Tuesday, December 15, 2009

A Tale

By B.P. Koirala
Long-long ago human beings could complete with gods. God did not hesitate to request for help with human beings. They could get godhood by the hard penance. God used to be envious and tried to destroy the penance of the people who left all the worldly pleasures. Gods used to send beautiful nymphs for the destruction of penance.
Ones, a man wanted to went supreme knowledge and godhood. So, he went to the forest for penance. He lived in the forest at wild roots and drank water from the river. He started hard penance. He sad in front of tongued fires in summer and plunged into ice-cold water in winter. The wild animals surrounded him as guards. Tigers and bears tiptoed not to disturb the sage. Termites build there nest one his leg. But the sage went on sitting motionlessly in a deep meditation. The sage's penance starts to threaten the seat of Indra. So, indra, king of gods send and attractive and beautiful nymph in the forest to destroy the sage's penances.
She came down and starts playing in the river which was near to the sage. She put off her cloths and stooped to feel her hands with water. Her breasts seemed so lovely like twin birds. At that very moment, the sage's eyes were suddenly opened he was going to get godhood but he left his penances. He went towards the nymph because she was so attractive.
They married in the forest. The sage and his wife built a house in village. They gave birth of sons and started living a normal life. They helped their neighbors, nursed sick and fed hungry people. But the villagers did not like the Woman because she destroyed the sage's penance.
This story may be trying to give massage that people can easily be defeated by the beauty.

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