He wanted to be an inmate of the king’s durbar. PRIEST CHEATS RAMANĪfter becoming a youth, Raman wished to please Krishnadevarayar, the emperor of Vijayanagaram. Raman became excited and thanked Kali Devi. After blessing Raman, the Goddess disappeared. But the coming generations will remember you as a jester only”. ” One day you will become a good poet and a jester. That means, you too consider both the pots of milk as equal” You held the two pots of milk in your hands simultaneously. Raman begged the Goddess not to curse him, “Oh! Goddess, I want to become a good poet as well as a jester. “If you drink the milk of wealth, you “You are clever”, said the Goddess.”But who told you to drink both pots of milk ? As a punishment, I curse you to become ajester”, Devi proclaimed. One’s life becomes meaningful only if he “The ways chosen by people to become rich are not achieves these two things”, Raman justified his action. “Oh! Devi,old people “Oh! Goddess, please pardon me. You can choose any one of them,īut only one.” Raman was hesitant. Later the Goddess showed two gold pots to Raman and said, “One pot contains milk of wealth, the other one milk of wisdom. Please forgive me for saying this,” Raman answered. It will be difficult for you to wipe out the discharge from all the noses with just two hands. You have got thousand heads and the same number of noses, but have only two hands. Yet during cold, I find it difficult to wipe out the discharge from the nose with my hands. “A mysterious doubt provoked me into laughter. “Why are you laughing?” Devi asked Raman. It was altogether a terrible figure.īut Raman remained unmoved. Fire emanated from all the thousand eyes. The Kali Devi had thousand faces and all the thousand mollths were opened, the long teeth stretched outside the mouth. Suddenly a frightening figure appeared on the scene amidst thunderous noise. It was midnight and an uneasy calm prevailed in that area. He went to the Kali temple in the night and began to chant it. Raman learned the Kali mantras taught by the monk. The coming generations will remember you for your wit and glory. The goddess will bless you and she would make you famous throughout this land. You should recite it daily in praise of Kali.
When the people dispersed, the monk called Raman and told, ‘You are very intelligent.
The ripe nut would have fallen, even if the crow did not perch on the tree.īut the villagers were reluctant to accept Raman’s arguments. Is it not a superstition, Swami?’ Raman asked the monk.
Some people, who saw this simultaneous incident commented, ‘it was the crow that caused the nut to fall down.) But I think it is nothing but a superstition. At that moment, a nut fell down from the tree. He came near him and told, ‘Hello, Swami, have you seen a palm tree? Once, a tired crow wanted to perch on a tree. But Raman wished to tell the truth to the monk. The villagers advised him not to provoke the monk. This was his attitude and he told this truth to others. It would have rained, even if the monk had not arrived. His rational mind believed that it was not the arrival of the monk that caused the rain. Everyone except Raman hailed the monk and touched his feet as a sign of reverence.
People thought that it was the arrival of the monk that caused the shower. The moment he set foot on the soil of the village, it began to rain. Drinking water became scarce and some of the villagers fled for other villages.ĭuring this time a monk reached the village. The cry of hunger and thirst echoed everywhere. Once Tenali Raman, the green village was under severe drought.
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