The story of Nava mohini manjari as told by Karunakaravalli doll
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the seventeenthth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the seventeenth step by Karunakaravalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
During the rule of king Vikramadhithya one spy who went to Northern part of India reported as follows:-
“A king called Soma prathapa rules over a town called Makarapuri. He does lot of charities and social service daily. Then he rides on his own elephant and gets down in his palace. As soon as he lands there several girls who are as pretty as divine maidens go round him with plates full of coral, pearls, rice etc and empty all those plates in the North eastern part of the city. I just wanted to know why they are doing that. There I saw many ghosts coming and eating all the food placed there and take away all the precious jewels. They climb on a huge Banyan tree which is nearby. I dared not follow them and returned.”
Egged by his curiosity King Vikramadhithya went to Makarapuri. He saw the celebrations conducted around the king, followed those ladies and saw the ghosts eating the food. He boldly climbed the banyan tree and saw a huge palace hanging on the air. He entered the palace and saw a bed room. He took bath in warm water and slept on the cot there. Soon the lady of the house called Nava Mohini manjari came there. She became very angry at some man sleeping on her cot. She then ordered one of her ghosts to remove Vikramadhithya. But Vikramadhithya cut the ghost in to two. Then several ghosts came. Vikramadhithya killed all of them. Then he asked Vetala to lift Nava Mohini Manjari along with her cot to Ujjain. When she woke up she realized that Vikramadhithya was no ordinary man. She then begged his pardon.
At that time a poor man approached Vikrama and told him, “Sir, I am so poor that I am not able to get married. Would you please give her to me?” Vikramadhithya gave the lady as present to him and also gave him sufficient wealth.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
The thrilling stories of adventure of the great Indian king Summarized by P.R.Ramachander
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
The story of Courtesan Kamalareka as told by Paripoornavalli doll
The story of Courtesan Kamalareka as told by Paripoornavalli doll
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the sixteenth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the sixteenth step by Paripoornavalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
When Vikramadhithya was the emeperor of India, a spy from Northern part of India met hiom and related this story, “King, In the Arya desa of north, there is a courtesan called Kamalareka. She is so pretty that even people without masculinity fell in love with her and want to spend the night with her. But all people who spend the night, die that night and return only as corpse.”
Vikramadhithya was intrigued by the story of Kamalareka. So during his sojourn of six month in the forest he went to Arta desa. When he enquired about Kalalareka, people told him that she was an irresistible beauty and he has to spend 1000 gold coins to spend a night with her. They also told him that he would die that night.
Vikramadhithya went to Kamalareka’s home and paid 1000 gold coins, . He was received well and taken to her bed room. He asked for a mat spread on the floor and was preparing to sleep. The courtesan gave him a fluffy pillow. He refused that also. He did not even touch her. The courtesan laughed and told, “By coming here you are ready to embrace death. If you think you can escape by not even touching me you are mistaken.” Then she entered in to sleep. Very soon a golden serpant came out of her nose and started biting the pillow near by. Vikramadhithya took his magical sword and cut her in to pieces.
Next day the courtesan was pleasantly surprised to see that Vikrama was alive. When Vikrama showed her the snake and how he killed it, she thanked Vikrama profusely.
Our king Vikramadhithya was such a one that he would help any one who is suffering regardless of the station of his life.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the sixteenth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the sixteenth step by Paripoornavalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
When Vikramadhithya was the emeperor of India, a spy from Northern part of India met hiom and related this story, “King, In the Arya desa of north, there is a courtesan called Kamalareka. She is so pretty that even people without masculinity fell in love with her and want to spend the night with her. But all people who spend the night, die that night and return only as corpse.”
Vikramadhithya was intrigued by the story of Kamalareka. So during his sojourn of six month in the forest he went to Arta desa. When he enquired about Kalalareka, people told him that she was an irresistible beauty and he has to spend 1000 gold coins to spend a night with her. They also told him that he would die that night.
Vikramadhithya went to Kamalareka’s home and paid 1000 gold coins, . He was received well and taken to her bed room. He asked for a mat spread on the floor and was preparing to sleep. The courtesan gave him a fluffy pillow. He refused that also. He did not even touch her. The courtesan laughed and told, “By coming here you are ready to embrace death. If you think you can escape by not even touching me you are mistaken.” Then she entered in to sleep. Very soon a golden serpant came out of her nose and started biting the pillow near by. Vikramadhithya took his magical sword and cut her in to pieces.
Next day the courtesan was pleasantly surprised to see that Vikrama was alive. When Vikrama showed her the snake and how he killed it, she thanked Vikrama profusely.
Our king Vikramadhithya was such a one that he would help any one who is suffering regardless of the station of his life.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
The story of a Brahmin who fell in the river as told by Sanjeevavalli doll
The story of a Brahmin who fell in the river as told by Sanjeevavalli doll.
