laaok kqaaAaoM kI @laaisak pustkoM saIrIja,–29

Sauk saPtit
A&at
12vaIM SatabdI

AMgao`ojaI Anauvaad baI hola vaqa-ma – 1911

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 Series Title: Lok Kathaon Ki Classic Pustaken-29
Book Title: Shuk Saptati (The Enchanted Parrot)
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Contents
laaok kqaaAaoM kI @laaisak pustkoM ...................................................................................... 7
Sauk saPtit.............................................................................................................. 9
khainayaaoM ka p`armBa ................................................................................................... 11
1 maaohna AaOr laxmaI ................................................................................................... 18
2 yaSaaodovaI AaOr ]sako jaIvana pirvat-na .............................................................................. 21
3 rajakumaar saudSa-na AaOr ivamala ..................................................................................... 25
4 maUK- ba`a*maNa ijasanao ek jaadUgarnaI sao ivavaah ikyaa ............................................................... 29
5 ranaI AaOr h^satI hu[- maClaI ........................................................................................ 34
6 saumait jayantI AaOr gaNaoSa ......................................................................................... 41
7 ba`a*maNa AaOr jaadu[- Saala........................................................................................... 47
8 vyaaparI ijasanao Gar AaOr jaayadad KaoyaI........................................................................... 52
9 ranaI AaOr h^satI hu[- maClaI–samaaPt................................................................................ 55
10 dovasa AaOr ]sakI dao pi%nayaa^ ..................................................................................... 59
11 rimBaka AaOr ]saka ba`a*maNa p`omaI ................................................................................. 61
12 SaaoiBaka AaOr bakula ka poD, ..................................................................................... 64
13 kpTI raijaka .................................................................................................... 66
14 catur QanaaEaI...................................................................................................... 68
16 mauigQaka ijasanao Apnao pit ka Pyaar payaa ....................................................................... 74
17 haijarjavaaba ba`a*maNa gauNaaQya ..................................................................................... 76
19 catur saintka ijasanao Apnao pit kI saaK bacaayaI ............................................................... 78
20 koilaka ijasanao Apnao pit kao JaUza p`oma idKa kr QaaoKa idyaa ................................................. 80
22 maaZ,k AaOr }^T ................................................................................................. 82
23 saaOdo ka baoTa ijasanao Apnaa saara pOsaa Kao idyaa ................................................................. 83
25 ek baaOw saaQau ................................................................................................... 93
26 r%naadovaI AaOr ]sako dao p`omaI ..................................................................................... 95
28 doivaka nao @yaa ikyaa jaba vah Apnao p`omaI ko saaqa pkD,I gayaI .................................................. 97
29 catur saundrI ...................................................................................................... 99
30 maUladova ijasanao Apnao Aapkao haoiSayaarI sao bacaayaa ............................................................. 101
31 SaSaak KrgaaoSa AaOr Saor ...................................................................................... 102
32 rjanaI AaOr gaohU^ kI paoTlaI ..................................................................................... 104
33 rimBaka AaOr ]sako caar p`omaI .................................................................................. 106
34 ek ba`a*maNa ek laD,kI AaOr pa^ca Bau+o ........................................................................ 109
35 baIja ka vyaaparI SamBak ....................................................................................... 111
36 naaiyanaI AaOr isalk kI saaD,I .................................................................................. 113
37 hla calaanao vaalaa pUNa-pala AaOr maailak kI baoTI ............................................................... 115
39 laaoho ko baaT AaOr trajaU ijanhoM caUho Ka gayao ................................................................... 117
40 saubauiw AaOr kubauiw ............................................................................................ 120
42 caIto kao maarnao vaalaI s~I–1 .................................................................................... 123
43 caIta maarnao vaalaI s~I–2 ....................................................................................... 125
44 caIta Kanao vaalaI s~I–samaaPt .................................................................................. 127
46 raxasa AaOr ba`a*maNa kI p%naI–1 ................................................................................ 129
47 raxasa AaOr ba`a*maNa kI p%naI–samaaPt ........................................................................... 131
48 A@lamand man~I SakTla........................................................................................ 133
50 Qama-bauiw AaOr duYTbauiw ........................................................................................ 136
51 ba`a*maNa ijasanao caaoraoM kao Bagaayaa ................................................................................ 139
52 dud-mana AaOr ]sako tIna saaiqayaaoM ko karnaamao ................................................................... 141
54 Qama-d<a AaOr ]saka man~I ivaYNau ................................................................................ 146
55 QaaoKa donao vaalaa ba`a*maNa AaOr camaar............................................................................ 149
57 cand`laoKa jaao rajaa ko ek bauiwmaana AadmaI ko p`oma maoM pD, gayaI .............................................. 150
59 maUK- AaOr bauro svaBaava vaalaa rajapu~ ........................................................................... 153
60 hird<a AaOr maiNayaaoM jaD,a kmara ............................................................................... 157
61 tojauka AaOr naklaI Da@Tr ..................................................................................... 159
65 saaQau ka iSaYya AaOr maa^sa ka TukD,a ........................................................................... 162
66 bahoilayaa AaOr kbaUtr .......................................................................................... 163
67 bandr AaOr magar ................................................................................................ 165
68 ba`a*maNa AaOr vyaaparI kI baoTI ................................................................................. 169
69 vaigaka ijasanao TOMk maoM igar jaanao ka bahanaa ikyaa ............................................................. 171
70 ganQava- kI baoTI ijasao naard nao Saap idyaa ...................................................................... 177
 laaok kqaaAaoM kI @laaisak pustkoM
laaok kqaaeoM iksaI BaI samaaja kI saMskRit ka ek ATUT ihssaa haotI hOM. yao saMsaar kao ]sa samaaja ko baaro maoM batatI hOM
ijasakI vao laaok kqaaeoM hOM. Aaja sao bahut saala phlao, krIba 100 saala phlao, yao laaok kqaaeoM kovala ja,baanaI hI khI
jaatIM qaIM AaOr kh sauna kr hI ek pIZ,I sao dUsarI pIZ,I kao dI jaatI qaIM [sailayao iksaI BaI laaok kqaa ka maUla $p
@yaa rha haogaa yah khnaa mauiSkla hO. ifr [naka ek~IkrNa AarmBa huAa AaOr [@ka du@ka pustkoM p`kaiSat haonaI
AarmBa hu[-M AaOr Aba tao bahut saaro doSaaoM kI laaok kqaaAaoM kI pustkoM ]nakI maUla BaaYaa maoM AaOr ]nako AMga`ojaI Anauvaad
maoM ]plabQa hOM.
sabasao phlao hmanao [na kqaaAaoM ko p`kaSana ka AarmBa ek saIrIja, sao ikyaa qaa – “doSa ivadoSa kI laaok
kqaaeoM” ijanako Antga-t hmanao [Qar ]Qar sao ek~ kr ko 2500 sao BaI AiQak doSa ivadoSa kI laaok kqaaAaoM ko
Anauvaad p`kaiSat ikyao qao – kuC doSaaoM ko naama ko Antga-t AaOr kuC ivaYayaaoM ko Antga-t.
[na kqaaAaoM kao ek~ krto samaya yah doKa gayaa ik kuC laaok kqaaeoM ]sasao imalato jaulato $p maoM k[- doSaaoM maoM
khI saunaI jaatI hO. tao ]saI saIrIja, maoM ek, AaOr saIrIja, Sau$ kI gayaI – “ek khanaI k[- rMga”1. [sa saIrIja, ko
Antga-t ek hI laaok kqaa ko k[- $p idyao gayao qao. [sa laaok kqaa ka caunaava ]sakI laaokip`yata ko AaQaar pr
ikyaa gayaa qaa. ]sa pustk maoM ]sakI mau#ya khanaI sabasao phlao dI gayaI qaI AaOr ifr vaOsaI hI khanaI jaao dUsaro doSaaoM maoM
khI saunaI jaatI hOM ]sako baad maoM dI gayaIM qaIM. [sa saIrIja, maoM 20 sao BaI AiQak pustkoM p`kaiSat kI gayaIM. yah ek
AaScaya-janak AaOr raocak saMga`h qaa.
Aaja hma ek AaOr nayaI saIrIja, p`armBa kr rho hOM “laaok kqaaAaoM kI @laaisak pustkoM”. [sa saIrIja, maoM hma
]na puranaI laaok kqaaAaoM kI pustkaoM ka ihndI maoM Anauvaad kr rho hOM jaao bahut Sau$ Sau$ maoM ilaKI gayaI qaIM. yao pustkoM
tba kI hOM jaba laaok kqaaAaoM ka p`kaSana AarmBa huAa hI huAa qaa. AiQaktr p`kaSana 19vaIM sadI sao AarmBa haota
hO. ijanaka maUla $p Aba pZ,nao ko ilayao mauiSkla sao imalata hO AaOr ihndI maoM tao ibalkula hI nahIM imalata. eosaI hI kuC
AMga`ojaI AaOr kuC dUsarI BaaYaa baaolanao vaalao doSaaoM kI laaok kqaaAaoM kI pustkoM hma Apnao ihndI BaaYaa baaolanao vaalao samaaja
tk phu^caanao ko ]_oSya sao yah saIrIja, AarmBa kr rho hOM.
[sa saIrIja, maoM caar p`kar kI pustkoM Saaimala hOM –
1 , Af`Ika kI laaok kqaaAaoM kI saarI pustkoM
2 , Baart kI laaok kqaaAaoM kI saarI pustkoM
3 , 19vaIM sadI kI laaok kqaaAaoM kI pustkoM
4 , maQya kala kI tIna pustkoM – DOkaimaraona, naa[T\sa AaOf sT/apraolaa AaOr pOnTaimaraona. yao tInaaoM pustkoM [TlaI
kI hOM.
[sa baat ka ivaSaoYa Qyaana rKa gayaa hO ik yao saarI laaok kqaaeoM baaolacaala kI BaaYaa maoM ilaKI jaayaoM taik [nhoM
hr vah AadmaI pZ, sako jaao qaaoD,I saI BaI ihndI pZ,naa jaanata hao AaOr ]sao samaJata hao. yao kqaaeoM yaha^ tao sarla BaaYaa
maoM ilaKI gayaI hO pr [nakao ihndI maoM ilaKnao maoM k[- samasyaaeoM AayaI hO ijanamaoM sao dao samasyaaeoM mau#ya hOM.

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“One Story Many Colors”
 ek tao yah ik krIba krIba 95 p`itSat ivadoSaI naamaaoM kao ihndI maoM ilaKnaa bahut mauiSkla hO, caaho vao AadimayaaoM
ko haoM yaa ifr jagahaoM ko. dUsaro ]naka ]ccaarNa BaI bahut hI Alaga trIko ka haota hO. kao[- kuC baaolata hO tao kao[-
kuC. [sakao saaf krnao ko ilayao [sa saIrIja, kI saba iktabaaoM maoM fuTnaaoT\sa maoM ]nakao AMga`ojaI maoM ilaK idyaa gayaa hOM
taik kao[- BaI ]nakao AMga`ojaI ko SabdaoM kI sahayata sao khIM BaI Kaoja sako. [sako Alaavaa AaOr BaI bahut saaro Sabd jaao
hmaaro Baart ko laaogaaoM ko ilayao nayao hOM ]nakao BaI fuTnaaoT\sa AaOr ica~aoM Wara samaJaayaa gayaa hO.
yao saba pustkoM “laaok kqaaAaoM kI @laaisak pustkoM” naama kI saIrIja ko Antga-t p`kaiSat kI jaa rhI hOM. yao
pustkoM Aap sabaka manaaorMjana tao kroMgaI hI saaqa maoM dUsarI BaaYaAaoM ko laaok kqaa saaih%ya kao ihndI maoM p`stut kroMgaI.
AaSaa hO ik ihndI saaih%ya jagat maoM [naka Bavya svaagat haogaa.

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 Sauk saPtit
Baart maoM taota ek bahut hI PyaarI GarolaU icaiD,yaa maanaI jaatI hO. yah [tnaI palatU hO ik yah Aapkao bahut saaro laaogaaoM
ko GaraoM maoM imala jaayaogaI. [sao hIramana BaI khto hOM. [sakI sabasao baD,I ivaSaoYata yah hO ik yah baaolatI hO AaOr kuC
taoto tao [tnaa AcCa baaolato hOM ik AadmaI kI AaOr ]nakI baaolaI maoM Antr krnaa kizna hao jaata hO. yah nakla bahut
AcCI krtI hO AaOr [sasao saBaI saunanao vaalaaoM kao Aanand Aata hO.
[sako ivaYaya maoM ek GaTnaa bahut p`isaw hO ik ek baar khIM iksaI vastu kI naIlaamaI hao rhI qaI. saba laaoga
ek dUsaro sao baZ, caZ, kr baaoilayaa^ lagaa rho qao. vastu kI kImat baZ,tI jaa rhI qaI. jaba Aagao iksaI AaOr nao kao[ -
baaolaI nahIM lagaayaI tao AaiKrI baaolaI lagaanao vaalao kao vah vastu baoca dI gayaI. baad maoM pta calaa ik KrIdnao vaalaaoM ko
maukabalao maoM kovala vah taota hI ]sa vastu ko ilayao baaolaI lagaa rha qaa ijasao baocaa jaanaa qaa. Aba @yaaoMik ik AaiKrI
baaolaI lagaanao vaalaa taota qaa saao ]sasao phlao vaalaI baaolaI lagaanao vaalao AsalaI AadmaI kao vah vastu baoca dI gayaI. hO na
majaodar GaTnaa.
taoto sao sambainQat k[- laaok kqaaeoM BaI hOM. hmanao taoto kI laaok kqaaAaoM kI ek pustk p`kaiSat kI hO
ijasamaoM saMsaar ko ivaiBanna doSaaoM sao ek~ kI gayaI taotaoM kI kqaaeoM ek~ kI gayaI hOM.2
taoto sao sambainQat Baart ko saaih%ya maoM dao pustkoM hOM ek tao “taota maOnaa ka ikssaa”. taota maOnaa ka ikssaa
ihndI maoM ilaKI hu[- ek pustk hO ijasamaoM taota AaOr maOnaa kovala dao cair~ hOM jaao puruYa AaOr s~I kI baovafa[- ko ikssao
ek dUsaro kao saunaa saunaa kr ek dUsaro kao baovafa batato rhto hOM.
AaOr dUsarI pustk hO “Sauk saPtit”. Sauk saPtit saMskRt maoM ilaKI hu[- ek pustk hO. Sauk saPtit – Sauk
maanao taota AaOr saPtit maanao sa<ar. yaa taoto kI sa<ar khainayaa^ taoto kI sa<ar khainayaaoM ka ek saMga`h hO ijasao maUla
$p sao saMskRt maoM ilaKa gayaa qaa. yah pustk Baart maoM iksanao ilaKI AaOr yah kba ilaKI gayaI [sa baat ka tao sahI
sahI pta nahIM calata pr Apnao [sa AaQauinak $p maoM [sao 12vaIM SatabdI, yaanaI 1100–1200 maoM, payaa gayaa.
[sa saMga`h ka k[- BaaYaaAaoM maoM Anauvaad ikyaa gayaa hO jaOsao farsaI maoM 14vaIM SatabdI maoM. malaya maoM [saka Anauvaad
kadI hsana nao “ihkayat bayaa^ bauidmaana” ko naama sao 1371 eDI maoM ikyaa. [saka Aintma Anauvaad 2000 eDI maoM huAa.
[sa pustk ka ek AMga`ojaI Anauvaad ek padrI nao 1911 maoM ikyaa qaa.3 yah pustk ]saI AMgao`jaI Anauvaad ka ihndI
Anauvaad hO. [na khainayaaoM maoM kuC ASlaIla khainayaa^ BaI hOM vao yaha^ nahIM dI gayaI hOM. [sa pustk kI sampUNa- khainayaaoM
kI saUcaI nahIM imalatI.
[sa saMga`h maoM vaastva maoM 72 khainayaa^ hOM ijanamaoM sao ek [sako p`armBa kI khanaI hO AaOr SaoYa 71 khainayaa^ taoto
Wara saunaayaI gayaI hOM. [sakI k[- khainayaa^ jaatk kqaaeoM AaOr kqaasair%saagar maoM payaI jaatI hOM. yah saMskRt saaih%ya
ka ek ]%kRYT namaUnaa hO.

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Toton Ki Lok Kathayen. By Sushma Gupta. Only E-Mail edition is available.
3
This collection was translated by B Hale Wortham in 1911 under the title “The Enchanted Parrot”.
Published by Luzac & Co, London. 1911. This book is available on the Web Site :
https://archive.org/stream/cu31924022986115#page/n27/mode/1up
 [sa saMga`h maoM ek s~I ka palatU taota ]sa s~I kao hr rat ek khanaI kovala [sailayao saunaata hO taik vah
Apnao pit kI Anaupisqait maoM Gar sao baahr Apnao p`omaI ko pasa na jaa sako. [namaoM sao AiQaktr khainayaa^ s~I puruYaaoM ko
AvaOQa sambanQaaoM ]nasao ]%pnna hu[- samasyaaAaoM AaOr ifr bauiwmaanaI sao ]na pirisqaityaaoM sao baahr inaklanao pr AaQaairt hOM.
sa<ar idna baIt jaanao pr s~I ka pit vaapsa Aa jaata hO AaOr ifr saba kuC zIk hao jaata hO.
ha^ [sa ivaYaya maoM mauJao ek baat vyai>gat $p sao khnaI hO ik jaba maOM yao khainayaa^ Anauvaad kr rhI qaI tao k[-
sqaanaaoM pr mauJao eosaa lagaa ik yao khainayaa^ pUrI nahIM hOM. yao mauJao kuC AQaUrI AQaUrI saI lagaIM. @yaaoMik ]na khainayaaoM ka
kao[- Aaor Caor nahIM imalata yaa ]naka AaSaya samaJa maoM nahIM Aata. [na khainayaaoM ko [sa trIko sao donao ko k[- karNa
hao sakto hOM ijanamaoM Andr jaanao kI caoYTa nahIM kI gayaI hO. saao yao saba khainayaa^ vaOsaI kI vaOsaI hI Anauvaad kr dI gayaI
hOM jaOsaI pustk maoM ilaKI hu[- hOM. yaid [na khainayaaoM maoM sao iksaI khanaI kao pZ,nao maoM kuC AjaIba saa lagao tao maOM [sakI
xamaapaqaI- hU^.
tao laIijayao piZ,yao “Sauk saPtit” Aba ihndI maoM.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 11 ~

khainayaaoM ka p`armBa
bauiw kI dovaI Saarda kao namana

ek nagar hO ijasaka naama hO cand`pur. vaha^ ka ek rajaa qaa

ijasaka naama qaa ivak`ma saona. vahIM ek kulaIna pirvaar ka ek
AadmaI hird<a BaI rhta qaa. ]sakI ek p%naI qaI ijasaka naama qaa
EaMgaarsaundrI AaOr ]saka ek baoTa qaa ijasaka naama qaa madna.
madna ka ivavaah hao cauka qaa AaOr ]sakI p%naI ka naama qaa
p`BaavatI. p`BaavatI nagar ko ek bahut baD,o AadmaI kI baoTI qaI.
madna ek AcCa baoTa nahIM qaa. vah Baaoga ivalaasa maoM hI lagaa rhta
qaa. vah kovala jauAa Saraba AaOr is~yaaoM maoM hI lagaa rhta qaa AaOr
iksaI AaOr kI ]sao kao[- icanta hI nahIM qaI. Apnao baoTo kao bauro
rasto pr jaato doK kr maata ipta kao bahut icanta lagaI hu[- qaI.
ek idna i~ivak`ma naama ko ek ba`a*maNa nao hird<a ko duK kao
samaJaa tao vah ]sako Gar gayaa AaOr saaqa maoM taoto ko $p maoM Apnaa
ek vyai>gat daost lao gayaa.
ba`a*maNa hird<a ko Gar jaa kr baaolaa — “Pyaaro hird<a. [sa
taoto kI doKBaala krnaa AaOr [sao Apnao baoTo kI trh samaJanaa.
mauJao ivaSvaasa hO ik yah ApnaI bauiwmaanaI AaOr &ana sao tumhara duK
dUr kr payaogaa.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 12 ~

saao hird<a nao ]sasao taota lao ilayaa AaOr Apnao baoTo kao do
idyaa. baoTo nao ]sao ek saaonao ko ipMjaro maoM rK kr Apnao saaonao ko
kmaro maoM rK ilayaa.
ek idna taoto nao KuSa KuSa maUD maoM madna sao kha — “maoro baoTo.
tumharI naIcata ko ilayao tumharo ipta bahut rao rho qao. tumharo yao
galat rasto tumhoM naYT kr doMgao jaOsao ]nhaoMnao dovaSamaa- ko saaqa ikyaa
qaa.”
madna baaolaa — “AaOr yah dovaSamaa- kaOna qaa.”
taota baaolaa — “ek nagar hO pMcapur naama ka. vaha^ sa%yaSamaa-
naama ka ek ba`a*maNa rhta qaa. ]sako Qama-Saalaa naama kI p%naI qaI
AaOr dovaSamaa- naama ka ek baoTa qaa.
dovaSamaa- dOvaIya &ana p`aPt krnao ko ilayao [tnaa ]tavalaa qaa ik
vah Apnao maata ipta ko p`it kt-vyaaoM tk kao BaUla gayaa qaa. saao
vah ]sa &ana kI Kaoja maoM dUr doSa cala idyaa.
vah BaagaIrqaI ko tIr pr phu^caa AaOr vaha^ phu^ca kr Gaaor tp
krnao lagaa. ek idna vah ApnaI tIqa-yaa~a ko ilayao jaa rha qaa ik
ek bagaulaa ]D,ta huAa ]sako }pr sao gaujara AaOr ]sako }pr baIT
kr gayaa.
saaQau nao k`aoQa sao }pr doKa tao duBaa-gya sao vah icaiD,yaa ]sakI
dRiYT pD,to hI turnt hI mar kr naIcao igar pD,I AaOr raK hao gayaI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 13 ~

dovaSamaa- ApnaI yaa~a pr Aagao calaa gayaa AaOr ek ba`a*maNa ko

Gar phu^caa. vaha^ ]sanao Baaojana AaOr zhrnao kI jagah maa^gaI tao
ba`a*maNa nao ApnaI p%naI kao pukara AaOr ]sakI Aa&a sao ]sakI p%naI
nao ba`a*maNa kao [tnaI AcCI icaiD,yaa jaOsao ik vagaulaa kao naYT krnao
ko ilayao baura Balaa kha.
Ant maoM ]sanao ]sasao yah kh idyaa ik ]sa jaOsao ko ilayao vaha^
kao[- jagah nahIM hO vah iksaI AaOr jagah jaa kr SarNa Kaojao.
dovaSamaa- [sa baat kuC k`aoiQat huAa pr ifr Aagao calaa gayaa.
Apnao k`aoQa kao doK kr ]sao kuC AcCa nahIM laga rha qaa.
Ant maoM vah vaaraNasaI phu^ca gayaa. vah vaha^ Qama- vyaaQa ko Gar
zhrnao ko ilayao gayaa. Qama- vyaaQa ek bahut hI &anaI ba`a*maNa qaa
ijasakao ek Saap nao ksaa[- banaa idyaa qaa.
dovaSamaa- kao Qama- vyaaQa Gar pr hI imala gayaa. vah ek jaMgalaI
kI trh idKayaI dota qaa. ]sako daonaaoM haqaaoM sao KUna Tpk rha
qaa. ]sakI [sa Sa@la sao eosaa laga rha qaa jaOsao ]sako saamanao kao[-
raxasa KD,a hao.
dovaSamaa- tao yah dRSya doK kr bahut hI Dra Dra saa KD,a rh
gayaa pr ksaa[- nao ]sao namasto kI AaOr ]sao Gar ko Andr baulaayaa.
]sao Baaojana iKlaayaa AaOr ]sao rhnao kI jagah dI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 14 ~

