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No.

THE FRONT COVER

Many

of you, no doubt,

There

and the Flood.

Noah and

heard of

Ark

his

a similar, but slightly different,

is

story in our mythology.

runs thus

It

Vaivaswala, the great Manu, was doing penance on the

banks of the Ganges.

One day he found a small fish
his water bowl.
And the fish said, "O Manu.

inside

me where

put

So the

Manu

days the

fish

fish

in a small

for the. tub.

put the

pond

too.

The Manu

transferred

The fish still kept growing. One day

Mother Ganges is not deep enough
going out into the open sea.
to

tell

The
and

you one

fill

it

But,

There

thing.

is

with seeds of

with

all

Ganges.

to the

"O Manu,

said,

for me.
I

So

go,

am

want

a huge flood coming.

all

shall

come

The Manu obtained a boat and

filled

Great Rishis into the boat.

and help you."

it

it

Obtain a boat
important plants. Get the

Seven

The Flood came.

it

before

be destroyed.

creation will

entire

fish."

tub and in a few

So he transferred
Soon the fish was too big for

the fish to a small pond.

the

from bigger

shall be safe

was too big

sorts of seeds.

Seven Great Rishis.

He

Then

I,

also took into his boat the

The mighty Fish who was none

other than Lord Vishnu tugged the boat to a Himalayan

peak where

it

remained

Later, Vaivaswata, the

till

Manu,

the Flood receded.

started recreation

on

earth.

At

the time when Brahmadiitt

ruler of Banaras. the
Bodhisatva was employed as the

was the

king's procurator.

The

procurator's job was to

buy the various properties and

commodities that were required
for state purposes. He had to be
an expert in estimating the value
of things.

The

Bodhisatva

elephants,

horses,

would
gold,

buy
silver

and so on for the kingdom and

pay the merchants who brought
them.

As procurator the Bodhisatva

was very capable, so that the
royal stores

with
best

the

were

right

things.

He

always

things

filled

and the

was also very

thoughtful and foreseeing

in his

purchases, so that the adminis-

tration was never held up for the

want of a particular commodity
which was urgently needed. He

was also very fair-minded in his

and traders from other countries, so thai
the name of Banaras was respec-

dealings with merchants

ted in far-off places.

Now, King Brahraadutt was

He thought that liis
a miser.
procurator was paying too much
for everything and squandering
away the slate moneys. " At this
rate I shall be bankrupt in no
time," he said to himself.
The

next act of the king

dismiss

appoint
place.

was to
and

Bodhisatva

the

some one

else

in

his

This he did in the easiest

possible manner.

He opened

window of

chamber and

his

looked down.

A JATAKA TALE

the

There were some

a horse, but he was an expert in

offering astoundingly low value
for anything he had to buy.
The merchants who came from
far off countries could hardly kick

up rows with the king's official.

So they used to sustain huge
on state purchases. They
to make good these losses
somewhere else.
In bis anxiety to buy cheap
things the new procurator bought
useless
and unwanted things.
These began to accumulate in the
royal store.
Even when some of
them were stolen no one felt
losses

had

of his attendants standing about.

He selected one of them at
to come
unknown and
came up, the

random and ordered him

up.

When

this

insignificant fellow

king told him,

you are

my

their loss.

The
not

that a

common

Above

would buy nothing without higgling and haggling and would be

hiore

economical
Bui

was qulic

in

his

(his particular

fool

commodities

all,

the

the

near

was often

name ofBanaras

acquired a very bad reputation

good

pur-

abroad

man

stopped going to that city for

and the king

and

merchants

fear of the procurator.

One day

know it.
The new procurator could not

didn't

distinguish between a

what

required in

held up for want of sometliing

which was
urgently needed.

fellow without any rank or status

chases.

be

future. Administration

procurator."

The king hoped

foolish procurator could

guess

"From now on would

a merchant arrived at

Banaras with

donkey and

iave

hundred horses

of very good breed.

12

The king

came

to

know of it and

his procurator to

instructed

buy them

up.

The procurator called for the

merchant, looked over the horses
and

fixed their price

measure

of rice!

The merchant was astounded

but did not protest. But straightaway he sought

the Bodhisatva,

him
what had happened.
" The new procurator seems to
I depend
be a queer person.
upon you, sir, to see that 1 get
justice," the merchant said.
The Bodhisalva pondered over
the problem for a while and said
" When you go to court tothe ex-procuralor, and told

morrow

to

receive the value for

your horses, ask the procurator

what he is going to pay. When
he says, s measure ot" rice, ask
him what the value of a measure
of rice is. Let us see what will
happen next. 1 too shall be in

and

me

witnesses

" Sir, you bought from

hundred horses of the

May I know before

I am going to be

what

paid for them ?"

" Why, a measure of
course,

told

you

rice,

of

so, yesterday,"

replied the procurator.

This reply amazed everyone

iu

the court, including the king.

The merchant put his next

And may I know be-

the court."

question, "

The merchant put

his faith in

fore witnesses

the Bodhisatva, thanked him and

in^

court,

may be?"
"Ah, anyone can tell you that.
The value of a measure of rice is

the mer-

chant addressed the procurator

^g^^^^^^^^^

what the value of

a measure of rice

took his leave.

Next day,

said,
five

best variety.

exactly equal to the value of the

CHANDAMAMA
13

kingdom of Banaras and her de-

the

pendencies," said the procurator.

couple of palaces for a handful

Like anyone

who

is

considered

be a good bargainer th pro-

to

curator
value of

was exaggerating the

what he was paying and

depreciating what he Was huijing.

But being a born fool, he overdid

That was

it.

The

court

resounded

with peels of laughter at the

stupidity of the procurator.
Some of them even made jokes
about it by estimating how many
kingdoms each one of them could
buy with rice stored in their
houses
ill
howmany d ays a
good eater could gobble up a
;

kingdom and

so on.

The only persons who could

were the
foolish procurator and the asnot

enjoy

the

procurator to buy them a

rice,

the king bent his head in

mortification.

The Bodhisatva decided

a

joke

He

When

man
man

for his
is

en-

trusted with a job for which he

is

not qualified he is bound to

laughing-stock of himself

make

sooner or

poor

later.

is

fellow's fault that

not this

he was

made the procurator."

The king raised his head and
'"The

said,

fault

Bodhisatva,

lesson.

No

was mine.

have learnt

my

one can do wrong

except the king."

The king at once removed the

new man from the job of procu-

hamed king who employed him.

rator

When some

back

of the courtiers asked

to put

stop to this jocularity.

stood up and said

" Do not mock at a
ignorance.

ail.

entire

of

and

put the Bodhisatva

in his place.

ie>

THE THIEFF
buried

secretly

it

at

certain

place in the woods.

Every day he used to go to

the

woods and make

sure that

no one touched his treasure.

But one day the Brahman went
to the spot as usual and found
to his horror that some ,one had
with his hoard of
gold. At once the poor Brahman
went crazy with sorrow. He ran

made away

to the city crying

ing his

chest

one that

^^hile King

Prasenajit

was

rul-

ing the city of Sravasthi, a

destitute

Brahman came

city in search

to

that

of livelihood. For-

tunately for hinn

lie

found favour

with the rich merchants

there.

his

and

loudly,

beat-

telling

every

gold was stolen.

Seeing no one to share his great

sorrow, the
fall

Brahman decided

into the river

wretched

and end

to
his

life.

King Prasenajit who

was

returning from a bath in the river

Besides enough of food and

met him and learnt about the

accumulated a
He con-

tragedy that befell the Brahman.

clothing,

good
verted

he

daal of money.
all

this,

money

thousand gold

into

pieces

and

"Why

do you want

yourself,

O Brahman?"

King. "

am

R. Krishnan

liere to

to

kill

said the

inquire into

"No,

sire.

This was the only

wild cucumber plant

in the entire

Brahman replied.
Now, tell me, could any one
^c
known that you have
iiidden your gold in the woods?"
vicinity," the

asked the king.