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the fifteenth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the fifteenth step by Sanjeevavalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
During one of his six month sojourn to the forest, Vikramadhithya resolved to go alone in the garb of sage. He stayed for one night in a village and next four days in towns around. One day after a long travel he reached a village on the banks of a river. There was a temple in the village. In the temple one learned sage was talking about the sacrifices one can make. He told that the greatest sacrifice that one can make is to save a man in danger without even bothering about one’s own life. All the people who heard this advice were taken aback, when they heard of cries for help from the river. When they rushed to the bank of the river all of them saw the swift tides of the river dragging an old man and his wife. Both of them were shouting for help but none dared to help them as they felt that getting in to the river was dangerous. But Vikrama though in the garb of a sage got in to the river, fought bravely with the tide and with lots of difficulty saved the elderly couple. Once they came out the old man thanked Vikrama and told him that he wanted to compensate for his efforts. Then Vikrama told the old man that he was the king of the country and it was his job to help and save all the people in his country. Then the old man understood that he was king Vikramadhithya and told him, “Sir, I am thankful to your majesty for helping me out. I simple cannot compensate your efforts in any way but I want to give you two presents. Please accept it. “When Vikrama agreed that Brahmin gave him the power to summon the plane of Gods and travel in it and reach any place he wants. And also gave him all the effect of all the good deeds done by him.” Vikrama thankfully accepted them and went on his way. He eventually reached a forest which was not cool but very hot. This forest had only horror sounds of bison and such wild animals. The forest instead has only thorny shrubs like the cactus. In the middle of the forest was a thousand branched banyan tree and hanging on his branches a Brahma Rakshasa. As soon the Brahma Rakshasa saw Vikrama it told him, “King, I was a very pious and well known sage but because I insulted sage Narada, he cursed me to become a Brahma Rakshasa. The only way for me to escape from this torture is to get the two boons given by the Brahmin to you. Would you please give them to me?”King Vikramadhithya gladly agreed and gave the two boons to him. Then the Brahma Rakshasa became a sage and went to heaven.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the fifteenth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the fifteenth step by Sanjeevavalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
During one of his six month sojourn to the forest, Vikramadhithya resolved to go alone in the garb of sage. He stayed for one night in a village and next four days in towns around. One day after a long travel he reached a village on the banks of a river. There was a temple in the village. In the temple one learned sage was talking about the sacrifices one can make. He told that the greatest sacrifice that one can make is to save a man in danger without even bothering about one’s own life. All the people who heard this advice were taken aback, when they heard of cries for help from the river. When they rushed to the bank of the river all of them saw the swift tides of the river dragging an old man and his wife. Both of them were shouting for help but none dared to help them as they felt that getting in to the river was dangerous. But Vikrama though in the garb of a sage got in to the river, fought bravely with the tide and with lots of difficulty saved the elderly couple. Once they came out the old man thanked Vikrama and told him that he wanted to compensate for his efforts. Then Vikrama told the old man that he was the king of the country and it was his job to help and save all the people in his country. Then the old man understood that he was king Vikramadhithya and told him, “Sir, I am thankful to your majesty for helping me out. I simple cannot compensate your efforts in any way but I want to give you two presents. Please accept it. “When Vikrama agreed that Brahmin gave him the power to summon the plane of Gods and travel in it and reach any place he wants. And also gave him all the effect of all the good deeds done by him.” Vikrama thankfully accepted them and went on his way. He eventually reached a forest which was not cool but very hot. This forest had only horror sounds of bison and such wild animals. The forest instead has only thorny shrubs like the cactus. In the middle of the forest was a thousand branched banyan tree and hanging on his branches a Brahma Rakshasa. As soon the Brahma Rakshasa saw Vikrama it told him, “King, I was a very pious and well known sage but because I insulted sage Narada, he cursed me to become a Brahma Rakshasa. The only way for me to escape from this torture is to get the two boons given by the Brahmin to you. Would you please give them to me?”King Vikramadhithya gladly agreed and gave the two boons to him. Then the Brahma Rakshasa became a sage and went to heaven.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The story of Dharmaseela as told by fourteenth Chandravalli doll
The story of Dharmaseela as told by fourteenth Chandravalli doll.
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the fourteenth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the thirteenth step by Chandravalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
King Vikramadhithya maintained a very enviable system of spies so that he would be able to understand the problems of his people and solve them. They also used to gather reports of strange happenings and inform. Once a spy who returned from Kashmir told him about the following happening. “King, in the city of Kashmir, there is a very rich merchant called Dharmaseela. After multiplying his wealth manifolds by very hard work, he decided to build a temple to God Narayana and get is surrounded by a huge lake. First the temple was built. Then all round it millions of labourers started digging a lake. With their efficient dedicated work, they did dig a very huge lake around the temple. But strangely the lake did not have even a drop of water. The very sad Dharmaseela continued the digging in the hope of getting water. When he found that water was not forthcoming he prayed the God. He heard a magical voice. “Only if a drop of blood from the neck of a man with all the 32 prescribed qualities falls on the lake bed, then only water will come in this lake.” Not able to find any perfect man willing to cut his head, even today the lake is dry. Dharmaseela has announced a prize of 1000 pounds of gold to whosoever helps him get water in the lake.”