jaba dovaSamaa- nao Aarama kr ilayaa tao ]sanao ksaa[- sao kha —
“Aap mauJao bata[yao ik Aapnao AaOr AapkI p%naI nao [tnaI AcCI
bauiw kha^ sao saIKI. Aapnao yah dOvaIya &ana BaI kba saIKa.”
ksaa[- baaolaa — “jaba ijasa AadmaI ko ijana pirisqaityaaoM maoM jaao
kt-vya haoto hOM. jaao AadmaI baahrI sauKaoM kI Aaor AakiYa-t nahIM
haota caaho vao CaoTo haoM yaa baD,o. vah jaao Apnao ipta ka Aa&apalana
krta hO AaOr jaao saba dSaaAaoM maoM samaana rhta hO vahI saccaa Ba> hO
]saI ko pasa saccaI bauiw haotI hO AaOr vahI gauNavaana haota hO.
maOM AaOr maorI p%naI eosao hI hOM. pr tuma? tumanao tao Apnao ipta
kao hI CaoD, idyaa hO. tuma tao Gar sao inakla kr baahr GaUma rho hao.
tuma tao maorI ek BaI isqait ko baaro maoM baaolanao yaaogya BaI nahIM hao.
maOM Aitiqa ko svaagat ko kt-vyaaoM ka Aadr krta hU^ [saI ilayao
maOM tumharo p`Sna ka ]<ar do saka.”
dovaSamaa- nao pUCa — “AaOr pUNa- AnauSaasana kha^ rhta hO.”
ksaa[- baaolaa — “jaao ]na laaogaaoM ka Aadr nahIM krto ijanaka
Aadr krnaa caaihyao. jaao dUsaraoM sao GaRNaa krto hOM. eosao laaoga kBaI
svaga- nahIM jaato.”
ksaa[- kI yah salaah sauna kr dovaSamaa- vaapsa laaOT gayaa AaOr
ifr Apnao Gar jaa phu^caa. vaha^ phu^ca kr ]sanao Apnao kt-vya krnao
p`armBa ikyao AaOr ifr [tnaa p`isaw hao gayaa ik [sa saMsaar maoM BaI
p`sanna rha AaOr dUsaro saMsaar maoM BaI p`sanna rha.”
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taota Aagao baaolaa — “yahI tumakao BaI krnaa caaihyao. tumhoM [sa
saMsaar maoM rh kr ijana pirisqaityaaoM maoM BaI tuma rh rho hao Apnao
kt-vyaaoM ka palana krnaa caaihyao AaOr tumhoM Apnao maata ipta kI
[cCaAaoM kao pUra krnaa caaihyao.”
yah sauna kr madna kao bahut pScaatap huAa. vah BaI Gar
vaapsa calaa gayaa AaOr Apnao maata ipta kI saovaa krnao lagaa. [sako
SaIGa` pScaat hI ]sanao Apnao maata ipta kI Aa&a sao ]nhoM CaoD,
idyaa ApnaI p`BaavatI sao BaI ivada laI AaOr ek dUr doSa calaa gayaa.
]sakI p%naI ]sakI Anaupisqait maoM kuC idna tao duKI rhI pr
baad maoM ]sakI sahoilayaaoM nao ]sao salaah dI ik vah Aba Apnaa yah
duK %yaaga do AaOr iksaI dUsaro kao Kaojao jaao ]sao ]sako [sa
Akolaopna maoM saan%vanaa do sako.
]nhaoMnao ]sao samaJaayaa ik ipta AaOr pit saba bahut AcCo hOM pr
vao tBaI tk AcCo hOM jaba tk vao jaIivat hOM. ]nakI maR%yau ko
pScaat yaa ifr Agar vao maRt jaOsao BaI haoM tao BaI ]nako saharo Apnaa
jaIvana Kraba krnaa bahut baD,I maUK-ta hO. [sailayao yaVip tumhara
pit Gar CaoD, kr calaa gayaa hO pr tuma tao ABaI naaOjavaana hao tumhoM
[sa trh raonaa SaaoBaa nahIM dota.
p`BaavatI nao doKa ik ]sakI sahoilayaaoM kI salaah maoM kuC dma hO
saao vah turnt hI ]nakI salaah pr kama krnao cala dI.
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]sao ek gaNacand` naama ko vyai> sao p`oma hao gayaa. pr Asala maoM
vah Apnao Gar sao kuC [sa trh sao gayaI qaI ik taoto nao ]sakao bahut
baura Balaa kha AaOr kha — “tumhara yah vyavahar tao bahut hI
Kraba hO.”
taoto kI yah salaah sauna kr p`BaavatI kao [tnaa k`aoQa Aayaa ik
vah Apnao naaOkr sao yah khnao vaalaI qaI ik ]sako jaanao ko turnt
baad vah ]sakI gad-na maraoD, do. pr jaanao sao phlao ]sanao ek xaNa
p`tIxaa kI AaOr saaocaa ik vah Apnao kula dovata kao pana caZ,a kr
tba vaha^ sao jaayaogaI.
jaba vah [sa kama maoM lagaI hu[- qaI tao taota baaolaa — “Bagavaana
tumhoM safla kroM jaha^ tuma jaa rhI hao pr tuma jaa kha^ rhI hao.”
p`BaavatI nao Apnao mana maoM saaocaa “]^h yah tao kovala ek icaiD,yaa
hO saao maOM [sasao kuC BaI kh saktI hU^.”
saao ]sanao h^sa kr ]sasao kha “maOM Apnao p`omaI sao imalanao jaa rhI
hU^.”
taota yah sauna kr AaScaya- sao baaolaa — “@yaa? maOMnao tao iksaI
BaI kulaIna s~I kao eosaa krto nahIM saunaa. KOr Agar tumanao Apnaa
mana banaa hI ilayaa hO tao caaho yah baat sahI hO yaa galat mauJao lagata
hO ik tumhoM jaanaa hI caaihyao.
@yaaoMik jaba AaoCo cair~ vaalao duKI haoto hOM tao vao Apnaa mana
iksaI AaOr caIja, maoM lagaanao kI saaocato hOM jaOsao ik ek AaoCo cair~
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vaalaI s~I nao ek vyaaparI ko baoTo ko baala pkD, kr KIMca kr

ikyaa.”
p`BaavatI nao taoto kao Aadr ko saaqa isar Jauka kr pUCa —
“AaOr ifr ]sanao @yaa ikyaa.”
taota baaolaa — “Agar tuma Apnao p`omaI ko pasa jaa rhI hao tao
AvaSya jaaAao pr jaanao sao phlao maorI yah khanaI saunatI jaaAao.”
p`BaavatI baOz gayaI AaOr taoto nao ApnaI khanaI saunaanaI p`armBa
kI —
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1 maaohna AaOr laxmaI4

ek baar cand`avatI naama kI nagarI maoM ek rajaa rhto qao ijanaka naama
qaa BaIma. ]saI nagarI maoM ek AaOr AadmaI rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa
maaohna. vah vaha^ ko ek bahut baD,o AadmaI ka baoTa qaa AaOr bahut
QanaI qaa.
ek idna vah ]saI nagar maoM rhnao vaalao ek AadmaI kI p%naI
laxmaI ko p`oma maoM pD, gayaa. ]sanao ek dUsarI s~I pUNaa- kao pkD,a jaao
eosao kamaaoM maoM ibacaaOilayao ka kama krtI qaI AaOr ]sako haqaaoM laxmaI
kao ek sandoSa tba Baojaa jabaik ]saka pit Gar pr nahIM qaa.
pUNaa- kao [sa kama ko ilayao bahut kuC idyaa gayaa qaa saao ]sanao
vahI kr idyaa jaao ]sasao kha gayaa qaa. vah laxmaI ko Gar gayaI AaOr
]sasao kha — “[sa nagar maoM ek AadmaI hO jaao tumharo AakYa-Na maoM
f^sa gayaa hO. tuma ]sao Apnao Gar baulaa laao.”
laxmaI baaolaI — “yah kama tao mauJao iksaI BaI sammaana vaalaI s~I
ko ilayao AsamBava lagata hO. pr @yaaoMik tumanao ]sako saaqa saaOda kr
ilayaa hO tao jaOsaa ik tuma khtI hao maOM vaOsaa hI k$^gaI. @yaaoMik
jaOsaI ik khavat hO —
hir BaI jahr kao nahIM raok sakto kCuAa ApnaI pIz pr QartI kao laado rhta hO
samaud` ko Andr BaI Aaga haotI hO [-maanadar laaoga ApnaI baat ko p@ko haoto hOM

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Mohana and Lakshmi. (Tale No 1)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 19 ~

jaba pUNaa- nao yah saunaa tao vah bahut p`sanna hao gayaI. Saama kao
vah laxmaI kao Apnao Gar lao gayaI @yaaoMik ]sao maaohna kao vahIM imalanaa
qaa. jaba maaohna ko Aanao ka samaya Aayaa tao vah iksaI karNavaSa
nahIM Aa saka tao laxmaI nao jaao kuC samaya Aanand sao ibatanao kI saaoca
rhI qaI pUNaa- sao kha ik yaid maaohna nahIM Aa payaa tao kao[- baat
nahIM vah iksaI AaOr kao baulaa lao.
tao pUNaa- nao vahI ikyaa jaao laxmaI nao ]sasao krnao ko ilayao kha
pr ]sanao yah baD,I BaarI galatI kr dI ik vah iksaI karNa sao
laxmaI ko pit kao hI lao kr vaha^ calaI AayaI.”
taota Aagao baaolaa — “Aba tao yah dSaa baD,I AjaIba saI hao
gayaI. tuma @yaa saaocatI hao ik ]sako pit nao @yaa ikyaa haogaa AaOr
]sanao svayaM nao @yaa ikyaa haogaa.”
p`BaavatI AaOr ]sakI sahoilayaaoM nao kha — “hma tao ibalkula BaI
nahIM saaoca sakto ik ]na daonaaoM nao @yaa ikyaa haogaa. tumhIM bataAao
na.”
taota baaolaa — “AvaSya. mauJao yah baat tumhoM bata kr bahut
p`sannata haogaI yaid tuma laaoga yaha^ kuC dor p`tIxaa krao tao.”
vao p`sannatapUva-k vaha^ p`tIxaa krnao ko ilayao tOyaar hao gayaIM.
kuC dor baad taoto nao ApnaI khanaI samaaPt kI — “laxmaI nao Apnao
pit kao turnt hI phcaana ilayaa. vah baaolaI — “tao yah tuma qao.
tuma tao Ap`%yaaiSat $p sao bahut jaldI Aa gayao.”
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]sanao ]sako baala pkD,o AaOr ]sao yah khto hue GasaITtI hu[-
lao gayaI — “Aao gaQao. tuma mauJasao sada hI yah khto rho ik maOM basa
kovala tumhIM sao Pyaar krta hU^. Aba mauJao pta cala gayaa hO ik tuma
@yaa @yaa krto rhto hao. tao Aba maOM tumhoM batatI hU^. tumhoM Apnao
[sa ikyao pr pCtanaa pD,ogaa.”
Ant maoM hird<a ]sao iksaI trh samaJaa bauJaa kr Apnao saaqa
Gar lao gayaa.
p`BaavatI AaOr ]sakI sahoilayaaoM kao taoto kI yah khanaI bahut
AcCI lagaI AaOr rat Aba kafI jaa caukI qaI saao saba saaonao calao
gayao.
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2 yaSaaodovaI AaOr ]sako jaIvana pirvat-na5

Agalao idna Saama kao p`BaavatI ifr sao Apnao p`omaI ko pasa jaanao ko
ivaYaya maoM saaocanao lagaI tao ]sanao taoto sao ifr [sa ivaYaya maoM salaah
maa^gaI.
taota baaolaa — “ha^ ha^ @yaaoM nahIM. yaid tuma jaanaa hI caahtI
hao tao AvaSya jaaAao pr doK laao yaid tuma kiznaa[yaaoM sao baahr
inaklanao maoM ]tnaI hI bauiwmaana hao ijatnaI bauiwmaana yaSaaodovaI qaI tao
AvaSya jaaAao.”
p`BaavatI nao pUCa — “AaOr yah yaSaaodovaI kaOna qaI.”
taota baaolaa — “yaid maOM tumhoM ]sako ivaYaya maoM bata}^ AaOr tumhoM
yaha^ raok kr rKU^ tao kdaicat tuma tao maorI gad-na hI maraoD, daogaI.”
p`BaavatI baaolaI — “]sakI tuma icanta na krao. jaao kuC haota
hO vah haonao dao. mauJao tao yaSaaodovaI kI khanaI saunanaI hI hO.”
taoto nao khanaI p`armBa kI — “ek baar ek nagar qaa ijasaka
naama qaa nandna. ]sako rajakumaar ka BaI yahI naama qaa. ]sako ek
baoTa qaa ijasaka naama qaa rajaSaoKr. rajaSaoKr kI ek p%naI qaI
ijasaka naama qaa SaiSap`Baa.
ek baar Qanasaona naama ka ek AadmaI ]sasao imalaa tao vah
]sako Pyaar maoM pagala hao gayaa. vah ]sasao imalanao kI ApnaI [cCa ko
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Yashodevi and Her Transmigration. (Tale No 2)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 22 ~

[tnaa AiQak AaQaIna hao gayaa qaa ik ]sakI maa^ yaSaaodovaI nao ]sasao
pUCa ik baoTa @yaa baat hO.
bahut rao rao kr ]sanao maa^ kao saba batayaa AaOr kha ik ]sao
rajakumaar kI p%naI caaihyao. vah jaanata qaa ik ]sakao laonaa bahut
kizna kama qaa pr vah ]sako ibanaa nahIM rh sakta qaa.
yah sauna kr yaSaaodovaI nao ]sasao kha ik vah p`sanna hao jaayao.
vah doKogaI ik vah @yaa kr saktI hO. ]sanao Kanaa CaoD, idyaa AaOr
Apnao sabasao baiZ,yaa kpD,o phna kr SaiSap`Baa ko pasa gayaI. saaqa
maoM vah ek kuityaa kao BaI lao gayaI.
]sanao ek duKI kI saI Sa@la banaa laI AaOr SaiSap`Baa kao ek
Aaor lao jaa kr baaolaI — “tuma [sa kuityaa kao doK rhI hao na? maOM
tuma AaOr yah kuityaa hma tInaaoM ipClao janma maoM baihnaoM qao. jaha^ tk
maora p`Sna hO maOM Apnao p`oimayaaoM kao Aagao baZ,nao sao ibalkula nahIM raoktI
qaI. tumhoM kovala ]nako pto hI imalato qao AaOr vao BaI ihcaikcaahT ko
saaqa.
pr hmaarI baihna ko saaqa eosaa nahIM qaa. vah iksaI BaI AadmaI
sao iksaI p`kar ka kao[- sambanQa nahIM rKnaa caahtI qaI. vah sada
]nakao dUr hI rKtI qaI. tao doKao ik Aaja vah iksa dSaa maoM hO.
yah sada Apnaa ipClaa janma hI yaad krtI rhtI hO.
tumharI ]namaoM kao[- bahut AiQak ruica nahIM qaI saao tumhoM kdaicat
ApnaI puranaI dSaa ko ivaYaya maoM kuC yaad BaI nahIM haogaa. pr mauJao
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doKao mauJao ApnaI ]sa dSaa ka kuC BaI yaad nahIM hO @yaaoMik maOMnao
Apnao jaIvana ka bahut AcCI trh sao Aanand ilayaa.
[sailayao mauJao tumharo ilayao duK haota hO AaOr [saI ilayao [sa
kuityaa kao lao kr maOM tumhoM tumharI ipClaI dSaa kI yaad idlaanao
AayaI hU^.
yaid tumhara kao[- p`omaI hO tao tumhoM Apnaa vah saba kuC ]sao do
donaa caaihyao jaao vah tumasao caahta hO AaOr [sa p`kar Apnao Aapkao
eosao BaivaYya sao ApnaI rxaa krnao caaihyao.
@yaaoMik jaao AadmaI Kulao haqaaoM sao dota hO ]sao bahut imalata hO.
eosaa kha jaata hO ik jaao Gar Gar BaIK maa^gato hOM vao basa kovala yahI
idKato hOM ik vao hOM. vao kuC maa^gato nahIM bailk donao vaalaa ]nhoM
ApnaI hOisayat ko Anausaar hI ]nakI sahayata kr dota hO ijanakao
]sakI AavaSyakta haotI hO.”
SaiSap`Baa kao yaSaaodovaI kI yah baat ja^ca gayaI. ]sanao ]sao galao
lagaa ilayaa AaOr bahut raoyaI AaOr pUCnao lagaI ik vah Apnao eosao
BaivaYya sao kOsao baca saktI hO.
[sa pr yaSaaodovaI nao SaiSap`Baa kao Apnao baoTo sao imalavaa idyaa
AaOr rajaSaoKr ijasakao bahut saarI AmaUlya BaoMToM do kr caup kr idyaa
gayaa qaa ]sanao Apnao p%naI kao Qanasaona ko saaqa jaanao idyaa. ]sanao
saaocaa ik yah tao ]sako ilayao bahut hI AcCo Baagya kI inaSaanaI qaI.
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[sa p`kar yaSaaodovaI nao rajakumaarI ko rajakumaar kao saaqa QaaoKa

ikyaa AaOr Apnaa ]_oSya saIQaa ikyaa. saao Agar tuma [tnaI hI
catur hao ijatnaI ik yaSaaodovaI qaI tao tuma jaa saktI hao varnaa Gar
rhao AaOr saaonao calaI jaaAao. Apnaa baovakUf na banaaAao.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 25 ~

3 rajakumaar saudSa-na AaOr ivamala6

ek baar ivaSaalaa naama kI ek nagarI maoM saudSa-na naama ka rajaa raja
krta qaa. ]saI nagar maoM ek vyaaparI rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa
ivamala. ivamala kI dao bahut saundr pi%nayaa^ qaIM. ]na daonaaoM kao doK
kr ek naIca AadmaI kuntla ka Qyaana ]Qar gayaa.
]sanao yah inaScaya kr ilayaa ik vah ]nhoM iksaI trh p`aPt kr
ko hI rhogaa. saao ek idna vah dugaa- jaI ko maindr gayaa. vaha^ ]sanao
]nhoM ek bahut hI AmaUlya BaoMT dI AaOr ]nasao p`aqa-naa kI vah ]sao
ibalkula ivamala kI Sa@la ka banaa doM.
dugaa- jaI nao ]sakI [cCa pUNa- kI tao vah saIQao ivamala ko Gar
gayaa AaOr ]sakI Anaupisqait maoM ]sa Gar pr kbjaa ilayaa. naaOkraoM
kao ]sanao bahut saarI BaoMToM do kr ApnaI Aaor imalaa ilayaa. ivamala
kI pi%nayaaoM sao BaI AcCI jaana phcaana kr laI. ]nhaoMnao ]sakao vah
saba kuC do idyaa jaao ]sanao caaha.
naaOkraoM kao [sa baat ka pta nahIM cala saka ik yah saba @yaa
hao rha qaa. [nhaoMnao saaocaa ik kdaicat ivamala kao sampi<a ko
calaayamaana haonao ka pta cala gayaa hO [sailayao vah Qana vyaya krnao maoM
Aba phlao sao AiQak Kulao haqa hao gayaa hO.

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Prince Sudarshana and Vimala. (Tale No 3)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 26 ~

kuC samaya pScaat AsalaI ivamala laaOT kr Aayaa tao ]sao Apnao
Gar ka drvaajaa band imalaa. yah doK kr ]sakI dSaa tao bahut
Kraba hao gayaI. ]sanao caIKnaa icallaanaa AaOr kaosanaa p`armBa kr
idyaa. jaba vah eosaa kr rha qaa tao ]sako kuC sambanQaI laaoga vaha^
Aa gayao. ]sanao ]nasao BaI ivanatI kI pr saba baokar.
]sanao ]nasao kha — “Aa[yao maohrbaanaI kr ko Aa[yao AaOr maorI
sahayata kIijayao. [sa duYTaoM ko rajakumaar nao maoro saaqa QaaoKaQaD,I
kI hO.”
tBaI vaha^ sao kuC vyaaparI laaoga jaa rho qao tao ]nhaoMnao AaScaya-
sao yah dRSya doKa pr ]nhaoMnao BaI ]sakI kao[- sahayata krnao sao manaa
kr idyaa. saao AaiKrkar vah puilasa ko sardar ko pasa gayaa AaOr
ApnaI iSakayat ilaKvaayaI.
]sanao kha — “sar. Sahr Bar maoM mauJasao sabasao AiQak gandI
trh sao bata-va ikyaa gayaa hO.”
puilasa nao ]sakI baat saunaI AaOr ]saka maamalaa isalaTanao ko
ilayao ivamala ko Gar phu^caI. ivamala ]nako saaqa nahIM gayaa pr vah
]nako pICo pICo AvaSya gayaa. ]sanao basa ]nakao kafI pOsao do idyao
taik ]nakI ]samaoM ]%saukta banaI rho.
jaba vao ivamala ko Gar phu^cao tao ]nhaoMnao doKa ik ivamala tao Gar maoM
hI hO tao ]nhaoMnao Aapsa maoM kha ik yah tao zIk hI hO ik ivamala tao
Gar maoM hI hO. tBaI AsalaI ivamala ApnaI iCpo hue sqaana sao baahr
 Sauk saPtit ~ 27 ~

inakla Aayaa. yah doK kr tao saaro puilasa vaalao hOrana rh gayao ik
yah @yaa. yah ivamala kaOna saa hO AaOr vah ivamala kaOna saa hO. [namaoM
AsalaI ivamala kaOna saa hO AaOr naklaI kaOna saa.
AaOr [sako baad tao bahut Saaor macaa ijasanao bahut nauksaana
phu^caayaa. [sakI saarI ijammaodarI rajakumaar saudSa-na kao gayaI. basa
[sako baad tao ivad`aoh kI Aaga BaD,k ]zI. BayaMkr ]%pat macanao
lagao. [sa Aaga ka bauJaanaa kizna hao gayaa. rajakumaar kI Saana kao
bahut ba+a lagaa.
ifr saara maamalaa rajakumaar ko saamanao laayaa gayaa tao ]sanao
bahut saaoca ivacaar ko baad yah Plaana kama maoM ilayaa. ]sanao ivamala
kI pi%nayaaoM kao Alaga baulaayaa AaOr ]nasao pUCa — “jaba tuma laaogaaoM
ka ivamala sao ivavaah huAa qaa tuba tumhoM ]sanao BaoMT maoM @yaa idyaa qaa?
]sanao tumhoM iktnaa pOsaa idyaa? vah @yaa kama krta hO? ]sako maata
ipta @yaa qao? ]sako pirvaar kI @yaa isqait qaI?”
]nhaoMnao [na p`SnaaoM ka ]<ar saaf saaf do idyaa. SaIGa` hI ]sao
vah saba pta cala gayaa jaao vah jaananaa caahta qaa. ifr ]sanao vaOsao
hI p`Sna ]na daonaaoM AadimayaaoM sao BaI pUCo. saaf qaa ik ]na daonaaoM ko
]<ar ek dUsaro sao bahut iBanna qao.
ifr ]sanao ]na daonaaoM AadimayaaoM ko ]<ar ivamala kI pi%nayaaoM ko
]<araoM sao imalaayao tao ijasako ]<ar ]na is~yaaoM ko ]<araoM sao imala gayao
]sao pta cala gayaa ik vahI AsalaI ivamala qaa. ]sanao ifr ]saI
 Sauk saPtit ~ 28 ~

ivamala kao ]sakI pi%nayaa^ do dIM. jabaik dUsaro duYT ivamala kao nagar
sao baahr inakala idyaa gayaa.
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4 maUK- ba`a*maNa ijasanao ek jaadUgarnaI sao ivavaah

ikyaa7
saaomap`Baa naama kI ek bastI qaI jaha^ bahut saaro ba`a*maNa rhto qao.
vahIM ek ba`a*maNa eosaa rhta qaa jaao bahut hI naok AaOr bauiwmaana qaa
]saka naama qaa saaomasama. ]sako ek baoTI qaI jaao bahut saundr AaOr
sauGaD, qaI pr saaqa hI saaqa vah Apnao Dayana jaOsao dugau-NaaoM ko ilayao BaI
bahut p`isaw qaI.
[saka pirNaama yah qaa ik [tnaI saundr haoto hue BaI ]sasao
ivavaah krnao ka saahsa iksaI kao nahIM haota qaa. saaomasama baocaara
]sako ilayao var Kaojanao ko ilayao [Qar [Qar GaUmata rha. Apnao [sa
GaUmanao ko daOrana vah ba`a*maNaaoM ko ek AaOr nagar maoM phu^ca gayaa ijasaka
naama qaa janasqaana.
vaha^ ]sakao gaaoivand naama ka ek ba`a*maNa imalaa jaao ijatnaa vah
garIba qaa ]tnaa hI maUK- BaI qaa. ]sanao ]sasao ApnaI baoTI kao laonao
ko ilayao ivanatI kI AaOr gaaoivand nao ]sakI Ktrnaak baoTI sao ]sako
saundr haonao ko karNa ivavaah kr ilayaa halaa^ik ]sako daostaoM nao ]sao
bahut samaJaayaa ik vah ]sasao kao[- matlaba na rKo pr ]sanao ]namaoM sao
iksaI kI ek na saunaI.
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The Stupid Brahmana Who Married a Witch. (Tale No 4)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 30 ~