"Not

Nor did any

me to the woods,"

a soul.

one ever follow

Brahman replied.
The king went to

the

palace

his

and thought over the problem till

he found a way to catch the man

who took
any

theft that

this

kingdom.

is

committed
shall

in

restore

your

lost treasure or compensate

you from my treasury. Now, tell
me whether there was any mark

to indicate the spot

He
to

the gold.

called his minister

him, "J do not

well.

and said

feel

quite

should like to see some

doctors.

Can you

to bring to

me

please arrange

every doctor in

"

where you

the city

"Yes, sire. There was a wild

cucumber plant over my treasure,

doctors

Now

doctor was ushered in, the king

asked him, " Who are your

buried the gold."

the

that too

is

Tt

gone,"

replied

Brahman.

"There may be many such

plants in the woods.
that be a proper

How

mark?"

was soon done.

assembled

present patients ?

Ali the

outside

king's private chamber.

the

As each

Wliat medi-

you given them ?

"

The

can

cines have

said

doctors answered these questions

and the king sent them away.

the King.

16

At

last

one doctor

yesterday

said,

"

Sire,

gave the juice of a

wild cucumber plant to the rich

merchant, Matri-dutt.''
The king immediately got
rested

and

said,

could you get

"Sire, It

is

in the

"I see. Where

plant?"

this

not a

in these parts.
it

inte-

woods

common

My

plant

servant found

after a great deal

of searching," replied the doctor.

"We

would

like

your servant

to present himself before

us at

once," the king told ihe doctor.

Soon the doctor's servant was

standing before

"What

the king.

did you do with the

gold which you found when you

dug up the wild cucumber

plant?" the king asked him.

The

doctor's

servant

pale at this question.

with fear he replied,

safe in

my

house,

turned

Shivering
'"I

kept

it

Your Majesty."

"That is fine", said the King.

"That gold belongs to such-andsuch a Brahman. Restore
at once."

him

it

to

"

The
as

servant took leave, feeling

for the plant but not for the gold.

though he had been saved

There was no such plant anywhere else in the neighbourhood.

So if any one did need the plant
he had to dig only where the gold
was hidden. Had anyone dug
only for the gold, he would have

from the gallows.

Now,

the minister was.watch-

ing the entire proceedings with-

out understanding a thing.

He

was very much impressed with

willi wliich the King
laid his hands on the real culprit.
He wanted to know how
the King could do it.
the ease

The King smiled at the minister's question and said

:

"My

job

was

to

find

out

which one out of the entire population of the city could

have dug

thrown the plant away.

the

man came

have disappeared.

"Now, who would be in need

of a wild cucumber plant except
a doctor?

was to

call

them used

Brahman

purposes.

nobody knew that

was gold under the plant.

So whoever thought of digging

at that spot

must have done so

What
up

all I

all

had to do

the doctors in

the city and find out wliich of

up that gold. According to the

there

Unless

for the plant, both

the plant and the gold need not

this plant for

medical

The minister was amazed

the

at

powers of deduction display-

ed by King Prasenajit.

In the city of Ratnapur there

were two young friends called
and Madhava. They had
heard that the King of Ujiain
had a f>uikii. called Shankara-

Sliiva

swarai

who amassed

wealth and concealed

ground. They wanted

lot

ii

under-

to get

He

Brahman

entered a math

on the banks

consisted of a begging-bowl and

Shiva would smear

his

whole body with mud, bathe

in the river

and stand on

his

for a while facing the sun.

head

Then

he would go to the temple of

Lord

Shiva,

and

worship the

V.

doors

three

into

one part

divide

only,

equal

it

throw

parts,

to the birds,

give one

third part himself. In short, Shiva

was

it.

first,

bachelor.

of the Sipni. His entire property

a deer-skin.

three

at

of part to the hungry and eat the

Shiva arrived in Ujjain

disguised as a

god with pure white flowers.

Past noon, he would beg food

S.

up to the ideal of a
Brahman bachelor mendi-

living

pious
cant.

And

people said,

what a great man!

he

"'Oh,

How

pure

is

After a few days IVIadhava loo

entered Ujjain.

He was

dressed

like a rich prince with a retinue

and caskets of wealth.

He

acquired suitable lodgings

and

went

for a

bath in the

Sipra.

There he saw Shiva standing on

Kumar

clothes and told him, "Sir, I

prince,

my owq

and come to spend my days

in this distant place.

wealth.
that

have been

swindled by people of
clan

am

Madhava by name. I come

from the South.

But

my

lack

no

attendants insist

get engaged as a courtier.

know you are the best man to

help me in this matter. I can
I

repay you in several ways."

head with

his
in

should

The King's Purohii, Shankaraswami was a covetous felJow.

was said that he had a half-

It

fortunate

every gift the King

had made to any one during
several years. He had filled his

meet you again.

wealth in seven pots which he

himself before Shiva

"

exclaiming,
that

closed

eyes

At once Madhava

penaoce.

prostrated

his

How

Holy Man!" By this Shiva knew

that Madhava had arrived, but he

share in

buried in his back-yard.

Shankaraswami easily managed

Madhava employed in the

to get

did not even open his eyes.

That night Shiva and Madhva

He also suggested
Madhava should residein his
own house and get all amenities
King's Court.

good time
eating and drinking. They also

that

made

and comforts.

met

secretly

and

liad a

plans to rob the King's

Piirohil of his secret wealth.

Next day Madhava

the puTohit with

gift

w,ent

of

to
fine

Now

comfor-

Shan karaswa mi's

house. Everyday he would attend

CHANDAMAMA
20

iviadhava was

tably lodged in

court and

come home. In

the

die.

want

to give

away

alJ

my

Kindly

evenings he would take out a

wealth to a holy man.

jewel or two out of a full jug

find

and show the huge diamonds

him to me."
The purohit brought several
Brahmans but Madhava turned
all of them down, saying, "For
heaven's sake, can't you find a

and

precious

stones

to

some days Madhava

be-

other

Shan karas warn i.

After

gan

complaining

dyspepsia

and

any food.

In

stopped

taking

few days

became emaciated due

tion

he had

that

and took to bed.

he

to starva-

One day

he called the purohii and told

him,

"Dear

sir,

am

going to

a proper

better

At

man and

bring

man ? "

last

some of

the neighbours

advised the purohit to find out

the holy bachelor
ing

at

the

who was

maih.

The

resid-

purohii

found Shiva and requested him,

age to me.

So, please, leave

me

alone.^ said Shiva.

'

Only,
gift.

my

will give

you

come

once and

at

That man

is

daughter.
talce

the

at death's door,"

said the purolul.

Shiva followed the

puraliii to his

house and took the

gift

of the

precious jug, saying, "T do not

know what
I

am

taking

this

jug

But (he

come along and accept

some precious stones

"Sir,

the girt of

from

a dying

man."
and

Siiiva laugtied

better

gan

am

"I

said,

a bachelor. What am
with precious stones?

to

do

Go and

some family man who

and

to

man

did not die.

Madhava began

As

to feel

Slowly he be-

better.

nourishment

take

satis-

man."

faction of the dying

by magic

contains.

only for the

it

and

within a few days was restored

to complete health.

"There

is

not the least doubt

made

will

that the gift

The

dying

and saved me from the jaws of

death," Madhava announced to

you.

every one.

find

"No,

all

no. Don't say that.

man wants some one like

You need not be a bachelor

your

Ufe.

Talce this

gift,

The

marry

and be happy," said the purohU.

"J

am

man washed away

enjoy the gift."

a stranger here.

purohit

and gave Shiva

No one

marriage.

will give his daughter in marri-

kept
his

my

his

sins

word

daughter in

after,

Madhava

found separate lodgings for him-

CHAPJDAMAMA
22

Soon

to the holy
all

self.
Shiva took his place and
enjoyed the hospitahty that was

due to him as a son-in-law.

One day Shiva

told his father-

enough

in-law, "I've lived long

under your roof.

I

It is

time that

up my own home with

set

wife.

What

received

can't

cious

take

ray

the

is

gift

As

from Madhava.

by gold and pre-

live

stones,
it

have

ail I

wish that you

me money

and give

in

exchange."