Hearing this strange story Vikramadhithya decided o do something about it. So during his six month sojourn in the forest, he went to Kashmir. There he went to the lake bed, prayer Lord Narayana and began cutting his neck so That blood would fall on the lake bed. God appeared before him and blessed that the lake would be full of water.
When the extremely happy Dharmaseela offered him 1000 pounds of Gold, Vikramadhithya gave the entire gold in charity to poor people and reached back his kingdom
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the fourteenth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the thirteenth step by Chandravalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
King Vikramadhithya maintained a very enviable system of spies so that he would be able to understand the problems of his people and solve them. They also used to gather reports of strange happenings and inform. Once a spy who returned from Kashmir told him about the following happening. “King, in the city of Kashmir, there is a very rich merchant called Dharmaseela. After multiplying his wealth manifolds by very hard work, he decided to build a temple to God Narayana and get is surrounded by a huge lake. First the temple was built. Then all round it millions of labourers started digging a lake. With their efficient dedicated work, they did dig a very huge lake around the temple. But strangely the lake did not have even a drop of water. The very sad Dharmaseela continued the digging in the hope of getting water. When he found that water was not forthcoming he prayed the God. He heard a magical voice. “Only if a drop of blood from the neck of a man with all the 32 prescribed qualities falls on the lake bed, then only water will come in this lake.” Not able to find any perfect man willing to cut his head, even today the lake is dry. Dharmaseela has announced a prize of 1000 pounds of gold to whosoever helps him get water in the lake.”
Hearing this strange story Vikramadhithya decided o do something about it. So during his six month sojourn in the forest, he went to Kashmir. There he went to the lake bed, prayer Lord Narayana and began cutting his neck so That blood would fall on the lake bed. God appeared before him and blessed that the lake would be full of water.
When the extremely happy Dharmaseela offered him 1000 pounds of Gold, Vikramadhithya gave the entire gold in charity to poor people and reached back his kingdom
The story of Vichithrakala as told by thirteenth Prakasavalli doll
The story of Vichithrakala as told by thirteenth Prakasavalli doll.
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the thirteenth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the thirteenth step by Prakasavalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
The king of Thangapuri did not have any children in spite of having all other wealths. By continued penance of Parashakthi, a daughter was born to him. He named her as Vichithrakala and made her master of all arts. She grew up in to a very pretty princess. One day while she was standing on a terrace, she was seen by Mrugangitha, who was a terrible magician doing penance on the Malligarjuna mountain. He fell instantly in love with her and decided that he will take her away and marry her as soon as his penance of celibacy was over. This resolution was understood by Vichithrakala. So she went to her father and told him, how Mrugangitha was infatuated with her. The king told her, “Mrugangitha is a terrible human being. I do not have the power to defeat him. So please approach the Yellamma Goddess in the boundary of our kingdom.” Accordingly Vichithrakala went to the Yellamma temple. When she went there the goddess had gone out for a walk. So she entered the temple and locked herself there. When the Goddess came back and when she wanted the doors to be opened, Vichithrakala fell at her feet and told her about her problem created by Mrugangitha. Then the Goddess told, “Mrugangitha is a very evil person. I do not have sufficient power to kill him. The only person who can help you out is king Vikramadhithya. So you go and approach him.”
Vichithrakala went to Ujjain the capital city of Vikramadhithya, got the face of the hag by the blessings of the Goddess and started staying with a lady called Annamidum nangai. She used to daily sing and pray the Goddess at night. When one day, Vikramadhithya who was doing inspection rounds in the town heard her voice, he sent his police people to bring her before him; He was intrigued by her youthful body and face of a hag. When he asked Vichithrakala the reason for this, she told him everything about her. Vikramadhithya promised to save her and built a special palace for her to live in till they got married. Once when his six month sojourn in the forest was due, he entrusted her safety to his brother Bhatti and went to the forest.
At this time Mrugangitha’s penance of celibacy was over and he started searching for Vichithrakala. When he felt her presence in Ujjaini town, he dressed himself like a jewel merchant and offered two very pretty bangles for one million rupees. Though everyone wanted the Bangles even the senior most queen of Vikramadhithya thought that the price was exorbitant. But somehow Vichithrakala wanted that Bangle. When Bhatti offered the price on behalf of Vichithrakala, the magician told him that he was the only who can put the bangles on the purchaser. Bhatti thought that something was fishy and refused to buy the bangle without the permission of Vikramadhithya. So Mrugangitha went in search of Vikramadhithya and told him that his minister Bhatti was not even fulfilling the wishes of Vichithrakala who would become his queen soon. Vikramadhithya thought there was something fishy and asked Vetala about who it was. When Vetala informed him that it was Mrugangitha himself, Vikramadhithya took his magic sword and cut Mrugangitha in to pieces.
