Tales froM Indian Mythology

SR No.: 006950
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A S Raman
Publisher: Kutub Popular
Publication Year: 1961
Total Pages: 166
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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Tales from Indian Mythology
"I do not know why you cannot see my point. There is nothing that you can sacrifice for me. I want you to overcome your present infatuation for me and determine the nature of our future relationship.”
"No, Tapati. I cannot disclose my identity to you, simply because I want you to accept me as you find me. You choose your husband not because he is respectable but because you love him. I therefore ask you a simple question and I expect a simple answer : Do you love me?"
"I do, I do, I do. Are you satisfied? But I cannot tell my father that I have met someone on earth I do not know, that I am madly in love with him and that I must be given away in marriage to him. Do you realise how absurd it all sounds? If you do not want to arm me with information about yourself, I suggest you do penance invoking my father, and if he reveals himself to you, you may beg of him to agree to our marriage. Meanwhile you and I must be prepared for wearisome waiting. But, believe me, I shall consider myself yours wherever I am."
She vanished, leaving him baffled and bewildered.
He decided to invoke the Sun God as suggested by Tapati. He summoned his prime minister and told him to stay there till he returned after his penance. "Your Majesty," pleaded the price minister, "I cannot see you suffer. Permit me to be near you so that you can have my services whenever you need them. I hope your struggle will not be futile.”
"If you accompany me, you will be only a hindrance to me. So I suggest you do not stir from here. I am sorry for having to abandon you in your old age. I am sure God will look after you. In fact it is people such as you, not those like me, who are His favourites. We are sinners, and you are the