The father-in-law said, " My

we cannot assess the value
"
of all those gems so easily.
Shiva rephed,

"Ido

for the value of the

you who had it given

1 want to
it is you
Give

me

have and

as
I

be

Shankaraswami

It

to

this

was

as

me and

give

much money
shall

With
money Shiva set up house
and gave half of it to Madhava
was originally arranged between them.
perly signed and attested.

not care

gift.

to.

it

as

After a time the purohit picked

out one jewel from the jug and

you

satisfied."

took

dug up the

son-in-law.
his

He was

son-in-law

upon

his

word.

it

to

chant

afraid that

jTiight

go back

So he executed

its

He had

his

value.
a

shock when the mer-

examined

returned
fake.

diamond merchant

to a

it

to find

wealth he had buried in the back-

yard and transferred

of sale and got them pro-

letters

boy,

it

it

saying,

These

and

briefly

"This

is

CHANDAMAMA ^
23

are bits of cheap

glass studded in brass.''

'
^

The

purohit

the

sent

entire

contents of the jar for examina-

and was

tion

told that there

He had been thoroughly

lot.

In a great rage the purohit

went

to his son-in-law and demanded,

me back

it

brass

and

Shiva got wild.

it

ulent gift

life

and

yoke of family
legally

"How dare you

was

lead-

you made

me

this fraud-

put
life.

closed

you sustained a

until

up, got

me
The

between
loss,

to

the

deal
us.

purohii

Madhava and charged him

cheating. Madhava retorted

with

He

by calling him a fool.

for ages

and

away

to a pious

of that

When

to

my

is

sell

my

the

crime?
to

stufl"

a pie

was

gifted

it

result

health.

Did

I try

some one

Did you give

at a false price?

me

man. As a

got back

said,

our possession

in

ages.

face to face with death

of the sale -money?

Why blame me like a fool?"

Now it was clear to the purohii
nobody was

is

that

If

himself

go and ask

explanation,'"

In utter anguish the

ran to

What

me now?

a pious
give

of

for a potful

glass."

say that to

me

my money.

all

away

gave

ing

for an

he shouted at his father-in-law.

"That jug was

swindled.

*'Give

Madhava

was

of gold nor a
single precious stone ia the entire
neither a grain

that

It

was

to
his

brought him

blame except

own

avarice

this disaster.

A long time

back King

Ciiitra-

This was

all

to the good. Yet.

sen ruled the Isle of Kundalini.

even as the good name of the

At

king was spreading far and wide,

the time of our story

been on

ti^e

Yet, he had

years.

see

to

effort

he had

throne for only two

made

that his

every

subjects

were happy and contented and

his rule rivalled

wards

(his

Ram

To-

Baj.

end he had cut

all

taxes by half.

The people were

that

ihe

really

happy
was

burden of taxes

the treasury began

As

the

to

run dry.

money dwindled

in

the

coffers the administration

royal

became topsyturvy.
The chief minister was, howa clever

ever,

some

quences.

He had

ing

the

king

He had

fellow.

foreseen

of

the

conse-

also been warn-

time

and again.

reduced. They praised their king

Only, the king was

verse and song.

The good
name of King Chitrasen echoed

doing good to his people and the

minister's word fell upon deaf

from every corner of

ears.

in

kingdom.

his island

So ultimately the minister

had to give up.

CHANDAMAMA

bent upon

hate to say

balance

he

this,

But

sire.

our treasury

in

is

enough to pay the garden-

htirdly

of our palace.

In another

week the monthly

payment of

L'cs

our administrative

for

salaries

staff as well as the military

falls

due," the minister rephed.

"

we

Js that so ?

something
See to

it

shall

that all the

ministers

and most of the importan

:^ha]l

the ueasury was tjuite

empty. The minister had to
do something about it. So he
approached the king and sub-

him

mitted to
it

is

But then,

witliout

the state

cannot

charge ray duties unless

get things done.

you

to

is

Nothing can be done

money.

relieve

So

me

it

come

to

king intended to do.

gation of

new

taxes

Promul-

was the only

Hold-

disaster.

ing court was going to solve

no

problem, the minister thought.

Anyway

When

can

request

my

res-

that?"

the

of

head

his

but he could not guess what the

had

the

king

the

people heard the

to

be

obeyed.

dis-

ponsibility,"

"Has

nodded

minister

way of averting

respectfully, " Sire,

true that our subjects are

happy.

banlcrupt.

citizens

attend," the king said.

The

Now

decide

tomorrow.

court

in

announcement asking everyone

to

attend court,

they did

know what itwas

all

began

accordmg

to guess

individual fancies.

king asked in surprise.

CHANDAMAMA
26

not

about. They
their

Some people

'^^^^^^^^WS^'

went

actually
"

about

Mark my words.

king

saying.

The good

going to do away with

is

aii

time."

Quite a few

credulous

people

believed

rumour

be

taxes this

to

Next day the court was

overflowing with

to

ministers and
well as

this

true.

the

filled

many

other officials as

many an important citizen.

King

entered

Chitrasen

the

At

court and sat on the throne.

the

king's

command

the

chief

minister addressed the gathering

with these words:

"We

always treated their subjects as

own

The

progeny.

that were levied

taxes

on us have

ways been purely nommat.

ter,

Now
how

to

has

one and
arisen

stood up

among

llie

all

the

necessary to tax the

the administration?"

But

This question amazed everyThe chief minister nearly

had a fit, but he controlled himself and went on
"

even these have been reduced by

known

it

one.

al-

half in the present regime, as

" Is

people in order to carry on with

They have

able hne of kings.

their

Some one

crowd and asked the chief minis-

have had the fortune of

being ruled by a kind and charit-

is

is

Compute

for yourself.

What

the population of our kingdom?

What would

of you.

it

cost to provide

amenities for the entire popula-

question,

to administer the land with

tion?

The

sick need medicines

and treatment.

such meagre taxes."

>^^SM^!i^^^'^^^ CHANDAMAMA
27

Growing

child-

"

doubt whether we can restore the

old taxes

and

collect

them easily."

There were whisperings

the court.

up and

all

over

One bold fellow stood

" Your Highness,

said,

you should think twice before

you

increase

For one thing

blow

to the

the
it

taxes

will

again.

be a great

good name you have

achieved far and wide.

It is

not a

small matter that a king should

own

go back upon his

Think

well.

think well
reii

iCL|

cu ucliI u

line

moment enemies

1 1

A ny

might attack

the land and our defence forces

must be there to protect

can

these

all

are

else

we

How

us.

to

Where

look to for the

funds to provide our people with

amenities?

these

all

It

is

the

ted

this

the chief minister

"What

and

But

it is

and

lose the

the reduced

good name he

had been earning ever since he

So, other

ways must be found to solve

We

the

do not intend
to go back upon
a decision
which was once made," he said.
"The taxei shall not be enhanced,

said,

the chief minister says

should restore

taxes

ascended the throne.

"

point the king interrup-

quite true.

present problem.

duty of every citizen to understand taxes and their purpose."

At

word.

Highness,

The king could see that there

was some truth in these words.
It was out of the question that
he

met

expenses be

except through taxation ?

Your

is

a matter of

28

certainly

nor new taxes

levied.

On

the

other hand the minister has ex-

plained to you the nature of the

Let some one

present probleai.

come forward
There

with a solution.

was a hush over the

People looked

entire court.

at

each other and saw only blank

The silence was broken
faces.
by the commander-in-chief who
stood up and said, " Your Highness,

it is

not very

the coffers.
it.

great

secrecy and

it

to

strict

difficult to

There
Bui,

doing

fill

a way ot

is

is

it

a matter ul

can

reve;il

only

Your Highness

to

at

the

the

ten

com-

Ram

o'clock

that

pie

courtiers

wondered what was up the

Let

is

to

make

Baj.

It is

not to be hoped

we will be able to raise a

more through taxes. That

leaves us with only

sleeve

He

people happy and establish

the

that night in the royal gardens.

iVleanwhile

and met the king.

said to the king

"Sire, our problem

king was granted

mander-in-chief

ten

ol

privacy."

