Sauti continuing his story said now I will tell you about the happenings of AvantiNagar.
There was a sage called Sandipan who ran an ashrama where many people came to learn. Once someone gifted him a cow. He kept the cow carefully in his ashrama.
One day he called his disciples and said you look very healthy here, what is the cause of this?
The disciples said after the calves had drunk the milk, they would drink the milk and that was causing them to be healthy.
The sage said they were depriving the calves of their food and should not do that.
One day the sage asked one of the disciples, Upamanyu, what he ate as he looked hungry. Upamanyu said he would beg and ask for specific food items and that was helping him be healthy. The guru told him not to do that either.
One day, Upamanyu was in the forest guarding the cow, which was grazing nearby. He was feeling very hungry and seeing some calotropis leaves, he ate those. Those leaves were poisonous and caused Upamanyu to loose his vision. Trying to find his way about, Upamanyu fell into a deep pit.
In the evening, the cows came back home without Upamanyu.
The guru worried, went in search and found Upamanyu in the pit, blinded.
Pleased with his devotion, the Guru called for the Ashwini Kumaras, twin gods of medicine, who came restored Upamanyu's sight.
One day the Guru called a disciple, Aruni, and asked him to check the boundary of the paddy fields. It was raining heavily, and washing away of the walls would spoil the crops. Aruni left for the field and saw that in the heavy rain, the boundary was damaged and all the water was flowing away. He tried all means to stop the flow, but when nothing worked, he himself lay down across the boundary and blocked the flow with his body.When Aruni did not return the whole night, the guru got worried, and set out to look for him. When he reached the field, he saw Aruni lying unconscious stopping the water flow with his own body.
He was pleased with his devotion and blessed him.
There was a sage called Sandipan who ran an ashrama where many people came to learn. Once someone gifted him a cow. He kept the cow carefully in his ashrama.
One day he called his disciples and said you look very healthy here, what is the cause of this?
The disciples said after the calves had drunk the milk, they would drink the milk and that was causing them to be healthy.
The sage said they were depriving the calves of their food and should not do that.
One day the sage asked one of the disciples, Upamanyu, what he ate as he looked hungry. Upamanyu said he would beg and ask for specific food items and that was helping him be healthy. The guru told him not to do that either.
One day, Upamanyu was in the forest guarding the cow, which was grazing nearby. He was feeling very hungry and seeing some calotropis leaves, he ate those. Those leaves were poisonous and caused Upamanyu to loose his vision. Trying to find his way about, Upamanyu fell into a deep pit.
In the evening, the cows came back home without Upamanyu.
The guru worried, went in search and found Upamanyu in the pit, blinded.
Pleased with his devotion, the Guru called for the Ashwini Kumaras, twin gods of medicine, who came restored Upamanyu's sight.
One day the Guru called a disciple, Aruni, and asked him to check the boundary of the paddy fields. It was raining heavily, and washing away of the walls would spoil the crops. Aruni left for the field and saw that in the heavy rain, the boundary was damaged and all the water was flowing away. He tried all means to stop the flow, but when nothing worked, he himself lay down across the boundary and blocked the flow with his body.When Aruni did not return the whole night, the guru got worried, and set out to look for him. When he reached the field, he saw Aruni lying unconscious stopping the water flow with his own body.
He was pleased with his devotion and blessed him.
I heard this story but not aware of the character name and the context ..how it is related to Mahabharata ???
ReplyDeleteThese are stories and tales from Mahabharat. The Pandava Kaurava has a big chunk but all these tales/ stories in Mahabharat talk about different people and their behaviour and characteristics. Incidentally, Ramayana is much more simple. The number of characters and complexity is much less.
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