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The Tale of Brahmadatt Chakra
Yogashastra Dvitiya Prakash Shloka 27 and the minister's son both mounted, as if they were two sons of the sun. Both horses were running so fast at the speed of Panchmadharagati that fifty yojanas were like one kos for them. But alas! Both horses died of exhaustion in the middle. Therefore, from there onwards, both of them walked on foot, barely reaching near Kosthakagran, protecting their lives.
Then Brahmadatt said to his friend Var Dhanu - 'Friend! Should we still compete with each other? I am very hungry and thirsty. I am dying from these. The minister's son said something in the prince's ear and then - 'Stay here for a moment.' Saying this, he went ahead. To shave the prince's head, the minister's son brought a barber from the village by force. At the minister's son's behest, Brahmadatt had all his hair cut except for one braid. Then he wore saffron-colored holy clothes. At that time, he looked as if the sun was hidden in the colorful clouds of the evening. Minister's son Var Dhanu put a Brahmasutra around his neck. Now he was truly the son of Brahmaraja, making his name Brahmputra meaningful. Just as the sun is covered by the clouds in the rainy season, the minister's son covered Brahmadatt's chest with the Srivatsa mark with a northern cloth. In this way, the minister's son, like a sutradhar, changed the appearance of the Brahmputra and changed his own appearance in the same way. Thus, like the full moon and the sun, both friends entered the village. There, a Brahmin invited them for food. He served them food with devotion, like a king. 'Usually, the respect is given according to the brilliance of the face.' After the meal, the Brahmin's wife, adorned with a pair of white clothes, appeared like an apsara; who started putting akshat on the Kumar's head. Seeing this, Var Dhanu said to the Brahmin, 'Confused! Why are you tying this girl around the neck of this artless boy, like a cow around the neck of a bull?' In reply, the learned Brahmin said - 'This is my daughter named Bandhumati, who is charming with her qualities. I don't see anyone else worthy of her except her. The knowledgeable people had told me that her husband would be the Chakravarti, the ruler of the six continents. And this is he. They also told me that his Srivatsa mark would be covered with a cloth and he would eat at your house. Give this girl to him.' At that time, the Brahmin married the girl to Brahmadatt. 'Fortunate enjoyers get abundant enjoyment without any thought.' Brahmadatt stayed there that night and, after assuring Bandhumati, moved on. How can one stay in one place when enemies are chasing him? From there, both of them reached a village early in the morning, where they heard that Dirghraja had posted guards on all the routes to catch Brahmadatt. Therefore, they started walking on a winding path. Running and fleeing, they came to a dense forest full of ferocious animals like the fierce soldiers of Dirghraja. There, leaving the thirsty Kumar under a banyan tree, Var Dhanu went to fetch water with the speed of mind. There, it was recognized that 'this is Var Dhanu, therefore, just as dogs surround a piglet, the angry soldiers of Dirghraja surrounded him. Then they started shouting loudly - 'Hey. Catch him. Catch him! Kill him. Kill him.' Thus, speaking in a terrible manner, they caught him and tied him up. Then they asked him about Brahmadatt. Var Dhanu gestured to Brahmadatt to run away. Brahmadatt ran away from there. 'The test of courage comes only when the time comes.' Kumar also crossed one big forest after another rapidly, without getting tired, and kept moving forward with his fists clenched. In this way, he reached an ashram. There, he ate tasteless and unappetizing fruits. From there, on the third day, he saw a tapasvi! He asked him - 'O Bhagavan! Where is your ashram?' The tapasvi took the Kumar to his ashram. Because 'tapasvis are fond of guests.' The Kumar, seeing the head of the ashram, considered him like his father and greeted him with joy. 'The mind is considered as evidence for an unknown thing.' The head of the ashram asked him - 'Vats! How did you come here, a rough person like a Kalpavriksha in the desert?' Brahmputra told the Mahatma his whole story till the end. Because such men are usually not hidden from. On hearing this, the head of the ashram said with a choked voice, filled with joy - 'Vats! I am your father's younger brother. We were different in body, but our hearts
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