Harikesh Bal Diwakar Chitrakatha 049

Author(s): Nityanandsuri, Chidanandmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Harikesh Bal
ASTONISHING It was a rainy monsoon night and King Shrenik and queen
OXEN Chelana were sitting in the balcony of their palace. The king said
Queen ! Do you hear the murmur of the flowing river,
see the slanting drizzle and feel the caressing wind? The weather is very pleasant
Yes, my lord! It must have rained heavily The water level in the river is
rising.
The king called his guards
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There was a thunderous lightening and the king Hooked at the river Hey ! In such
Sire ! He appears weather what that
to be an aged man. man is doing on the
He may be collecting
floating wood from river-bank?
the river.
AT HAN
Look there. A man is standing at the river-bank and picking something. Quietly find
out who is he?
BO
As you say, sire !
Two guards hid behind a tree and watched. 28