7th Figure's Story -
7-Kaumudee
Vikram Donates Annpoornaa
As Raajaa Bhoj
tried to sit
on the throne again, this time the 7th figure whose name was Kaumudee
burst into laughter and asked him - "Do you think you are the right person to
sit upon this
throne?" Raajaa Bhoj again said with courage - "Yes." She said - "First
listen to this story and then decide if you can sit on this throne. Listen,
One day Raajaa Vikram was sleeping in his room, that he woke up hearing the
sound of crying. The sound was coming from river side. Some woman was
continuously crying. First he could not understand that who could be so
worried in his kingdom that she is continuously crying at this hour of
night. Then he put on his clothes, took his sword and set off in the
direction of the sound.
When he came to the
banks of Kshipraa River, he found that the sound was coming from the other
side of the river, so he immediately jumped into the river, swam and came to
the other bank of the river. He went forward to find the woman, that he saw
a woman sitting in a bush crying continuously. He asked her the reason of
her crying at this hour of the night. She told that she had told her story
to several people but there was no use. Then Raajaa assured her that he
would do his best to solve her problem.
The woman told him
that she is a wife of a thief. Once he was caught stealing and the Kotvaal
(chief police officer) has hung him on the tree upside down. Raajaa asked her -
"Are you not happy with this decision?" She told that she had no objection
on this decision, but she can't see her husband hanging hungry and thirsty.
Because in this decision, there is no mention that he should not be given
food or drink then why he should be hungry or thirsty." Vikram asked her why
didn't she do this till now? She told him that her husband was hung at such
a height that she can't reach up to him without other people's help and
nobody is ready to help her because of the fear of the King. Vikram asked
her to come with him. In fact that woman was a she-Pishaach and that man was
not her husband. She wanted to eat that man climbing upon Raajaa's shoulder.
She agreed to go with
Vikram. Vikram came where the man was hanging upside down. The woman climbed
upon the shoulder of Vikram and ate that man. Then she asked Vikram to ask
for anything he wished for. Vikram said - "Give me Annpoornaa (A Devee whose
kitchen is never empty) so that nobody should be hungry in his kingdom." She
-Pishaach told that she could not give him Annpoornaa, but her sister could
give him Annpoornaa. So she brought Vikram to
a hut on the bank of the
river. She called her sister and introduced the King to her. Then she told
her that the King had the true right to have Annpoornaa, so she should give
Annpoornaa to him. She readily gave Annpoornaa to him. Vikram came back to
his palace with Annpoornaa.
On the way he met a
Braahman who was hungry. He asked him food in alms. Vikram said to
Annpoornaa pot to feed that Braahman to his satisfaction. It fed the
Braahman to his satisfaction. After he had eaten his food, Raajaa wanted to
give him Dakshhinaa. Braahman had already seen the magic of the pot so he
asked him to give that pot in Dakshinaa so that he should not beg for food
in future. Vikram gave that pot to him without any hesitation. Braahman went
to his home, and the King went to his palace.
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