Aba yah ivavaah kao[- bahut safla tao rha nahIM @yaaoMik dulaihna
tao bahut hI caMcala laD,kI qaI AaOr gaaoivand bahut hI saust iksma ka
laD,ka qaa. saao vah baocaarI yahI saaoca saaoca kr duKI haotI rhtI ik
]sao [sa laD,ko pr qaaop idyaa gayaa hO.
jaOsaa ik laaoga khto hOM ik bahut gauNaaoM vaalaa pit jaIvana AaOr
Sai> sao BarpUr s~I ko ilayao ]icat nahIM haota. ek saaQau ko ilayao
eosaI Sai> yaa tao baokar haotI hO yaa ifr haina phu^caanao vaalaI haotI
hO yaa ifr baura[- ka sa`aot haotI hO.
ek idna ]sanao gaaoivand sao kha ik “mauJao Gar CaoD,o bahut samaya
hao gayaa hO maOM ek baar Apnao maata ipta sao imalanaa caahtI hU^. maorI
bahut [cCa hO ik tuma mauJao vaha^ lao calaao.”
gaaoivand rajaI hao gayaa. ]sanao ApnaI gaaD,I saaf kI ApnaI
p%naI kao ]samaoM ibazayaa AaOr p%naI ko nagar kI Aaor cala idyaa.
rasto maoM ]nakao ek naaOjavaana ba`a*mNa imala gayaa ijasaka naama
ivaYNau qaa. jaOsao hI ]sanao gaaoivand kI p%naI kI Aaor doKa tao ]sako
$p ka iSakar hao gayaa.
@yaaoMik jaOsaa ik kha gayaa hO ik “p`oma tao p`qama dRiYT maoM hI
haota hO. ]sako baad BaavanaaeoM jaagatI hOM AaOr p`oma ka janma haota
hO. ]sako baad rataoM kI naIMd ]D, jaatI hO inaba-la hao jaata hO mana
[Qar ]Qar BaTknao lagata hO svayaM pr inayan~Na nahIM rhta AadmaI
pagala saa hao jaata hO maUK- BaI hao jaata hO AaOr ifr mar jaata hO.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 31 ~

bauiwmaana laaogaaoM ka khnaa hO ik p`oma manauYya maoM yao dsa dSaaeoM

pOda krta hO.
]sa naaOjavaana nao gaaoivand sao kha ik vah ek ba`a*maNa hO ]saka
naama ivaYNau hO AaOr pasa ko nagar maoM rhta hO. vah Akolao jaanao maoM
Drta hO saao vah ]sako saaqa calanaa caahta hO.
maUK- gaaoivand ibanaa iksaI sandoh ko rajaI hao gayaa saao ivaYNau
gaaoivand ko saaqa cala idyaa. ek idna Saama kao ]sakI pIz pICo
gaaoivand kI p%naI ko saaqa ]sanao kuC eosaI baatoM kIM ik vah ]sako
p`oma maoM pD, gayaI.
]sanao ]sao Apnao baaro maoM ]sao saba kuC bata idyaa Apnaa naama
ApnaI khanaI Apnaa pirvaar. tBaI gaaoivand vaha^ Aa gayaa AaOr
jaba vah ApnaI gaaD,I maoM Gausanao lagaa tao ivaYNau AaOr gaaoivand kI p%naI
nao ]sao caaor kha AaOr ]sao gaaD,I maoM Aanao sao raoka.
kuC dor tk JagaD,nao ko baad ivaYNau nao gaaoivand kI p%naI kI
jaadu[- Sai>yaaoM kI sahayata sao gaaoivand kao bahut ja,aor sao pIT idyaa.
saao gaaoivand pasa ko ek gaa^va calaa gayaa AaOr vaha^ jaa kr raonao
icallaanao lagaa. gaa^va vaalao Aayao AaOr ]nhaoMnao ]sasao pUCa ik @yaa
baat qaI AaOr vah [tnaI ja,aor ja,aor sao @yaaoM rao rha hO.
vah baaolaa — “maoro AcCo laaogaaoM. ek duYT nao maorI p%naI kao
hiqayaa ilayaa hO AaOr maorI ipTayaI kI. kRpa kr ko maorI sahayata
kIijayao.”
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AaiKr yah maamalaa puilasa ko sardar ko pasa gayaa tao ]sanao

ivaYNau sao ]sa saundrI Dayana kao saamanao laanao ko ilayao kha. ifr
]sanao ]na laaogaaoM sao pUCa ik ]na laaogaaoM kao [sa baaro maoM @yaa khnaa
hO.
ivaYNau baaolaa — “yah maorI p%naI. hma laaoga Saaint sao yaa~a kr
rho qao ik hmaoM yah AadmaI imala gayaa AaOr Acaanak yah ihMsaa kI
Baavanaa sao Bar gayaa AaOr ]sanao hmaaro }pr hmalaa kr idyaa.”
]sako baad puilasa ko sardar nao gaaoivand sao pUCa tao gaaoivand nao
BaI lagaBaga vahI ]<ar idyaa jaao ivaYNau nao idyaa qaa.
saMyaaoga sao vaha^ sao ek BaivaYya batanao vaalaa jaa rha qaa pr saca
batanaa tao ]sako vaSa maoM nahIM qaa. tao Aba p`Sna yah qaa ik
maijasT/oT [saka fOsalaa kOsao kro.
BaivaYya batanao vaalao nao ]nasao kuC AaOr p`Sna pUCo. ]sanao pUCa
— “tuma laaoga saD,k pr jaba imalao qao tao iksa samaya imalao qao.”
daonaaoM ek saaqa baaolao — “Kanaa Kanao ko baad.”
ifr vah BaivaYya batanao vaalaa ]na daonaaoM AadimayaaoM kao ek Aaor
lao gayaa AaOr ]nasao Alaga Alaga pUCa “tumharI p%naI nao @yaa Kayaa
qaa.”
Aba gaaoivand kao tao pta qaa ik ]sakI p%naI nao @yaa Kayaa qaa
saao ]sanao ]sako p`Sna ka ]<ar turnt hI do idyaa pr ivaYNau nahIM baaola
saka @yaaoMik jaba ]sao pta hI nahIM qaa ik ]sanao @yaa Kayaa qaa tao
 Sauk saPtit ~ 33 ~

vah @yaa batayao. [sa trh sao vah yah maukdmaa har gayaa AaOr sabakI
h^saI ka pa~ banaa.
]sanao gaaoivand kao salaah dI ik vah ApnaI p%naI kao raxasaaoM kI
duinayaa^ maoM Baoja do AaOr [sa sada kI proSaana krnao vaalaI sao CuTkara
pa lao.
@yaaoMik eosaa kuC kha gayaa hO —
ek ivaWana AadmaI ijasao Pyaar AaOr Saraba imalao
ek naacanao vaalaa jaao Kraba naacata hao
ek Ba> jaao maUK- hao
dUsaraoM pr jaIivat rhnao vaalaa jaao baUZ,a hao AaOr qak gayaa hao
ek ba`a*maNa ijasao Qama- ga`nqaaoM ka &ana na hao
ek rajya ijasa pr ek baccaa raja krta hao
ek ima~ jaao salaah na do sakta hao AaOr jaao QaaoKa dota hao
ek p%naI jaao ApnaI saundrta AaOr yaaOvana ka Aanand laonao ko ilayao prpuruYa kao p`oma krtI
hao

A@lamand laaoga eosao laaogaaoM ko pasa BaI nahIM fTkto.

ek AadmaI ijasako idmaaga ko }pr p`oma nao prda Dala idyaa hao
jaao saaQaarNa saI saamaanya salaah na saunata hao baD,I baD,I saD,kaoM pr
ApnaI ip`yao kao saaqa ilayao GaUmata hao tao ]sa pr hmalaa AvaSya haogaa
jaOsao ik gaaoivand ko }pr huAa. @yaaoMik ]sanao Apnao
daostaoM kI salaah nahIM saunaI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 34 ~

5 ranaI AaOr h^satI hu[- maClaI8

]jjaiyanaI naama ko ek nagar maoM ek rajaa raja krta qaa ijasaka
naama qaa rajaa ivak`maid%ya. ]sakI p%naI ka naama qaa kamalaInaa.
kamalaInaa ek AcCo kulaIna pirvaar kI baoTI qaI AaOr rajaa kI ip`ya
p%naI qaI.
ek idna rajaa ]sako saaqa Kanaa Ka rha qaa tao ]sanao ]sakao
qaaoD,I saI BaunaI hu[- maClaI dI. kamalaInaa nao maClaI kI trf doKa
AaOr baaolaI — “sar. maOM tao [na AadimayaaoM kI Aaor doK BaI nahIM
saktI [nhoM CUnaa tao dUr.”
yah sauna kr maClaI bahut ja,aor sao h^sa pD,I AaOr [tnaI ja,aor sao
h^saI ik ]sakI h^saI kI Aavaaja saaro nagar maoM gaU^ja gayaI. rajaa
maClaI kI [sa h^saI ka Aqa- ibalkula nahIM samaJa saka saao ]sanao ]na
jyaaoitiYayaaoM sao pUCa jaao icaiD,yaaoM kI BaaYaa jaanato qao ik maClaI ko
[sa p`kar h^sanao ka @yaa Aqa- qaa.
jaba kao[- BaI rajaa kao yah nahIM bata saka tao ]sanao Apnao
inajaI pMiDt kao baulaa Baojaa jaao nagar maoM ba`a*maNaaoM ka sardar qaa AaOr
]sasao kha ik Agar vah [saka Aqa- nahIM bata saka ik maClaI
ranaI kI khI baat pr [tnao j,aaor sao @yaaoM h^saI qaI tao vah ]sao AaOr
nagar ko saaro ba`a*maNaaoM kao rajya sao baahr inakala dogaa.
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The Queen nd the Laughing Fish. (Tale No 5)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 35 ~

pMiDt yah sauna kr bahut proSaana hao gayaa. ]sanao rajaa sao kuC
idnaaoM kI maaohlat maa^gaI AaOr Apnao Gar calaa gayaa. ]sakao [sa baat
ka pUra ivaSvaasa qaa ik ]sao AaOr Anya ba`a*maNaaoM kao rajya sao
AvaSya hI baahr inakala idyaa jaayaogaa @yaaoMik ]saka [sa p`Sna ka
]<ar pta krnaa ibalkula AsamBava saa laga rha qaa.
saao vah ]dasa rhnao lagaa. jaOsao jaOsao maaohlat ko idna samaaPt
haoto jaa rho qao p`Sna ka ]<ar na Kaoja panao ko karNa pMiDt kI
]dasaI baZ,tI hI jaa rhI qaI.
Aba pMiDt kI ek baoTI qaI vah bahut haoiSayaar qaI. ]sanao
doKa ik ]saka ipta idna p`itidna ]dasa rhta hO.
tao ]sanao Apnao ipta sao pUCa — “ipta jaI. @yaa baat hO Aap
[tnao ]dasa @yaaoM hOM. Aap ApnaI samasyaa mauJao bata[yao. kdaicat maOM
AapkI kuC sahayata kr sakU^. caaho iktnaI BaI kiznaa[yaa^ @yaaoM
na AayaoM bauiwmaana laaogaaoM kao Aa%masaMyama nahIM Kaonaa caaihyao. @yaaoMik
eosaa kuC kha gayaa hO —
@yaaoMik manauYya jaao sampnnata maoM p`sanna nahIM haota
Kraba samaya Aanao pr jaao saahsa nahIM harta
kiznaa[yaaoM maoM BaI jama kr KD,a rhta hO
eosaa manauYya ek AaBaUYaNa kI trh haota hO AaOr saMsaar kI rxaa krta hO

tba ba`a*maNa nao ]sao ApnaI saarI khanaI saunaayaI ik iksa trh
rajaa nao ]sao AaOr saaro ba`a*maNaaoM kao doSa sao inakalanao kI QamakI dI
 Sauk saPtit ~ 36 ~

hO. @yaaoMik [sa saMsaar maoM kao[- BaI eosaa AadmaI nahIM hO ijasakI
ima~ta AaOr p`oma pr ivaSvaasa ikyaa jaa sako. AaOr ifr ]sa rajaa
ka tao khnaa hI @yaa hO jaao A%yaacaar ko rasto pr calata hao.
@yaaoMik yah BaI kha gayaa hO ik “kaOe maoM safa[-, jauAa Kolanao
vaalao maoM [-maanadarI, sap- maoM nama`ta, ek napuMsak maoM Sai>, ek ipyao
hue AadmaI maoM sa%yata AaOr rajaa maoM daostI iksanao doKI hO.
[sako Alaavaa nadI maoM, jaMgalaI jaanavaraoM maoM, hiqayaar sao laOsa
laaogaaoM maoM, is~yaaoM maoM, rajakumaaraoM maoM kBaI ivaSvaasa mat rKao. rajaa
laaoga tao yaUnaIfama- maoM saijjat isapahI kI trh jaMgalaI AaOr Apnao
trIkaoM maoM saa^paoM kI trh ToZ,o haoto hOM jaao tumharo }pr tumhara baura
krnao ko ilayao Aa jaato hOM.
ek rajaa ApnaI mauskurahT sao maar dota hO. vah tumhoM sammaana do
sakta hO pr vah Ktrnaak hO. haqaI Apnao ja,ra sao CUnao sao hI maar
dota hO. AaOr saa^p ko tao sahlaanao sao hI AadmaI mar jaata hO.
[tnao saalaaoM tk maOMnao rajaa kI baD,I [-maanadarI sao saovaa kI hO
ifr BaI Aaja vah maora Sa~u bana gayaa hO AaOr mauJao AaOr maoro saaqaI
ba`a*maNaaoM kao rajya sao baahr inakalanao pr tOyaar hO.
yah BaI kha gayaa hO ik ek AadmaI kao Apnao pirvaar ko ilayao
Apnaa saba kuC CaoD, donaa caaihyao. Apnao gaa^va ko ilayao ]sao Apnaa
pirvaar CaoD, donaa caaihyao. Apnao doSa ko ilayao Apnaa gaa^va CaoD,
 Sauk saPtit ~ 37 ~

donaa caaihyao pr Apnaa jaIvana bacaanao ko ilayao ]sao saara saMsaar CaoD,
donaa caaihyao.”
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI nao Apnao ipta kI yah baat sauna kr kha —
“iptajaI. yah saba jaao Aapnao ABaI kha vah saba saca hO pr ]sa
naaOkr ka kao[- Aadr nahIM krogaa ijasao rajya sao baahr inakala idyaa
gayaa hao. @yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO —
iksaI AadmaI ka cair~ caaho bahut }^caa @yaaoM na hao AaOr caaho
vah iktnaa hI saamaanya hI @yaaoM na hao yaid vah Apnao rajaa kI saovaa
krta hO, caaho vah rajaa kao[- BaI hao, tao ]sasao ]sao kuC nahIM
imalaogaa.
rajaa ko saamanao tao jaao kao[- BaI phlaa AadmaI Aayaogaa tao ifr
vah caaho ga^vaar hao yaa bauiwmaana hao sammaainat hao yaa Apmaainat vah
]saI kao ApnaI saovaa maoM lao laogaa @yaaoMik rajaa, is~yaa^ AaOr baolaoM ]saI
kao pkD, laoto hOM jaao BaI ]nako pasa haota hO.
[sako Alaavaa kao[- AadmaI ivaWana, Sai>SaalaI, klaa jaanao
vaalaa, }^caI }^caI [cCaeoM rKnao vaalaa AaOr Apnao kt-vya palana maoM
catur BaI hao sakta hO pr ifr BaI yaid ]sao rajaa ka snaoh na p`aPt
hao tao vah kuC BaI nahIM.
yaid kao[- AadmaI kulaIna Garanao maoM pOda huAa hao yaaogya hao pr
yaid vah rajaa kI inagaahaoM maoM nahIM Aata tao vah Apnaa saara jaIvana
BaIK maa^ganao AaOr kYT maoM hI gaujaar dota hO.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 38 ~

ijasao raoga laga jaato hOM yaa ifr jaao magar yaa rajaaAaoM ko haqa maoM
pD, jaata hO yaa kao[- maUK- jaao kiznaa[yaaoM maoM sao baahr inaklanaa nahIM
jaanata vah Apnao jaIvana maoM Apnaa pd banaa kr nahIM rK sakta.
@yaaoMik kha gayaa hO ik —
rajaa ]na bauiwmaana AaOr haoiSayaar laaogaaoM ko saamanao kuC BaI nahIM
hOM jaao Saor caIto saa^p haqaI jaOsao jaanavaraoM kao Apnao inayan~Na maoM laa
sakto hOM. pr vao laaoga jaao bauiwmaana hOM AaOr rajaa ko snaoh pr Baraosaa
krto hOM vao hI EaoYzta kI saIZ,I caZ,to hOM. candna vana kovala malaya
pva-t pr hI payao jaato hOM.
jaao }^cao pd ko inaSaana hOM jaOsao C~, haqaI, GaaoD,o tao yao rajaa
kovala ]nhIM kao hI dota hO ijanasao vah p`sanna haota hO AaOr ]nhoM
sammaana donaa caahta hO. Aap rajaa ko snaoh pa~ hOM AaOr sammaananaIya
hOM [sailayao maoro ip`ya ipta Aap inaraSa na haoM.
p`Qaana man~I ka tao yah kt-vya hI hO ik vah samaya samaya pr
rajaa ko idmaaga sao sandoh inakalata rho. [sailayao Aba Aap p`sanna
hao jaa[yao AaOr maOM Aapko [sa p`Sna ka ]<ar Kaojanao kI caoYTa krtI
hU^ ik maClaI ko [tnao ja,aor sao h^sanao ka @yaa Aqa- qaa.”
ApnaI baoTI sao yah salaah pa kr ba`a*maNa kao bahut santuiYT
hu[-. vah turnt hI rajaa ko pasa gayaa AaOr jaao kuC ]sakI baoTI nao
]sasao kha qaa ]sao jaa kr bata idyaa. rajaa tao yah sauna kr bahut
p`sanna huAa AaOr ]sanao ba`a*maNa kI baoTI kao turnt hI baulavaa ilayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 39 ~

ba`a*maNa kI baoTI AayaI AaOr bahut dor tk rajaa kao AiBavaadna

krtI rhI ifr baaolaI — “sar. Aap [na ba`a*maNaaoM ko saaqa [tnao
bauro trIko sao vyavahar na kroM. [samaoM [naka kao[- daoYa nahIM hO.
kRpa kr ko Aap mauJao bataeoM ik Aapnao maCilayaaoM sao iksa trh
kI h^saI saunaI qaI. ifr BaI @yaaoMik maOM ek s~I hU^ @yaa Aap mauJasao
eosao p`Sna ka ]<ar jaananao ko ilayao Samaa- nahIM rho hOM?
@yaaoMik ek rajaa yaid naIca BaI haota hO tao BaI vah dUsaraoM kI
trh ka nahIM haota. ]saka Apnaa ek dOvaIya $p haota hO. Aap
rajaa ivak`maid%ya ijanaka naama hI yah batata hO ik Aapko Andr
kao[- dOvaIya Sai> hO. @yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO ik —
[nd` dova sao Sai> AatI hO, Aaga sao gamaI- imalatI hO, yama sao
k`aoQa imalata hO, kubaor Qana doto hOM, pr rajaa kamadova AaOr ivaYNau ka
imalaa jaulaa $p hO. Aapkao kovala Apnao Aapkao hI daoYaI zhranaa
caaihyao @yaaoMik sandoh AaOr kiznaa[yaaoM kao dUr krnaa Aap hI ka
kama hO.
Aba Aap vah sauinayao jaao maOM Aapsao khtI hU^ —
maClaI maClaI ]nhaoMnao PlaoT pr rK dI
vao h^sa pD,IM jaba ranaI nao ]nakao AadmaI batayaa

yaaor maOjaosTI @yaa Aap jaananaa caahoMgao ik [saka @yaa Aqa- hO

Aap [sa pr baar baar saaoicayao AaOr yaid Aap na jaana payaoM tao mauJao
 Sauk saPtit ~ 40 ~

baulaa laIijayaogaa. iksaI BaI trh Aap ranaI kI vafadarI pr sandoh

nahIM kr payaoMgao @yaaoMik Aapkao pta hO ik vah kBaI mahla ko baahr
nahIM jaatI.
Aba na tao rajaa AaOr na hI kao[- drbaarI kao[- BaI ba`a*maNa kI
baoTI kI khI gayaI [na laa[naaoM ka Aqa- bata saka. saao ba`a*maNa kI
catur baoTI ]na sabakao AaScaya- maoM pD,a CaoD, kr vaha^ sao calaI gayaI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 41 ~

6 saumait jayantI AaOr gaNaoSa9

[sa pholaI kao saulaJaanao ko ca@kr maoM rajaa kao rat Bar naIMd nahIM
AayaI @yaaoMik eosaa kha jaata hO ik —
]sao naIMd kOsao Aa saktI hO ijasako }pr kja- caZ,a hao yaa
ijasakI p%naI naIca hao AaOr jaao Sa~uAaoM sao iGara hao.
saao saarI rat Kraba krnao ko baad Agalao idna saubah hI rajaa nao
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI kao ifr sao baulaa Baojaa AaOr ]sasao kha — “maOM tao
yah pta nahIM kr payaa ik vah maCilayaa^ ranaI pr @yaaoM h^saI qaIM.”
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI baaolaI — “yah baat yaaor maOjaosTI kao mauJasao
nahIM pUCnaI caaihyao @yaaoMik Aap ]sa vyaaparI kI p%naI kI trh
pCta sakto hOM jaao yah jaananao ka p@ka [rada kr caukI qaI ik vao
raoiTyaa^ kha^ sao AayaIM.”
rajaa nao pUCa — “AaOr vah @yaaoM pCtayaI qaI.”
tba ba`a*maNa kI baoTI nao rajaa kao yah khanaI saunaayaI —
ek nagarI hO ijasaka naama hO jayantI. ]sa nagarI maoM ek saumait
naama ka vyaaparI rhta qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka naama qaa pd\imanaI.
saumait baocaaro ka saara pOsaa DUba gayaa qaa [sailayao ]sako pirvaar nao
]saka saaqa CaoD, idyaa @yaaoMik yah tao saBaI jaanato hOM ik Qana AaOr
ima~ta hI ek saaqa rhto hOM.
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Sumati Jayanti and Ganesha. (Tale No 6)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 42 ~

ijasako pasa pOsaa hO ]sako pasa daost hOM AaOr sambanQaI hOM.
ijasako pasa pOsaa hO ]sako pasa bauiw hO AaOr vaastva maoM vahI
AadmaI mah%vapUNa- BaI hO.
mahaBaart maoM BaI kha gayaa hO ik pa^ca p`kar kI dSaaeoM haotI hOM
ijanamaoM iksaI BaI AadmaI kao mara huAa jaananaa caaihyao – garIbaI,
baImaarI, maUK-ta, doSa inakalaa AaOr inaraSaapUNa- dasa%va.
[sako Alaavaa kao[- BaI Anajaana AadmaI jaao QanaI hO tao vah
Apnaa sambanQaI hO pr jaao Apnaa sambanQaI hO AaOr yaid vah inaQa-na hO
tao hma ]sao nahIM jaanato.
saao Apnaa saara pOsaa Kaonao ko baad yah vyaaparI BaUsaa AaOr
lakD,I baajaar maoM baocaa krta qaa. ek idna ]sao daonaaoM maoM sao kuC BaI
nahIM imalaa bailk ]sao lakD,I kI banaI hu[- ek gaNaoSa jaI kI maUit-
imala gayaI. ]sanao Apnao mana maoM saaocaa ik [sasao ]saka kama cala
jaayaogaa @yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO —
raoTI Kanao ko ilayao kao[- BaUKa AadmaI @yaa nahIM kr sakta
AaOr ek eosaa AadmaI ijasaka saba kuC Kao gayaa hao ]saka tao
ivavaok BaI samaaPt hao gayaa haota hO eosao laaoga tao kao[- BaI ApraQa
kr sakto hOM. jaao iksaI sammaainat vyai> ko sapnao maoM BaI nahIM
Aayaogaa eosaa AadmaI ]sa kama kao tao baD,o Aarama sao kr laogaa.
saao ]sanao ]sa lakD,I kI maUit- kao lakD,I ko ilayao taoD,nao ka
ivacaar ikyaa. tBaI gaNaoSa jaI nao kha — “yaid tuma mauJao CaoD, dao
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tao maOM tumhoM p`itidna GaI caInaI kI banaI hu[- pa^ca raoiTyaa^ dU^gaa. tuma
]nhoM laonao ko ilayao yaha^ Aa jaanaa pr ek baat yaad rKnaa ik [sa
baat kao tuma iksaI sao khnaa nahIM. yaid tumanao yah baat iksaI sao
khI tao basa samaJa laao ik ifr maora tumhara yah saaOda samaaPt.”
vyaaparI [sa baat pr tOyaar hao gayaa. ]sanao gaNaoSa jaI kI maUit-
kao eosao hI CaoD, idyaa AaOr gaNaoSa jaI nao ]sao GaI caInaI sao banaI pa^ca
raoiTyaa^ do dIM. vah ]nhoM lao kr Gar calaa gayaa AaOr jaa kr ]nhoM
ApnaI p%naI kao do idyaa.
]namaoM sao kuC raoiTyaaoM sao tao ]sanao Apnao pirvaar kao santuYT
ikyaa SaoYa bacaI hu[- raoiTyaa^ ApnaI ek saholaI kao do dIM. ek idna
]sakI saholaI nao kha — “tumharI yao raoiTyaa^ tao bahut svaad hO kha^
sao AayaIM.”
pd\imanaI [sa p`Sna ka kao[- ]<ar nahIM do sakI @yaaoMik ]sakao
tao svayaM kao hI pta nahIM qaa ik vao kha^ sao AatI qaIM. saholaI nao
Aagao kha ik yaid ]sanao yah baat ]sao na batayaI tao ]nakI daostI
samaaPt. @yaaoMik jaOsaa ik kha gayaa hO – “donaa, laonaa, Baod baa^Tnaa,
p`Sna pUCnaa, saaqa maoM baOz kr Kanaa Kanaa – daostI kI yao pa^ca
inaSaainayaa^ hOM.”
pd\imanaI baaolaI — “mauJao tao yah nahIM pta pr maoro pit kao pta
hO pr vah khto hOM ik yah ek Baod kI baat hO AaOr vah ]sao mauJao
nahIM batayaoMgao. caaho maOM ]nasao saaO baar BaI @yaaoM na pUCU^ pr vah mauJao
 Sauk saPtit ~ 44 ~