After finishing his sojourn, Vikramadhithya returned to Ujjain and made Vichithrakala as his queen and wife.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the thirteenth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the thirteenth step by Prakasavalli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
The king of Thangapuri did not have any children in spite of having all other wealths. By continued penance of Parashakthi, a daughter was born to him. He named her as Vichithrakala and made her master of all arts. She grew up in to a very pretty princess. One day while she was standing on a terrace, she was seen by Mrugangitha, who was a terrible magician doing penance on the Malligarjuna mountain. He fell instantly in love with her and decided that he will take her away and marry her as soon as his penance of celibacy was over. This resolution was understood by Vichithrakala. So she went to her father and told him, how Mrugangitha was infatuated with her. The king told her, “Mrugangitha is a terrible human being. I do not have the power to defeat him. So please approach the Yellamma Goddess in the boundary of our kingdom.” Accordingly Vichithrakala went to the Yellamma temple. When she went there the goddess had gone out for a walk. So she entered the temple and locked herself there. When the Goddess came back and when she wanted the doors to be opened, Vichithrakala fell at her feet and told her about her problem created by Mrugangitha. Then the Goddess told, “Mrugangitha is a very evil person. I do not have sufficient power to kill him. The only person who can help you out is king Vikramadhithya. So you go and approach him.”
Vichithrakala went to Ujjain the capital city of Vikramadhithya, got the face of the hag by the blessings of the Goddess and started staying with a lady called Annamidum nangai. She used to daily sing and pray the Goddess at night. When one day, Vikramadhithya who was doing inspection rounds in the town heard her voice, he sent his police people to bring her before him; He was intrigued by her youthful body and face of a hag. When he asked Vichithrakala the reason for this, she told him everything about her. Vikramadhithya promised to save her and built a special palace for her to live in till they got married. Once when his six month sojourn in the forest was due, he entrusted her safety to his brother Bhatti and went to the forest.
At this time Mrugangitha’s penance of celibacy was over and he started searching for Vichithrakala. When he felt her presence in Ujjaini town, he dressed himself like a jewel merchant and offered two very pretty bangles for one million rupees. Though everyone wanted the Bangles even the senior most queen of Vikramadhithya thought that the price was exorbitant. But somehow Vichithrakala wanted that Bangle. When Bhatti offered the price on behalf of Vichithrakala, the magician told him that he was the only who can put the bangles on the purchaser. Bhatti thought that something was fishy and refused to buy the bangle without the permission of Vikramadhithya. So Mrugangitha went in search of Vikramadhithya and told him that his minister Bhatti was not even fulfilling the wishes of Vichithrakala who would become his queen soon. Vikramadhithya thought there was something fishy and asked Vetala about who it was. When Vetala informed him that it was Mrugangitha himself, Vikramadhithya took his magic sword and cut Mrugangitha in to pieces.
After finishing his sojourn, Vikramadhithya returned to Ujjain and made Vichithrakala as his queen and wife.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The story of Amruthakiranakalai of Nirjeeva pattana as told by twelfth Santha Gunavalli doll
The story of Amruthakiranakalai of Nirjeeva pattana as told by twelfth Santha Gunavalli doll.
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the twelfth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the twelfth step by Santha Guna valli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
When Vikramadhithya was ruling the country, he used to send several of his spies all round the world to find out strange happenings. One of them came back and told him as follows:-
“A king called Dharmaraya was ruling called Thirumalpuri. His wives name is Samudhradevi. They have three sons called Bheemasuran, Lakshmi sooran and Mahasooran and a daughter called Amruthakiranakalai. The king has searched good brides for his sons and a good groom for his daughter and got them married. The king and queen got several grand children, lived happily with them and died after ten years. Once the three princes who were managing the kingdom, went for a routine checkup of their kingdom. In a deep forest they located a pretty garden and a pond. Near boy was a very pretty house with three rooms. The rooms were empty during the daytime. They relaxed in the garden and decided to spend their night in those rooms. Actually the rooms belonged to three deva dancers who used to spend their nights in those rooms. When they found three handsome youths there, they spent the entire night making love to them, turned them in to stone dolls and went back to the deva loka. This continued. One day Mahasoora heard a voice from a statue on a pillar near the pond pitying them. That voice agreed to help them. It gave him seven stones. It advised him, “Today night run away from here. Those three deva maidens will chase you. When they come near you, throw a stone. This would make the distance between you very great. Keep on doing this but never talk to them. If you talk to them they will make you permanently into stone dolls.
It happened as foretold. When the deva maidens saw that these magical stones were only with Mahasoora, they thought that it must have been given to him by his lover Roopakanyaka. So the other two killed Roopakanyaka and went back to the deva loka. Mahasoora was terribly upset and wanted to cremate Roopakanyaka and die himself in her funeral pyre. Though the other two brothers tried to dissuade him, he was firm on his resolve. When he was about to jump in the fire, Lord Shiva appeared before Mahasoora and gave back the life of Roopakanyaka. Roopakanyaka was terribly charmed by the love of Mahasoora. She told him, “From now I am taking you as my husband but since I am a deva maiden, I would be in deva loka during your day time and would be with you during night. She gave him a magical Veena to summon her whenever he wants her.