So, a private audience of the

one choice.

us loot other kingdoms.

one of the legitimate rights

of the commander-in-chief. They

had to content themselves with

It is

the thought that the secret would

purpose that armies and their

commanders are maintained."
"1 agree with you, Samarsen.

of kinghood.

be out next day.

The commander-in-chief went

But ours

to the royal gardens at the stroke

29

is

an

It is

isle

for this very

surrounded by

'

* ''

He assembled

departed.

all his

and told

military chiefs

them

about the conversation he had

with the

agree with

to

They appeared

king.

king in his

the

But the commander-in-

doubts.
chief said

"

You must remember

purpose

only

is

to

that our

cross

ocean and loot other lands.

do

not

intend

to

subjugate them.

we have enough
the ocean. hriLiginc for a

how much

navy

moment

and military

the

We

conquer or

1 believe

that

military strength

for our present purpose."

Some one objected, "But

we take away our armies

while

might

required

is

to

cross

oceaa and conquer foreign

the

"

Sire,

sen, the

"

shall

helpless

answer for our

be very

leave the entire thing

" For

be

left

people's

Mother

easily

an old veteran.

averted,"

"

An

said

internal

bound to be headed
We must conscript
all the young fellows."
This was considered a wise
revolution

conscription and other things you

will

the

Kundalini. such a calamity can

coimnander- in -chief.

Then

you," said the king.

to

will

of a

name of

case

in

uprising."

" In

might." replied Samar-

military

king

abroad, the
terri-

tory," the king said.

is

by the youth.

be requiring the royal author-

So take the royal seal."

The commander-in-chief took
the king
and
seal from

ity.

measure.

the

^'S^^.S^SS^ CHANDAMAMA
30

proclamation was

S^gSSSS^SS^^'

^ESSS^S^S^ *
all

"J* ''^

**

male

between

citizens

and forty and the royal

put to

drawn up conscripting

at once

fifteen

seal

was

it.

The next day onwards

military

officers

went round the various

villages

with

copies of the pro-

clamation and drafted

young men

able

Not

all,

all

avail-

into the army.

however, joined willingly.

" For heaven's sake, don't draft

and take us away from our

and kin- We would rather

us

kith

pay taxes

to

any extent," they

pleaded, in vain.

While those who

joined

with

in the

the

protested

hand

and

reducing

were

and

foot

away mercilessly.
Somepeople went on a deputation to the king

It

"Some

already praised
verse for

my

got

in

to

the

write

that

me
we

decided

ihe

military

as the king

the

said.

armies
vessels,

* Start",

troop-carrying

some one saw

vessels,

a mighty comet

the south-eastern direction.

song and

head was glowing bright

considerateness in

^^^ggS^gS-S^-

into

Just

of you have

me

enhance

abusing

back upon our deci-

one auspicious day

and complained

cannot be helped," said

the king.

again

upon shall take place."

The conscription was over and

against the conscription.

"

verses,

You know

What we have

sion.

tied

dragged

will

and

never go

resisted

If

you

a.gain

songs

who

those

taxes.

tjjenj

this time.

officers,

and

voluntarily

army went along

CHANDAMAMA
31

in

Us

like the

^^^^'^H^E^:*

moon and

enormous

its

tail

was

it.

Soon every one was gazing at

Awe-struck, some ol them

said,

"

An

ill-omen

"
!

The court-astrologer too conbad omen and

sidered this as a

suggested that the boats should

postpone

their

voyage' and

more propitious time be chosen.

The
commander-in-chief
scoffed at this and said, "I never
heard such nonsense in

We
the

my

life.

have got the bravest soldiers

the world.

in

What harm can

comet do to them

The
but to

himself

with

"

astrologer tried to persist

no purpose. The king

was inclined to agree
the

As

for the anxiety of the soldiers,

no one was bothered about

flung across the sky.

commander-in-chief

and the astrologer had

to retreat.

As a matter of

An

to lose.

like this

was bound

it.

was

fact there

no time

expedition

to take a lot

of time. The commander-in-chief

He

had a big task before him.

had

way

to cross the ocean, fight his

into

other countries,

loot

them and come back. Then only

could the coffers be filled and the
economic

was

crisis

averted.

reason

the

That

why

the

commander-in-chief ignored the

ill-omen.

him

The king too supported

for the

same reason.

Finally, the commander-in-chief

gave the order and

setting

sail,

headed

in the direction

the

ships,

south-east

of the comet.
fTo

ba continued)

In a

certain village there

shepherd
goats

was a

who had hundreds

no

but

land.

of

Thinking

would menace
the villagers warned

that these goats

their fields,

the shepherd that he should leave

the village or buy some land.
So the shepherd raised a loan
and bought a small strip of land.
This plot was so barren that
nothing but maize could be sown
in

Tt

it.

turned out that even

crop the shepherd

maize

the

raised in

After

it was very poor.

some time the shepherd's

began to fail and his yotmg

son took charge of the field.
One day the three deities of
Harvest, Wealth and Courage
came by the shepherd's field,
arguing as to which one of them
sight

was

the

most powerful.

M.
3

"

Look

at this field," said the

goddess of Harvest, " If only it

yields a good harvest this
shepherd boy will not have a
single problem. 1 shall enter the

and

field

make

it

rich."

saying, she sal in the maize

"

am

So
field.

the real benefactor of

mankind. See what I can do to

this poor boy," said the goddess
She turned herself
of Wealth.
into a bag of money and waited
by the path.
''
All your efforts are useless if
his head," said the
I sit upon
goddess of Courage. She at once
sat upon the shepherd boy's head.
When Harvest sat in it, the
field was completely transformed.

Maize stocks of enormous height

stood thick in the field, their
heads benl down with huge ears

Ismail

strip

of land at any price.

blind father agreed to

sell

His
it

only there was anyone to buy

if
it.

The boy returned to the field

and saw a stranger gazing at the

He was a
He saw many countries

unique maize crop.

trader.

but nowhere did he see maize of

such quality. He approached the
shepherd boy, learnt that the
field belonged to him and offered
to buy it at a good price.
Prompted by the goddess of
Wealth who was trying her best
to

of corn. But the young shepherd

He

head.

started

home

The

carts

to his father that a sirange disease

proceeded on his journey.

Presently the caravan reached

he said to himself, "Let me see

far I can walk with my eyes

how

UTitil

He

he passed the bag of money.

Reaching home, the boy told

his

father

ruined

that

by some

the

crop

was

pest and sugsell

the

The

city.

mens of

his

trader took speci-

maize to the king

and said, "Perhaps Your

Highness never saw maize the

did not open his eyes

gested that they should

to the boy, the trader

boy in his
on a monthly pay.
trader emptied all his
and filled them with the
unique maize, leaf, stalk and ear.
He took the boy with him and
service

to report

had overtaken the maize..

The boy took the path by
which lay the bag of money. But

shut."

do good

offered to keep the

got freightened at the sight, be-

cause Courage was sitting on his

tike

of

this.

have plenty of

it.

a cart-load in
I shall part with
exchange for an elephant with a
howdah. If this corn were to be

CHANDAMAMA
34

planted in your kingdom, your

people need never sttirve."
The king took one cartload of
the corn and gave the trader an
elephant in exchange. The trader
sold another cartload to some of
the rich landlords of the city.
With this money he dressed the

boy in royal brocade, so that he

looked like a prince. The trader
put him on the elephant and
proceeded on. He told every
one, on the way, thai the young

man

riding the elephant was the

king of the Land of Gold and

that he

was

his minister.

they arrived at the next

Thus

city.

The king of that place was

aware of the coming
of the king and his minister from
the Land of Gold and received
them with great pomp and
honour.
He put them up in the
Palace of Mirrors and treated
already

them grandly.
After food and rest the trader

took

the

boy

He

court.

kingdom even

to

said,

the king's
" In
our

the poorest land

That

yields such golden maize.

is

vvhy one can see nothing but

gold anywhere in our land."

