have unfailing strength and valour”. “The evil-minded Khara attacked Rama to kill him, but he died in the hands of Rama. It is danger- ous to oppose Rama who is’ virtuous and brave", ° Vibhishana further said, "Anger obstructs ‘Dharma’ ‘Dharma’ that brings name and fame" IPE Study Material for Sil Ghaftenya Sr. Students and spoils happiness. So leave anger and followteing of the people of your clan. return Martha wo & \ “Ht you want the en ofverving several bad omen since you broaght Seta ty Lanka *Oh brother, Ravana’ we have be do pot secret aiusth The hewses neigh fecbly and do The malch cows have dried up The big elephants not eal grass “Donkcys, camels, cur tule are shedding te Rocks of crows, cawing bitterly, are slightng on the roofs of buthlings ars and have lost their astural vigour, Everywhere The wild antmals like tigers are forming into groups in cites and are crying loudly Their cries resemble the sound of thunderbolts” these words in the hope of saving out fiver, The demons, their women, bad omen tance the capture of Sita” ‘Maharaja! | am not sayt people of Lanka, women in king's palzee have bern awate of these this mafter to you. So Haim cocveymng all that | “Your ministers like Prahastha are hesitant to convey thaf wound the snake saw and heard directly w you. Thiok of the needful wo be dons. Whe that pervan in guise af Sita round your neck? Your death is inevtable in the ands of Rama, though you seek che help of beavenly angels ar you take refuge elsewhere in the three worlds” You exe trying ta destroy the race of demons. by having Inti=f im such people like Prahastha. He seems tw be a ilk pot ourwanily bul contains poiwon inside. An honest muster stewtd advise the king after assessing the ability of the two parties, their losses end profits in a wice manner” Who can withstand the force of Rama's arrows, which represent the God of Death in the battle field?” “Ob, King! If we want ro live happily, it is better to hand over Sita to Rama with all the royal honoan? On hearing the words of Vibhishana Ravana angrily ssid, “Boo! You traitor ! If any other one fad talked so, | would have Killed him. Being my brother, you have saved your own skin’. Then Vibhishana, not willing to stay with bis brother, be flew up into the sky with bis wespam ‘gada (a huge hammer), He said. “Oh Raja! Even though you are banourable to be tested like my father. Tean't beer with you. The people whe cannol control their evil passions. do not listen to the good ‘counsels of their well-wishers”. In this world, there are many people who work for their selfish gains. The people who speak truth, though it is boner, are rare. Though yoor people are mighty. they all will die like the bridce built with sand collapses, when the hour af death spproacking. Pardon me for speaking so as your well-wisher with sil due respect. Whatever it may be, you have 10 protect you, yourself and the city of Lanka. | am leaving. Be here happily end securely, “Oh, Nisschera (ane who moves at night) ! Those who cre approaching death, do not listen to the wise counsels of their well-wishers". Thos Vibbishars tried bis best to reform Ravana, but in vain.About the Poet : The pres “RaghuVamsam” written by the great poct Kalidasa ‘The Previous story : The royal couple Sudakshina and Dileepa went to the hermitage of Vasishta, their family priest and adviser, seeking his blessings for having children. Then the sage Vasishta ordered them to serve and worship the holy cow ‘Nandini’. Both of them spent 21 days in the service of the holy cow, They performed ‘Cow worship” (govratam or gopuja) sincerely and wholeheartedly. ‘The Present story : King Dileepa, along with the Queen Sudakshina, spent 21 days in the service of the holy cow "Nandini", for having children, The holy cow wanted to test whether the King's devotion was true or not. So she went into a cave in the mountain range of the Himalayas. Hoping that the cow would not be harmed by wild animals as she was divine, king Dileepa was confident about her safety and was enjoying himself the beauty of the Himalayas. Meanwhile, a lion caught ‘Nandini’ and dragged it imo a cave without the knowledge of Dileepa On hearing the loud cry of the cow, being dragged by the lion, the king entered the cave, Immedi- ately, he tried to take an arrow from his arrow case to shoot atthe lion, but it was paralyzed by the lion's spell, Then, the lion spoke to Dileepa in human language, "Oh King ! The arrow shot by you will go in vain, Lam Kumbhodara, a servant of Lord shiva. Lord shiva has ordered me to protect the holy ree “Devadaany” which is equal to his son. By his order, 1 am living in this cave