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Articles: Moral Stories | Panchatantra stories
- Mr. Siri Siri
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There lived two friends in a city. One was a weaver and the other was a carpenter.
Once a festival was organised in the city. People from far off places thronged in the festival. Both the friends too went to the festival, where they saw a princess riding an elephant and escorted by eunuchs. The weaver was so infatuated by the incomparable beauty of the princess that he fell in love with her at once. His friend carried him home and called a doctor. When the weaver came around, he informed the carpenter that unless the princess embraced him, he would die. He said-
'O friend! Let me die as I know that I won't be able to marry her, no matter how hard I try.'
The carpenter consoled his friend-
'Rest assured and have patience you will certainly get that princess.'
This reply puzzled the weaver. He asked how could it be possible.
Then his friend carved a Garud out of Shorea (Sal) wood. He also carved two arms, a conch, a lotus flower, wheel and a mace with the same wood and gave it to the weaver. The carpenter also taught him how to fly the Garud.
The weaver then took the guise of Lord Vishnu and rode the Garud and flew towards the palace where the princess lived. When he reached the palace he found her sleeping. He said: 'O princess! Are you sleeping or awake? I have come to meet you leaving behind Laxmi at Ksheersagar. I want to marry you, so please accept me as your husband.'
The princess was amazed to see the appearance of Lord Vishnu. She awakened from her sleep and said-
'How can we have a relationship? I am a human being, whereas you are the Lord of all the three worlds.'
The weaver then convinced her that she was in reality 'Radha'- who was born in Gokul. 'You are the same Radha my wife and you have born as a princess in this birth, and this is the reason why I came here', he said.
The princess then advised him to take her father's permission. The weaver did not want to meet her father. He then began to make excuses-
'I am invisible. Mortals can not see me, what to say about conversing with your father. Do as I say otherwise I will curse your father along with your whole clan to destruction.'
The weaver then held the terrified princess by her hand, and forcibly took her on the bed and satisfied his lust. He returned back to his home early in the morning.
This continued for many nights. The weaver was happy that he was able to satisfy his lust uninterruptedly.
The eunuchs who were guarding the princess were amazed to notice significant changes in her. They suspected that the virginity of the princess was no longer intact. They wondered-
'How did this happen? Who is the man responsible for destroying her virginity? Above all, how did 'he' manage to sneak through such a foolproof security.'
They decided to inform the king about the whole development. When the king heard about the changes in his daughter, he became very sad and worried. He consulted with the queen and advised her to find out the truth behind the allegation. The queen went to the princess and got very angry when she found scratches and all that marks that she got during love play on her body. When the princess narrated the whole story, the queen felt very pleased that her daughter had the good fortune of making love with Lord Vishnu. The queen went back to the king and said-
'You have become the father-in-law of Lord Vishnu. Our daughter has tied a nuptial knot with Him. If you don't believe me, you can see Him at night.'
The king too felt very happy and started considering himself as very fortunate. He said
'O queen! We are blessed that Lord Vishnu has become our son-in-law. Now I will vanquish all the other kings with the blessings of Lord Vishnu.'
Now the king eagerly awaited for the arrival of night, so that he could see his son-in-law.
When the night came, both of them peeped through the window. Both of them were convinced when they saw Kaulik the weaver disguised as Lord Vishnu.
Since then onwards, the king began to develop enmity with the neighbouring states. He was assured that since Lord Vishnu was on his side, nobody would be able to fight him. He also asked his daughter to make a request to Lord Vishnu in that regard.
Very soon, the enemies attacked his kingdom from all sides and in no time defeated the king. His daughter appealed Lord Vishnu to save her father. But Kaulik only gave hollow assurances.
At last, when the king was left with only one fort in his possession, Kaulik, the weaver was forced to come for his help. He feared that if the king lost even this last fort, everybody's faiths in him would vanish and he would no longer be able to meet the princess.
The weaver decided to show his appearance at an elevation in the sky. He mounted on the back of his wooden Garud and with his full weapons. 'Perhaps the enemies would get frightened after seeing me,' thought he.
After narrating this story Damanak said-
This way, Kaulik mounted on his wooden Garud and flew up in the sky to fight beside the king.
Now, Lord Vishnu told Garud, 'O Garud! This Kaulik has invited his death. We must save his life otherwise people will no longer have faith in me. If he is killed, people will think that I have been killed. People will stop worshipping me.'
Lord Vishnu then instructed Garud to merge his divine appearance in the wooden Garud. Lord Vishnu Himself entered into Kaulik's body.
After the battle was over, victorious Kaulik descended onto the earth. Kaulik introduced himself to the king and revealed his real identity. The victorious king in his extreme happiness married his daughter with him and gave his kingdom.
After narrating this story Damanak said-
'A laborious man can achieve anything and nothing is beyond his reach.'
Kartak agreed but still doubted Damanak's intelligence to cause differences between Sanjeevak and Pingalak. But Damanak was confident of his ability. He said-
'The task which can be accomplished just by applying means can not be accomplished by valiance. Just as the crow killed a black cobra with the help of a golden chain.'
Kartak requested Damanak to tell this tale.
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