That night When Mahasoora summoned Roopakanyaka, a sage was attracted by her., He promised to give Mahasoora a diamond sword which can cut any living being in to two. Mahasoora took the sword from the sage for testing and killed the sage by using the sword itself.
Next day another sage saw her and wanted her. In return he promised him a miracle purse, which will have unending source of money. Mahasoora took that for testing and killed that sage also by the diamond sword.
Next day another sage offered him a slipper which will take him to any place he wants in a jiffy and next day another one offered him a stick which can give life to dead ones.
Mahasoora stored these carelessly in a room of his house and used to summon his love Deva daily. One day his sister Amritha kirana came there when he was not there. She started testing all those things one by one and eventually played the Veena for summoning Roopakanyaka. When Roopakanyaka saw a lady playing the Veena she was surprised and asked her,” who are you and why are you playing the Veena?” Amrithakirana told that she was Mahasoora’s sister and she was playing it without the knowledge of her brother. Infuriated by this reply, Roopakanyaka dashed the veena on the floor and told Amrithakirana to inform her brother that he has lost the divine pleasure forever.
When Mahasoora returned he became very sad and decided to somehow try to bring back Roopakanyaka from deva loka. Though his brothers tried to dissuade him, by using the magical slippers, Mahasoora reached the dancing hall of deva loka. When Indra told his army of Asuras to kill Mahasoora, he killed all of them by using his magical sword. Then realizing the power of Mahasoora, Indra asked him, “Who are you and why have you come here?” Then Mahasoora related his story. Indra then told him, “In my hall fifty lakh damsels dance daily. If you can identify your lover, bring her here.” When he correctly identified her, Indra got very angry with those three girls for tempting human beings with their love and told them, “I am giving away you three as slaves to Mahasoora. Go and obey his orders.” He also asked the pardon of Mahasoora and told him, “Because of your killing my guards, half my strength has gone.”Mahasoora asked him not to worry and made all the asuras alive by his stick.”
Indra was pleased with Mahasoora and allowed him to take back Roopakanyaka and the other two deva maidens who tempted his brothers along with him. But Indra forgot the earlier rule that he had made that any one leaving the deva loka along with a deva maiden would be surrounded by fire. So as soon as he reached the earth Mahasoora and Roopakanyaka were surrounded by a great fire.
Meanwhile parents of Mahasoora and his brothers asked a great astrologer about what happened to Mahasoora and why he is not returning. He told them about the danger in which Mahasoora was in. So they went in search of him. There they saw a Rathnamala temple. They left their army outside and went inside the temple. In the temple there was a huge pond of raging fire. There it was written that any one climbing on the temple tower and jumping in the pond of fire would be taken to Patala, where there is a great temple of the Goddess. If anyone reaches there and prays her, she would give them boons to save them or their people from all dangers.
None of them dared to do the act thinking that their life would be in danger and are standing inside the temple and Mahasoora and Roopakanyaka are in the ring of the fire which is nearing them fast.”
Since it was time for Vikramadhithya to stat his sojourn of six month in forest, he entrusted the rule of the kingdom to Bhatti and riding on Vetala reached the Rathnamala temple. He climbed on the temple tower and jumped inside the pond of fire praying Goddess to help him achieve his noble aim of saving Mahasoora. The Goddess there gave him a tablet and asked him to throw it on the raging fire surrounding Mahasoora. That tablet put out the fire and Mahasoora came out along with the three deva maidens safely.
Then Vikramadhithya brought back to life the sages who had earlier given the Sword, Slipper and money bag and asked them to depart from there. Realizing their mistakes they gave back all the magical materials to Vikramadhithya. Vikramadhithya in turn gave them all to Mahasoora. Mahasoora and his brothers lived happily with their new Deva maiden wives. After spending some more time in the forest usefully, Vikramadhithya returned back to his kingdom.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the twelfth day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the twelfth step by Santha Guna valli doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
When Vikramadhithya was ruling the country, he used to send several of his spies all round the world to find out strange happenings. One of them came back and told him as follows:-
“A king called Dharmaraya was ruling called Thirumalpuri. His wives name is Samudhradevi. They have three sons called Bheemasuran, Lakshmi sooran and Mahasooran and a daughter called Amruthakiranakalai. The king has searched good brides for his sons and a good groom for his daughter and got them married. The king and queen got several grand children, lived happily with them and died after ten years. Once the three princes who were managing the kingdom, went for a routine checkup of their kingdom. In a deep forest they located a pretty garden and a pond. Near boy was a very pretty house with three rooms. The rooms were empty during the daytime. They relaxed in the garden and decided to spend their night in those rooms. Actually the rooms belonged to three deva dancers who used to spend their nights in those rooms. When they found three handsome youths there, they spent the entire night making love to them, turned them in to stone dolls and went back to the deva loka. This continued. One day Mahasoora heard a voice from a statue on a pillar near the pond pitying them. That voice agreed to help them. It gave him seven stones. It advised him, “Today night run away from here. Those three deva maidens will chase you. When they come near you, throw a stone. This would make the distance between you very great. Keep on doing this but never talk to them. If you talk to them they will make you permanently into stone dolls.
