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NandiSootra
because as a washer-man squeezes all water from the clothes so you do squeeze everything out of a traitor of the kingdom or the country. The fourth is a scorpion because just as a scorpion causes pain by its sting, you have caused pain to me by goading with a stick. And your fifth father is your real father, the late king, because like him you are benevolently and justly ruling over your subjects and the kingdom."
The king was astonished at this analysis. After daily chores he went to his mother and after greetings told her about all what Rohak had said. The queen mother said - "Son! What Rohak says is probably true. If your attitudes are the result of my looking at something with some momentary perversions in my mind then what Rohak says is true. When you were in my womb I went to the Kuber temple for worship. On my way back I saw a chandal and a washer-man. When arrived at the palace I saw a scorpion couple mating. During all this period my mind was in a state of perversion giving rise to pervert feelings. These feelings have influenced your attitude. Otherwise you have only one father."
The king was completely taken aback by the miracles of the astonishing wisdom of Rohak. When he arrived in his assembly he appointed Rohak as his prime minister.
EXAMPLES OF THE SECOND VERSE 1. The stories of Bharat and the Rock are same as before.
2. The Condition - Once an innocent and simple farmer from a village went to a city to sell cucumbers. As he reached the city gate he met a rogue who at once measured him to be a simpleton and a prey. The rogue approached the farmer and said - "Brother, if I eat all your cucumbers what would you offer me as a prize?" The farmer looked at him with surprise. To him the statement about eating the large heap of cucumbers appeared to be a joke He also replied in the same spirit - "If you eat all these cucumbers I will give a laddu (ball shaped sweet) that does not come through this gate." They had this wager and some of the onlookers became witnesses.
The rogue now picked up one cucumber, bit and ate a small piece from it and put the cucumber back. After that he lifted another cucumber and repeated the process. This way he ate a small piece from each cucumber and said to the farmer - "Here brother, I have eaten all your cucumbers."
Taken unawares the farmer said with anger - "Where have you eaten all the cucumbers? They are all lying here."
The rogue said - "I will prove in no time that I have eaten all the cucumbers." Hewent and stood near the heap of cucumbers and started trying to sell them. He shouted and called many people and asked them to buy the cucumbers. Everyone who came and looked at the cucumbers refused to buy them saying - "All these cucumbers are eaten."
The rogue said to the farmer - "See, everyone says these cucumbers are eaten. You have lost the wager. Now give me the laddu." The witnesses also failed to counter this argument. The farmer was disturbed. He could not think what to do. He tried ii to pay some money and get rid of the rogue but it was not so easy to convince him. At last the farmer sought some time on the pretext that he will have to search and bring the laddu.
Now he went into the city and looked for someone who could save him from this predicament. When he walked some distance he found another rogue who was good enough to show him a way out. Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
61 Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