in the form of a lion. At my lunch time, the cow arrived as my food. So, Oh king! you cannot save this cow from me. On listening 10 the lion, Dileepa said, “Oh, the king of lions! This holy cow is useful to my master in many ways. In is not wise on my part 10 see the ruin of the cow before my eyes. Eat me and satisfy your hunger. but kindly release the cow. Laughing at the king, the lion replied, “Oh king! Being the ruler, you want t0 sacrifice ‘your life for this cow. Think for a while whether itis wise to die for saving the cow or not, Seeing the cow caught in the clutches of the lion and is glancing at him miserably, the king said, “Oh lon’ This cow is as holy as Kamadhenu (the cow in heaven). Accept my body instead of the cow as your food. By doing so, there will not be any disturbance to the rituals, performed by Vasishta. The lion accepted this and when released from the spell ofthe lion, Dileepa bowed his head before the lion to sacrifice his life Then there was a shower of flowers from the heavens on him. Thereafter. pleased with Dilecpa's unselfish sacrifice, Nandini, slong with Dileepa retuned to Vasishta's hermitage. Thus in course of time with the pleasure of Kamadhenu Dilipa got 2 son. *1. Wefemerdeal agen feraa | 2. atacedear sf crear ariel fered | Literature on ethics is given great importance in sanskrit literature. I proving the wisdom of the students. Vishnu Sharma has written ‘Panchatan! rewritten and classified into four parts by Pandit Narayana. They ate titled os Vigrahamu and Sandhi", which teach morality to children, The present story is tak Sometimes, if it is necessary, a wise man should have to carry his enemy 09 his shoulders as q servant. Similarly an aged snake becomes a servant to the frogs and carries them on his Pack Once there lived a snake by name "Manda Visha" in a ruined park. As it became old, it was not able to acquire food. Seeing the inactive snake. a frog asked him why he was not hunting for food. Then the snake replied, "Dear friend? why do you ask me so ? Do you want to know about me ? I shall tell you my 1 is doubtlessly useful for jn, ram’ in sanskrit. It has beey Mitralabham, Mitrabhedamy en from 'Sandhi story”. With increased interest, thé frog insisted that the snake should tell him his story. The sn his account in this way. “Dear friend ! Kaundinya, a brahmin who was well-versed in vedas, was the resident of Brahmpura He had a son by name Suseela. One day, he was bitten by me as it was his fate. Suseela died. Kaundinya became sad and lost his senses. Coming to reality, he began to weep, rolling on the ground. His relatives consoled him many ways. They told him that everyone should have to die and every creature would be nearing as death from the day of its birth. They further explained that the soul is permanent and this life passes, the traveller leaves the shady tree, after taking rest for a while. It is not wise to grieve over one's death. The body which is made up of five elements will merge in them finally. They advised him not to grieve over the death of his son, They further said, "Oh! Kaundinya, dear friend, look at this world. Don't mourn for the dead. It is the nature of ignorant people. On hearing these soothing words, Kaundinya told them that he could not life and wanted to go to the forest. Then his relative Kapila says, "One cannot be happy without leaving desires. But for one who can control his five senses, everyplace becomes a hemitage”. These comforting words could not help Kaundinya relieve from sorrow, He cursed me (Manda visha) to become a coach to the frogs. Since that day, I have been living here and am waiting to serve the frogs. Hearing his words, the frog went to their king Jalapada’ and revealed the story of the snake to him. Then the king of the frogs with great curiosity came and sat of the back of the snake. The snake carried the Frog King moving wonderfully here and there. The next day also the king frog came and sat as usual But the snake did not move. The king frog asked him the reason why he was not moving, The snake replied that he became weak as he could not get food. Then Jalapada said, “Today onwards you can eat cone frog and this is my order’, The snake felt very glad and ate all the frogs in the tank one by one. As there was no any other frog left except the king frog, the snake finally ate him too. Therefore, sometimes one has to serve one's enemy to achieve one’s selfish goals. ake narrated car this hell of worldlyoe & a66or gust, Babe! SOHEDI een — eigpt Bsciat “t cron | bots 6 Se oakRRS didnt eretnis? ©9 SOE. ote Shitsy SE gotsom & 2 508%.” 