It happened as foretold. When the deva maidens saw that these magical stones were only with Mahasoora, they thought that it must have been given to him by his lover Roopakanyaka. So the other two killed Roopakanyaka and went back to the deva loka. Mahasoora was terribly upset and wanted to cremate Roopakanyaka and die himself in her funeral pyre. Though the other two brothers tried to dissuade him, he was firm on his resolve. When he was about to jump in the fire, Lord Shiva appeared before Mahasoora and gave back the life of Roopakanyaka. Roopakanyaka was terribly charmed by the love of Mahasoora. She told him, “From now I am taking you as my husband but since I am a deva maiden, I would be in deva loka during your day time and would be with you during night. She gave him a magical Veena to summon her whenever he wants her.
That night When Mahasoora summoned Roopakanyaka, a sage was attracted by her., He promised to give Mahasoora a diamond sword which can cut any living being in to two. Mahasoora took the sword from the sage for testing and killed the sage by using the sword itself.
Next day another sage saw her and wanted her. In return he promised him a miracle purse, which will have unending source of money. Mahasoora took that for testing and killed that sage also by the diamond sword.
Next day another sage offered him a slipper which will take him to any place he wants in a jiffy and next day another one offered him a stick which can give life to dead ones.
Mahasoora stored these carelessly in a room of his house and used to summon his love Deva daily. One day his sister Amritha kirana came there when he was not there. She started testing all those things one by one and eventually played the Veena for summoning Roopakanyaka. When Roopakanyaka saw a lady playing the Veena she was surprised and asked her,” who are you and why are you playing the Veena?” Amrithakirana told that she was Mahasoora’s sister and she was playing it without the knowledge of her brother. Infuriated by this reply, Roopakanyaka dashed the veena on the floor and told Amrithakirana to inform her brother that he has lost the divine pleasure forever.
When Mahasoora returned he became very sad and decided to somehow try to bring back Roopakanyaka from deva loka. Though his brothers tried to dissuade him, by using the magical slippers, Mahasoora reached the dancing hall of deva loka. When Indra told his army of Asuras to kill Mahasoora, he killed all of them by using his magical sword. Then realizing the power of Mahasoora, Indra asked him, “Who are you and why have you come here?” Then Mahasoora related his story. Indra then told him, “In my hall fifty lakh damsels dance daily. If you can identify your lover, bring her here.” When he correctly identified her, Indra got very angry with those three girls for tempting human beings with their love and told them, “I am giving away you three as slaves to Mahasoora. Go and obey his orders.” He also asked the pardon of Mahasoora and told him, “Because of your killing my guards, half my strength has gone.”Mahasoora asked him not to worry and made all the asuras alive by his stick.”
Indra was pleased with Mahasoora and allowed him to take back Roopakanyaka and the other two deva maidens who tempted his brothers along with him. But Indra forgot the earlier rule that he had made that any one leaving the deva loka along with a deva maiden would be surrounded by fire. So as soon as he reached the earth Mahasoora and Roopakanyaka were surrounded by a great fire.
Meanwhile parents of Mahasoora and his brothers asked a great astrologer about what happened to Mahasoora and why he is not returning. He told them about the danger in which Mahasoora was in. So they went in search of him. There they saw a Rathnamala temple. They left their army outside and went inside the temple. In the temple there was a huge pond of raging fire. There it was written that any one climbing on the temple tower and jumping in the pond of fire would be taken to Patala, where there is a great temple of the Goddess. If anyone reaches there and prays her, she would give them boons to save them or their people from all dangers.
None of them dared to do the act thinking that their life would be in danger and are standing inside the temple and Mahasoora and Roopakanyaka are in the ring of the fire which is nearing them fast.”
Since it was time for Vikramadhithya to stat his sojourn of six month in forest, he entrusted the rule of the kingdom to Bhatti and riding on Vetala reached the Rathnamala temple. He climbed on the temple tower and jumped inside the pond of fire praying Goddess to help him achieve his noble aim of saving Mahasoora. The Goddess there gave him a tablet and asked him to throw it on the raging fire surrounding Mahasoora. That tablet put out the fire and Mahasoora came out along with the three deva maidens safely.
Then Vikramadhithya brought back to life the sages who had earlier given the Sword, Slipper and money bag and asked them to depart from there. Realizing their mistakes they gave back all the magical materials to Vikramadhithya. Vikramadhithya in turn gave them all to Mahasoora. Mahasoora and his brothers lived happily with their new Deva maiden wives. After spending some more time in the forest usefully, Vikramadhithya returned back to his kingdom.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
Friday, June 3, 2011
The story of Sargunavathi of Nirjeeva pattana as told by eleventh Vidhwath siromani doll
The story of Sargunavathi of Nirjeeva pattana as told by eleventh Vidhwath siromani doll.
