For seven days and seven nights it rained continuously in Ayodhya.All rivers, ditches, wells and lakes were filled. Rivers flowed and fields were watered. All were happy.
The king had one worry. He had no children. Apart from Kaushalya, Kaikeyi andSumitra the king married many more women, hoping he would get a son. Of the other wives, one wife gave birth to a daughter, Hemalata.
Lompada king was a friend of Dashratha. Hearing that Dashratha had a daughter, he came to see the child. He was also childless and adopted the child as his own.
One day the king went on a hunt. Chariots , horses, elephants went accompanying him.
The whole day the king roamed around. In the evening, tired, finding a big tree, he rested below that.
Sindhu, son of the rishi Andhaka, had come to stream nearby to get some water. He had a pictcher with him. When he would dip his pitcher in the stream, it would make a gurgling sound.
From a distance, the king heard the sound. He thought this was an animal that had come to drink. He assumed this to be a deer. It was dark so he could not see. Taking his bow, he invoked the sound missile. The weapon hit the traget - the boy who had come to fill water. The boy fell.
The king did not hear anything as the boy was silent. The king went to collect his kill and was schoked to see a human hit by his weapon.
He started hitting his head with his hands. What had he done.
The boy did not curse him. He asked for some water, which the king gave him. He then slowly said cursing you will not help me. I am reminded of an incident from a previous life. I was a prince who loved killing birds. I was cursed by one of the birds that I would be killed by someone similarly.
He said he had blind parents to take care of. What would happen to them? He was sad to think that he would not be able to see his parents any more.Whenever his parents needed something, he would fetch that. He was their eyes.
He asked the king to take him where his parents were.
He started taking the name of Narayan and blood started coming out of his mouth. The king slowly took out the weapon out of the boy. The king had come on a hunt and instead of an animal, he had killed a mendicant boy.
Lifting the boy, he took him where his parents lived.
The king had one worry. He had no children. Apart from Kaushalya, Kaikeyi andSumitra the king married many more women, hoping he would get a son. Of the other wives, one wife gave birth to a daughter, Hemalata.
Lompada king was a friend of Dashratha. Hearing that Dashratha had a daughter, he came to see the child. He was also childless and adopted the child as his own.
One day the king went on a hunt. Chariots , horses, elephants went accompanying him.
The whole day the king roamed around. In the evening, tired, finding a big tree, he rested below that.
Sindhu, son of the rishi Andhaka, had come to stream nearby to get some water. He had a pictcher with him. When he would dip his pitcher in the stream, it would make a gurgling sound.
From a distance, the king heard the sound. He thought this was an animal that had come to drink. He assumed this to be a deer. It was dark so he could not see. Taking his bow, he invoked the sound missile. The weapon hit the traget - the boy who had come to fill water. The boy fell.
The king did not hear anything as the boy was silent. The king went to collect his kill and was schoked to see a human hit by his weapon.
He started hitting his head with his hands. What had he done.
The boy did not curse him. He asked for some water, which the king gave him. He then slowly said cursing you will not help me. I am reminded of an incident from a previous life. I was a prince who loved killing birds. I was cursed by one of the birds that I would be killed by someone similarly.
He said he had blind parents to take care of. What would happen to them? He was sad to think that he would not be able to see his parents any more.Whenever his parents needed something, he would fetch that. He was their eyes.
He asked the king to take him where his parents were.
He started taking the name of Narayan and blood started coming out of his mouth. The king slowly took out the weapon out of the boy. The king had come on a hunt and instead of an animal, he had killed a mendicant boy.
Lifting the boy, he took him where his parents lived.
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