iksaI BaI isqait maoM nahIM batayaoMgao. [sailayao ]nasao [sa baat kao pUCnao
ka kao[- laaBa nahIM haogaa.”
]sakI saholaI baaolaI — “tba tao mauJao tumasao khnaa caaihyao ik
yaid tumanao yah baat pta nahIM kI tao tuma Apnao yaaOvana AaOr saundrta
kao yaaoM hI ga^vaa rhI hao.”
saao pd\imanaI nao ek baar ifr Apnao pit sao pUCa ik yao raoiTyaa^
kha^ sao AayaIM. vyaaparI baaolaa — “yah saba Baagya ka Kola hO.
@yaaoMik eosaa kuC kha gayaa hO ik yaid Baagya tumharI Aaor hao tao
tumharI saarI [cCaeoM pUrI hao jaatI hOM.
vah tumhoM hr vah vastu do dogaa jaao tumharI [cCa haogaI caaho vah
khIM iksaI dUr ko TapU sao AayaI hu[- hI @yaaoM na hao caaho saMsaar ko
dUsaro kaonao pr hao yaa ifr samaud` kI tlaI maoM hI @yaaoM na hao.
ek baar kI baat hO ik ek caUha Apnao ilayao Apnaa ibala banaa
rha qaa ik vah saa^p ko mau^h maoM jaa igara. saa^p kao k[- idnaaoM sao kuC
Kanao kao nahIM imalaa qaa AaOr vah BaUKa mar rha qaa pr doKao Baagya
kI baat ik ]sao [tnaa AcCa rsaIlaa Kanaa imala gayaa. ]sakao Ka
kr vah Apnao rasto calaa gayaa. [sailayao Baagya hI manauYya ko }pr
]znao AaOr naIcao igarnao ka karNa hO.”
pd\imanaI nao jaba doKa ik ]saka pit tao ]sako ivaYaya maoM kuC
bata hI nahIM rha hO tao ]sanao Kanaa Kanaa CaoD, idyaa. Aba tao
vyaaparI kiznaa[- maoM pD, gayaa.
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]sanao ApnaI p%naI sao kha — “yaid maOMnao tumhoM batayaa tba tao
bahut baD,a Anaqa- hao jaayaogaa AaOr bahut baD,I mausaIbat KD,I hao
jaayaogaI AaOr tumhoM ]saka bahut duK haogaa. [sailayao AcCa hao Agar
tuma ]sao na hI pUCao tao.”
Aba pd\imanaI tao pit kI kao[- baat saunanao vaalaI nahIM qaI. vah
tao basa ApnaI ijad pr hI AD,I rhI tao ]sako pit kao ]sao batanaa
hI pD,a — “jaba Bagavaana iksaI ka sava-naaSa caahto hOM tao sabasao
phlao ]sakI bauiw hr laoto hOM [sasao vah yah nahIM jaana pata ik
]sako ilayao AcCa @yaa hO AaOr baura @yaa hO. vahI hala tumhara huAa
hO.”
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI Aagao baaolaI — “[sa pkar yaaor maOjaosTI.
saumait kI maUK- p%naI nao ]sao yah Baod batanao ko ilayao ivavaSa kr
idyaa.
@yaaoMik doiKyao Bagavaana EaI rama BaI saaonao ko ihrna kao phcaananao
maoM Asamaqa- rho. rajaa nahuYa nao Apnao rqa kao kharaoM kI jagah
ba`a*maNaaoM sao ]zvaayaa. Aja-una gaaya AaOr baCD,a daonaaoM lao gayaa.
yauiQaiYzr nao ApnaI p%naI AaOr Apnao caaraoM Baa[yaaoM kao jaue maoM da^va
pr lagaa idyaa. saao A@sar Balao laaoga BaI mausaIbat maoM pD,nao pr maUK-
bana jaato hOM.
KOr pd\imanaI nao raoiTyaaoM ka Baod Apnao pit sao ]galavaa hI ilayaa
AaOr jaa kr ApnaI saholaI kao bata idyaa. Aba [saka pirNaama
 Sauk saPtit ~ 46 ~

@yaa huAa? ik ]sakI saholaI nao Apnao pit kao gaNaoSa jaI ko pasa
Baojaa. jaba saholaI ka pit gaNaoSa jaI ko pasa phu^caa tao gaNaoSa jaI
nao ]sao raoiTyaa^ do dIM.
Agalao idna raoja kI raoTI laonao ko ilayao saumait ko saaqa pd\imanaI
BaI gaNaoSa jaI ko pasa gayaI tao ]nhaoMnao ]sasao saaf saaf kh idyaa
ik Aba ]naka ]nako pasa Aanao ka kao[- kama nahIM qaa @yaaoMik saaOdo
kI Sat- tao TUT caukI qaI AaOr ]sako Baaga kI raoiTyaa^ iksaI dUsaro
kao do dI gayaI qaIM.
yah sauna kr pd\imanaI ko pit nao pd\imanaI kao bahut Da^T lagaayaI
AaOr vao Apnao ikyao pr raoto pCtato Gar calao gayao.
[saI ilayao maOM khtI hU^ ik yaaor maOjaosTI ik ]na laa[naaoM ka Aqa-
samaJanao kI caoYTa na kroM khIM eosaa na hao ik ]nako Aqa- kao jaananao
ko baad Aapkao pCtanaa pD,o. Aap ]nako Aqa- kao maorI sahayata
ko ibanaa svayaM hI samaJanao kI caoYTa kroM.”
[tnaa kh kr vah vaha^ sao ]z kr calaI gayaI.
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7 ba`a*maNa AaOr jaadu[- Saala10

rajaa ]sa rat BaI na saao saka. vah ba`a*maNa kI baoTI kI baat pr
saarI rat ivacaar krta rha pr ]sakI kuC samaJa maoM nahIM Aayaa.
Agalao idna saubah ]sanao ba`a*maNa kI baoTI kao ]sako Gar sao ifr sao
baulavaa Baojaa. ]sako Aanao pr rajaa nao ]sasao ifr ivanatI kI ik
vah ]sao ]na laa[naaoM ka Aqa- jaldI sao jaldI batayao.
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI baaolaI — “yaaor maOjaosTI. Aapkao dovataAaoM sao
ijad nahIM krnaI caaihyao khIM eosaa na hao ik Aapkao ifr pCtanaa
pD,o jaOsao ik ek ba`a*maNa kao sqaigaka sao p`oma kr ko pCtanaa pD,a.
khIM ek nagar qaa, kha^ qaa yah baat kao[- maayanao nahIM rKtI,
ijasako rajaa ka naama qaa vaIraBya. ]sakI nagarI maoM ek ba`a*maNa
rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa koSava.
ek idna ]sako idmaaga maoM Aayaa ik ]sako ipta nao jaao sampi<a
]sako ilayao CaoD,I hO ]sao baZ,ayaa jaayao @yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO
ik —
jaao Saana tuma Apnao gauNaaoM sao Aija-t krto hao vahI saccaI Saana
hO. dUsaro nambar kI Saana vah hO jaao tumhoM Apnao ipta sao imalatI hO
pr jaao Saana tumhoM khIM dUr sao imalatI vao baokar hO.

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Brahman and the Magical Cloak. (Tale No 7)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 48 ~

saao ]sanao AiQak pOsaa kmaanao ko ilayao [Qar ]Qar GaUmanaa p`armBa
kr idyaa. jaba vah GaUma rha qaa tao vah k[- nagaraoM sao hao kr gaujara
k[- piva~ sqaanaaoM sao hao kr gaujara. Ant maoM vah ek dUr kI jagah
phu^ca gayaa. vaha^ ]sao ek saaQau imalaa jaao palaqaI maar kr Qyaana maoM
baOza huAa qaa.
ba`a*maNa ]sa saaQau ko pasa phu^caa AaOr ]sao isar Jauka kr p`Naama
ikyaa. saaQau ek pla ko ilayao Apnao Qyaana sao jaagaa tao ba`a*maNa kao
doK kr pUCa — “[sa saMsaar maoM iksako p`it svatn~ta idKanaI
caaihyao. iksakI rxaa krnaI caaihyao AaOr iksakao eosaI vastu donaI
caaihyao jaao saMsaar maoM imalanaI AsamBava hao.”
ba`a*maNa ]z kr KD,a hao gayaa AaOr baaolaa — “mauJao. maOM Qana
kI Kaoja maoM inaklaa hU^.”
saaQau kao pta qaa ik ]sako pasa Aanao vaalaa ek ba`a*maNa hO saao
vah ]sako mau^h sao eosaI baat sauna kr sakto maoM Aa gayaa @yaaoMik kuC
eosaa kha gayaa hO ik —
garIbaI kI dSaa maoM iksaI AadrNaIya vyai> kao BaIK maa^gato doK
kr jaao ]sao nahIM maa^ganaI caaihyao idmaaga kao proSaana krta hO caaho
donao vaalaa donao ko ilayao tOyaar hI @yaaoM na hao.
ek Balao AaOr naok AadmaI ko ilayao caaho vah svayaM iktnaI hI
kiznaa[- maoM @yaaoM na hao ]sao Apnao kt-vya ka palana krnaa hI
 Sauk saPtit ~ 49 ~

caaihyao. candna ko poD, kao hjaaraoM TukD,o @yaaoM na kr idyao jaayaoM ifr
BaI ]saka hr TukD,a SaItlata donao ka gauNa rKta hO.
saaQau nao tba Apnao pasa Aanao vaalao kao ek jaadU ka Saala idyaa
AaOr kha — “jaba BaI tuma [sao ihlaaAaogao tBaI [samaoM sao pa^ca saaO
saaonao ko isa@ko inakla pD,oMgao. pr tuma [sao iksaI AaOr kao nahIM donaa
AaOr iksaI kao batanaa BaI nahIM ik yah pOsaa tumharo pasa kha^ sao
Aayaa.”
ba`a*maNa nao saaQau kao Qanyavaad idyaa AaOr vah Saala lao kr vaha^
sao calaa gayaa. AgalaI saubah ]sanao ]sao ihlaayaa tao laao turnt hI
]samaoM sao pa^ca saaO saaonao ko isa@ko inakla pD,o. vah ApnaI yaa~a pr
calata rha AaOr ek rtuAavatI naama ko gaa^va maoM Aa phu^caa.
vaha^ ]sanao ek naaOjavaana laD,kI sqaigaka kao doKa tao vah tao
]sasao baurI trh Pyaar krnao lagaa. ]sanao doKa ik ba`a*maNa ko pasa
tao bahut pOsaa hO pr vah yah pta nahIM kr sakI ik [tnaa pOsaa
]sako pasa Aayaa kha^ sao. vah ApnaI maa^ pr bahut ivaSvaasa krtI
qaI saao ]sanao Apnaa sandoh ApnaI maa^ sao kha.
]sanao kha — “maa^. yah ba`a*maNa krta @yaa hO @yaaoMik [sako
pasa tao bahut saara pOsaa hO. yah [sako pasa Aata kha^ sao hO?”
ifr ]sanao ba`a*maNa sao pUCa pr ]sanao tao ]sao batayaa nahIM.
icanta idKato hue ]sanao AaiKr ]sasao baat inaklavaa hI laI ik vah
pOsaa ]sao vah jaadu[- Saala dota qaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 50 ~

Aba [saka @yaa pirNaama huAa. ik ]sanao ba`a*maNa ko saao jaanao

kI p`tIxaa kI AaOr jaba vah saao gayaa tao ]sanao ]saka Saala caura
ilayaa. Aba @yaa qaa ba`a*maNa ka saara pOsaa samaaPt hao gayaa tao
laD,kI kI maa^ nao BaI ]sakao baahr jaanao ka drvaajaa idKa idyaa.
@yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO ik —
dUsara jaao hmaaro }pr ivaSvaasa krta hO ]sao QaaoKa donao maoM kao[-
AiQak haoiSayaarI kI AavaSyakta nahIM hO AaOr na hI iksaI eosao kao
maarnao maoM AiQak saahsa kI AavaSyakta hO jaao saao rha hao.
jaba ba`a*maNa saao kr ]za tao ]sao Apnaa jaadu[- Saala khIM
idKayaI nahIM idyaa. vah turnt hI maijasT/oT ko pasa jaa kr
iSakayat ilaKvaanao ko ilayao gayaa ik ]sakI kao[- caIja, caaorI hao
gayaI hO. maukdmaa calaa tao maa^ AaOr baoTI [samaoM ApraQaI payaI gayaIM.
maa^ baaolaI — “[sa baokar AadmaI nao maorI baoTI sao Pyaar ikyaa
AaOr yah Saala kI khanaI tao basa eosao hI banaa rha hO. kao[- BaI
samaJadar AadmaI [sakI [na baokar kI baataoM pr ivaSvaasa nahIM
krogaa. p`armBa sao lao kr Ant tk kI saba khanaI [sakI gaZ,I hu[-
hO.
yah maoro Gar Aayaa tao maoro naaOkraoM nao [sao ivadoSaI jaana kr [sao
Gar sao baahr inakala idyaa. [saka Saala hmanao ]saI kao vaapsa
iBajavaa idyaa ijasaka vah qaa.”
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[sa trh yah maukdmaa ba`a*maNa ko ivaruw saunaa idyaa gayaa.

Apnaa Baod sqaigaka pr Kaola donao ko karNa ba`a*maNa nao Apnaa Saala
BaI Kaoyaa AaOr sqaigaka kao BaI Kaoyaa. yaid Aap ApnaI ]%saukta
kao vaSa maoM nahIM kroMgao tao yahI dSaa yaaor maOjaosTI kI BaI hao saktI
hO.”
[tnaa kh kr ba`a*maNa kI baoTI ifr ]zI AaOr ifr Apnao Gar
calaI gayaI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 52 ~

8 vyaaparI ijasanao Gar AaOr jaayadad KaoyaI11

rajaa ABaI BaI ]na ]na laa[naaoM ka Aqa- samaJanao maoM Asamaqa- qaa saao
Agalao idna ]sanao ba`a*maNa kI baoTI kao ifr baulaa Baojaa.
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI nao Aato hI kha — “yaaor maOjaosTI Aapkao
[tnaa AQaIr nahIM haonaa caaihyao. caaho rajaa Apnao iksaI AcCo
AadmaI kao Apnaa inaSaanaa banaa rha hao yaa ifr iksaI bauro AadmaI
kao pr ek rajaa kao [tnaa ija_I nahIM haonaa caaihyao.
rajaa tao ek SarIr kI Baa^it haota hO AaOr ]sakI janata ]sako
SarIr ko AMga haoto hOM ijanaka kt-vya rajaa kI Aa&a ka palana
krnaa haota hO. ifr BaI yaid maOM AapkI Aa&a ka palana k$^ tao
Aapka kuC baura hI haogaa jaOsao ik ek vyaaparI ko saaqa huAa ik
]sanao Apnaa Gar BaI Kaoyaa AaOr saba kuC Kaoyaa.
rajaa nao turnt pUCa — “vah kOsao?”
tba ba`a*maNa kI baoTI nao ]sa vyaaparI kI khanaI kuC eosao
saunaayaI —
“ek nagarI hO ijasaka naama hO i~pur. ]samaoM rajaa ivak`ma rhto
qao. ]saI nagarI maoM ek vyaaparI BaI rhta qaa ijasakI p%naI ka naama
qaa sauBagaa. sauBagaa bahut hI hlko idmaaga kI s~I qaI AaOr jaao

11
The Merchant Who Lost His House and the Property. (Tale No 8)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 53 ~

caahtI qaI vahI krtI qaI saao vyaaparI ]sakao ApnaI saImaa maoM nahIM
rK pata qaa.
ek baar vah nagarI maoM [Qar ]Qar GaUma rhI qaI AaOr kao[- Sarart
krnao ko maUD maoM qaI ik ]sakao ek vyaaparI idKayaI do gayaa jaao ek
yaxa ko Gar maoM rhta qaa. ]sao doKto hI vah ]sako p`oma maoM pD, gayaI.
vyaaparI nao BaI ]sako p`oma ka ]<ar idyaa tao ]sanao vyaaparI ko saaqa
Gar sao Baaga jaanao ka Plaana banaa ilayaa.
Baaganao sao pUva- ]sanao ApnaI ek ivaSvast dasaI kao baulaayaa AaOr
]sasao kha — “doKao maOM kuC dor ko ilayao baahr jaa rhI hU^. jaOsao
hI maOM Gar sao calaI jaa}^ tuma Gar maoM Aaga lagaa donaa. maora pit ]sa
Aaga kao bauJaanao maoM laga jaayaogaa AaOr ]sao pta BaI nahIM calaogaa ik maOM
baahr calaI gayaI hU^. maOM jaldI hI Gar vaapsa Aa jaa}^gaI.”
jaOsao hI sauBagaa Gar sao baahr inaklaI dasaI nao Gar maoM Aaga lagaa
dI. sauBagaa ko pit kao vyaaparI pr sandoh qaa saao ]sanao yaxa ko Gar
kI phrodarI krnaa CaoD,a AaOr Apnao Gar kI Aaga bauJaanao maoM laga
gayaa.
[sa baIca sauBagaa ka Plaana saflatapUva-k kama kr gayaa AaOr
]saka Gar jala gayaa. [sa p`kar vyaaparI nao Apnaa Gar AaOr saba
kuC Kao idyaa. yaaor maOjaosTI. Aapka BaI yahI kuC haonao vaalaa hO
pr yaid Aap ifr BaI jaananaa caahto hOM tao Aap jaao BaI jaananaa
caahto hOM maOM AgalaI baar Aapkao svayaM bata}^gaI.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 54 ~

yah kh kr vah ifr vaha^ sao calaI gayaI. rajaa ifr saaoca maoM
DUbaa baOza rh gayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 55 ~

9 ranaI AaOr h^satI hu[- maClaI–samaaPt12

rajaa Agalao idna tk BaI ]na laa[naaoM ka Aqa- samaJanao maoM Asafla
rha tao ]sanao ba`a*maNa kI baoTI kao ifr sao baulavaa Baojaa AaOr ]sasao
kha — “tumanao kha qaa ik tuma mauJao ]na laa[naaoM ka Aqa- svayaM
samaJaaAaogaI @yaaoMik mauJao tao ]naka Aqa- ibalkula hI samaJa maoM nahIM
Aa rha.”
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI baaolaI — “yaid Aap nahIM samaJa sako tao ifr
sauinayao. Aapko jyaaoitYaI AaOr bauiwmaana laaogaaoM ko samaUh maoM ek
puYpkar naama ka AadmaI hO ]sao baulaa[yao. vah ]na sabaka sardar
hO. maora ivaSvaasa hO ik vah bahut hI ivaSvast AadmaI hO. phlao tao
mauJao yah bata[yao ik ]sakao puYpkar hI @yaaoM khto hOM.”
rajaa baaolaa — “]saka naama puYpkar zIk hI hO @yaaoMik jaba
vah mauskurata hO tba eosaa lagata hO jaOsao ]sako mau^h sao fUla barsa rho
haoM. ]sakI yahI tao ivaSaoYata hO.”
saao kuC laaoga ]sakI [sa ivaSaoYata kI jaa^ca ko ilayao ]sao laanao
ko ilayao Baojao gayao. jaba vah vaha^ Aayaa tao na tao vah h^sa rha qaa
AaOr na hI ]sako mau^h sao fUla barsa rho qao. AaOr [sa karNa laaogaaoM nao
]sao “Baod ko banQana”13 ko naama sao pukara.
12
The Queen and the Laughing Fish-Concluded. (Tale No 9)
13
“The Bond of Secrecy”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 56 ~

ba`a*maNa kI baoTI nao pUCa — “AaOr puYpkar h^saa @yaaoM nahIM.

@yaa Aap maoM sao iksaI kao [saka karNa &at hO.”
rajaa baaolaa — “maOM tao [sa baat ka ja,ra saa BaI Anaumaana nahIM
lagaa sakta.”
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI baaolaI — “tao [saI sao pUiCyao @yaaoMik kuC eosaa
kha gayaa hO ik — ek rajaa rajya nyaayapUNa- haonao sao pata hO AaOr
nyaayapUNa- ZMga sao hI ]sao raja krnaa caaihyao. nyaaya sao hI rajaa
ApnaI p`jaa kao nauksaana sao bacaata hO AaOr ]nhoM SarNa dota hO.
Aapnao mauJasao pUCa qaa ik maClaI ko h^sanao ka @yaa Aqa- qaa tao
yah p`Sna Aba Aap ]saI sao pUiCyao. samBava hO ik vah Aapko [sa
p`Sna ka ]<ar do AaOr Aapkao yah BaI batayao ik vah svayaM @yaaoM
nahIM h^saa qaa.”
saao puYpkar kao baulaayaa gayaa. vah Aayaa tao @yaaoMik vah nagar
ka ek maananaIya vyai> qaa saao ]sanao rajaa kao k[- kImatI ]phar
BaoMT ikyao. tba ]sasao pUCa gayaa ik jaba vah Aayaa tao vah svayaM
@yaaoM nahIM h^saa AaOr maClaI @yaaoM h^saI qaI.
puYpkar baaolaa — “Apnao pirvaar kI Sama-naak baataoM kao baahr
nahIM khnaa caaihyao. pOsao ka nauksaana, idmaaga ka duK, Gar kI
proSaainayaa^, QaaoKaQaD,I AaOr Apmaana – kao[- BaI bauiwmaana AadmaI
[nhoM batanaa nahIM caahta.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 57 ~

ifr BaI @yaaoMik rajaa kI Aa&a ka palana tao haonaa hI caaihyao

@yaaoMik rajaa kI Saana BaI ek SaUd` ko barabar hI QartI pr bahut
Sai> rKtI hO.
ek nyaayapUNa- Sai>SaalaI rajaa ka tao naama hI saUrja sao khIM
AiQak Saanadar haota hO [sailayao maOM yaaor maOjaosTI ko p`Sna ka ]<ar
AvaSya dU^gaa. mauJao pta lagaa ik maorI p%naI iksaI sao Pyaar krtI hO
tBaI sao ]sa duK nao maorI h^saI kao raok idyaa hO.”
tba rajaa nao ApnaI samasyaa bauiwmaana AadmaI ko saamanao rKI tao
]sanao tao Aava doKa na tava AaOr ranaI ko gaala pr ek ja,aor ka
JaapD, maar idyaa. ranaI nao baohaoSa haonao ka bahanaa ikyaa AaOr
puYpkar bahut ja,aor sao h^sa pD,a.
yah doK kr rajaa tao bahut hI k`aoiQat hao gayaa. jaadUgar AaOr
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI kI Aaor doKto hue ]sanao kha — “[samaoM [tnaa
h^sanao kI @yaa baat hO. [sa h^sanao ka @yaa Aqa- hO.”
jaadUgar nao kafI naIcao kao Jaukto hue rajaa sao kha — “yaaor
maOjaosTI. ranaI jaI ]sa rat baohaoSa nahIM hu[- qaIM jaba ]nhoM ]na
naaOjavaanaaoM nao pITa qaa ijanako saaqa vah qaIM. pr Aaja jaba maOMnao maara
tba vah yaa tao baohaoSa hu[-M yaa ifr ]nhaoMnao baohaoSa haonao ka bahanaa
banaayaa.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 58 ~

[sa baat pr tao rajaa AaOr BaI AiQak k`aoiQat hao ]za AaOr
baaolaa — “yah saba @yaa hO. @yaa tuma yah baat ApnaI jaanakarI sao
kh rho hao.”
jaadUgar baaolaa — “ha^ sarkar. maOMnao ApnaI Aa^KaoM sao doKa qaa
AaOr yaid yaaor maOjaosTI maorI [sa baat sao santuYT na haoM tao maOM [sa baat
kao Aapkao p`maaiNat kr ko idKa sakta hU^.”
rajaa nao tba saba hala saunaa AaOr saba baataoM ka pta ikyaa.
jaadUgar baaolaa — “Saayad yaaor maOjaosTI Aba samaJa gayao haoMgao ik
ba`a*maNa kI baoTI Aapkao yah @yaaoM batanaa nahIM caahtI qaI ik maClaI
@yaaoM h^saI.”
[saka Ant yah huAa ik puYpkar AaOr ba`a*maNa kI baoTI kao
k^pk^pI kI Avasqaa maoM Gar Baoja idyaa gayaa. jabaik ranaI AaOr
]sako p`omaI kao ek qaOlao maoM band kr ko nadI maoM ifMkvaa idyaa gayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 59 ~