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the eleventh day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the eleventh step by Vidhwath siromani doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
Once before starting on his six month sojourn in forest, Vikramadhithya send Vetala to locate some very strange place. Vetala after a lot of search came back and told.”There is a town called Varanapuri which was ruled by its king Koil swaroopa. At his old age he became father of a pretty daughter called Sargunavathi. When she grew up in to a pretty girl she was given great education. She also became a very pretty girl. She was kept under the guard of women. Once when day Koil swaroopa went for hunting he took alcoholic drinks and happened to see the wife of a saint. Attracted by her he tried pulling her by his hand. The sage’s wife who was a very chaste and pure lady cursed him, “What you have done is unpardonable. Let you and your country become corpses on all days and come alive at night. Immediately her curse took effect. From that time the princess used to wake up at night and spend all her night time on the terrace thinking about her future. At this time one powerful Rakshasa who used to live in Himalayas came wandering and saw this town which wakes up at night. He was terribly attracted by the princess and took her away by force to his home in the Himalayas. The princess who was intelligent told him that he was willing to be his wife but after a three month penance prescribed for virgins to get a good long living husband. The Rakshasa was overjoyed and permitted her to carry out her penance. Next night when the king and queen were not able to find their darling daughter, they cried a lot and are searching for her. This is the story of Varanapuri.”
Vikramadhithya, whose sojourn to the forest was due, immediately left for Varanapuri. He felt extremely sad and prayed his Goddess, the Kali of Ujjain. She immediately came to his presence and told him that the princess was in immediate danger and the curse can be lifted only by the wife of the sage. She also told him how to find the wife of the sage. With the help of Vetala, Vikramadhithya took the form of a very old man, went near the home of the sage, arranged for a big fire to be lit and was about to jump in it. Hearing about an old man committing suicide, the wife of the sage came and asked him, why he was attempting suicide. Then the old man (Vikramadhithya) told her, “I belong to a city called Saraswathi pattanam. For a very long time, I did not have a son and a son was born to me at my very old age, after great penance. I taught him all arts and science and when he came of age, he married the daughter of Veda Shasthara Bhatta of Varanapuri. I brought the groom and bride to my home. After a few months they went for a visit to Varanapuri. By that time everything has changed there. In the day time all people became corpses. His wife seeing the sorrow of her parents continued to live with them. One day I went to bring them back and came to know of the sorrowful life that they were leading. When I asked them about it, Veda Shastra Bhatta blamed my son for the state of affairs as this state of affairs took place after his marriage. Unable to bear this unjust accusation, my son committed suicide. Due to this his wife also committed suicide. Unable to bear this shock her parents also committed suicide. I am also very sad about all this and want to die.”
The sage’s wife then told, “All that did not happen due to your son but because of the curse given by me. Since none of you were responsible for this, I am removing the curse that I put on the town. Now all people would wake up including your son’s family. “
Vikramadhithya profusely thanked her for her gesture and left along with Vetala in search of the princess and the Rakshasa. They found her out easily. They were fortunate to see her alone as the Rakshasa had gone out. As soon as the princess came to know that it was king Vikramadhithya who had come to rescue her she told him, “There is only one day left of my intended penance told by me to the Rakshasa. He wants me to marry him tomorrow. So please take me along with you.” Vikramadhithya replied, “Dear Princess, I do not steal or take away people like that. When the Rakshasa comes back ask him, how you can be safe with him as he would be killed by somebody soon. I will come again tomorrow and then you can tell me what he had told you.”
That day the Rakshasa came back happily but the princess acted as if she was very sad. When he asked why she was sad she replied that she was scared and sad for his life. Then the Rakshasa told,
“I cannot be killed that very easily. In the bottom of Mallikarjuna Mountain, there is a Vinayaka temple. Below the statue there is a tunnel. That would lead you to a tortoise called Koormathi. In the stomach of the tortoise, there is caterpillar. My soul is on the head of the caterpillar. If some were to bring the caterpillar, cut it in to half and throw before me, then only I will die. So you need not get worried.” The princess acted as if she was happy and appeared to look forward for her marriage with the Rakshasa.
When this was informed to Vikramadhithya, he went riding on the Vetala to the Mallikarjuna Mountain, located the temple and after praying God, entered the tunnel, killed the tortoise and brought the caterpillar. He killed the caterpillar in front of the Rakshasa and killed him.
