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The Story of Sulas
"The second light of the Yoga Shastra, verse 30 is about to happen, so please bring me ghee. Otherwise, I will not be able to bear this labor pain." Upon this, the Brahmin said, "My dear, I do not have any knowledge or skill; by which I can go anywhere and get ghee. Respected people get everything through skill." Then the Brahmin woman said, "My lord! You serve the king. On this earth, the king is the second Kalpavriksha." Just as people serve the ocean to obtain gems, so too did the Brahmin, following her words, begin to serve the king with fruits, flowers, etc. Just as the clouds of the rainy season engulf the sky, one day the king of Champapuri, with a great army, besieged Kaushambi. Like a snake sitting in a bamboo, waiting for time, so too was Shatanik, with his army, waiting for time in Kaushambi. When much time had passed, Shatanik's soldiers, like royal swans, became bored and began to leave from there. One day, Seduk went to the garden early in the morning to pick flowers. Then he saw the soldiers and the king's faces, dull like extinguished stars. At that time, he came to King Shatanik and requested, "O King! Your enemy, like a snake with broken teeth, has become impotent, so if you fight with him today, you will be able to capture him effortlessly. No matter how strong a person is, after being dejected, he cannot fight with the enemy." Accepting his words, the king, with his vast army and resources, marched out of his camp, showering arrows. Seeing the sudden attack of the king of Champa, the army of Champa fled without looking back. Truly, who can look towards lightning when it strikes suddenly? "In which direction should I go?" With this thought, the king of Champa, bewildered, fled alone to save his life. Before the king of Champa fled, his army had already been thrown into disarray. Therefore, seeing the opportunity, the king of Kaushambi looted a lot of goods, including the king of Champa's elephants, horses, chariots, and treasury, and took them into his possession. Later, the victorious Shatanik, filled with joy, entered Kaushambi with his army.
The victorious king, pleased, said to Seduk Brahmin, "O Vipra! Tell me, what should I give you?" He said, "I will ask you for sufficient things after consulting my family members!" A householder cannot think for himself without his wife. Bhatt, happy, went to Bhattin and told her everything. Upon this, the wise Brahmin woman thought back and forth, "If I tell him to ask the king for a village, etc., then if he gets a village, etc., he might get married again. Because wealth is the generator of ego. Therefore, it would be right if we were given food from each house in the Chakravarti's kingdom, one after the other, every day, and a golden coin as Dakshina." Thinking thus, she told her husband. The Brahmin also made the same request to the king. The king accepted the Brahmin's request. Even after getting the ocean, one takes water according to one's need. Similarly, the Brahmin did. Now the Brahmin received food, Dakshina, and respect every day. Royal favor enhances a person's glory. People, considering that Brahmin to be a royal favorite, began to invite him. Who does not serve the king? Now the Brahmin received invitations from many houses, so he became a glutton, first vomiting what he had eaten and then going to eat at the houses from which he had received invitations. Because the more houses he ate in, the more houses he received Dakshina from. Shame on such greed of a Brahmin. Due to receiving Dakshina repeatedly, the Brahmin became very wealthy. Just as the banyan tree expands more and more with its roots, branches, and sub-branches, so too did Seduk become a large family with sons and grandsons. Along with this, due to daily indigestion, vomiting, and the food not being digested in his body, the Brahmin developed skin disease. Due to which he looked as if lac had been applied to a brass tree. Still, Seduk, insatiable like fire, went to eat as usual, according to the king's order, and took Dakshina. Gradually, Seduk developed leprosy, his hands, feet, nose, etc., rotted. One day, the minister requested the king, "O Dev! This Brahmin has leprosy, and it is a contagious disease, so it is not right to feed him. Instead, let one of his healthy sons be fed. A broken statue of
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