10 dovasa AaOr ]sakI dao pi%nayaa^14

rajapur naama ko ek gaa^va maoM dovasa naama ka ek AadmaI rhta qaa.
]sakI dao pi%nayaa^ qaIM – EaMgaarvatI AaOr sauBagaa. daonaaoM hI p`oma ip`ya
is~yaa^ qaIM AaOr A@sar hI Apnao iksaI na iksaI p`SaMsak ko saaqa
lagaI rhtIM. iksaI BaI trh vao ek dUsaro kI yah baat Apnao pit sao
iCpanao maoM safla rhtI qaIM.
ek idna sauBagaa Gar maoM hI Apnao iksaI p`omaI ko saaqa vyast qaI
ik ]saka pit baahr Aata idKayaI idyaa. ]sako haqa maoM ek
JaaD,I qaI ijasao ]sanao ABaI ABaI Kaoda qaa. [Qar Aanand hI Aanand
qaa tao Aba @yaa ikyaa jaayao.
EaMgaarvatI bahut caust caalaak qaI ]sakI caustI AaOr caalaakI
]sao kBaI QaaoKa nahIM dotI qaI. ]sanao sauBagaa ko lagaBaga saaro vas~
]tar ilayao AaOr ]sao Gar ko baahr inakala idyaa. jaba ]saka pit
Gar ko drvaajao pr Aayaa AaOr ]sao [sa Avasqaa maoM doKa tao AaScaya-
sao icallaa pD,a “@yaa huAa.”
javaaba EaMgaarvatI nao idyaa — “saccaa[- tao yah hO ik sauBagaa nao
Aapkao yah JaaD,I haqa maoM ilayao hue Gar Aato doKa tao jaOsao hI ]sanao
yah doKa tao yah tao ibalkula pagala saI hao gayaI. [sanao Apnao kpD,o

14
Devas and His Two Wives. (Tale No 10)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 60 ~

faD, Dalao AaOr drvaajao kI Aaor BaagaI. Aap jaayaoM AaOr [sa JaaD,I
kao vahIM rK kr AayaoM jaha^ sao Aap [sao laayao hOM.”
maUK- AadmaI baocaara ]sa JaaD,I kao lao kr ]laTo pOraoM laaOT
gayaa. jaOsao hI vah gayaa ]nhaoMnao sauBagaa ko p`omaI kao Gar sao baahr
inaklanao ka p`banQa kr idyaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 61 ~

11 rimBaka AaOr ]saka ba`a*maNa p`omaI15

daBaIla naama ko ek gaa^va maoM ivalaaocana naama ka ek AadmaI rhta
qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka naama rimBaka qaa AaOr vah ek maUK- AaOr baura
vyavahar krnao vaalaI s~I qaI pr kao[- ]saka Anauicat laaBa nahIM
]za payaa qaa @yaaoMik ]sa pit ek bahut hI gamBaIr p`kRit ka AaOr
ek Aip`ya AadmaI qaa.
ek idna vah ku^e pr panaI Barnao ko ilayao gayaI tao ]sanao vaha^
ka bahut hI saundr naaOjavaana kao doKa. vah iksaI ba`a*maNa ka baoTa
qaa. ]sanao ]sao ApnaI Aa^KaoM sao hI namasto kI tao ]sa naaOjavaana nao
BaI ]saka ]<ar idyaa. @yaaoMik kha jaata hO ik —
jaba tuma baaolato hao tao jaanavar BaI yah jaanato hOM ik tuma @yaa
kh rho hao. khnao pr haqaI AaOr GaaoD,o Aagao jaato hOM. pr bauiwmaana
AadmaI ibanaa baaolao Sabd BaI phcaana laota hO ]sao tao ek [Saara hI
kafI hO.
saao vah rimBaka ko pasa gayaa AaOr ]sasao pUCa ik vah ]sasao
@yaa caahtI qaI. rimBaka baaolaI “maoro pICo pICo AaAao. maoro Gar
calaao AaOr maoro pit ka sammaana krao. SaoYa saba maOM sa^Baala laUgaI. basa
ja,ra yah Qyaana rKnaa ik ]nasao bahut namaI- sao baaolanaa.”

15
Rambhika and Her Brahmana Lover. (Tale No 11)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 62 ~

[tnaa kh kr vah Apnao Gar cala dI AaOr yah naaOjavaana ]sako pICo
pICo cala idyaa.
jaba ]sako pit nao ek saundr naaOjavaana kao ApnaI p%naI ko saaqa
Aato doKa tao vah kuC AaScaya- maoM pD, gayaa. pr ]sakI p%naI
]sako pasa AayaI AaOr baaolaI — “AaAao maOM tumharI [sa naaOjavaana sao
jaana phcaana kra dU^.”
pit nao pUCa — “yah naaOjavaana kaOna hO.”
rimBaka baaolaI — “yah maora Baa[- hO. maOMnao [sao bahut bacapna sao
nahIM doKa qaa. bahut idna phlao hma saaqa maoM Kolaa krto qao. yah
yaha^ mauJasao imalanao ko ilayao Aayaa hO tao maOM [sasao pUC rhI qaI ik maoro
saba sambanQaI kOsao hOM.”
naaOjavaana BaI bahut satk- rha ik vah BaI [sa khanaI ko
Alaavaa kao[- AaOr khanaI na bata do jaao rimBaka nao ivalaaocana kao
saunaayaI qaI. ivalaaocana ]sa naaOjavaana ko vyavahar sao bahut p`Baaivat
qaa. ]sanao ]sasao kha ik vah ]nako Gar maoM Aarama sao rh sakta
qaa. rimBaka nao ]sakao bahut AcCI trh sao rKa.
jaba ]saka pit saaonao calaa gayaa tao rimBaka nao Apnao maohmaana
kI Aaor j,yaada Qyaana donaa p`armBa kr idyaa pr ]sanao ]sako [sa
vyavahar kao manaa krto hue kha “yah kama nahIM krogaa. @yaa tumanao
ABaI yah nahIM kha qaa ik yah maora Baa[- hO. AaOr yaid eosaa hO tao
jaa tuma caahtI qaIM vah tumhoM imala gayaa.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 63 ~

rimBaka baaolaI — “baokar kI baatoM mat krao. @yaa yah nahIM

kha gayaa hO ik — jaao laD,ikyaaoM ko Aagao baZ,nao kao raokta hO AaOr
]nakI AahaoM kI Aaor Qyaana nahIM dota vah nark jaanao ko yaaogya haota
hO.”
kh kr vah bahut ja,aor sao icallaa pD,I AaOr ifr Apnao pit
kao jagaa idyaa. yah doK kr naaOjavaana Dr gayaa ik pta nahIM ik
Aba Aagao @yaa haonao vaalaa hO. vah ]sako pOraoM pr pD, gayaa AaOr
]sasao ivanatI kI ik yaid vah ]sao jaIivat CaoD, dogaI tao vah ]sako
ilayao vahI krogaa jaao vah caahogaI.
saao ]sanao kuC Kanaa AaOr dUQa ilayaa jaao vahIM pasa maoM hI rKa
huAa qaa maaomaba<aI jalaayaI AaOr dUQa ihlaanao lagaI tao jaba ]saka pit
Aayaa tao vah cammaca sao dUQa ihlaa rhI qaI.
]sao doK kr vah baaolaI — “Apnao Aapkao [tnaa proSaana krnao
kI AavaSyakta nahIM hO. maoro Baa[- kao kBaI kBaI poT maoM bahut ja,aor
ka dd- ]zta hO saao ]sanao mauJasao jaba yah kha tao maOM [tnaa Dr gayaI
ik maoro mau^h sao caIK inakla gayaI. [sailayao maOM yaha^ yah dUQa banaanao
calaI AayaI taik ]sako poT kao qaaoD,a Aarama imala jaayao.”
]sako maUK- pit nao doKa ik vah @yaa kr rhI qaI AaOr ]sakI
khanaI pr ivaSvaasa kr ko vah ifr saaonao calaa gayaa. naaOjavaana
ba`a*maNa [sa baImaarI ka bahanaa banaa kr ]sako Gar maoM ek mahInao
rha. daonaaoM ]sako [sa trh sao rhnao sao bahut santuYT qao.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 64 ~

12 SaaoiBaka AaOr bakula ka poD,16

nalaUd naama ka ek gaa^va qaa ijasamaoM ek bahut hI AmaIr kumhar rhta
qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka naama SaaoiBaka qaa ijasakI saaK bahut hI
AjaIba saI qaI. vah dUsaro puruYaaoM kao lauBaanao maoM bahut haoiSayaar qaI.
ek baar jaba ]saka pit baahr gayaa huAa qaa AaOr vah Apnao
ek p`omaI ko saaqa qaI tao Gar ka maailak Ap`%yaaiSat $p sao Gar
vaapsa laaOT Aayaa. Aba tao vah bahut kiznaa[- maoM pD, gayaI pr
]sanao Apnao idmaaga sao kama ilayaa.
vah Apnao p`omaI kao ek bakula ko poD, ko naIcao lao gayaI jaao
]sako Gar ko baahr hI ]gaa huAa qaa AaOr ]sao vaha^ lao jaa kr ]sasao
kha — “jaaAao [sako }pr caZ, jaaAao AaOr iCp jaaAao.”
]sanao vaOsaa hI ikyaa. vah bakula ko }pr caZ, kr vaha^ iCp
gayaa pr ]saka kaoT naIcao poD, kI jaD, ko pasa jamaIna pr hI pD,a
rh gayaa. ]saI samaya ]saka pit Aa gayaa. ]sanao kaoT naIcao pD,a
doKa tao p%naI sao pUCa — “yah @yaa hO?”
]sakI p%naI nao javaaba idyaa — “kuC nahIM. yah kaoT tao ek
eosao AadmaI ka hO jaao Apnao ]Qaar donao vaalaaoM sao baca kr Baaga rha
qaa. vah [sa poD, pr [tnaI jaldI sao caZ, gayaa ik ]saka kaoT naIcao
hI rh gayaa.”
16
Shobhika and the Bakul Tree. (Tale No 12)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 65 ~

jaba kumhar kao [sa baat ka pta calaa tao ]sanao poD, pr caZ,o
hue AadmaI kao naIcao baulaayaa. saao vah AaQaa Baagaa huAa naaOjavaana
sandoh ko saaqa naIcao ]tra. pr ]sako saba sandoh jaato rho jaba s~I
ko pit nao ]sao Kanaa Kanao ko ilayao Andr baulaayaa AaOr ]saka
AcCI trh sao svaagat ikyaa.
SaaoiBaka ApnaI [sa caalaakI pr bahut p`sanna hu[-.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 66 ~

13 kpTI raijaka17
naagapur naama ko ek nagar maoM ek vyaaparI rhta qaa ijasakI p%naI ka
naama qaa raijaka. vah ek saundr pr iCCaoro iksma kI s~I qaI.
yaVip ]sako pit kao pta nahIM qaa ik vah iksa trh sao @yaa krtI
qaI.
ek idna ]sako pit kao Saama kao Kanaa Kanao khIM jaanaa qaa
ik tBaI raijaka nao doKa ik ]saka kao[- p`omaI Aa rha hO. ]sanao
]sao Apnao sao imalanao ko ilayao baulaayaa qaa. saao vah Apnao pit ko
pasa gayaI AaOr ]sasao kha — “Gar maoM ma@Kna nahIM hO. maOM ja,ra
baajaar jaa kr ma@Kna KrId laatI hU^.”
pit nao ]sao pOsao do idyao AaOr vah ma@Kna KrIdnao ka bahanaa
kr ko baahr calaI gayaI. vaha^ sao vah ifr Apnao p`omaI ko saaqa saOr
krnao calaI gayaI.
[sa baIca ]saka pit ]sako laaOT Aanao kI p`tIxaa krta rha.
hr pla ]sakI BaUK AaOr ]saka k`aoQa baZ,ta hI jaa rha qaa. Ant
maoM ]sao vaapsa tao laaOTnaa hI qaa. saao ]sanao Apnaa isar AaOr haqa
AaOr vah isa@ka ijasao ]sako pit nao ma@Kna KrIdnao ko ilayao idyaa
qaa saba kuC QaUla sao Bar ilayaa.

17
Wily Rajika. (Tale No 13)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 67 ~

jaba vah vaapsa laaOTI tao Gar maoM ]sao ]saka pit imalaa. [sa
samaya tk tao vah Apnao k`aoQa maoM ]balaa pD, rha qaa. vah icallaa
kr ]sasao baaolaa — “kha^ qaIM tuma Aba tk. [tnaI dor kha^ lagaI
Aba tk.”
raoto hue ]sanao QaUla kI Aaor [Saara kr idyaa AaOr baaolaI —
“maOM Aapsao ivanatI krtI hU^ ik Aap k`aoiQat na haoM. mauJasao yah
isa@ka QaUla maoM igar pD,a qaa. Aba tk maOM [sao hI Kaoja rhI qaI.
maohrbaanaI kr ko maorI QaUla JaaD, dIijayao.”
]sakI yah dSaa doK kr ]sako pit kao bahut duK huAa AaOr
pCtato hue ]sanao ]sakI QaUla JaaD, dI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 68 ~

14 catur QanaaEaI18
pd\maavatI naama ko ek nagar maoM ek vyaaparI rhta qaa ijasaka naama
qaa Qanapala. ]sakI ek p%naI qaI ijasaka naama qaa QanaaEaI. ek
idna yah vyaaparI Apnao kama ko isalaisalao maoM khIM baahr gayaa. saaqa
maoM kafI saara pOsaa BaI lao gayaa.
jaba vah Gar sao calaa gayaa tao ]sakI p%naI baD,o duK sao Apnao
idna gaujaarnao lagaI. vah na tao nahatI qaI na KatI qaI AaOr na hI
ApnaI sahoilayaaoM sao baat krtI qaI. [sa p`kar vah ApnaI Aaor
ibalkula BaI Qyaana nahIM do rhI qaI.
malaya pva-t sao bahtI hu[- saugainQat hvaa kaoyala ka maIza sandoSa
laayaI. maQaumai@KyaaoM ka gaunagaunaanaa saunaayaI pD,nao lagaa. camaolaI kI
sauganQa caaraoM Aaor fOla gayaI. [nhaoMnao hmaarI [ind`yaaoM pr BaI Asar
ikyaa.
yaid vasant maoM yah saba hmaarI [ind`yaaoM pr Asar na kro tao
samaJaao ik ifr tao basa maaOt ka rajaa hI Aayaa hO. eosao samaya maoM
AadmaI ka idmaaga BaI badlanao lagata hO.
ek idna QanaaEaI kI sahoilayaaoM nao ]sasao kha — “tuma samaya
@yaaoM babaa-d kr rhI hao. maorI baat saunaao. kaoyala jaao p`oma kI dovaI hO
tumasao Pyaar kI BaaYaa maoM baaola rhI hO. vasant saarI QartI pr fOlaa
18
Ingehious Dhnashri. Tale No 14,
 Sauk saPtit ~ 69 ~

huAa hO. tuma Apnaa GamaMD ]za kr rK dao. is~yaaoM kao Apnao
]icat sammaana ka Aadr krnaa caaihyao. yaaOvana tao bahut jaldI
inakla jaata hO AaOr jaIvana AinaiScat hO. jaba tk tuma Aanand
]za saktI hao tba tk tumhoM Aanand ]zanaa hI caaihyao.”
yah sauna kr ]sako mau^h sao inaklaa — “tuma laaoga zIk khtI
hao. Aba maOM AaOr dor nahIM lagaa}^gaI. mauJao bataAao ik maOM @yaa
k$^.”
ek naaOjavaana vaha^ Aayaa AaOr ]sakao Apnao saaqa lao gayaa.
jaba vah ]sa naaOjavaana ko saaqa qaI tao ]sanao Apnao baalaaoM kI ek
laT kaT laI. ]saI samaya ]saka pit Gar Aa gayaa.
ek pla saaoca kr ]sanao ]sasao kha — “ja,ra dao imanaT zhrao
maOM ja,ra Gar zIk kr laU^.” kh kr vah Apnao kula dovaI ko maindr
maoM BaagaI gayaI.
]sanao ApnaI kTI laT ]sanao dovaI ko carNaaoM maoM rK dI ]sako
baad vah Apnao pit kao Apnao Gar maoM lao kr AayaI AaOr ]sakao QaIro
QaIro vah kula dovata ko maindr lao gayaI AaOr kha — “ip`ya. yaha^
ApnaI kula dovaI kao Qanyavaad dao.”
]sanao eosaa hI ikyaa tao ]sanao dovaI ko saamanao baalaaoM kI ek laT
rKI doKI tao ]sanao p%naI sao pUCa — “yah @yaa hO.”
QanaaEaI nao ]<ar idyaa — “yah maorI p`it&a ko pUro haonao kI
inaSaanaI hO. maOMnao dovaI sao p`it&a kI qaI ik yaid vah tumhoM saurixat
 Sauk saPtit ~ 70 ~

Gar lao AayaogaI tao maOM ]nhoM Apnao baalaaoM kI ek laT caZ,a}^gaI. tuma
saurixat laaOT Aayao hao saao maOMnao ApnaI p`it&a rKI.”
yah sauna kr ]sako maUK- pit nao ek baar AaOr kula dovaI kao
Qanyavaad idyaa AaOr ApnaI p%naI kao AaOr BaI AiQak p`oma krnao
lagaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 71 ~

15 EaIidvyaa nao ApnaI payala Kaonao pr @yaa ikyaa19

ek nagar hO SaalaIpur jaha^ ek vyaaparI rhta qaa ijasako ek baoTa
qaa gauNaakr. gauNaakr ka ivavaah hao cauka qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka
naama qaa EaIidvyaa. EaIidvyaa ka mana ek yauvak kI Aaor lagaa huAa
qaa ijasaka naama qaa saubauiw.
]sao basa saMsaar Bar kI baatoM krnao maoM Aanand Aata qaa pr
]saka pit ]saka [tnaa Pyaar krta qaa ik vah ]sako ivaruw kuC
saunanao kao tOyaar nahIM qaI @yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO ik —
“daostaoM kao daost ko gauNa hI gauNa idKayaI doto hOM jabaik
Sa~uAaoM kao ]saI AadmaI maoM baura[- hI baura[- idKayaI dotI hO.”
ek idna ]sako sasaur nao ]sao ]sako p`omaI saaqa saaoto hue doK
ilayaa tao ibanaa ]sao jagaayao hue ]sakI ek payala inakala laI. kuC
dor baad jaba vah jaagaI tao ]sanao doKa ik ]sakI ek payala tao
]sako ek pOr maoM hO hI nahIM. pr ]sanao ]sako ivaYaya maoM kuC kha
nahIM AaOr saIQaI Apnao pit ko pasa jaa kr laoT gayaI.
baIca rat maoM ]sanao ]sao jagaayaa AaOr kha — “yah saaocato hue
ik maOM saao rhI hU^ tumharo ipta nao maorI ek payala inakala laI hO. yah
tao maora bahut baD,a Apmaana hO. @yaa kBaI iksaI nao sasaur kao ApnaI
saaotI hu[- pu~vaQaU ko pOraoM sao payala inakalato saunaa hO.”
19
What Sridevya Did When She Lost Her Anklet. (Tale No 15)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 72 ~

yah sauna kr gauNaakr tao kaoQa maoM Bar ]za. vah turnt ]za
AaOr Apnao ipta pr ApnaI p%naI kI payala cauranao pr bahut
icallaayaa.
tao ipta baaolaa — “baoTa baat yah qaI ik maOMnao doKa ik bahU
iksaI dUsaro ko saaqa saao rhI qaI [sailayao maOMnao ]sako ek pOr sao
]sakI ek payala inakala laI.”
EaIidvyaa baaolaI — “yah ibalkula JaUz hO @yaaoMik ]sa samaya tao
maOM Apnao pit ko saaqa qaI AaOr yah baat maOM prIxaa do kr p`maaiNat
kr saktI hU^.”
AaOr ]sakI prIxaa yah qaI ik ]nako gaa^va sao kuC dUrI pr hI
ek gaa^va qaa ijasamaoM ek yaxa rhta qaa. ijana laaogaaoM pr ApraQa
ka sandoh haota qaa ]nhoM yaxa ko pasa lao jaayaa jaata qaa. vah ]nhoM
pkD, laota qaa AaOr yaid vao inarpraQa haoto qao tao vao ]sakI pkD, sao
AasaanaI sao mau> hao jaato qao.
saao vah baokar kI s~I Apnao p`omaI ko pasa gayaI AaOr ]sasao
baaolaI — “kla saubah mauJao ApnaI prIxaa ko ilayao yaxa ko pasa jaanaa
hO tao ja,ra #yaala rKnaa ik tuma BaI vahIM rhnaa AaOr jaOsao hI yaxa
mauJao pkD,o ]sasao phlao hI tuma maorI gad-na pkD, laonaa.”
]sakI samaJa maoM kuC nahIM Aayaa ik vah eosaa @yaaoM kh rhI hO
pr ifr BaI vah vaOsaa krnao pr tOyaar hao gayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 73 ~

Agalao idna EaIidvyaa nahayaI QaaoyaI kuC fUla saaqa maoM ilayao AaOr
ek baD,I BaID, ko saaqa yaxa ko Gar kI trf calaI. jaOsao hI vah
yaxa ko saamanao phu^canao vaalaI qaI tao jaOsaa ik tya huAa qaa ]saka
p`omaI pasa maoM sao inakla Aayaa AaOr ApnaI daonaaoM baa^haoM sao ]sakI gad-na
pkD, laI.
tBaI vah bahut ja,aor sao icallaayaI AaOr Apnao Aapkao piva~
krnao ko ilayao BaagaI jabaik pasa maoM KD,o laaogaaoM nao ]sako p`omaI kao
pkD, kr vaha^ sao Bagaa idyaa. jaba ]sakI piva~ haonao kI rsmaoM
samaaPt hao gayaIM tba vah vaapsa AayaI AaOr yaxa kao fUla Ap-Na
ikyao.
“sar Aapko ilayao. maoro pit kao AaOr ]sa AadmaI kao CaoD, kr
ijasanao ABaI maorI gad-na pkD,I qaI iksaI dUsaro AadmaI nao mauJao CuAa
BaI nahIM hO. yaid maOM JaUz baaolaU^ tao mauJao ]icat sajaa imalao.” kh kr
]sanao Apnao Aapkao prIxaa ko ilayao saaOMp idyaa AaOr saaf baca kr
inakla AayaI.
yaxa ijasanao yah saba doKa tao kha tao kuC nahIM pr mana hI mana
]sakI bauiwmaanaI kI bahut p`SaMsaa kI. [sa trh sao vah Apnaa maana
sammaana banaayao rK kr Gar vaapsa Aa gayaI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 74 ~

16 mauigQaka ijasanao Apnao pit ka Pyaar payaa20

ek baar kI baat hO ik ek nagar maoM ek vyaaparI rhta qaa ijasakI
p%naI ka naama mauigQaka qaa. vah bahut caMcala AaOr Apnao mana kI
krnao vaalaI qaI. ]saka pit ]sako vyavahar sao bahut AsantuYT
rhta qaa.
ek idna ]sanao Apnao pirvaar vaalaaoM kao baulaa kr ek maIiTMga
kI AaOr ]nhoM batayaa ik ]sakI p%naI raoja rat kao khIM baahr
jaatI hO. tao ]nhaoMnao ]sako ilayao ]sao bahut Da^Ta pr ]sanao kha ik
]na laaogaaoM kao khIM galatI laga gayaI hO. vah rat kao baahr nahIM
jaatI bailk ]saka pit rat kao baahr jaata hO.
bahut dor kI baatcaIt ko baad vao [sa fOsalao pr phu^cao. ]nhaoMnao
kha — “tumamaoM sao kao[- BaI hao Aaja ko baad jaao kao[- BaI phlao rat
kao baahr jaayaogaa vahI ApraQaI haogaa.”
mauigQaka nao [sa fOsalao ko baad BaI phla kI AaOr vah phlao rat
kao baahr inaklaI. jaba ]sako pit kao pta calaa ik vah Gar maoM
nahIM hO tao ]sanao Gar ko drvaajaa kao Andr sao talaa lagaa idyaa AaOr
Aa kr saao gayaa.
tBaI vah baahr sao AayaI AaOr drvaajaa KTKTayaa pr ]sako
pit nao ]sao Andr nahIM Aanao idyaa tao ]sanao ek baD,a saa p%qar
20
Mugdika Who Got the Best out of Her Husband. (Tale No 16)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 75 ~

