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King Vikramaditya with more
patience gets on to the tree and takes Bhethal one more time on his shoulder.
Starts his walk away from the tree. When Bhethal again starts telling one more
story, O King..!! I will tell you a surprising story which you never heard. You
have to answer after listening to the story or else your head will be cracked
into 1000 pieces.
Once in a rich city named
Mallikapuram, the king was SakataSrunga. He have a friend by name Karpataka, he
used to assist his king in all ways at all times. King once went to deep
forests for hunting when his friend also assisted. King has hunted many animals
and got thirsty. He was unable to bear the thirst when his friend gave 2 goose
berries and with them his thirst is satisfied. He went back to his kingdom
safely.
One day king expressed his wish of
marrying the daughter of King Kalinga to his friend and has asked for his help
in convincing her father. His friend karpataka boarded a merchant ship in order
to travel kingdom Kalinga, when the ship got a problem with storm. Ship was
broken and everybody is drowned. Karpataka found a wire of plant and hanged to
that, with the help of same he travelled to another world Nagalok. He went to
Kanchanapuram in that world and found a Durga temple.
He also found that the ladies from that
kingdom came there to pray the goddess. Among them he liked one and expressed
his view to be conveyed near another maid of her. Maid thinking that he will be
betrayed by her princess secretly told him to have bath in the nearby lake and
come back. Karpataka became very happy and in joy went to have bath in the
lake. Once he drowned and came up he was back in his native Mallikapura River.
With surprise and sadness in mind
he told everything to his beloved king. Then king asked him to show the way how
he went there as he wanted to see the lady whom he liked. Both of them started
in a ship and reached the place as earlier. They travelled to Nagalok and then
to the Kanchanapuram. They found the lady there and king told his friend that
he never saw such a beautiful woman. The princess has saw both the young men
and liked the king. She has asked him to marry her when the king told the
princess that his friend is much handsome and intelligent than him to marry. He
asked her to marry him instead. Princess accepted king’s advice and married
Karpataka.
King told Karpataka that he has
repaid the debt of one Goose Berry and still another is pending.
O King Vikramaditya…!!! Please tell
know who among them is good in helping others? Bhethal asked.
King Vikramaditya answered saying
the king is best as Karpataka serving his king is not a sacrifice but a
responsibility. The way king advised the princess and got them married is a
real sacrifice.
Accepting to the answer of King Bhethal flies back to tree.
