26-Postscript
How
Vaitaal saved Vikram
When
the pyre of the cremation ground was in sight, Vaitaal said to Vikram -
"Vikram, This Yogee is very cunning. He is planning to kill you. I
know his plan. He will ask you to prostrate, and when you will prostrate
before him, he will cut your neck with sword. So be careful."
Vikram
got surprised to hear this. Although he had this doubt in his mind, but
now he was more careful. Vikram came to the Yogee with Vaitaal on his
shoulder. Yogee became very happy to see Vaitaal, he said - "Bravo
king Vikram, You are really courageous. Now you will rule the whole
Prithvi without any
obstacles."
The
Yogee cut the body of Vaitaal into pieces and sacrificed it in the fire,
performed some Taantrik rites, and in the last offered Poorn Aahuti (last
Aahuti). Vikram was noticing all this very carefully. He was standing just
straight. After finishing everything, the Yogee said - "King Vikram,
Now you earn Punya by prostrating in front of me.
Vikram
was waiting for this moment only. He remembered Vaitaal's instruction,
that "as you will prostrate in front of him, he will cut your
neck." so he said - "I am a king, I do not prostrate in front of
anybody.
The Yogee got surprised to hear this. He said - "OK, Then I prostrate
before you." As he bent down to prostrate before the king, the king
cut his neck with his sword. The Yogee was dead.
The
then a loud laughter echoed in that lonely forest. That laughter was of
that Vaitaal. Vikram got stunned to see Vaitaal, he exclaimed - "Vaitaal
you? You were dead?" Vaitaal said - "Yes, It is me. By sacrificing this Yogee, you
have given me life. If you had not killed him, I could not have been born
again."
The
king saw that the form of Vaitaal has changed. Now he was a very handsome young
man. Vikram asked him - "Now what will you do?" "Whatever
you order." Vikram said - "Then you come and stay with me. I will appoint
you my minister." Vaitaal became happy to hear this, he said - "I
will serve you with my full honesty." He expressed his gratefulness to
Vikram as he gave him a new life.
He
said - "Hey Raajan, This Yogee was my elder brother. he had changed
me into Vaitaal with the power of his Tantra. He abducted my wife too, and
now he wanted to take your kingdom, that is why he wanted to kill you, but
since you have killed him, you have saved your kingdom, as well as you
have given me a new life. Your fame will remain in this world
forever."
The
day was about to break, Vikram had returned to his palace along with
Vaitaal.
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