The king and queen thought
that

it

would be

nice

if

they

^4.

4.

^ji,

^ 4> #

"But," he
the marriage.
warned the kmg, " the marriage
to

shall take place

according to the

customs prevailing m our land."

On the day of marriage a
palanquin was sent to the Palace

of Mirrors to fetch the

The
boy
was
bridegroom.
out of the house,

carried

hand and

foot,

tied

and was dumped

palanquin

the

in

by

four

This was taken to be

one of the customs of the Land
of Gold.
The marriage ceremony over
servants.

could marry their daughter to

this

When

King of Gold.

made

they

The

to

"you

marry
The boy

are to

the king's daughter."

refused in horror, saying that the

were shrews.

regal ladies

" Scoundrel!

you are
me and

my

bones,"

said

You

forget that

hirehng.
shall

the

Disobey
your

break

trader.

He

king and
reported that his king consented

went

back

to

the

> ->:^>^:^':ici^*''

trader

told

sent to the

the

king,

soldiers shall wait outside

chamber with drawn swords

and threaten to kill the bridethe

at the lodge the trader

told the boy,

was

bridal chamber.

"Two

suggestion

find out his Icing's mind.

Back

the bridegroom

the

he said that he would

this

trader,

groom

if

the tries to escape before

the bride arrives."

This too was

taken to be one of the queer

customs of the Land of Gold.
Looking round the gorgeously
decorated
and brilliantly lit
bed-chamber, the shepherd boy
thought that it must be the
temple of the Goddess to whom
he was going to be sacrificed.

CHANDAMAMA

He tried to run away but the

man at the gate showed him the
sword and frightened him.
The princess arrived and he
thought it was the Goddess.
Here she comes to gobble me
In desperation
up!" he said.
''

he gave the princess a mighty

push and bolted out of (he room.

When he reached

the lodge, the

him a sound thrashing and said, " Worthless wretch

trader gave

T marry the princess to you and

you run away from her !"
Next day the king sent for the
trader and asked him, " What
made your king so angry with
my daughter that he pushed her
away and left her?"
" Don't you know that rain
poured down like elephant trunks
last night?"
said the trader.
" Naturally the king was indignant that such a time was chosen
for him to meet the bride."

The king order

The
their

the

next

night.

But

once again the shepherd boy ran

away from
thrashed

by

bride

his

the

and got

trader.

Once

again the trader was put to the

trouble of answering the king.

" Your puroMts seem to be

ignorant fools. Last night it
appears that rain

his puroJdts to

be whipped for this blunder

and demanded that they fix a
better imihurat for the consummation of his daughter's marri:age with the King of Gold.

-*1^^'^<^>

for

apologised

-puroliiis

mistake and fixed another

mulmrat

fell like

elephant

heads," the trader told the king.

The puroldfs were again chasand they fixed another

tised

muhurat, the very best one, the

third night.

CHANDAMAMA '^:^'^^S^^g^llC^<37

" If you run back to night I

your head
and go my way," the trader
warned the shepherd youth.
" fEuhcr the Goddess eats me
shall certainly cut off

or the trader
or the other

kills
I

am

me.

One way

fated to die to

There was a remarkable change

shepherd.
He got up on

in the

seeing the princess and approa-

ched

He accosted her courtand made formal inabout her health and

her.

eously
quiries

so on.

The

princess was very glad

husband so decorous

night." the shepherd thought as

to find her

he sat awaiting the princess.

and cultured.
Thanks to the goddess of
Courage the poor shepherd boy
now became a prince and the
husband of a princess. He settled
in the same place and became

You must remember, that

the

goddess of Courage was still

sitting upon the poor shepherds"
She now turned to her
heao.
*Hwo companions and asked'them,
" is there any more good you
can do to this poor fool?"
The goddesses of Harvest and
Wealth accepted defeat and begged their companion to save
their protege and she came down
from the head of the shepherd

youth.

Just

then

the

princess

stepped into the chamber.

king after his father-in-law.

trader

became

his minister

The
and

served his master faithfully.

Ever since, the goddesses of

Harvest and WeaKh walk only
behind the goddess of Courage.
Tiiose whom the goddess of
Courage avoids the goddesses of
Harvest and Wealth also avoid.

In Kashmir

to see the world.

Unfortu-

nately one day he

fell

hands

who robbed

of robbers

him even of

King Jayasena ruled

this city.

He had a charming and

intelligeni

was once

there

and noble youth called

He started on a pilgri-

a rich

Pravara.

mage

his clothes.

daughter called

On

her attaining

Kanchanavalli.

womanhood

the

king stopped herstudies and fixed

into the

up her marriage.

Dressing

was not

in

The

princess

favour of this mar-

of the robbers, Pravara walked

riage. She had always wanted

marry one who was her match

many days without food

all

himself

and
It

the discarded clothes

or sleep

away from home,

night.

Pravara was too

food or

shelter.

world, find

one offered him what he was

marry him.

lo beg for

ashamed

to ask.

He

reached the

found a
it.

pial

nearby and lay

down

S.

a worthy

man and

To run away from home she

The minister's son

was her co-student and a

friend of hers.
secretly

N.

in

see the wide

needed help.

At once he was overcome

with sleep.

to

Rather than agree to

marriage, she wanted to run

was

king's stables near the city wall,

on

respects.

this

proud

No

in

at last reached a strange city.

SANTHA

sent

close

So the princess

word

to him, jn:

down

city wall by the

came to the
was very dark and she
was the minister's son
that was sleeping on the pial.
She woke him up rudely saying,
'Get up! How can you sleep
when there is so much to do?

ed

the

help of a chain and

stables.

It

thought

it

Cio at once and bring two horses.

We must

be going."

Pravara woke up heavy with

He brought two

sleep.

from the

stable.

The

horses
princess

got upon one of them and led the

way asking him

oear

slables with a couple

the

of horses that very night.

minister's son

was ready

the

The

to help

other.

to follow her

They

travelled

night without a stop.

The

on
all

princ-

her but he was prevented from

wanted to be as far away

from home as possible before

doing so because

daybreak. She thought she could

sisted that

his

father in-

ess

he too should attend

explain things to her

a dance performance which was

By morning

This same performance helped

the princess to escape.

tended

When

to

have

they arrived near

the

Imagme the surprise

princess when she turned

her

companion and found

a tank.

She preheadache.

family was

was a

total stranger.

engrossed in the dance, she climb-

more

like

the royal

companion

next morning.

arranged at the palace.

40

of
to

that he

He looked

a thief than anything

She realised her mistake

shedding tears. But

else.

and

felt like

Her

there was no going back.

father

to

be

down on

the

would order her

killed mercilesdy.

The

princess sat

ground and looked away from

Pravara. Pravara did not attempt
to speak

He broke

her.

to

couple of twigs from a tree and

threw one of them before her so
that she could bnish her teeth.

In

they

silence

ablutions,

till

their

finished

mounted

and rode on

their horses

they

came

to

After crossing ihc riva (he old

lady

j-jygj.

ferry-boat

cross the river.

was about

An

aged

to

was entreating the boatman to

take her on the boat free of
charge, and the boatman was
insisting

on

payment.

Since

thanked Pravara.

husband and offered herself

^l^^"^-

"^U
^liare

right,

our

granny.

fate,"

the imploring

By noon

Pravara too had no money with

She

mistook the couple to be wife

woman

You can

Pravara told

woman.

they reached a city

They went

him, he looked at his companion,

called Helanagar.

The

a choultry, had food and rested

princess threw a gold coin

at his

Pravara gave

feet.

there for the day.

this

coin to the boatman and told the

old

woman

to

come

to

Next morning

Pravara went to the market place

and offered to give the merchants

along.

CHANDAMAMA I^^^^^^^W^^i^^^^:
41

^'

merchants bought his predictions

and he went back with- some
food sluffs. The old- woman

vara was an expert in diamonds.

gave him a job on a decent
monthly salary.
Life was now very happy for
the three of them. Only "granny"

cooked

wonderd why

daily

prediclions

which

be profitable to them.

nice

three ate

food and

would

all

few

the

man

and they considered him

of worth.