While he was returning back, a poor very learned Brahmin fell on love with the princess and requested for her hand. Seeing the intensity of his love, Vikramadhithya took him along with him to the kingdom of the princess and gave her in marriage to the Brahmin and made him the new king of the country.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
Retold by
P.R.Ramachander
On the eleventh day Bhoja raja after his morning duties again started climbing on to the throne of Vikramadhithya. He was stopped on the eleventh step by Vidhwath siromani doll. It told him that he does not have great qualities of the king Vikramadhithya and is not fit to occupy the throne. Then king Bhoja asked that doll, “Doll please tell me about the greatness of Vikramadhithya. The doll started telling the following story:-
Once before starting on his six month sojourn in forest, Vikramadhithya send Vetala to locate some very strange place. Vetala after a lot of search came back and told.”There is a town called Varanapuri which was ruled by its king Koil swaroopa. At his old age he became father of a pretty daughter called Sargunavathi. When she grew up in to a pretty girl she was given great education. She also became a very pretty girl. She was kept under the guard of women. Once when day Koil swaroopa went for hunting he took alcoholic drinks and happened to see the wife of a saint. Attracted by her he tried pulling her by his hand. The sage’s wife who was a very chaste and pure lady cursed him, “What you have done is unpardonable. Let you and your country become corpses on all days and come alive at night. Immediately her curse took effect. From that time the princess used to wake up at night and spend all her night time on the terrace thinking about her future. At this time one powerful Rakshasa who used to live in Himalayas came wandering and saw this town which wakes up at night. He was terribly attracted by the princess and took her away by force to his home in the Himalayas. The princess who was intelligent told him that he was willing to be his wife but after a three month penance prescribed for virgins to get a good long living husband. The Rakshasa was overjoyed and permitted her to carry out her penance. Next night when the king and queen were not able to find their darling daughter, they cried a lot and are searching for her. This is the story of Varanapuri.”
Vikramadhithya, whose sojourn to the forest was due, immediately left for Varanapuri. He felt extremely sad and prayed his Goddess, the Kali of Ujjain. She immediately came to his presence and told him that the princess was in immediate danger and the curse can be lifted only by the wife of the sage. She also told him how to find the wife of the sage. With the help of Vetala, Vikramadhithya took the form of a very old man, went near the home of the sage, arranged for a big fire to be lit and was about to jump in it. Hearing about an old man committing suicide, the wife of the sage came and asked him, why he was attempting suicide. Then the old man (Vikramadhithya) told her, “I belong to a city called Saraswathi pattanam. For a very long time, I did not have a son and a son was born to me at my very old age, after great penance. I taught him all arts and science and when he came of age, he married the daughter of Veda Shasthara Bhatta of Varanapuri. I brought the groom and bride to my home. After a few months they went for a visit to Varanapuri. By that time everything has changed there. In the day time all people became corpses. His wife seeing the sorrow of her parents continued to live with them. One day I went to bring them back and came to know of the sorrowful life that they were leading. When I asked them about it, Veda Shastra Bhatta blamed my son for the state of affairs as this state of affairs took place after his marriage. Unable to bear this unjust accusation, my son committed suicide. Due to this his wife also committed suicide. Unable to bear this shock her parents also committed suicide. I am also very sad about all this and want to die.”
The sage’s wife then told, “All that did not happen due to your son but because of the curse given by me. Since none of you were responsible for this, I am removing the curse that I put on the town. Now all people would wake up including your son’s family. “
Vikramadhithya profusely thanked her for her gesture and left along with Vetala in search of the princess and the Rakshasa. They found her out easily. They were fortunate to see her alone as the Rakshasa had gone out. As soon as the princess came to know that it was king Vikramadhithya who had come to rescue her she told him, “There is only one day left of my intended penance told by me to the Rakshasa. He wants me to marry him tomorrow. So please take me along with you.” Vikramadhithya replied, “Dear Princess, I do not steal or take away people like that. When the Rakshasa comes back ask him, how you can be safe with him as he would be killed by somebody soon. I will come again tomorrow and then you can tell me what he had told you.”
That day the Rakshasa came back happily but the princess acted as if she was very sad. When he asked why she was sad she replied that she was scared and sad for his life. Then the Rakshasa told,
“I cannot be killed that very easily. In the bottom of Mallikarjuna Mountain, there is a Vinayaka temple. Below the statue there is a tunnel. That would lead you to a tortoise called Koormathi. In the stomach of the tortoise, there is caterpillar. My soul is on the head of the caterpillar. If some were to bring the caterpillar, cut it in to half and throw before me, then only I will die. So you need not get worried.” The princess acted as if she was happy and appeared to look forward for her marriage with the Rakshasa.
When this was informed to Vikramadhithya, he went riding on the Vetala to the Mallikarjuna Mountain, located the temple and after praying God, entered the tunnel, killed the tortoise and brought the caterpillar. He killed the caterpillar in front of the Rakshasa and killed him.
While he was returning back, a poor very learned Brahmin fell on love with the princess and requested for her hand. Seeing the intensity of his love, Vikramadhithya took him along with him to the kingdom of the princess and gave her in marriage to the Brahmin and made him the new king of the country.
The doll then told, “Oh king Bhoja, this is the greatness of Vikramadhithya who occupied this throne. If you think that you are equal to him, then you can definitely go up. Bhoja returned back that day without further climbing
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