1. rearree arerdinte creer ant fereia | tk afrrara areata weet Reamer sftere eer | ‘The present lesson ‘Vikramasya ‘Audaryam' is taken from *"Vikramarka Charitam!’ written by Sivadasa. ‘The state on the steps before the throne of Vikramarka spoke to Bhoja who was about occupy the throne. “Oh king ! If you are equal to Vikramarka in showing generosity, you can ascend his throne” Requested by Bhoja, the statue began to narrate the generosity of Vikramarka. In the kingdom of Vikramarka, in the city of "Uijain’ there lived a Brahmin of great schlorship and moral principles But he had no children, One day his wife said, "Oh, my dear husband, @ married man without children is not eligible to Moksha" (state of having no rebirth), according to scriptures. The clan by the virtuous son, the land by the king and the three worlds by the sun are glorified”. § IPE Study Material for Sii Ghaltanya Sr. Students sebegtio BS adertsio 08 D DQADY & agsorr BVO. & exortsnw EroisiiowHe answered his wife, "Dear, you are right But money without effort, education without service to master and progeny without grace nnn of God cannot be gained in ths workE Then she asked him why he would not do anything to get the grace of ged, though he was a scholar Praning his wife's words, ke said, “if anything good is preached even by children, it must he followed" Then he w hipped Lord Shiva chanting ‘Rudranuvakat’, One night, Lord Shiva appeared in his dream ond ordered him to per form “Pradoshaveata® The brahmin pertormed the ‘Vrata’. Lord : shiva was pleased with that and blessed the brahim with a son. Naming his son Devadatta, pc p him educated and ye irl, the brahmin made his son settle im his hie. While go give up the ni him married to a ebaste and virtuous mage, he advised his sun aut to ‘cous path (Dharma) even in difficulties and shew piety wo Lord Shiva ‘Thus, giving his sen many guidelines, the brahmin went 1 Varanasi, Devadatta w. 45 alse happy observing ‘Dharm’ in all respects, One day ‘Devadatta’ went to forest to fetch ry twigs for the ‘Homam’ (Yagaa). There he met Vikrama. a king, who fost his way during hunting process. Requested by Vikrama, Devadatta led him (0 fis city. Vikrama, honouring Devadatta with many rewards, assigned him a royal duty, Many days passed. One day the king announced in the court that Devadatta had done hi a yreat favour by guiding him to the city from the forest. On hearing the king's words, he became doubslul of his gratitude and wanted (est him. He kidnapped the king's yon and hid him in bis residence. Moreover, he ordered a servant to sett the prince's jewel to anyone. Meanwhile, the news about prince's murder created contusion an the king's palace, The king aloo sent search panties to locate the prince. They found Devadatta’s servant trying (0 sell the jewel in a shop, Arresting him, they presented him before the king. When asked, how he was in the po jon of the jewel, he revealed that he was the servant of Devadatta who ordered hin to sell the jewel. ‘Then the king asked Devadatta who had given him the jewel. Devadatta revealed that he had killes! the prince aut of greed for money and sent the servant to sell the jewel. He further said, "Now do what you will, This all happened because of my evil notions caused by my fate” Hur the king remained there, aot wishing to take revenge on Devadatta, Then one of the courtiers remarked why he had done this sin, despite knowing all dha (moral principles). Another commiented that Devadatta did that crime as he was driven by his evil deeds, The other courtier satel that he shout be punished with ‘Soolam’ (a weapon) ax he was a murderce of a child and thief. The ministers suggested that he chauld be cut into small pieces in the size of ginpely weed to be fed 10 capes After tistening to the words of the courtiers the king said, Ob court TIE is mot wise to judge his feat anid hie souyhe my: shelter” Lackiog at Devadana the king said, * Dear friend, you need not be afraid of anything. My son died becasse of his deeds in the previous birth. Whe can ¢ ot evil deeds) You have saved my life and yuided me to the to you for your help” Sayin so, he presented him clnthes and yewels 1 thud at this, Devadatt brouytt the young. prince fron bi ides inn over to the king Saeprived at this, the Kany asked Dovadtatta why he fad done ea Then Bevodatta vad, “Ob King! Many times in the court you expressed the dtesite chavsiniy your yaditude fos my help to you, So Thad pat you a test to find out the uth, Kindly forgive ie merits and demerits. a» he hos helped me reach the city from the pe the et J hall ever be indeh feleased him. howe and tea coy 40 (1% Study tMotoriat for GH Chahtanya Sr, Studonto )