Pravara had

enough money now

house and

live

the wife and hnsb-

and never exchanged a

it.

The next day more merchants

bought Pravara's predictions for
the day

He

to

talce

independently.

Accidentally one

of the mer-

chants one day found that Pra-

word.
she

single

woman
who can

Being a wise old

toid

herself,

"

penetrate the mysteries of married life ?"

One day a

trader

from the

south brought an extraordinary

diamond

to the king of the city

and oflered

it

for a crore rupees.

The king

desired to possess this

gem but he wanted

have the opinion of experts

beautiful
to

before paying such a huge price.

So the diamond merchants of

place were called to the

the

They saw the diamond

by turns and estimated ils price
variously from 75 lakhs to two

palace.

When

crores.

turn,

was Pravara's

it

he too examined the gem

and said, " This dia-

carefully

mond is worth exactly one rupee.

Of course, that is the charge for
cutting
it is

As

it.

His

He

day he appointed

for the material

of his advisers.

utterly worthless."

This was a terrible slap

face for the trader

reputation

shouted,

in

was

"You

say such things without proving

them."

iron plate

short

and

it

into a thousand bits.

wisdom of Pravara.

the

That very

the

him

king's

more

suited for

it.

After Pravara became minister

his private affairs

became

subject

One day
washerwoman told

of general gossip.
royal

The king was impressed by

later

given the post as there was none

said Pravara

was shattered

while

minister died and Pravara was

else

To prove what he

dashed the diamond against an

justified

wise counsel on several occasions.

shattered.

should not

him as one

Pravara

the king*s choice by giving

the

from the south.

queen that the

was an

CHAND\MAMA
43

minister's

uncommonly

the
the

wife

beautiful

and serve

Pravara understood

it,

He must do
what the king did to

the king's intention.

to the king

him.

He

could invite the king for

But

dinner.

a strange

how

could he ask

lady to prepare food

and attend upon his guesl?

Not knowing what to do,
Pravara went home that night
and lay in his bed.
When

"granny"
food he

The

told

said, "I

him

come

to

for

am not hungry."

princess guessed thatsome-

was troubling Pravara and

that it concerned herself.
She
thing

lady.

The queen

her turn told

in

this to the king.

Pravara was a

common man

befere he

a minister.

How

said to the old

was made

could a com-

mon man

have an uncommonly

beautiful

wife?

the king.

Also, he wanted to see

how

puzzled

This

beautiful his minister's wife

really was.

To

satisfy

his

curiosity

king devised a plan.

the

One day

he invited his minister to dine

with him.

The queen

herself

was made to prepare the food

him, granny, that

thing to be done,

Why

"Tell

if there is
it

will

any-

be done.

and worry himself?"

Hearing these words Pravara

was greatly

relieved.

He

sat be-

fore his meal and said, ''Granny,

today the king gave me a dinner.
It

was prepared and served by

the queen herself.

per

that

we

hospitality ?

)iSL^>-^i*^5*o*0^: CHANDAMAMA
44

woman,

should he go without food

Is

it

not pro-

return the king's

"

*"^M?S^so*:?f:^

"Tell him, granny," said the

princess, "that I too can prepare

and serve good

dishes.

shall

not lag behind the queen."

Next day the king was

invited

to dine at the minister's house.

The

princess prepared very

good

She served them to the

and went away. Before

dishes.

long

coming back for re-serving, she

changed her clothes, ornaments
and even her

hair-style, so that

the king believed that two diflerwomen attended upon him.

ent

The king went home and

told

"Our

has

his

wife.

minister

his wives

on the Ardlwdaya

Pravara was

now

two wives.

phght

ties!"

and serving food

Both are such beauThe queen had a great

to

desire

see

them.

So

is

at hand.

sea.

his

us, that

was not

was

in the

could he make

home and

down tormented by

When

invitation to his minister to

called

to the sea with

the old

him

this

lady

lay

problem.

came and

to eat, he replied that

he was not hungry,

45

who

his lawful wife?

Pravara came

in

Accordingly the king extended

an

day.

worse

Preparing

such a request to the lady

wives to

theceremony of bathing-couples."

accompany him

How

another.

day, to the

They too can take part

in a

to a guest

ceremony of bathing-conples was

Let us invite

our minisler and

accomoany

before.

one thing and taking part

she

suggested to the King, " Ardho-

daya

than

The

princess said,

granny,

how

is

It

"

Ask him,

that he loses

Does

his appetite so frequently.

know

not

lie

that

those

heiped him once can help

again,

if

necessary.

He who

can order too.

tects

Is

it

who
him
pro-

nob

with

and jewellery

Pravara stopped worrying and

before

his

"granny" about

meal.

He

told

the king's invit-

Everything

will

" Let him accept the invitation,

granny.

Let seven closed palan-

quins be ordered and seven sets

be

in

order." the princess said.

On

the Ardliodaya

day seven

closed Palanquins accompanied

Only

one of them contained the princess,

Kanchanavalli.

palanquins were
the tent

ation.

got

Let them set up a tent

entrances on the

seven

beach.

the minister's palanquin.

so?"

sat

of clothing
ready.

From

the

with
first

set

The seven

down behind

seven entrances.
entrance of the

tent the princess

stepped forth

and joined the minister on the

They

beach.

their clothes

tied

together according to the custom

and bathed together. Then Ihe

princess went baclc lo the tent.

Soon she came out of the second

dressed and looking
person and repea-

entrance

like a different

ted

ceremony

the

minister.

She did

with the

this seven limes.

The king and queen who were

watching

this

thought that seven

different ladies

came out of

the

tent

and bathed with the minis-

ter-

Each one of them was a

great Ixauty!

The next day

seven sets of

the queen sent

maid and instructed her to find

out the names of

The maid

ladies.

minister's

for

an

was

wives.
to the

unwell.

Krishna. Tliey avoid one another

and you have to meet them one

with

by one."

the

The queen's maid ran back and

returned with an extra

instructions

"granny"

from

met

queen's maid and said, "I

afraid the queen

she

names are the same as

those of the eight wives of Lord

the seven

all

interview

princess

because

Their

arrived at the

house and requested

minister's wives.

On

The minister has etght

One of them could not go
sea

for the seven

gifts

wives of the ininisler through her

made a

came

gift.

The

to her eight times,

the

princess

the

each time

am

conversed with her, each time

in

a different dress and

a different voice and accent.

mistake.

CHANDAMAMA
47

in

"

few days later the princess

instigated

food

in

" granny "

to

serve

excess while Pravara

was

He protested
"What is the
today,
that

today

so

to the old liidy,

matter with you

granny? Do you think

have a bigger stomach

Why

are you serving

?"'

much food

all

" that,

if

what he

to

gem

followed you

meet a nobler man

You
Can

it,

but in

You

my

have been your wife for a

long time now."

Pravara
hear

was

this.

He

very

happy to

took

the

first

opportunity of informing the king

Pravara understood

how

young lady was disposed

wards him.

mind

the foodj there

are others to finish off

leaves over."

the

was blind and mistook

never even looked at me.

were not aware of

princess mischievously,

he caonot eat

for a glass bead.

only out of helplessness.

me hope

"Tell him, granny", said the

Now

She replied, "1 left home in

order to find a husband worthy
of me. In that very instant God
has presented you before me. But

eating.

When

to-

the prmcess

brought hun pari after food, he

asked her, " when are we going
to get married ? "

about his coming marriage.

king heard to the

full

The

story of

Pravara's wife with unconcealed

wonder and
"

at

last

exclaimed,

What an extraordinary

woman

NOBLEST CREED
1

axila, or Takshasila. on the

banks of the Vitasata was once
ruled by King Kalingadutt.
He
was a follower of Buddhism.
But in his kingdom there were
several who advocated the Vedic

The king never forced

religion.

his subjects

dhist creed.

voluntarily

used to

to adopt the BudOnly when people

approached him he

initiate

them.

