20-Characteristics
of the Blood
Blood
has its own characteristics
Vikram
was walking fast. He had to reach the Yogee in time. Vaitaal said - "Vikram,
Now listen to the story. The king of Adhak Desh was very brave and mighty.
His kingdom was very large. One day a Vaishya came in his court. He
greeted him prostrating in front of him and said - "Victory to the
king." That Vaishya had three sons, but unfortunately all were blind.
They also greeted the king and stood aside.
The
Vaishya said - "Raajan, I am in great difficulty. I need 1,000 gold
coins. I will return them after 6 months." King asked - "What is
such a need?" The Vaishya said - "I want to go to foreign lands for
business." The king didn't speak anything. At this the Vaishya said -
"I am leaving my three sons in return of the money." The king
asked - "But they are blind, what will I do of them?"
Vaishya
said - "Please do not say like this about them. my all the sons are
very qualitative." "How", the king asked. Vaishya said - "Raajan, They
work on the basis of touch and smell. My first son is very good at horse, the
second one knows women very well, and the third one knows weapons very
well. If you find anything wrong with their judgment, you may cut their
head, and punish me also when I have come back. My three sons will help
you in carrying out your royal duties." The king agreed, he gave him
1,000 gold coins and the Vaishya went away. The king made the arrangements
of his sons' living and food etc.
Thus
some time passed. One day a horse trader came in the court and showed a
beautiful horse to the king. The king liked the horse, so he got ready to
buy that horse. The trader said - "It is very beautiful horse. It is
from Kaabul." He told the king very high price for that horse. The
king was about to buy the horse, that he remembered the Vaishya's first son. He
ordered to bring him in the court.
The
Vaishya's son was bought to the court. He asked him to examine the horse
and advise him whether to buy or not to buy that horse. Vaishya's son went to the
horse and started examining him by touching him at many places. The trader
and the courtiers were smiling thinking that what this blind boy can tell
about the horse without seeing him. As he started smelling him, the trader
said - "Leave him alone. Is a horse examined by smelling?" Still the
boy continued his examination by smelling the horse.
After
a while he said - "Raajan, Please, never buy this horse even by
mistake." "Why?" "You may ask somebody to sit upon him
and try him." The king asked one of his soldiers to try him. He sat
on the horse, and drove him, but after a while the horse had thrown him
down and started shaking his head badly. The trader got surprised to see this.
He said to the king - "Raajan, This horse has never behaved with me
like this before."
The
boy said - "He will never behave like this with any milkman. You are a
milkman. You have abandoned your own job, and now you are in the business
of horse
trading." The trader asked him - "How do you know that I am a
milkman?" "This horse is born in your house only. His parents
are also with you. You have fed him buffalo's milk. I knew it by his
smell." The trader was very surprised to know all these details. He
bowed to the king and went from there asking his forgiveness. The king got very happy with the
Vaishya's son, he ordered
his people to make his food double.
One
day a jeweler came in the court of the king. He showed him many beautiful
gems. The king liked some gems, so he got ready to buy some of them. But
then again he remembered the Vaishya's second son, he ordered his people
to bring him in the court. He was brought in the court.
The
king said - "O Boy, I want to buy these gems, advise me on this
matter." The boy examined them and separated some beautiful gems and
advised the king not to buy them." "Why?" "Because all
of them are inauspicious. At least do not buy this ruby. This is very
inauspicious. It goes in whichever house, kills somebody in that
house."
That
jeweler knew this, he got very scared hearing this. The king asked him -
"Tell me O jeweler, Is it true?" The jeweler said folding his
hands - "Maaraaj, Please forgive me." The king forgave him and
the jeweler went away. The king asked his people to make his food also
double. After
a while a trader in weapons came to the king's court and this time also
the Vaishya's third son proved himself.
After a while the Vaishya came back from
his business and he asked his sons back. The king asked him - "You are
the father of these boys, what is your specialty?" The Vaishya said -
"I know the person." The king asked - "Then tell me, what
do you know about me?" The Vaishya said - "You are the son of a
cook. You have never given any reward to my sons, but to increase their
diet." The king became severely angry hearing this. He immediately
ordered to kill the Vaishya and his sons.
Vaitaal
said - "Tell me, Vikram, Was the king sinner or not?"
Vikram
said - "The king was not a sinner. This is true that the characteristics of blood never
go away, but the Vaishya should have acted intelligently. He was killed along
with his sons only because of his foolishness."
Vaitaal
laughed loudly, ran away and hung from the same tree. Vikram was again following
him.
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