]zayaa AaOr ]sao TOMk maoM foMk idyaa AaOr ifr iCp kr p`tIxaa krnao
lagaI.
]sako pit nao p%qar ko panaI maoM pD,nao kI Aavaaja saunaI tao ]sanao
saaocaa ik Sayad ]sakI p%naI TOMk maoM igar pD,I haogaI vah ]sao doKnao
ko ilayao baahr Aayaa. jaOsao hI vah drvaajao ko baahr Aayaa mauigQaka
caupko sao Gar ko Andr calaI gayaI AaOr drvaajao kI saa^kla lagaa
laI.
]sako pit nao doKa ik vah tao Gar ko baahr hO AaOr drvaajaa
band hO tao vah baocaara ja,aor ja,aor sao icallaanao lagaa — “ip`yao mauJao
Andr Aanao dao.”
]sanao [tnaa AiQak Saaor macaayaa ik p%naI kao lagaa ik ]tnao
Saaor sao tao puilasa hI Aa jaayaogaI saao ]sanao drvaajaa Kaola idyaa AaOr
yah khto hue ]sao Gar ko Andr lao ilayaa — “Aagao sao ek dUsaro maoM
daoYa ZU^Znaa band krao.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 76 ~

17 haijarjavaaba ba`a*maNa gauNaaQya

ivaSaalaa nagarI maoM ek bahut hI p@ka ba`a*maNa rhta qaa. ]sako
ek baoTa qaa ]sanao ]sao Apnao Qama- ga`nqaaoM sao bauiwmaanaI kI bahut saarI
baatoM isaKayaI qaIM.
ek idna ]sako baoTo nao ijasaka naama gauNaaQya qaa Apnao ipta sao
iksaI dUr doSa jaanao kI Aa&a maa^gaI. vaha^ phu^ca kr ]sanao ApnaI
bauiwma<aa sao bahut sammaana p`aPt ikyaa. vaha^ ]sanao bahut mana lagaa
kr Qyaana ikyaa ik Aba vah ApnaI bauiwmaanaI sao iksa p`kar laaBa
]zayao.
Ant maoM ]sanao ek baOla KrIda AaOr ]sako saaqa ApnaI yaa~a
p`armBa kI. jaba vah ]sao lao kr saD,k pr jaa rha qaa tao ]sao ek
bahut saundr laD,kI idKayaI dI.
saao ek eosaa AadmaI ZU^Znao ko [rado sao jaao ]saka baOla ApnaI
GauD,saala maoM baa^Qanao kao tOyaar hao ]sanao ]sa laD,kI sao pUCa ik vah
kao[- eosaI jagah batayao jaha^ vah rat kao ruk sako.
laD,kI nao bata idyaa tao gauNaaQya jaa kr vaha^ ruk gayaa. baOla
nao BaI Apnao GaUmanao ko ilayao jagah doKnaa p`armBa ikyaa tao vah ]sakao
]sako Gar maoM hI imala gayaI. vaha^ ]sanao rat gaujaarI. Agalao idna
saubah vah ]z kr vaha^ sao calaa Aayaa saaqa maoM vah ]sakI ek
payala lao gayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 77 ~

[sa baIca ek naaOkr Aayaa tao ]sanao ek baOla ba^Qaa doKa tao
pUCa ik vah baOla iksaka qaa. s~I ijasanao gauNaaQya kao GauD,saala maoM
baOla rKnao kI Anaumait dI qaI jaanatI qaI ik ]saka maailak kha^
gayaa hO saao vah caup rhI @yaaoMik eosaa kuC kha gayaa hO —
bauiwmaana laaoga Qana kI haina, mana ka duK, Gar kI badnaaimayaa^,
QaaoKaQaD,I, AaOr Apmaana ko ivaYaya maoM baat nahIM krto.
idna maoM gauNaaQya jauAa Kolata rha pr ]samaoM ]saka Baagya bahut
Kraba rha. jaba vah jauAaGar sao baahr Aa rha qaa ik ]sao vah
laD,kI idKayaI do gayaI ijasakI ]sanao payala caurayaI qaI.
]sa laD,kI nao turnt hI ]sao pkD, ilayaa. ]sakI pkD, maoM haonao
ko karNa vah ja,aor sao icallaayaa “bacaaAao bacaaAao. maOM ek badnaama
s~I ko fndo f^sa gayaa hU^.” ]sanao [tnaI ja,aor ka Saaor macaayaa ik
]sa laD,kI kao ]sao CaoD, donaa pD,a.
]sako baad vah ]sa laD,kI kao Balaa baura khta huAa ]sako
pICo pICo calanao lagaa. yaha^ tk ik ]sao ]sao pICo vaalaI saD,k pr
lao jaanaa pD,a AaOr ]saka mau^h band krnao ko ilayao ]sao Apnaa ek
kMgana donaa pD,a.
saao jaao kiznaa[yaaoM ko saaqa rh sakta hO yaa ]nhoM
najarAndaja kr sakta hO yaa jaao ]namaoM Apnao idmaaga
ka santulana nahIM Kaota eosaa AadmaI p`SaMsaa ko yaaogya
haota hO.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 78 ~

19 catur saintka ijasanao Apnao pit kI saaK

bacaayaI21
krla naama ko ek nagar maoM saaoZ,k naama ka ek AadmaI rhta qaa.
vah nagar ka ek bahut baD,a AadmaI qaa. ]sakI p%naI saintka
]sako p`it bahut vafadar qaI.
]saI nagar maoM ek vyaaparI BaI rhta qaa ijasakI p%naI svacCnda
bahut hI caMcala svaBaava kI AaOr baura vyavahar krnao vaalaI qaI. vah
sada hI saaoZ,k kao ApnaI Aaor lauBaanao maoM lagaI rhtI qaI pr vah
]sakI Aaor doKta BaI nahIM qaa.
ek idna saaoZ,k manaaorqa naama ko ek saaQau sao imalanao gayaa tao
svacCnda ]sako pICo pICo cala kr ]sako Gar maoM calaI gayaI. iksaI
nao zIk kha hO —
kao[- BaI AadmaI Apnao }pr inayan~Na tBaI tk rK sakta hO
jaba tk vah gauNaaoM ko rasto pr calata hO. jaba tk vah ApnaI
[ind`yaaoM kao Apnao vaSa maoM rKta hO. jaba tk vah catura[- sao
vyavahar krta hO. jaba tk iksaI saundr laD,kI Aa^KaoM ko tIr
]sakao lagato tao hOM pr vao ]sako idmaaga maoM ]qala puqala nahIM macaato.

21
The Prudent Santika Who Saved Her Husband’s Credit. (Tale No 19)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 79 ~

puilasa nao svacCnda ko karnaamao doKo tao ]nhaoMnao manaaorqa ko Gar

kao Gaor ilayaa. tao saintka ]sa Gar maoM Saaor macaatI phu^ca gayaI AaOr
phrodaraoM sao baaolaI — “maOMnao yah p`it&a kI hO ik [sa piva~ saaQau ko
dSa-na krnao ko baad iksaI saunasaana jagah calaI jaa}^gaI. tao @yaa
tuma laaoga yah qaaoD,a saa pOsaa lao kr mauJao [sa Gar ko Andr jaanao
daogao.”
]nhaoMnao ]sao p`sannatapUva-k jaanao kI Aa&a do dI. vah Andr
gayaI ]sanao }pr sao svacCnda ko kpD,o phnao AaOr svacCnda nao ]sako
kpD,o phna ilayao. AgalaI saubah puilasa nao doKa ik saaoZ,k tao
ApnaI p%naI ko saaqa hI Gar CaoD, kr jaa rha qaa.
tao ]nakI tao samaJa maoM hI nahIM Aayaa ik yah @yaa hao rha hO
pr ]nhaoMnao tao basa yah doKa ik basa iksaI trh sao yah hao gayaa hO.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 80 ~

20 koilaka ijasanao Apnao pit kao JaUza p`oma idKa

kr QaaoKa idyaa22
saabarmatI nadI ko tIr pr ek nagar hO ijasaka naama hO SaMKpur.
vaha^ saUr naama ka ek QanaI iksaana rhta qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka naama
qaa koilaka. vah bahut hI JagaD,alaU AaOr bauro vyavahar vaalaI s~I
qaI.
pr vah nadI ko ]sa par rhnao vaalao ek ba`a*maNa sao bahut Pyaar
krtI qaI. @yaaoMik vah isar tk ]sa ba`a*maNa ko Pyaar maoM DUbaI hu[-
qaI tao vah ]sasao imalanao ko ilayao ApnaI ek saholaI ko saaqa nadI par
kr ko jaayaa krtI qaI.
iksaI trh ]sako pit kao [sa baat ka pta cala gayaa ik
]sakI p%naI A@sar nadI par krko khIM jaatI qaI. saao ek idna
]sanao yah pta lagaanao ko ilayao ik vah vaha^ @yaa krnao jaatI hO
]saka pICa krnao ka saaocaa.
ek baar vah nadI par sao laaOT kr Aa rhI qaI ik ]sanao Apnao
pit kao doK ilayaa. saao ]sanao ek bat-na maoM panaI maoM Bara AaOr
ApnaI saholaI ko saaqa pasa ko maindr maoM calaI gayaI jaao vahIM nadI ko
iknaaro pr hI qaa. ]sa maindr maoM ek dovata kI maUit- BaI qaI.
22
Kelika Who Deceived Her Husband by Pretented Affection. (Tale No 20)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 81 ~

]sanao maUit- pr fUla caZ,ayao jala sao ]sao nahlaayaa ifr ApnaI
saholaI kI Aaor doK kr Aa^K maarI AaOr ]sasao kha — “Aao
dovaI. kuC samaya phlao Aapnao mauJasao kha qaa ik yaid maOMnao Aapkao
jala AaOr fUla na caZ,ayao tao maora pit kuC hI idnaaoM maoM mar jaayaogaa.
saao Aapko kho Anausaar Aaja maOM Aapkao yah jala AaOr fUla caZ,a
rhI hU^. maOM Aapsao p`aqa-naa krtI hU^ ik maoro pit kI Aayau baZ,a dI
jaayao.”
]sakI saholaI nao turnt hI ]saka ]<ar idyaa “eosaa hI haogaa.”
yah doK kr ]sa s~I ka pit ibanaa ApnaI p%naI kI dRiYT pD,o
vaha^ sao Gar calaa Aayaa. vah ApnaI p%naI ko Pyaar AaOr vafadarI sao
bahut p`sanna qaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 82 ~

22 maaZ,k AaOr }^T23

iksaI gaa^va maoM ek iksaana rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa saaoZ,k.
]sakI p%naI ka naama qaa maaZ,ka. ek idna vah saD,k ko iknaaro
iknaaro kuC Kanaa ilayao jaa rhI qaI ik ]sao rasto maoM SaUrpala naama
ka ek AadmaI imalaa. ]sanao Apnaa Kanaa tao naIcao rK idyaa AaOr
]sako pasa jaa kr ]sasao baat krnao lagaI.
[sa baIca maaladova naama ka ek maUK- vaha^ Aayaa AaOr ]sanao ]sa
Kanao kao ek }^T kI Sa@la maoM banaa idyaa. jaba maaZ,ka vaha^ laaOT
kr AayaI tao ]sanao doKa ik ]saka Kanaa tao ek }^T kI Sa@la
lao cauka hO. tao ]sanao ]sa }^T kao baD,I saavaQaanaI sao ]zayaa taik
vah TUTo nahIM AaOr ]sao Gar lao gayaI.
Gar phu^canao pr vah Apnao pit sao imalaI tao Kanao sao banaa }^T
doK kr ]sao baD,a AaScaya- huAa. ]sako mau^h sao inaklaa — “Aro
yah @yaa hO.”
]sakI p%naI nao kha — “ABaI kuC rat phlao mauJao ek svaPna
Aayaa ik tumhoM iksaI }^T nao Ka ilayaa hO. saao Aba tuma
yah }^T Ka laao taik }^T tumhoM na Ka sako.”
pit ApnaI p%naI yah bauiwmaanaI kI baatoM sauna kr
bahut KuSa huAa. ]sanao turnt hI vah }^T Ka ilayaa.
23
Madhak and the Camel. (Tale No 22)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 83 ~

23 saaOdo ka baoTa ijasanao Apnaa saara pOsaa Kao

idyaa24
Agalao idna p`BaavatI kI sahoilayaaoM nao ]sasao kha — “jaaAao jaha^
candna kI sauganQa vaalaa psaInaa igarta hO. jaaAao jaha^ caaraoM Aaor
Pyaar kI AavaajaoM saunaayaI dotI hOM. jaha^ payalaaoM kI Janakar BaI
Saant rhtI hO. jaha^ kI hr vastu p`oma kI Aaor lao jaatI hO. jaaAao
jaha^ kovala p`oma ko inayama hI calato hOM.
@yaaoMik svaasqya Aanand Saaint Sai> iksaI ka maailak haonaa
ibanaa p`oma ko saba vyaqa- hO. kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO ik —
is~yaa^ ijanakI lambaI AQaKulaI Aa^KoM haotI hOM AaOr jaba vao
Apnao hI $p kao SaISao maoM doKtI hOM tao ]nhoM p`omaI ko Aanao ka baD,I
AQaIrta sao p`tIxaa rhtI hO. kovala ]nako AakYa-Na ko karNa hI
]nhoM p`oma ka fla imalata hO.”
yah sauna kr taota baaolaa — “AadimayaaoM kao bahut jaldI jaIta
jaa sakta hO. vao sada nyaayapUNa- baat krto hOM. vah baaolanao vaalaa
jaao Aip`ya baaolata hO kovala ]sao hI saunanao vaalaa kao[- nahIM imalata.
pr AiQak @yaa khoM. tuma AaOr tumharI sahoilayaa^ tao saba bauro kama
krnao pr hI lagaI hu[- hao.
24
The Son of the Promise Who Lost All His Money. (Tale No 23)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 84 ~

pd\maavatI naamaka ek nagar qaa jaha^ kI saD,kaoM pr QaUp kI

ikrnaoM pD,tI hOM tao saD,kaoM pr pD,o hue p%qar sap- ko fna pr lagao
r%na kIo trh camak jaato hO maanaao sapaoM- ko rajaa QartI pr Aa gayao
haoM. vaha^ ko rajaa ka naama qaa saudSa-na.
eosao rajaa kI ijatnaI BaI p`SaMsaa kI jaayao kma hO jaao ApnaI
p`jaa kI zIk sao doKBaala krta hao ijasako nagar maoM saUrja kao kao[-
baura[- na imalatI hao. ]sakI p%naI ka naama qaa EaMgaarsaundrI. ]sako
saaqa vah gamaI- ka maaOsama ibatayaa krta qaa.
jaba QaUp kI toja,I Asa*yanaIya hao jaatI hO. jaba lambao lambao
idna kaTo nahIM kTto. jaba hvaa jaOsao iksaI Ba+I kI saa^sa jaOsaI hao
jaatI hO. jaba gamaI- sao hr caIja, yaa tao saUK jaatI hO yaa naYT hao
jaatI hO. candna ko laop hlko ptlao kpD,o zMDo poya pdaqa- jaao zMDk
p`dana krto hOM [sa maaOsama maoM kovala vahI gamaI- kao jaIt pato hOM.
gamaI- tao basa kovala ]nhIM kI gaulaama haotI hO jaao daophr kao
candna ka laop lagaato hOM jaao Saama kao nahato hOM AaOr jaao rataoM kao
Apnao Aapkao pMKo kI hvaa sao bahlaato rhto hOM.
[saI nagar maoM ek vyaaparI rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa candna.
vah AaOr ]sakI p%naI p`BaavatI gamaI- ka maaOsama Apnao Gar kI Ct pr
ibatato qao. yaha^ tk ik saUrja ijasao AakaSa maoM ApnaI ikrnaaoM ka
sahara rhta hO jaba idna samaaPt hao jaata hO tao vah BaI samaud` maoM DUba
jaata hO @yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO ik —
 Sauk saPtit ~ 85 ~

jaba Baagya ]laTa haota hO tba }^caa ]znao ko ilayao p`ya%na krnaa
vyaqa- hO.
jaba saUrja ko Ast haonao ka samaya Aata hO tao
]sakI laaKaoM ikrnaoM BaI ]sao sahara nahIM do saktIM.
tba saUrja AakaSa maoM naIcao DUba jaata hO ]sakI saarI
camak calaI jaatI hO vah ek maU^gao ko TukD,o kI Baa^it camakta hO.
]sako baad ApnaI baD,I baD,I Aa^KoM lao kr caa^d Aata hO AaOr
]saka sqaana lao laota hO. vah A^Qaora dUr krnao ko ilayao pUvaI-ya
phaD,aoM kI Aaor sao bahut saaro taraoM ko saaqa inaklata hO AaOr ek
dIpk kI Baa^it A^Qaoro saMsaar kao p`kaSa dota hO. vah rat ko
p`armBa maoM hI pUvaI-ya phaD,aoM ko pICo sao inakla kr rat kI gaaod maoM
pD,a yaa ifr vah kRYNa ko isar pr isqat camakta rhta hO.
eosao eosao idna AaOr rat qao jaba candna AaOr ]sakI p%naI Apnaa
samaya saaqa saaqa gaujaara krto qao. ]nako ek baoTa qaa ijasaka naama
rama qaa. ]sako ipta nao ]sao dOvaIya &ana kI bahut saarI baatoM
isaKayaI qaIM.
]sakI maa^ nao caa^d sao p`aqa-naa kI qaI — “maoro kovala ek hI
baoTa hO [sailayao maOM bahut duK AaOr icanta maoM rhtI hU^.”
caa^d baaolao — “yah tao tumharo ilayao bahut AcCI baat hO ik
tumhoM kovala ek hI baoTa hO @yaaoMik jaao haoiSayaar hao ivanama` hao bahut
[cCa na rKnao vaalaa hao nyaayaSaIla hao ijasao bahut klaaeoM AatI haoM
 Sauk saPtit ~ 86 ~

AaOr ijasamaoM gauNa hI gauNa Baro hao vaOsaa tao ek hI baoTa bahut AcCa
haota hO.
[sako Alaavaa bahut saaro baoTaoM ka tuma @yaa kraogaI. tumhoM
]nakI doKBaala BaI krnaI pD,ogaI AaOr vao tumhoM duK BaI do sakto hOM.
[sailayao eosao ek hI baoTo sao santuYT rhnaa zIk hO jaao svayaM Balaa hao
AaOr ijakao Apnao saaqa imalaayaasaka svaBaava Balaa hao.”
pr p`BaavatI [sasao santuYT nahIM qaI saao ]sanao QaUt-maayaa naama kI
ek s~I kao Apnao ivaSvaasa maoM ilayaa AaOr ]sasao kha — “Agar tuma
maoro ilayao ek eosao baoTo ka p`banQa kr daogaI jaao is~yaaoM kI QaaoKa donao
vaalaI saba klaaAaoM kao maat do do tao maOM tumhoM saaO saaonao kI mauhroM
dU^gaI.”
QaUt-maayaa baaolaI — “ha^ maOM eosao baoTo ka p`banQa ja$r kr dU^gaI.
yaid vah iksaI s~I ko jaala maoM f^sa jaayao tao maOM tumhoM tuma jaao mauJao
daogaI ]saka daogaunaa vaapsa kr dU^gaI.”
[sa p`kar yah saaOda hao gayaa AaOr ek baoTa vyaaparI ko Gar maoM
rK idyaa gayaa jaha^ ]sako }pr saarI is~yaa^ ijatnao BaI trIko saaoca
saktI qaIM Aajamaayao gayao.
is~yaaoM ko trIko qao – JaUz baaolanaa, caala Kolanaa, ksamaoM Kanaa,
JaUzmaUz kao raonaa gaanaa h^sanaa Pyaar jatanaa, baokar ko p`Sna pUCnaa,
jalana, WoYa, AcCo bauro maoM Baod na krnaa, Apnao p`oimayaaoM kI Aaor
itrCI dRiYT sao doKnaa Aaid Aaid.
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saao QaUt-maayaa Wara Baojaa huAa yah laD,ka jaOsaa ik QaUt-maayaa sao
saaOda huAa qaa ]sako ipta Wara sampi<a kao baZ,anao ko ilayao sauvaNaa-
WIp Baojaa gayaa. vaastva maoM sauvaNaa- WIp maoM klaavatI naama kI ek
s~I rhtI qaI. vaha^ ]sa laD,ko nao ]sako saaqa ek saala ibatayaa.
ek idna ]sanao klaavatI sao kha — “maorI CaoTI baihna A@sar
khtI hO ik vah saaro AadimayaaoM kao AakiYa-t krnao maoM safla rhI hO
pr vah Apnao iksaI p`SaMsak maoM sao kuC BaI nahIM inaklavaa sakI. [sao
kOsao pUra ikyaa jaa sakta hO.”
klaavatI nao yah baat ApnaI maa^ sao jaa kr khI tao ]sakI maa^
baaolaI — “tumharI [sa baat sao eosaa lagata hO ik tumhara yah p`omaI
is~yaaoM ko saaro trIko jaanata hO. tuma [sa trh sao ]sao nahIM pkD,
saktIM. samBava hO ik JaUzI p`SaMsaa kama kr jaayao.
jaba vah Gar jaanao kI baat kro tao tuma ]sasao khnaa ik tuma BaI
]sako saaqa jaanaa caahtI hao AaOr yaid vah tumhoM Apnao saaqa nahIM lao
gayaa tao tuma ]sako pICo DUba kr mar jaaAaogaI. mauJao pUra ivaSvaasa hO
ik ifr vah tumasao kuC BaI maa^ganao ko ilayao AvaSya khogaa.”
klaavatI baaolaI — “maa^ tuma [sakao eosao mat rKao. mauJao ]sasao
kao[- pOsaa vaOsaa nahIM caaihyao. mauJao ]sako ibanaa ]sako pOsao kI kao[-
prvaah nahIM hO. jaOsaa ik kha gayaa hO ik — “Apnaa idla eosao
Qana pr mat lagaaAao ijasao naIcata sao p`aPt ikyaa gayaa hao yaa ifr
iksaI eosao Sa~u sao ilayaa gayaa hao ijasao tumanao naIcaa idKayaa hao.”
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]sakI maa^ baaolaI — “eosaa nahIM hO maorI baccaI. Qana tao jaIvana
yaa ma`R%yau ka karNa haotI hO. eosaa kha gayaa hO —
ek AadmaI jaao ]%saah ko saaqa kama krta hO AvaSya hI
flata fUlata hO @yaaoMik hr pdaqa- maoM Sai> hI AcCo Baagya kI Aaor
lao jaatI hO. ijanhaoMnao Apnao Baod nahIM Kaolao hOM ijanhaoMnao kao[- baura
nahIM ikyaa hO ijnhaoMnao ibanaa iksaI karNa ko iksaI kao nahIM maara hO vao
hI p`SaMsaa AaOr p`isaiw ko AiQakarI haoto hOM.
nyaaya yaa Anyaaya Baagya sao hI imalata hO maana yaa Apmaana BaI
Baagya sao hI imalata hO. vah Baagya hI hO ijasako karNa manauYya
maa^gata hO yaa dota hO.”
]sakI maa^ Aagao baaolaI — “tumasao jaOsaa maOMnao kha hO vaOsaa hI
krao. SaoYa maOM sa^Baala laU^gaI.”
saao klaavatI nao ApnaI maa^ kI baat maanaI AaOr ]saka @yaa
pirNaama huAa? vyaaparI ko baoTo nao Apnaa saara Qana sampi<a ]sao do
dI. kraoD,aoM kI sampi<a jaao ]sa vyaaparI ko baoTo kI qaI ]sao panao ko
baad ]sao Gar sao inakala idyaa gayaa AaOr vah dr dr maara ifrta
rha.
[sa p`kar klaavatI ka p`omaI ApnaI saarI sampi<a AaOr sammaana
har kr Gar laaOTa. ]sako ipta nao jaba ]sao [sa dSaa maoM doKa tao
vah bahut duKI huAa. ]sanao ]sasao pUCa ik @yaa huAa. laD,ko nao
]nhoM tao batanaa nahIM caaha pr ]sanao Apnao gau$ kao saba batayaa.
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gau$ baaolaa — “maoro baccao inaraSa mat hao. AadmaI ko Baagya maoM
saaOBaagya AaOr duBaa-gya daonaaoM hI haoto hOM. bauiwmaana AadmaI kao pOsao ko
baaro maoM [tnaa @yaaoM saaocanaa caaihyao. yaid vah jaata hO tao jaanao dao
duKI mat hao. AaOr yaid vah Aata hO tao Aanao dao ]sakI prvaah
mat krao.”
jaba ]sako ipta kao yah saba pta calaa tao vah QaUt-maayaa ko
pasa gayaa. maOM Aapsao yah khnao Aayaa hU^ ik hmaaro }pr ek bahut
BaarI mausaIbat TUT pD,I hO. maora baoTa ek s~I ko jaala maoM f^sa gayaa
hO.”
QaUt-maayaa baaolaI — “eosaa kaOna hO jaao is~yaaoM ko jaala maoM nahIM
f^saa @yaaoMik yah kha gayaa hO —
ek AadmaI ijasao pOsaa imala jaata hO vah bahut GamaMDI hao jaata
hO. jaao proSaainayaaoM maoM iGarta hO ]sakI [ind`yaa^ kama krnaa band kr
dotI hOM. iksaka idla hO jaao is~yaaoM sao p`Baaivat nahIM huAa. rajaa sao
daostI kaOna kr sakta hO.
kaOna maR%yau ko for maoM nahIM pD,ta. QanaI AadmaI kI kaOna [j,ja,t
nahIM krta. jaao baura[yaaoM ko jaala maoM f^sa jaata hO vah ibanaa haina
ko baca kr nahIM Aata. [sailayao yaid Aap mauJao Apnao baoTo ko saaqa
jaanao doM tao maOM Aapkoo baoTo ko saaqa hI vaapsa jaa}^gaI. eosaa kha
gayaa hO —
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nauksaana ka badlaa nauksaana sao hI caukayaa jaa sakta hO.

