Sambodhi 2013 Vol 36

SR No.: 520786
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 328
Language: English, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Sambodhi, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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Hasu Yajnik
SAMBODHI
These titles without serial numbers seem to have been given by the editor for the divisions/chapters of the story. No.6 Jharmariyān here means songs mostly sung with group dance.
There are no serial number to each stanza and song. The printed text is from 142 to 386 = 245 demy-sized pages. Narrative part of the text may be hardly 1/4 as each line repeated by 'Honkāriā' and responded by the audience has been printed as separate line.
Story
The epic narrates the stories of three generations-Hari Om, Wāghaji and Bhojo and his brothers. The story shows how devices such as theft, gambling, robbery and relation with other married women leads towards the doom of a ruling family. This is parallel story is just a Mahābhārat-story of the little tradition.
As per the story of Arelo, Hari, Om got order from Goddess in the dream not to kill any animal, while hunting with younger brother and didn't kill any. animal so the younger brother made hime blind and left him alone in jungle. Hari Om got his vision back by eagle, got a miraculous lady who gave birth to a son-Vāghaji, who Nara-vyāghra (Half man, half tiger). He made a miraculous swing, swinging on which one can see countries situated far off. Many girls earerly wished to swing on it with Vāghaji, accepting the condition to be the wife. Vaghaji selected 32 girls and married them. Vāghaji, 32 sons became famous and known as Gujaran (in Rajasthani 24 sons of Vāghaji are known as Bāgh-rā-āut, Bagadāvat, sons of Bāghaji_. Bhojo and Meyo were the two main leaders. Gujjara prospered with the help of a divine cow Salorā, owned vast amounts of land, and became a ruler. But the two, were arrogant and cunning. They deceived a horse dealer into providing them horses; they cunningly obtained gold and overindulged in drinking wine. Bhojo pressed wine under the thumb of his left foot, the wine dropped on the head of Vāsuki, who steadily supporting the earth on his head.
In order to, punish the trasgression and sins of Gujara God ordered Bhukhiādevi (Goddess of hunger) to punish them. Half body of Bhukhiādevi turned into a stone and other half was born as Jhelu. Bhojo and Jhely met each other and decided to marry, but she was married to Rāna Lambde. Jhelu, in love with Bhojā escaped after her marriage, mar Bhojā and became his wife. Ranā attacked Gujara and after long war he conquered and killed Gujara.