Among those who thus adopted

was one rich
merchant called Vitastadutt. But

the Buddhist creed

his son,

Ratnadutt, was an ardent

believer of the Vedic cult. So, he

was

always

condemning

cursing his father.

" You are a sinner.
strayed

away from

tlie

and

Instead of worshipping

Brahmans you

You have
virtuous

S. S.

take

beggar-

to

This accursed religion

who do not bathe
eat any time of the

worship.

for those

is

properly,

who

day,

out

lead a

life

of ease with-

or hindrance,

let

in the

who

lounging

uihams along with loafers

castes and communities.

could you take to it?"
Ratnadutt would ask his father.

of

all

How

And

the father

would

reply

with a great pain in his heart

" Son,

you seem

external

to think

symbols are

the

that

true

Do you believe that real

Brahmanisra is that which is
creed.

inherited?

Vedic path and adopted atheist

creeds.

tions,

To

to practise

Truth and

the

emo-

virtues of

Ahimsa that

Brahmanism.

Khanna

control one's

is

true

Why do you always

abuse and curse this noble creed

which offers protection to all
You should
living creatures?
develop tolerance and charity."
ButRatnadutt whose heart was

The very next day Vitastadutt

came to the king accompanied by
his son, Ratnadutt. The king pre-

of hatred did not listen to his

words. His attitude to his
grew from bad to worse.

to his servants, "Seize this traitor

and behead him at once."

full

'father's

father

One day
the

Vitastadutt went to

king and told him

all

about

Ratnadutt listened to

The king said to him, "On

some pretext or other you bring
to

me.

shall

what can be done with him."

see

this

and

shivered with fear and dismay.

His father pleaded before the
king,

his son.

your son

tended to be enraged at the mere

He shouted

sight of Ratnadutt.

"I beg Your Highness to

consider well befor acting."

The king seemed

bit.

He

to

relent a

said, " Well, then I shall

postpone the punishment for two

months.

At the end of that him

you bring

hira to me.

now

court and presented him before

the king.

"What

is

condition of Ratnadutt.
"Are
not eating food ?
I never
ordered that you should go without food
"Your Highness," replied Rat-

You can you

take him home."

Ratnadutt pondered well in his

mind as to what crime he could
have done towards the king,
that he should order him to be
beheaded. However much he
thought he could not find any
reason for the king's anger. Day
or night, he could not forget
the impending death and he
was greatly agitated in his mind.
He could neither eat nor sleep
and, at the end of two months, he
was so emaciated that he appeared
to be more dead than alive.
At the end of the two months
Vitastadutt took his son to the

the matter with you?"

asked the king, seeing the woeful

nadutt in anguish,

commanded

that

"

when yon

should be

kill-

ed you also commanded that I

should neither eat nor sleep. Fear
of death has brought

me

to this

state."

"So now you know what

of death

is

fear

Like you, every

ing thing desires

life.

me if anything can

Now,

livtell

be nobler than

the creed of preserving precious

life,"

the king said.

These words of
brought wisdom to
He at once fell upon
feet and begged him
him into the Buddhist
king gladly did so.

king

the

Ratnadutt.
the king's
to

initiate

creed.

The

CHIKKA THE ROBBER

Unce

lliRrc

wuh a rohljur

Lhikka was his naniE.

wily

tlilEf

EnDniinii!!

In his native

There was

was

wnri

fBarsfime

Was

wcrshippLrl

ThL

the

jeWEils

fame.

finR

goddess.

Tile

\1hiWd

IiGj

liis

iown
teniple

at

rnbhidr

cnstiy

Naga

that

shrine.

saw
and rare

In

tlifi

tiiuujli-i

an[:iL;[il

him

hefure

GiistcninLj

thfirt:!

'Let nighl and darlmBHS

Let

pmpie

Then

I'li

Thought
Niglit

In

sIegp

Yuh

these

jfiwels,"

Chiklia hreathing fire.

and darkness came;

People to strep
Chiklsa

mme;

retire.

rifled

rEtired.

the shrine

But the dnnr was iQcked oulsideIt

was the temple guard

WliD wnke

at

tiie

midnight hour

In

Amaravati there

the city of

was a poor family consisting of

a Brahman, tis wife, their son and
the

All

daughter-in-law.

were pandits and poets.

people

used to

four

So the

them the

call

"

Where

the old

The pangs of poverty are hard

Having heard that King

to bear.

Bhoja was inclined

to help pan-

and poets, the pandit-family

are

city.

you

all

going to?"

Brahman asked

the elder

pandit, the head of the family.

"We

are going to see King

Bhoja who
the

pandit-family.

dits

Ihem form the

Vedas

is

well-versed in all

and the Pwranas,"

replied the elder pandit.

"

You

versed.

how

to

say

But

the
I

king

doubt

read at

all.

is

well-

if

he knows

If

he could,

undertook a journey to the city

read the curse of poverty that

ofDhara(now known

Fate has inscribed on

As they came
destination

as Ujjain).

in sight

they

met

head, would he have given

an

much

old

Brahman with a heavy bundle on

his

shoulder

coming

my

of their

towards

wealth

fore-

me

so

?"'

Having thus comphmented the

great charity of

P. Saradadevi

King Bhoja, the

man

old

The pandit-

departed.

family was glad to see this proof

of the king's philanthropy. Evi-

down on

dently he did not look

the poor.

Before any outsiders entered

obtam

the city they had to

made

per-

So

mission from the Court.

pandii-family

their

under a spreading banyan

the

camp
tree

just

outside the city-walls and

sent

word

to the king.

some time a messenger

After

came

to

a tumbler

He

see them.

it

Brahman

gift

as

carried

the brim with

filled to

milk and offered

to the

elder

from the

king to the pandit-family.

Through
meant

this

to convey

comers that the

full

for

messenger,

"Take

^ith the pandits of the city

s^g^r ixed with milk.

Also

the

king

they could

the

new-

The king understood the Brahman and was very glad,

city

was already

The

elder

|
'

new-comers would

to

any more.

The Brah-

^^nted to convey to the

gift

of pandits and there was no

room

^|,^

|,ack to the king."

i^j^g ti,at the

add new sweetness,

The king
pandit-family

desired to lest the

some

more.

He
j

Brahman understood

this.

He

added some sugar to the milk

dressed himself like an ordinary

citizen

and reached the banyan

j

CHANDAMAMA
55
i

about the time of

tree

He saw

siiDset.

only the ladies there.

went to the

He

river expecting, the

males to be there at their evenHowevei^ he saw

ing prayers.

man
all

Agastya,

who drank down

the oceans at one gulp ?"

The young Brahman understood

this

silent

question and

asked

in

return

another by

only the Brahman's son at the

throwing a stone into the water.

The king looked

His question was, " Are you not

river.

queslioningly.

water

in his

at

him

and taking some

hands, drank

it.

Jn

doing so the king was asking the

young Brahman, "Are you not

the

same

caste as the great Brha-

a Kshatriya like Sree

Rama who

bridged the ocean by throwing

stones in it?"

King Bhoja was very much

pleased at this and went home.

the

gifts

learn

to

"^ifiSoiis

poetic
^ssed.
,

family

So he dressed himself

a wood-cutter, look a bundle

upon

fire-wood

came out of

and

his head

the city gates as they

were about to be closed.

He approached

pandit-

the

family resting under the banyan

and

tree

said

Brahman,

"

long in the

forest.

Sir,

elder

the

to

too

tarried

Now

the city

king spoke out where

Ihe

gates are closed.

Let

he

me spend
lay

the night here.

The

elder

saying, "

place

1 .shall

go away

" In this uiiluippy

morning."

In the

is

You

Brahman

Three

agreed,

And

are welcome. This

sleep for fear of thieves.

to

turns while the rest slept.

woke up
sleep.

The

replied

his wife

57

the

unhappy world

Tii'o ihf/ig.f

CHAISDAMAMA

Brahman

and went to

During her watch

" In this

Brahman. During his walch

good

mime of God."

king said where he lay

one to keep watch was the

elder

Brahman

taking the

After a time the elder

So the

family decided to keep awake by

first

the elder

Ami

them could not go

wiirlil

are ikemecl pleasant."