Gaayala krnao vaalao kao Gaayala hI krnaa caaihyao. Agar Aap maoro pMK
naaocaoMgao tao maOM Aapko baala naaocaU^gaI.
yaid Aapko baoTo kao iksaI s~I nao QaaoKa idyaa hO tao maOM ]sakI
ijammaodar hU^ @yaaoMik yaVip pRqvaI ijasao sapaoM- ko rajaa nao sa^Baala rKa
hO, ijasao Sai>SaalaI phaD, ka kCue ka AaOr haqaI ka sahara p`aPt
hO vah ihla saktI hO pr jaao kuC ivaWana AaOr ivacaark Wara ikyaa
jaata hO vah kBaI nahIM ihla sakta – yauga baIt jaanao pr BaI nahIM.”
saao QaUt-maayaa AaOr candna ka baoTa daonaao sauvaNaa- WIp kI Aaor
cala idyao. vaha^ klaavatI AaOr saba laaogaaoM nao ]saka baD,o ]%saah sao
svaagat ikyaa pr ]sao vaha^ pOsaa nahIM imala payaa.
pr Aba p`Sna yah qaa ik Aba QaUt-maayaa @yaa kro.
KOr Aba jaba pOsaa tao Aa nahIM rha qaa tao ]sanao ek caaMDala
ka $p rKa AaOr GaUma GaUma kr pOsaa vaapsa panao kI kao[- trkIba
ZU^Znao lagaI. ek baar jaba vah GaUma rhI qaI tao ]sao candna ka baoTa
klaavatI ko pasa baOza idKayaI do gayaa.
]saI samaya candna ko baoTo nao BaI ]sao doKa tao vah ]sasao imalanao
ko ilayao daOD, pD,a. yah candna ko baoTo AaOr QaUt-maayaa kI phlao sao
saaocaI hu[- caala qaI. klaavatI ]sako pICo pICo daOD,I AaOr baaolaI —
“Aro yah tao bataAao ik yah hO kaOna.”
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candna ko baoTo nao ]<ar idyaa “yah maorI maa^ hO. jabasao maOMnao Apnaa
pOsaa Kaoyaa hO maOMnao ]sao doKa nahIM hO.”
QaUt-maayaa nao ]sako haqa pkD,o AaOr ]sao Pyaar sao pucakar kr
baaolaI — “AcCa tao maoro baoTo. tuma [sa s~I ko Gar gayao hue qao.
tuma tao [sako jaala maoM f^sa gayao pr kuC samaya baad tuma [sako caMgaula
maoM sao inakla BaI tao gayao. tumhoM pta hO ik jaao pOsaa tuma lao kr gayao
qao vah maora pOsaa qaa.”
yah baat vah baar baar khtI rhI ksamaoM Ka Ka kr khtI
rhI. [sa sabasao proSaana hao kr klaavatI AaOr ]sakI maa^ ]sa
caaMDala kao Gar ko Andr lao gayaIM.
]nhaoMnao pUCa — “maODma @yaa Aap hmaoM batayaoMgaI ik Aap kha^
sao AayaI hOM. Aapka naama @yaa hO AaOr saMxaop maoM ik Aap kaOna
hOM.”
caaMDala baaolaI — “maOM pd\maavatI ko rajaa saudSa-na ko k[- rKOlaaoM
maoM sao ek hU^. maoro [sa baccao nao maora saara pOsaa lao ilayaa AaOr ifr
tumanao ]sao [sasao caura ilayaa.”
klaavatI AaOr ]sakI maa^ yah sauna kr bahut Dr gayaIM. ]nhaoMnao
kha — “laao yah laao. hma Aapsao ivanatI krto hOM ik Aap [sao
svaIkar kr laoM.”
QaUt-maayaa baaolaI — “nahIM eosao nahIM. jaba tk [sa doSa ka rajaa
mauJao [sakI Aa&a na do do maOM eosaa kuC nahIM kr saktI.”
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yah sauna kr tao vao daonaaoM ]sako pOraoM pr pD, gayaIM AaOr baaolaIM —
“hma Aapsao ivanatI krto hOM ik Aap [sao svaIkar kroM AaOr hmaaro
}pr dyaa kroM.”
]nakI ivanatI sauna kr ]sanao vah pOsaa svaIkar kr ilayaa AaOr
klaavatI AaOr ]sakI maa^ sao sammaainat hao kr rama ko saaqa Apnao Gar
calaI gayaI.
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25 ek baaOw saaQau25
ek nagar hO cand`pura vaha^ ek baaOw saaQau rhta qaa. ]saka naama
qaa isawsaona. ]saka nagar maoM bahut sammaana qaa. ek idna ek
safod kpD,o phnao ek saaQau vaha^ Aayaa vah BaI ek bahut hI
gauNavaana AadmaI qaa.
jaldI hI vah saBaI ko AakYa-Na ka kond` bana gayaa. AaOr
[tnaa AiQak AakYa-Na ka kond` bana gayaa ik baaOw saaQau ka sammaana
Aba ]tnaa nahIM rh gayaa. [sasao baaOw bahut proSaana hao gayaa @yaaoMik
]saka sammaana dUsaro kao calaa gayaa qaa. saao ]sanao ek saundr laD,kI
kao ]sako pasa [sailayao Baojaa taik vah ]sao gauNaaoM ko pqa sao Ba`YT
kr sako.
Aba vah gauNavaana AadmaI bahut hI sa^vara saQaa AadmaI qaa saao
vah laD,kI ]sao pqa sao BaTkanao maoM safla hao gayaI. [saka pirNaama
yah huAa ik Aba vao daonaaoM nagar maoM cacaa- ka ivaYaya bana gayao. [Qar
baaOw saaQau nao BaI ]sa Apmaana janak baat kao saaro maoM fOlaanao maoM kao[-
ksar nahIM CaoD,I.
nagar ko laaoga saaoca ik yah baaOw tao bahut hI Qaaima-k p`vaRit ka
AadmaI hO pr vah safod kpD,o phnanao vaalaa saaQau jaOsaa vah idKato
qao ]sasao AiQak AcCa nahIM qaa. [saka Ant yah huAa ik saaQau nao
25
Buddhist Mendicant. (Tale No 23)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 94 ~

Apnao safod kpD,o jalaa idyao ]sa laD,kI sao ivada laI jaao [na saba
proSaainayaaoM kI jaD, qaI AaOr Agalao idna saubah qaaoD,o sao kpD,o phnao
hI vaha^ sao calaa gayaa.
[sa p`kar nagar kI baatcaIt band hao gayaI. laaogaaoM nao kha —
“hmaara baaOw ]sa saaQau ko barabar ka nahIM hO jaao safod kpD,o
phnata qaa.”
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26 r%naadovaI AaOr ]sako dao p`omaI26

jalaaOQa naama ko ek gaa^va maoM rajapu~ naama ka ek AadmaI rhta qaa.
]sakI p%naI ka naama r%naadovaI qaa. ]saI gaa^va maoM ek AaOr AadmaI
BaI rhta qaa ijasaka naaqa qaa dovasa. ]sako ek baoTa qaa ijasaka
naama qaa Qavala. yao daonaaoM hI r%naadovaI kao Pyaar krto qao pr daonaaoM nao
hI Apnao Apnao Baod ek dUsaro sao iCpayao hue qao.
ek idna ipta AaOr baoTa daonaaMo hI rajapu~ ko Gar maoM baOzo hue qao
ik rajapu~ Acaanak hI Gar vaapsa Aa gayaa. r%naa dovaI tao Aba
bahut kiznaa[- maoM pD, gayaI. tao ]sanao baoTo kao [Saara ikyaa tao baoTo
nao yah doK kr ik @yaa hao gayaa qaa GabarahT kI dSaa maoM turnt hI
baahr calaa gayaa.
pr Gar sao baahr inaklato samaya saIiZ,yaaoM pr ]sakI rajapu~ sao
T@kr hao gayaI tao rajapu~ baaolaa — “Aro yah @yaa. tuma jaa rho
hao.”
javaaba r%naadovaI nao idyaa — “[sa baocaaro ko saaqa [sako ipta nao
bahut hI Anyaaya ikyaa hO [sailayao yah baocaara tumharo pasa rxaa ko
ilayao Aayaa qaa. [saka ipta BaI [sako pICo pICo yaha^ Aa gayaa.
maora tao saahsa hI nahIM huAa ik maOM baoTo kao Gar ko Andr baulaa sakU^.

26
Ratnadevi and Her Two Lovers. (Tale No 26)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 96 ~

pr jaOsaa ik kha gayaa hO “ek saccaa xai~ya vahI haota hO jaao

Balao laaogaaoM kI rxaa krta hO AaOr saMkT ko samaya ijasaka QanauYa
Sai>SaalaI haota hO. pr ijasa iksaI ko pasa Sai> BaI hO AaOr
saaQana BaI hO AaOr ifr vah kuC nahIM krta vah ]sa AadmaI samaana
hO jaao kovala vaayado krta hO ]nhoM pUra nahIM krta.”
rajapu~ nao kuC glaaina sao kha — “jaaAao baoTo kao Andr
baulaaAao.” baoTo nao ]saka inaman~Na turnt hI svaIkar kr ilayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 97 ~

28 doivaka nao @yaa ikyaa jaba vah Apnao p`omaI ko

saaqa pkD,I gayaI27
ek bahut baD,a gaa^va hO kuKada jaha^ jarsa naama ka ek AadmaI
rhta qaa. vah bahut hI baD,o iksma ka maUK- qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka
naama qaa doivaka. vah baD,I JagaD,alaU AaOr bauro vyavahar kI s~I qaI.
]saka ek p`omaI qaa vah ba`a*maNa qaa. vah ]sasao imalanao ko ilayao
ivaBaItka ko poD, ko naIcao jaayaa krtI qaI. gaa^va maoM [nako imalanao kI
bahut cacaa- qaI. samaya ko saaqa saaqa pit ko kanaaoM maoM BaI [sa baat
kI cacaa- pD,I.
tao ]sanao svayaM hI [sa maamalao kI th tk jaanao ka [rada
ikyaa. vah poD, ko pasa gayaa AaOr ]sa poD, pr caZ, kr baOz gayaa.
]sa poD, pr caZ,o caZ,o ]sanao doKa ik gaa^va maoM jaao baatoM hao hao rhI qaIM
vao ibalkula saca qaIM.
]sanao ApnaI p%naI sao kha — “Aao baokar kI s~I. lagata hO
ik tU yah Kola kafI idnaaoM sao Kola rhI hO.”
Aba tao vah bahut hI kiznaa[- maoM pD, gayaI. pr ifr BaI sa^Bala
kr baaolaI — “mauJao nahIM pta ik tuma @yaa kh rho hao.”

27
What Devika Did When She Was Caught With Her Lover. (Tale No 28)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 98 ~

pit baaolaa — “maOM ABaI samaJaata hU^ ik maOM @yaa kh rha hU^.
tU ruk maOM ABaI naIcao Aata hU^.”
p%naI nao tba tk vaha^ p`tIxaa kI jaba tk vah poD, sao ]tr
kr naIcao Aayaa. jaba tk vah poD, sao naIcao ]tra ]tnaI dor maoM ]sanao
Apnao p`omaI kao vaha^ sao Bagaa idyaa. Ant maoM pit poD, sao naIcao ]tra
AaOr baaolaa — “Aba tora bahanaa banaanao sao kao[- kama calanao vaalaa
nahIM hO. Aba tU rMgao haqaaoM pkD,I gayaI hO.”
yah sauna kr p%naI baaolaI — “ip`ya. tumhoM pta haonaa caaihyao ik
[sa poD, kI k[- ivaSaoYataeoM hOM. jaao BaI [sa poD, pr caZ,ta hO ]sao
pta cala jaata hO ik ]sako pit yaa p%naI ka Gar sao baahr BaI kao[-
caahnao vaalaa hO yaa nahIM.”
yah sauna kr pit baaolaa — “AcCa tao tU [sa poD, pr caZ, AaOr
doK kr bata ik tUnao @yaa doKa.”
yah sauna kr p%naI ]sa poD, pr caZ, gayaI AaOr [Qar ]Qar doK
kr baaolaI — “Aao kmaInao. tuma tao k[- idnaaoM sao is~yaaoM ko pICo
Baaga rho hao.”
Aba yah saca qaa saao vah maUK- kuC nahIM kh saka AaOr ApnaI
p%naI sao saulah kr ko Gar vaapsa calaa gayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 99 ~

29 catur saundrI28
saIkulaI naama ko gaa^va maoM ek bahut hI QanaI vyaaparI rhta qaa.
]sakI p%naI ka naama saundrI qaa. vah maaohna naama ko ek AadmaI sao
sada hI imalatI rhtI.
ek idna maaohna ]sako Gar maoM Aayaa huAa qaa
ik ]sanao doKa ik ]saka pit BaI Aa rha qaa.
Aba yah tao baD,I gaD,baD, baat qaI. ]sanao ApnaI
saarI baoSamaI- ko saaqa Apnao p`omaI ijasako SarIr pr ek icaqaD,a BaI
nahIM qaa JaUlao29 maoM Dalaa AaOr Apnao pit sao imalanao calaI gayaI.
dUr sao hI vah icallaayaI — “jaldI krao. iksaI AcCo TaoTko
vaalao kao baulaa kr laaAao. hmaaro Gar maoM ek naMgaa BaUt Aa gayaa hO
vah JaUlao maoM laoTa huAa hO.”
]saka pit jaao ibalkula hI Kridmaaga qaa. vah ApnaI pUrI
gait sao TaoTko krnao vaalao kao baulaanao ko ilayao daOD, gayaa. ]Qar p%naI
turnt hI Gar ko Andr daOD,I AaOr Apnao p`omaI kao Gar sao baahr
inakalaa.

28
The Clever Sundari. (Tale No 29)
29
Translated for the word “Hammock”. See its picture above.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 100 ~

jaba ]saka pit Gar vaapsa Aayaa tao vah ]sao haqa maoM ek jalaI
hu[- lakD,I haqa maoM ilayao imalaI. ]sanao kha — “Aba saba zIk hao
gayaa hO maOMnao ]sao [sa jalatI lakD,I sao maar maar kr Bagaa idyaa hO.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 101 ~

30 maUladova ijasanao Apnao Aapkao haoiSayaarI sao

bacaayaa30
iksaI jagah ek kiba`stana qaa BaUtvana. [sasao kao[- Antr nahIM
pD,ta ik vah kha^ qaa. ]samaoM dao raxasa rhto qao kurala AaOr
]<aala. daonaaoM ko ek ek p%naI qaI. ek idna yah bahsa iCD, gayaI
ik ]na daonaaoM maoM sao iksakI p%naI AiQak saundr qaI.
ek idna daonaaoM ApnaI ApnaI pi%nayaaoM ko saaqa GaUmanao jaa rho qao
tao rasto maoM ]nhoM ek maUladova naama ka AadmaI imalaa tao ]nhaoMnao ]sao
turnt hI ]sao haqa pkD, kr pkD, ilayaa AaOr kha ik yaid ]sanao
turnt hI yah na batayaa ik ]na daonaaoM maoM kaOna saI s~I AiQak saundr
qaI tao vao ]sao maar DalaoMgao.
vao daonaaoM is~yaa^ baD,I Aayau kI qaI AaOr badsaUrt BaI qaIM. [sa
p`kar yah tao saaf hI qaa ik yaid maUladova saca baaolaa tao ]sao marnao
sao kao[- nahIM raok sakta qaa.
saao ]sanao ek pla saaocaa AaOr baaolaa — “vah ijasakI saundr
p%naI hO ]sako ilayao vah jaIvana kI sabasao saundr BaoMT hO.”
daonaaoM raxasaaoM kao ]saka yah ]<ar bahut AcCa lagaa. ]nhaoMnao
turnt hI ]sao CaoD, idyaa.
30
Muladeva Who Saved Himself by His Tact. (Tale No 30)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 102 ~

31 SaSaak KrgaaoSa AaOr Saor31

maQara naama ko jaMgala maoM ek Saor rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa ipMgala.
vah saaro jaMgala ko jaanavaraoM ko ilayao ek bahut baD,a Ktra qaa
@yaaoMik vah A@sar hI jaMgala maoM GaUmata rhta AaOr jaao jaanavar BaI
]sao idKayaI do jaata vah ]sao hI Ka laota.
ek idna jaMgala ko saba jaanavar imala kr ]sako pasa gayao AaOr
]sasao ek saaOda ikyaa ik yaid vah ]nhoM Akolaa CaoD, do tao vao raoja
]sakao Kanao ko ilayao ek jaanavar Baoja idyaa kroMgao.
kuC idna eosaa calata rha. ek idna Saor ko pasa jaanao kI
ek KrgaaoSa kI baarI AayaI. KrgaaoSa nao manaa kr idyaa ik vah
nahIM jaayaogaa pr dUsaro jaanavaraoM nao ]sao Da^Ta AaOr kha — “tumakao
Saor ko pasa AvaSya jaanaa hO nahIM tao Saor phlao kI trh sao hma
sabakao Ka jaayaogaa.”
KrgaaoSa baaolaa — “zIk hO zIk hO. maOM calaa jaata hU^. pr
tuma saba laaogaaoM kao proSaana haonao kI kao[- AavaSyakta nahIM hO. vah
Aba AaOr kao[- jaanavar nahIM Kayaogaa.”
saao Agalao idna daophr kao vah bahut QaIro QaIro calata huAa Saor
ko pasa phu^caa AaOr Aa kr baaolaa — “sar jaI. maOM jaba Aapko

31
Shashak the Rabbit nad the Lion. Tale No 31.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 103 ~

pasa Aa rha qaa ik Aapko ek Sa~u nao mauJao bandI banaa ilayaa [saI
ilayao mauJao duK hO ik mauJao Aanao maoM kuC dor hao gayaI.”
Saaor nao turnt pUCa — “maora Sa~u. kaOna saa Sa~u. mauJao ]sasao
turnt imalaaAao.”
caalaak KrgaaoSa Saor kao ek baaD,o maoM lao gayaa jaha^ ek ku^Aa
qaa. ku^e maoM jaba Saor nao Jaa^k kr doKa tao ]samaoM ]sao ApnaI prCa^[-
idKayaI dI. k`aoQa ko karNa ]sanao Aava doKa na tava AaOr ]sa Saor
kao maarnao ko ilayao ku^e maoM Claa^ga lagaa dI. basa vah ]samaoM DUba kr
mar gayaa.
@yaaoMik kha gayaa hO ik “Dr kI Avasqaa maoM laaogaaoM kI bauiw
sahayata krtI hO na ik Sai>.” @yaaoMik eosaI hI Avasqaa maoM ek
Sai>SaalaI Saor kao ek CaoTo sao KrgaaoSa nao [tnaI sarlata sao maar
Dalaa.
ek Sai>SaalaI QanauYa calaanao vaalao ka baaNa iksaI kao maar BaI
sakta hO AaOr nahIM BaI maar sakta pr ek caalaak man~I ko kama
iksaI BaI Sai>SaalaI rajya kao ]laT pulaT kr sakto hOM.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 104 ~

32 rjanaI AaOr gaohU^ kI paoTlaI32

Saaintpur maoM ek baD,a naamaI AadmaI rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa
maaQava. ]sako ek laD,ko kI bahU qaI rjanaI. rjanaI saundr AaOr
catur qaI pr Apnao vyavahar maoM bahut hI iCCaorI qaI.
ek idna ]sakI saasa nao ]sao kuC gaohU^ laanao ko ilayao Baojaa saao
vah gaohU^ laanao ko ilayao cala dI. baajaar sao ]sanao gaohU^ KrIda ]sakao
ek paoTlaI maoM baa^Qaa AaOr ifr Gar vaapsa cala dI.
rasto maoM ]sao Apnaa ek p`omaI imala gayaa tao ]sanao vah gaohU^ kI
paoTlaI tao baajaar ko ek kaonao maoM rK dI AaOr ]sako saaqa baat
krnao khIM calaI gayaI.
[sa baIca ek AadmaI Aayaa tao ]sakI inagaah gaohU^ kI paoTlaI
pr pD,I. ]sanao paoTlaI maoM sao gaohU^ tao inakala ilayaa AaOr ]samaoM rot
Bar idyaa.
rjanaI kao vaha^ AavaSyakta sao kuC AiQak dor laga gayaI saao
vah jaldI jaldI BaagaI hu[- vaha^ AayaI jaha^ vah ApnaI gaohU^ kI
paoTlaI CaoD, kr gayaI qaI. jaldI jaldI maoM ]sanao yah doKa hI nahIM
ik ]sa paoTlaI maoM gaohU^ hI qaa yaa kuC AaOr vah paoTlaI jaOsaI rKI qaI
vaOsaI hI ]za kr Gar cala dI.

