 The Brahmin asked :" Sister, what township do you
hail from?" The Queen answered :"Respected one, I am
King's Aritthajanaka's queen, from the city of Mithila."
The Brahmin asked :"For what purpose are you here?"
The Queen answered :"When King Aritthajanaka was killed
by Prince Polajanaka, I saw danger, so I fled to save my yet
unborn seed." The Brahmin asked :" In this city, do
you have any relative?" The Queen answered :" None,sir."
The Brahmin said :"In that case,don't you worry. I am Udichabrahmana
Mahasala, A guru leading the way to scores of disciples. I am
installing you in the position of my rightful sister. I'lll safeguard
you and take good care of you. Pray,repeat after me these words
:'YOu are my elder brother.' Then, touch both my feet woth hands
and begin to moan and wail." |
At that moment a Brahmin guru living in the city of
Kalachampaka, who was a master of philosophy, accompanies by
about 500 disciples passed by, on their way to bathe. The guru
looked from afar and saw the Queen, a figure of exquisite grace
and absolute beauty, sitting there at the rest-house. By the
might of the Great Being in the royal womb, as soon as the Brahmin
saw the Quen, he was enraptured by the thought that this was
his younger sister. He ordered his disciples to stay outside
and entered the rest-house alone.
The Brahmin ordered them to bring a covered vehicle
and have the Queen sit in it. He told his disciples :" You
go and tell the Brahmani that this woman is my younger sister.
And tell the Brahmani to take all the best care of her."
Having said that , he sent the Queen on her way home. There the
Brahmani had the Queen take a good hot bath and prepared a bed
for her to sleep in. When the Brahmin came back home from his
bath, he gave an order to invite the Queen for a meal, using
these words: " Go and invite our sister to come." And
he ate with her.
