go from here because the Princess is just about to come here to worship. If she saw you here, she would scold me." Prince said - "OK, I will go from here." Gardener went away assured that the Prince would go away. Prince also started preparing his horse to go from there.
In the meantime, the Princess came there with her friends to worship in that temple. Vajramukut got stunned to see her and continued looking at her. She was very beautiful. He has never seen such a beautiful girl before. She went to the temple to worship and when she came back she saw the Prince standing there. She also got attracted to him.
She picked up the lotus flower from her head which she brought from the temple, touched it with her ears, bit it by her teeth, put it under her foot and then touched it with her heart. Vajramukut was still looking at her. The Princess went away, so he also came back. He was very sad as he was unable to forget the Princess. On the way he met his friend Ratnraaj.
Ratnraaj found him sad, so he asked him - "O Prince, What is the reason, why do you look so sad?" First the Prince didn't tell him any thing, but when Ratnraaj insisted, he told him the whole story. Ratnraaj smiled and asked him - "What do you want now, tell me." The Prince said - "I want to marry her." Ratnraaj asked - "Did she also see you?" "Yes, She also saw me." "Then what did she do after seeing you? If you tell me everything, maybe I can help you." The Prince told him everything as how she picked up the lotus flower from her head, touched it with her ears, bit it by her teeth, put it under her foot and then touched it with her heart. Hearing this Ratnraaj got very happy. He said - "You are through now." Vajramukut asked him - "How do you know?"
O Vikram, listen further what happened. Ratnraaj told him that "she touched the flower with her ears", it meant that she lived in Karnaatak Pradesh; and "bit it by her teeth", it meant that she was the daughter of King Dantvaad; "put it under her feet", it meant that her name was Padmaavatee; and then she "touched the flower with her heart", it meant that she loved you. Vajramukut got very happy to hear this and said to Ratnraaj - "So now we should go there." "Sure".
Both started towards king Dantvaad's city. In Dantvaad's city, Ratnraaj started looking for someone who often used to go to the Princess. After some time he found an old woman who used to go to her daily. So they came to her house and knocked the door. When she came to open the door, Ratnraaj said to her - "Mother, We are travelers. We wish to see king Dantvaad's city, can we stay with you for a couple of days?" The woman said - "If you wish so. I live here alone." So Hey Vikram, They both stayed with that woman. That woman had brought up the Princess by breastfeeding her, that is why she used to go to her once a day, just to see her.
Next day when that old woman was about to go to see the Princess, Ratnraaj said to her - "Will you take our message to the Princess?" "What is that?" Ratnraaj said - "Tell her that whoever she saw in the temple, he has come." The woman said - "If she got angry, she would kill me." Ratnraaj assured her that this would not happen. The woman agreed.
When the woman met the Princess, she conveyed the message of Ratnraaj. The Princess first smeared some sandal paste on her cheek and then slapped her five times and pushed her out of the palace. The woman got frightened, because the Princess has never behaved with her like this before. She immediately came back home and said to the boys - "You have put me into trouble. I am sure the king will severely punish me for this. The Princess was very angry with me. She slapped me five times and pushed me out of the palace."
Hearing this the Prince got worried, but Ratnraaj laughed. The Prince said - "This poor woman was slapped and you are laughing? What is there to laugh?" Ratnraaj stopped laughing and said - "The Princess has said that "let five days of bright fortnight pass, then I will tell you, what to do." Both, Vajramukut and the woman, got a sigh of relief. When the woman went there next day, the Princess behaved normally with her, so the woman got happy.
After five days, the Princess slapped her with inked hand and sent her out through west door. The woman told this to those boys. Vajramukut asked Ratnraaj - "Now tell me what does this mean?" Ratnraaj said - "Now the Princess has sent the message that you go there in the night through west door, and she will meet you there." Prince got very happy to hear this.
At midnight, when the Prince went to the west door of the palace, the Princess was waiting for him. She took him inside, he stayed there for overnight. He came back from there next day. But when he came back, he was very sad. Ratnraaj said - "Friend, What is the matter? You are coming after meeting your beloved, and still you are sad? You should be happy." Vajramukut said - "The Princess told me that she loved me very much but her father has fixed her marriage somewhere else. What to do now?" Ratnraaj said - "Let me think, I try to find some way."
Ratnraaj asked - "When she has asked you to come back?" "She has called me tomorrow." "OK, then I will tell you tomorrow." Next day, when the Prince was about to go, he gave him a Trishool (trident) and asked him to make a mark on her thigh with that Trishool and come back with all of her jewelry. First Vajramukut hesitated but then agreed to do the same. He did so. He made a mark with Trishool on her thigh, took her all jewelry and came back. Now Ratnraaj assumed his guise as a Saadhu and Vajramukut as his disciple and went to a temple.
Ratnraaj sat in the temple and asked the Prince to sell that jewelry in the market. The Prince said - "But these are Princess' jewelry, as I will sell them, I will get caught." Ratnraaj said- "We want the same thing, when they will catch you, you will tell them, "My Guru has given them to me to sell." When they will come to me, I will deal with them." The Prince went to sell that jewelry to the same jeweler who used to make jewelry for the king. As the jeweler saw the rincess' jewelry, he handed him over to the king's men.
The king's men asked him - "Where did you get these ornaments?" The Prince said - "My Guru gave me these to sell in the market." "Who is your Guru?" "Come with me, I show him to you." So all came to Ratnraaj. They arrested Ratnraaj and presented them in the royal court. Ratnraaj said to the king - "Mahaaraaj, A witch came to me last night, I made a mark on her thigh, and took all ornaments off her body."
The king got very surprised to hear this. He found out that the Princess had that Trishool mark on her thigh. He expelled her out of his kingdom. The Prince went to see the Princess. First the Princess got very angry, but after knowing the purpose of this, she got very happy. The Prince took her away, married her, and they lived happily ever after.
After telling this story, Vaitaal asked Vikram, "Who is at fault in this?"
Vikram said - "Listen O Vaitaal, The minister's son kept his friendship, the soldiers obeyed their king, but the king himself is at fault, because he expelled the Princess without consideration."
"You are right." Saying Vaitaal ran away from the king's shoulder laughing loudly and hung upside down from the same tree. The king Vikramaaditya got worried that this Vaitaal had deceived me. He took out his sword and came back to the same place. He asked him - "Why did you come here?" "Why did you speak?" The King said - "You asked me to do justice, and I did that." Saying this the King again took him from the tree, put him on his shoulder and started walking. Vaitaal said - "King, You are very cruel. You twisted my neck in such a way that it is hurting me terribly." "Then why did you run away?" "This is my nature, what can I do?" The king was holding him tightly and was walking fast.
After a while, Vaitaal said - "I have heard, that you have a throne in which there are 32 female figures?" The king said - "Yes, I have it, but why do you ask?" Vaitaal said - "In fact my great grandfather sculptured them, that is why I know them very well. In fact, that throne itself was made by my great grandfather."
Vikramaaditya kept quiet. Now he had firmly believed that he was the same Taantrik, who was referred to by that Dev, that was why he thought to be careful, and the king became more careful. Vaitaal said - "O King, Just to pass time, listen to this story now."
"You be quiet."
"Vaitaal cannot keep quiet."
"I will not listen to your story."
"Then I will run away." and he ran away again.
Vikram had to run after him, he caught him again and started walking. Vaitaal again ran away, and Vikram again had to bring him back. At last Vikram said - "OK, Tell your story, I will listen to it."
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