" Life in Kasi, servini- the

nobody's property."

All of

lliltig.s

are cfeerued pleasant."

During the

The Brahman's wife repKed:

'

The sweet-meat made of sugar

And

the holy feel

watch from

" In

unhappy world

this

Woman

the only pleasure."

is

The young
" In this

unhappy world

Pleasant

is

lies

ed

the wife's hirlhplace."

The young Brahman

"Shiva

on

Snow

replied:

Shiva's

wife

and Lakshmi, the wife of Vishnu

was born out of the Milky Ocean.
Shiva

made

their

and

Vishnu

wives'

their residence.)

have

birthplaces

girl

shrewdly guess-

wood-cutter

the

was

none other than King Bhoja and

replied

She who gave

Like you.

was the

daughter of the king of Himalaya

Both

that

"

Hill.

Vishnu on the Ocean of Milk-"

(Lord

watch

was awake the kin^

where he lay

mother and the

his

king said where he lay

last

dawn, when the dau

the

in-law

of God."

Presently the son took over the

The king
went home

birlh to one

King Bhoja."

ouce got up and

at

in the dark.

Early next morning the family

had an

invitation

He honoured
all

from the king.

each one of them

in his very best

them

manner and gave

permanent employment

in his court.

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THE MOON
h nampd

iifaziiie

iiini.li]

h'wh
(luL

[ici'l'rrLly

J^l.lUKl
Iti

iiiii>

At. tiiuea

gucw

s n.m\

;i.s

fa.r

This orbit

miles long.

moon comes

tho

as ^n^.HTO

moon moves

this orbit the

hour, completing ofte round

moon

goes round our earth in an orbit

l,f>l)0,6S0

is

rouiiil.

after Uncle Moon. So

faotB about the real

some

iMirn

'iic
Til

iiiiies.

miles an

at a speed of

27 days.

is

as near as

hours.

4.'i

iniiuiifcs

and

11 acc'omls.

Tlie

of

moon has

(i,7ll5

a diameter of 2,163 miles and a ciremnference

miles. Its sur.faee area

is

1-1,600,000 square miles. Its

wcitrlit. IS 7t^,OOl\ono,<nio.(iiHi noa,(iiK.l

Mooii shinefl by the

17'^,,

Ihiit

suiili^lifc

of this sunlight ay

moon

tons.
falls

on

The

light.

The moon

is

Th.-uphilns an.

<m the

The

of wide craLcrs.

is full

I'tok-my and

moon

ir.

is

niil.^s

Hide.

is .ailed U'ihn'M/..
ol'

the

full

The biggest of
The
is

is
is

is

called
called

liigliest visible

Its heiglit Is

moon

get about

moon.

thoni

deepest crater

'I'lic

in, dud ir. L ,1cc|,.

frravitational pull

We

it.

light of the sun

018,000 timcK stronger than the light from the

peak

24,970 feet.

about one-sixth that of

the eartli and an object that would weigh 6 lbs. on earth would

weigh only a

II).

on the moon.

Both heat and cold are much more severe on the moon than
on the earth. Its day temperature is about 200 and the night
temperature 'KiO'' below freezing.
Spen through the biggest telesoope on earth the
as seen from a distance of only 25 miles.

The bodies that

circle

planet and the

moon

moon appears

round the sun are called planets and the

bodies that circle round the planets satellitesis its satellite.

Our earth

is

THE BACK COVER

THE PORTRAIT ON THE WALLOf^f^'-'tJpon

3 time, there lived on a mountainside

in

China,

young farmer named Chuang. He was a very nice boy.

He worked hard all the year round. He earned enough

But most of his earnings were taken

away by the wicked emperor in the shape of taxes. So he
was left poor. He could not take a wife and have the
comforts of a family. He was doomed to permanent
to live comfortably.

poverty and lonliness.

Wlien
"

saw Chuang tkey would

his friends

The Emperor's harm are bursting

Poor Chuang hasn't a

Poor Chuang hasnt

An

artist

and

scores

dozens.

any.'"''

saw the misery of Chuang and painted a

picture of a beautiful

give the young

wall inside

Chuang fell in
and so

man some

He

it

look

fields

life-size

thought the picture would

pleasure.

so

He

that

it

put

it

up on a

brightened

the

less lonely.

on the

love with the girl

real.

wail.

She looked so

She seemed to be keeping him company.

He looked upon her

out to the

girl.

Chuang's house,

home and made

nice

sing

full,

"penny.

The Emperor has wives by

own

as his

When

wife.

he

went

next morning he looked at the painting

and thought, "How

cook for me "

nice

it

would be

if

only she could

The Hind!! Marrkge Bill, 1955, an important part of the Hindu

Code, haa ohtaiuBd the PreBident'B assent and become law sinoo 19th.
May. According to this" law monogamy is the rule for the entire

Hindu Community. Divorce

*

ia

also permitted uuder certain conditions.

It is estimated that 1,480 crores may be spent upon Indian

Railways under the Second Five-Year Phvn. This is mure than
The
three-and-a-half times the^ amount spent during the Firat Plan.
total amount to he apent under the Second Plan is 6,300 crores.

In
1,000

May an

All-India

Mango show was

exhibits were displayed.

held in Bombay. Nearly

Over 130 prizes were given away.
who sent about 100 exhibits got

Shri S. V, Sitaramaawamy of Bobbili,

the most

important

prizes

including the

Rajprai

ukh

of

PEPSU

Trophy.
Recently two Himalayan Peaks were conquered by different
Kanchan]unga, the third highest peak in the world was
conquered by ft Tiritish expedition led by Dr. Cliarica Evans, on May
expeditions

25-

A French

expedition led by M. Jean Franco conquered MakaUi

pciik. the fifUi highcsi

the world, on

May

36.

"Kaalimir PrincBBs'' an Air India luternatioQal Constellation

plane was destroyed on the eve of the Bandung Conferenco, near
Sarawak. An inquiry about the accident rovoaled tliat the plane was
destroyed by sabotage through a time-bomb cxiilosion.

By
of

the Pcestdenta' order a

constituted on

May

'j9.

now

Ministry of Iron

Shri T, T, Kriahnamachari

Commerce and Industry has been put

70,000 railway

men

in the United

iiiid

Steel

was

who was in charge

new Ministry.

in charge of the

Kingdom

started a strike at

midnight of May 28-29. On the night of May 31. Queen Elizabeth

declared a state of emergency to keep the vital services running in
face of the stiike.

Former French areas of Pondichei'ry, ICiiraikal, Mahe and

irill be electing an Assembly for blie Pondiclierry State.
There
and they will elect 39 membora to the Assembly,
abo elect 200 members to the various municipal councils in

Yanam
are

1,60,000 voters

They

will

the our territories. It

the third week of July.

is

decided that the elections shall take place in

'Prime Minister Nelu'u started for the Soviet Uniou ou June 4

accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Indira Candlii. On his wity he
touched Cairo (Capital of Egypt), Prague (Capital of Czechoslovakia)
and reached Moscow on June 7, where he had a great welcome. He
will tour the Soviet Union for two weeks.

Recently Nehru's book "Discovery of India " has been translated into BuBsian,

Dafis Lincl Vasa went to the iiieadoww i'or a walk.

ai/comjiauied tliem caiTying an umbrella in it&
Tif/er
nase it Hlinr-ld rain. All the three sat on the green grass.
bad ram which was grazing nenrljy .'^;m\ them and got
dare
these kids come and sil iiPie while
angry,
having my lunch? I shall frighten tlietn "iit uf Lheir wita,' the
It lowered its head lind charged at tijcm.
big, bad ram thought.
Pi'omptly Daas and Vaas took ihe umbrella from 'Tigpv/ unfolded
it and showed it to the ram.
It was the big, bad ram that was
ficighteaed out of its wits. It turned back and.ran away for dear life.
(>in3

Tlieii-

eveiiirig

'

(li)j;

moiilh.

in

hig,

'How

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