Once upon a time in a small village there lived a Brahmin. He lived with his wife and married son. The son used to be away on work and so it used to be three of them at home most of the time. As was the tradition of the day, the Brahmin and his wife would beg for alms and eat only when they would receive from others. The daughter-in-law would stay at home and take care of her aged in-laws. She would cook for them and would eat only when her in-law had their fill of what alms they would have brought home. This is how their days passed.
The Brahmin and his wife had gone to visit holy places and the daughter-in-law was alone at home. The first Saturday in the four months of ‘Chaturmaas’ is known as ‘Sampat Shanivar’. On this day, a small boy came to their home and called out for the daughter-in-law. She came out to see who was calling out for her. The boy asked her to bathe and feed him. It was not unusual for small children to ask this and it is a pious activity to feed the hungry. But, there was nothing to feed the boy and neither was there much oil to bathe the boy properly. The boy told her that there would be sufficient oil to apply to his head and that she could bathe him and feed him. She bathe him and fed him and then ate what was left. The boy cam for the four Saturdays and on the last Saturday, he took some grains of rice and scattered them all over the house. The house disappeared and a fabulous mansion stood in its place. The boy then vanished.
The mansion was filled with servants, the store house was filled with sacks of grains and the stable was filled with cattle. All comforts were present in the house. When the Brahmin and his wife came back from their visit to the holy places, they could not recognize their own house. Their daughter-in-law stood in the door way with the paraphernalia for their welcome. They asked her whose home it was. The girl narrated the incident of the little boy and how she had bathe and fed him on four consecutive Saturdays. The Brahmin being a very wise, learned and pious man realized that the boy was in reality Maruti (Shri Hanuman). They went into their house and performed prayers to Maruti.
Just as Shri Maruti was please with them and blessed them, let us pray that he be pleased and bless all of us also. Thus ends the story of Maruti and the Saturday.
The Brahmin and his wife had gone to visit holy places and the daughter-in-law was alone at home. The first Saturday in the four months of ‘Chaturmaas’ is known as ‘Sampat Shanivar’. On this day, a small boy came to their home and called out for the daughter-in-law. She came out to see who was calling out for her. The boy asked her to bathe and feed him. It was not unusual for small children to ask this and it is a pious activity to feed the hungry. But, there was nothing to feed the boy and neither was there much oil to bathe the boy properly. The boy told her that there would be sufficient oil to apply to his head and that she could bathe him and feed him. She bathe him and fed him and then ate what was left. The boy cam for the four Saturdays and on the last Saturday, he took some grains of rice and scattered them all over the house. The house disappeared and a fabulous mansion stood in its place. The boy then vanished.
The mansion was filled with servants, the store house was filled with sacks of grains and the stable was filled with cattle. All comforts were present in the house. When the Brahmin and his wife came back from their visit to the holy places, they could not recognize their own house. Their daughter-in-law stood in the door way with the paraphernalia for their welcome. They asked her whose home it was. The girl narrated the incident of the little boy and how she had bathe and fed him on four consecutive Saturdays. The Brahmin being a very wise, learned and pious man realized that the boy was in reality Maruti (Shri Hanuman). They went into their house and performed prayers to Maruti.
Just as Shri Maruti was please with them and blessed them, let us pray that he be pleased and bless all of us also. Thus ends the story of Maruti and the Saturday.
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ಕಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವು ಕಡೆ ಏಕವಚನ, ಅದೇ ಸಾಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೇ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಬಹುವಚನ, ಮಧ್ಯಮಧ್ಯ ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಭಾಷೆ.
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