32
Rajani and the Bundle of Wheat. (Tale No 32)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 105 ~

jaba vah Gar phu^caI tao ]sakI saasa nao vah paoTlaI ]sasao laI
AaOr ]sao Kaolaa tao ]sao baD,a AaScaya- huAa @yaaoMik ]samaoM tao gaohU^ tao
qaa hI nahIM bailk rot Bara huAa qaa. saao ]sanao rjanaI sao pUCa “yah
@yaa hO.”
rjanaI baaolaI — “maa^. jaba maOM baajaar jaa rhI qaI tao mauJasao jaao
pOsao Aapnao gaohU^ KrIdnao ko ilayao idyaa qao vao rasto maoM igar pD,o saao jaba
maOM ]nhoM ]za rhI qaI tao yah rot BaI ]nhIM ko saaqa Aa gayaa haogaa.”
yah sauna kr rjanaI kI saasa nao ]sa rot maoM pOsao ZU^Znao p`armBa
ikyao pr ]samaoM tao pOsao BaI nahIM qao. Aba jaba ]sao yahI pta nahIM
calaa ik @yaa huAa qaa tao vah kuC khnao sao ruk gayaI AaOr [sa
maamalao pr kuC nahIM kha.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 106 ~

33 rimBaka AaOr ]sako caar p`omaI33

SaMKpur naama ko ek gaa^va maoM SaMkr naama ka ek maalaI rhta qaa.
vah bahut hI QanaI qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka naama qaa rimBaka. SaMkr
ApnaI p%naI kao bahut Pyaar krta qaa.
ek idna SaMkr nao Apnao Gar maoM Apnao pUva-jaaoM kI yaad maoM ek
Baaoja ka Aayaaojana ikyaa. AaOr kuC eosaa [<afak huAa ik ]saI
idna rimBaka nao Apnao caar po`imayaaoM kao imalanao ko ilayao baulaayaa huAa
qaa.
vah saubah sao baahr fUla baoca rhI qaI. vah vahIM ]nasao ek ko
baad ek sao imalaI – ek naa[- qaa, ek dUkanadar ka baoTa qaa, ek
AaOfIsar qaa AaOr ek gavaOyaa qaa. ]sanao sabakao Alaga Alaga
baulaayaa AaOr ]na sabanao ]saka inaman~Na svaIkar kr ilayaa.
saao Agalao idna jaba maalaI baagaIcao calaa gayaa tao phlao dUkanadar
ka baoTa vaha^ Aayaa. ]sao vah nahanao vaalaI jagah lao gayaI.
vaha^ ]sanao ABaI nahanaa p`armBa hI ikyaa qaa ik naa[- Gar kI
Aaor Aata idKayaI idyaa tao dUkanadar ko baoTo kao ]sa samaya vah
ijasa dSaa maoM qaa ]saI dSaa maoM ]sao vaha^ sao baahr inakalaa gayaa AaOr
ek baahr ko kmaro maoM Qakola idyaa gayaa ijasamaoM maalaI Apnao bat-na
Aaid rKta qaa.
33
Rambhika and Her Four Lovers. (Tale No 33)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 107 ~

]sako baad naa[- kao nahanao vaalaI jagah lao jaayaa gayaa. ABaI
vah pUra nahayaa BaI nahIM qaa ik tBaI gavaOyaa Aata idKayaI idyaa.
saao ]sao baahr vaalao kmaro maoM yah khto hue Baojaa gayaa ik vah vaha^
qaaoD,a saavaQaana rho @yaaoMik vaha^ ek saa^p Apnao kuC baccaaoM ko saaqa
rhta qaa.
naa[- nao Apnao mana maoM saaocaa ik “mauJao qaaoD,I dor caup rhnaa
caaihyao.” ik ]saI samaya AaOfIsar Aa gayaa. gavaOyaa jaao ABaI
nahanao vaalaI jagah hI qaa ]sao jaldI sao baahr vaalao kmaro maoM bat-naaoM ko
pICo iCpa idyaa gayaa.
Aba maalaI baagaIcao sao laaOTta idKayaI idyaa tao AaOfIsar kao
dUsaraoM kI trh hI ]saI kmaro maoM band kr idyaa gayaa.
Aba Baaoja p`armBa huAa tao maalaI AaOr ]sako daostaoM nao rsmaao
irvaaja inaBaanao p`armBa kr idyao. kuC Kanaa ]na caar p`oimayaaoM ko
ilayao BaI lao jaayaa gayaa jaao Aapsa maoM ek dUsaro sao Anajaana qao.
dUkanadar ko baoTo nao jaOsao hI phlaa kaOr Kayaa ]sanao ]sao qaUk
idyaa. ]sako qaUknao kI Aavaaja sao naa[- kao yaad AayaI rimBaka kI
caotavanaI kI ik vaha^ saa^p Apnao kuC baccaaoM ko saaqa rhta hO. saao
yah yaad krko vah bahut Dr gayaa AaOr ]sako ivacaaraoM nao ]sako
}pr ivajaya p`aPt kr laI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 108 ~

dUkanadar ko baoTo nao BaI rimBaka kI caotavanaI kao saunaa qaa jaao
]sanao naa[- kao dI qaI. ]sao saaoca kr vah tao [tnaa proSaana hao gayaa
ik ]sasao kuC ima+I ko bat-na hI TUT gayao.
Aba ]namaoM sao ek bat-na naa[- ko isar pr jaa igara jaao dUkanadar
ko baoTo ko qaaoD,a naIcao hI KD,a qaa. Aba [sako baad tao naa[- ka Dr
p@ka hao gayaa. vah turnt hI “KUna KUna” icallaata huAa ]sa
baahr vaalao kmaro ko baahr Baagaa.
icallaanao kI Aavaaja sauna kr SaoYa laaoga BaI bahut Dr gayao AaOr
]sa kmaro sao inakla kr saD,k pr Baaganao lagao.
maalaI AaOr ]sako daostaoM kI samaJa maoM kuC BaI nahIM Aa rha
qaa. jaba vah kuC na samaJa saka tao ]sanao ApnaI p%naI sao pUCa tao
p%naI baaolaI — “ip`yao. yah tao saaf hI hO ik jaba Aap saba rsmaoM
pUrI kr rho qao tao vao Aapnao Apnao pUro mana sao nahIM kIM [sailayao
Aapko yao pUva-ja jaao baocaaro BaUKo tao qao pr Kanaa nahIM Ka sako AaOr
GaRNaa sao yaha^ sao Baaga gayao.”
saao ]sakI salaah ko Anausaar maalaI nao vao saba rsmaoM daobaara kIM
pr ]sako pUva-ja ifr kBaI ]sa trh ko Baaoja maoM Baaga laonao ko ilayao
nahIM laaOTo.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 109 ~

34 ek ba`a*maNa ek laD,kI AaOr pa^ca Bau+o34

ek nagar maoM samBa naama ka ek ba`a*maNa rhta qaa. vah inayaimat $p
sao jauAa Kolata qaa AaOr ek jagah sao dUsarI jagah GaUmata rhta
qaa. ek idna vah ek saD,k ko iknaaro iknaaro jaa rha qaa tao
]sanao ek saundr saI laD,kI ek Kot kI rKvaalaI krtI doKI.
]sanao ]sasao jaanao phcaanaI Aavaaja maoM baat kI AaOr ]sao Apnao
saaqa kuC dUr GaUmanao calanao ko ilayao kha AaOr saaqa hI ]sanao pOsao donao
ka BaI vaayada ikyaa. laD,kI tOyaar hao gayaI AaOr ]sako saaqa calaI
gayaI.
kuC dor baad ]sanao laD,kI kI trf doKa AaOr ]sasao pUCa —
“maOM tumhoM @yaa dU^.”
laD,kI baaolaI — “jaao tumanao donao ko ilayao kha qaa.”
jaba vao [sa baat pr Aapsa maoM baat kr hI rho qao tba tk vao
ek gaa^va ko pasa tk Aa phu^cao. laD,kI ]saI gaa^va maoM rhtI qaI.
ba`a*maNa nao pa^ca Bau+o taoD,o AaOr ]sako pICo pICo cala idyaa. jaba vao
gaa^va maoM phu^ca gayao tao ]sanao kuC eosao [Saaro ikyao ijanasao lagata qaa
ik ]sa laD,kI nao ]saka Apmaana ikyaa hO.

34
The Brahman the Girl and the Five Ears of Corn. (Tale No 34)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 110 ~

ifr vah icallaayaa — “Aro Aao doKao. Aao [sa gaa^va ko rhnao
vaalao Balao laaogaaoM doKao. [sa laD,kI kI Aaor doKao [sanao Apnao
Aapkao mauJao kovala pa^ca Bau+aoM maoM hI baoca idyaa hO.”
yah sauna kr laD,kI kI tao baaolaI hI nahIM inaklaI. vah ]saka
@yaa ]<ar do. ]Qar gaa^va vaalaaoM nao ba`a*maNa nao jaao kuC BaI kha ]sa
pr ivaSvaasa kr ilayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 111 ~

35 baIja ka vyaaparI SamBak35

ek baar kI baat hO ik ek ma@ka ka vyaaparI qaa ijasaka naama qaa
SamBak. Aba eosaa huAa ik ek baar ]sao iksaI kama sao sarga`ama
jaanaa pD, gayaa. vaha^ phu^ca kr ]sanao BaMDarGar doKnao vaalao ko Gar
pr dstk dI.
BaMDarGar doKnao vaalaa tao Gar pr nahIM qaa pr ]sakI p%naI
AvaSya maaOjaUd qaI. vah ]sao jaao kao[- BaI imala jaata ]saI sao h^saI
majaak krnao ko ilayao tOyaar hao jaatI qaI. jaldI hI daonaaoM maoM saulah
hao gayaI AaOr [tnaI AiQak hao gayaI ik ba`a*maNa nao ]sao ]sakI
maohrbaainayaaoM ko ilayao ]sao ek A^gaUzI do dI.
Aba ba`a*maNa ko jaanao ka samaya Aayaa tao ]sanao BaMDarGar kI
doKBaala krnao vaalao kI p%naI sao ApnaI A^gaUzI maa^gaI. vah ]sakI
dI hu[- A^gaUzI kI Aaor eosao doKtI rhI jaOsao ik vah ]sakao ]sakI
saovaaAaoM ko badlao maoM dI gayaI hao saao ]sanao ]sao vaapsa donao sao manaa kr
idyaa. tao Aba vah ]sasao ]sao vaapsa kOsao lao. saao ]sanao kuC eosaa
ikyaa.
@yaaoMik ma@ka ka vyaaparI ]sasao A^gaUzI nahIM lao saka qaa
[sailayao vah BaMDarGar kI doKBaala krnao vaalao ko pasa gayaa jaao

35
Shambhak the Seed Merchant. (Tale No 35)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 112 ~

dUkana maoM baOza huAa qaa AaOr ]sasao jaa kr kha — “mauJao saaO maap
baIja do dao jaao tumanao mauJasao ]Qaar ilayao hue qao.”
BaMDarGar kI doKBaala krnao vaalaa baaolaa — “saaO maap baIja?
yah tuma @yaa kh rho hao? maOMnao tumasao kuC ]Qaar nahIM ilayaa.”
vyaaparI baaolaa — “ha^ tumanao mauJasao ]Qaar ilayaa hO @yaaoMik jaba
tuma Gar maoM nahIM qao tao maOMnao tumharI p%naI sao saaO maap baIja KrIdo qao
AaOr badlao maoM maOMnao ]sao ek A^gaUzI dI qaI ijasakI kImat saaO maap
baIja kI kImat sao daogaunaI qaI.a’
BaMDarGar kI doKBaala krnao vaalaa yah sauna kr bahut k`aoiQat
huAa. vah turnt hI ApnaI p%naI ko pasa gayaa AaOr ]sasao kha —
“yaid tuma [saI p`kar krtI rhIM tao hmaarI dUkana ka tao maana
sammaana hI samaaPt hao jaayaogaa. vaapsa krao [sa AadmaI kI
A^gaUzI.”
yah sauna kr ]sanao turnt hI vyaaparI kI A^gaUzI ]sao vaapsa kr
dI AaOr vyaaparI BaI ApnaI A^gaUzI lao kr calaa gayaa. [sasao BaI
AiQak AcCI baat tao yah qaI ik vah ApnaI A^gaUzI BaI vaapsa lao
gayaa AaOr saaO maap baIja BaI ibanaa kuC idyao lao gayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 113 ~

36 naaiyanaI AaOr isalk kI saaD,I36

ek baar kI baat hO ik ek SaUrpala naama ka ek iksaana rhta
qaa. ]sakI p%naI naaiyanaI k[- idnaaoM sao ]sao ek isalk kI saaD,I ko
ilayao ijad kr rhI qaI.
jaba BaI vah ApnaI yah baat khtI tao iksaana ]sasao khta —
“ip`yao hma laaoga iksaana laaoga hOM. @yaa kBaI iksaI nao iksaanaaoM kao
isalk kI saaD,I phnao doKa hO. saUtI kpD,a hI hma laaogaaoM ko ilayao
zIk hO.”
saao naaiyanaI ek idna gaa^va ko sardar ko pasa gayaI AaOr ]sao
Kanao ko ilayao inaman~Na do kr AayaI. ]sako pit nao BaI yah baat
saunaI. saao jaba vah Apnao Gar laaOT kr Aayaa tao ]sanao ApnaI p%naI
sao kha — “yah ]icat nahIM hO ik tuma gaa^va ko sardar kao inaman~Na
dao. AaOr ifr vah maorI kao[- jaana phcaana ka BaI tao nahIM hO.”
naaiyanaI baaolaI — “@yaaoM? yaa ifr tuma mauJao yah bataAao ik tuma
mauJao maorI maa^gaI hu[- caIj,a @yaaoM nahIM laa kr doto. mauJao isalk kI ek
saaD,I laa kr dao.”
iksaana baaolaa — “AcCa AcCa zIk hO. yaid tuma yah
inaman~Na vaapsa lao laao tao maOM tumhoM isalk kI saaD,I laa dU^gaa.”

36
Nayini and the Silk Dress. (Tale No 36)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 114 ~

naaiyanaI baaolaI — “zIk hO tuma mauJao isalk kI saaD,I dao maOM

]sasao Apnaa inaman~Na ABaI vaapsa lao laotI hU^.”
saao ]sanao ek isalk kI saaD,I laa kr ]sao do dI. Aba samasyaa
qaI ik [sa maohmaana kao Aanao sao kOsao raoka jaayao. [sa samasyaa ka
hla eosao inakalaa gayaa.
naaiyanaI nao ]sa sardar sao kha — “jaba Aap hmaaro Gar Kanaa
Kanao AayaoM tao Aap Apnao saaqa AaOr dUsaro AaOfIsaraoM kao BaI saaqa lao
kr AayaoM. maOM Aap sabakao bahut AcCa Kanaa iKlaa}^gaI.”
saao vao saba saaqa saaqa Aayao AaOr sabanao bahut AcCa Kanaa BaI
Kayaa. sabanao ek svar maoM kha — “SaUrpala ka Baagya bahut AcCa
hO. ]sakI p%naI sao AiQak maohrbaana AaOr AcCI s~I AaOr kao[- nahIM
hO.”
AaOr [sa p`kar ]sanao Apnaa vaayada BaI rKa AaOr inaman~Na BaI
raok idyaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 115 ~

37 hla calaanao vaalaa pUNa-pala AaOr maailak kI

baoTI37
ek baar kI baat hO ik saMga`ma naama ko ek gaa^va maoM ek iksaana
rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa SaUrpala. pUNa-pala naama ka ek AadmaI
]sako Kot pr kama krta qaa. jaba Kot pr kama krnao ko ilayao
maaOsama bahut Kraba haota qaa tao vah Apnao maailak ko Gar maoM kama
krta qaa.
SaUrpala kI sauBagaa naama kI ek baoTI qaI. ]sakao yah hla
calaanao vaalaa bahut AcCa lagata qaa saao vah A@sar Apnao Gar sao
kuC dUrI pr isqat Kot ko pasa ek kuMja maoM ]sasao imalanao jaayaa
krtI qaI.
Kot pr kama krnao vaalao kuC majadUraoM kao [sa baat kI Banak
pD, gayaI AaOr ]nhaoMnao [sakI jaanakarI AaOraoM kao BaI do dI. vao
SaUrpala ko pasa BaI gayao AaOr ]sao batayaa tao SaUrpala nao saaocaa ik
vah svayaM hI [na khainayaaoM kI jaa^ca pD,tala krogaa.
saao ek idna vah ]saI jagah ko pasa jaa kr iCp kr KD,a hao
gayaa jaha^ ]sakI baoTI ]sa hla calaanao vaalao sao imalatI qaI taik vah
vaha^ sao saba kuC doK sako pr vao laaoga ]sao na doK sakoM.
37
Purnapala the Ploughman and the Master’s Daughter. (Tale No 37)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 116 ~

jaao kuC BaI ]sanao saunaa qaa ]sasao ]sao lagaa ik kma sao kma
phaD, ko naIcao ra[- tao haogaI. pr hla calaanao vaalao kao pta cala
gayaa ik ]saka maailak ]sako }pr dRiYT rKnao ko ilayao Aa rha hO
tao ]sanao ek lambaI saI Aah Barto hue kha —
“maorI BaI @yaa ija,ndgaI hO. ABaI tao mauJao hla calaanaa hO Kot
kI Gaasa fUsa inakalanaI hO saubah sao rat tk kama krnaa hO. lagata
hO ik maOM tao nark maoM hU^. pr maora maailak bahut AcCa AadmaI hO
[sailayao ijatnaI [-maanadarI sao kama kr sakU^ mauJao ]sako ilayao ]tnaI
[-maanadarI sao kama krnaa caaihyao.”
SaUrpala nao vah saunaa jaao hla calaanao vaalao nao kha tao ]sanao saunaI
saunaayaI khainayaaoM pr ivaSvaasa na krto hue saaocaa ik vah AadmaI tao
zIk hO.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 117 ~

39 laaoho ko baaT AaOr trajaU ijanhoM caUho Ka gayao38

kuMiDna naama ko ek Sahr maoM ek BaUQar naama ka vyaaparI rhta qaa.
duBaa-gya sao ]saka saara pOsaa Kao gayaa qaa AaOr yaVip [samaoM ]sakI
kao[- galatI nahIM qaI ifr BaI ]sako pirvaar AaOr sambainQayaaoM nao ]sao
CaoD, idyaa qaa.
khavat hO ik QanaI AadmaI bauiwmaana haota hO QanaI AadmaI
]dar haota hO QanaI AadmaI gauNaaoM ka Avatar haota hO QanaI AadmaI ko
baaro maoM hr kao[- saaocata hO ]sakao daostaoM kI kao[- kmaI nahIM haotI.
pr yaid ]saka pOsaa calaa jaata hO tao ifr ]sako pasa kuC nahIM
vacata.
saao [sa BaUQar ka BaI saba kuC Kao gayaa qaa isavaaya kuC baaTaoM39
AaOr trajaU kao CaoD, kr. Aba vah iksaI dUsaro doSa calaa gayaa qaa.
]sanao ApnaI bacaI hu[- caIja,oM Apnao ek daost kI doKroK maoM rK dI
qaIM jaao ek vyaaparI qaa.
kuC samaya baad ]saka Baagya plaTa tao vah Apnao doSa laaOTa.
laaOTto hI sabasa phlao ]sanao yah ikyaa ik vah Apnao daost ko pasa
gayaa AaOr Apnao trajaU AaOr baaT maa^gao. vyaaparI ]nhoM donaa nahIM
caahta qaa.
38
Iron Weights and Scales Which Were Eaten by Mice. Tale No 39.
39
Translated for the word “Weight”, such as “2 Kg Weight” means “Do Kilo ka Baat”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 118 ~

kuC dor kI bahsa ko baad ]sanao kha ik “mauJao bahut Afsaaosa

hO ik ]nakao tao caUho Ka gayao.” BaUQar yah sauna kr caup rh gayaa
kuC nahIM baaolaa basa Apnao samaya ko Aanao kI p`tIxaa krnao lagaa.
[sa GaTnaa ko kuC samaya baad hI vah Apnao daost ko Gar ko
Aasa pasa GaUma rha qaa ik ]sanao doKa ik ]sako daost ka baoTa
baahr GaUma rha hO. basa BaUQar nao ]sao ]zayaa AaOr Gar lao gayaa.
jaba vyaaparI kao pta calaa ik ]saka baoTa Kao gayaa hO tao vah
bahut proSaana huAa. vah Apnao saaro pirvaar AaOr daostaoM kao lao kr
]sao ZU^Znao ko ilayao inakla pD,a.
ek pD,aosaI nao ]nako eosao ek saaqa raoto GaUmato doKa tao ]nasao
pUCa ik “@yaa maamalaa hO.” ]nhaoMnao batayaa ik vyaaparI ka baoTa Kao
gayaa hO. hma ]sao hI ZU^Znao hI inaklao hOM.
pD,aosaI baaolaa “maOM bata sakta hU^ ik vah kha^ hO. maOMnao ]sao
BaUQar ko pasa doKa hO.”
saao vao saba laaoga BaUQar ko Gar gayao. vyaaparI nao BaUQar sao Apnaa
baoTa donao ko ilayao kha tao BaUQar baaolaa — “mauJao bahut Afsaaosa hO
pr maOM tumhoM ]sao nahIM do sakta. tumhara baoTa maoro pasa qaa tao. hma
daonaaoM nadI ko iknaaro Thla rho qao ik ek garuD, Aayaa AaOr ]sao lao
gayaa.”
yah sauna kr vyaaparI bahut k`aoiQat huAa AaOr BaUQar kao
maijsT/oT ko pasa lao gayaa ik BaUQar nao ]sako baoTo kao caurayaa hO.
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BaUQar ]sako p`Sna ka ]<ar donao ko ilayao Aayaa AaOr jaba maijasT/oT nao
]sasao pUCa ik [sa maamalao maoM ]sao @yaa khnaa hO.
BaUQar baaolaa — “maa[- laaOD-. ek eosaI jagah jaha^ laaoho ko
trajaU AaOr baaT caUho Kato haoM vaha^ tao ek garuD, ek haqaI kao BaI
AasaanaI sao ]za kr lao jaa sakta hO vah tao kovala ek baccaa
qaa.”
maijasT/oT nao jaba yah maukdmaa saunaa tao fOsalaa idyaa ik vyaaparI
kao BaUQar kI trjaU AaOr baaT vaapsa BaUQar kao do donao caaihyao AaOr
BaUQar kao vyaaparI ka baoTa vaapsa kr donaa caaihyao. vaOsaa hI huAa.
pr vyaaparI kao caaorI ko ApraQa maoM sajaa imalaI.
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40 saubauiw AaOr kubauiw40

ek baar kI baat hO ik ek nagar maoM dao laaoga rhto qao ek ka naama
qaa kubauiw dUsaro ka naama qaa saubauiw. samaya ko saaqa daonaaoM ek dUsaro
ko daost bana gayao.
ek idna saubauiw kao iksaI lambaI yaa~a pr jaanaa pD, gayaa tao
kubauiw kao ]sakI p%naI ko saaqa rhnao ka AcCa maaOka imala gayaa.
kuC samaya baad jaba saubauiw ka kama samaaPt hao gayaa tao vah Gar
laaOTa jabaik kubauiw nao yah idKayaa qaa ik ]sakao daostI iktnaI
JaUzI AaOr QaaoKobaajaI kI qaI.
saao jaba saubauiw Gar vaapsa Aayaa tao kubauiw nao bahut p`oma jatato
hue ]sasao kha — “ip`ya daost. tuma bataAao ik tumanao ApnaI [sa
lambaI yaa~a maoM @yaa kuC AaScaya-janak doKa.”
saubauiw baaolaa — “ha^ doKa tao. ek nadI ko iknaaro pr ek
manaaorqa naama ka nagar hO ]sako pasa maOMnao ek Aama ka poD, doKa
ijasa pr ibanaa maaOsama ko fla Aa rho qao.”
kubauiw nao pUCa — “@yaa eosaa? eosaa kOsao huAa?”
saubauiw baaolaa — “eosaa kOsao huAa yah maOM tumhoM saca saca batata
hU^.”

40
Subuddhi and Kubuddhi. (Tale No 40)
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kubauiw baaolaa — “yaid yah baat p@kI saca inaklaI jaOsaa ik

tuma kh rho hao ik vah p@kI saca hO tao tuma maoro Gar sao vah saba
kuC lao jaa sakto hao ijasao tuma Apnao dao haqaaoM maoM ]za sakto hao
AaOr yaid nahIM inaklaI tao ifr maOM vaOsaa hI tumharo saaqa k$^gaa.”
saaOda p@ka hao gayaa.
kubauiw Gar calaa gayaa AaOr ifr vah ]saI rat ]saI poD, ko pasa
gayaa ijasa pr yao Aama lagao hue qao. ]sanao vao vaha^ sao Aama taoD,
ilayao.
jaba prIxaa ka samaya Aayaa tao fla tao ]sa poD, pr khIM
idKayaI nahIM idyaa. saubauiw tao yah doK kr BaaOMca@ka rh gayaa pr
kubauiw tao saubauiw kI p%naI kao laonao ko ca@kr maoM qaa saao vah baaolaa
— “@yaaoMik Aama ko poD, pr baomaaOsamaI Aama nahIM hOM [sailayao Aba jaao
saaOda hmaaro baIca huAa hO ]sao hmaoM pUra kr laonaa caaihyao.”
iksaI trh sao saubauiw kao kubaiw ko bauro [radaoM ka pta cala
gayaa qaa tao ]sanao [sako ilayao ifr @yaa ikyaa. ]sanao ApnaI p%naI
kao Gar kI Ct pr caZ,a idyaa AaOr saIZ,I KIMca laI.
kubauiw jaldI hI Apnao saaOdo kI Sat- pUrI krnao ko ilayao Aa
gayaa. ]sao doK kr saubauiw baaolaa — “mauJao baD,I p`sannata hO ik tuma
Aa gayao. tuma maoro Gar maoM sao jaao caaho lao jaa sakto hao.”
Aba saubauiw kI p%naI tao Ct pr qaI AaOr kubauiw ]sao haqa BaI
nahIM lagaa sakta qaa saao vah saIZ,I laanao ko ilayao calaa tao saubauiw nao
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]sao turnt hI raok idyaa — “nahIM nahIM yah nahIM calaogaa. saaOda yah
qaa ik tuma maoro Gar maoM sao kovala vahI kuC lao jaaAaogao jaao kuC tuma
Apnao daonaaoM haqaaoM maoM ]za sakaogao. [sa saaOdo maoM saIZ,I ka khIM kao[-
naama nahIM qaa.”
saao kubauiw kao KalaI haqa hI Gar laaOT jaanaa pD,a. [sako
Alaavaa vah saaro nagar maoM h^saI ka pa~ AaOr bana gayaa.
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42 caIto kao maarnao vaalaI s~I–141

ek baar kI baat hO ik dovalaa#ya naama ko gaa^va maoM ek rajakumaar
rhta qaa ijasaka naama qaa rajaisaMh. ]sakI p%naI ek maananaIya
cair~ kI s~I qaI pr vah bahut JagaD,alaU AaOr baat baat pr k`aoiQat
hao jaanao vaalaI s~I qaI.
ek baar ]sakI Apnao pit sao maara pITI hao gayaI tao vah
Apnaa Gar CaoD, kr Apnao dao baoTaoM kao saaqa lao kr Apnao ipta ko
Gar cala dI. k[- nagar AaOr gaa^va par krtI hu[- vah malaya pva-t ko
pasa ek baD,o sao jaMgala maoM jaa phu^caI.
vaha^ ]sao ek caIta imala gayaa. caIto nao BaI ]sao doK ilayaa.
k`aoQa maoM Bara caIta ApnaI pU^C fTkarta huAa ]sakI Aaor baZ,nao
lagaa.
vah Dr gayaI pr saahsa jauTa kr ]sanao Apnao baccaaoM kao caa^Ta
maara AaOr baaolaI — “tuma laaoga [sa baat pr @yaaoM laD, rho hao ik [sa
caIto kao kaOna Kayaogaa. @yaa tuma laaoga doK nahIM pa rho ik ek
caIta tao hmaaro saamanao hI KD,a hO. phlao hma [sao Ka laoM ifr dUsara
ZU^ZoMgao.”

41
The Lady Tiger Slayer. (Tale No 42)
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caIto nao jaba yah saunaa tao saaocaa “yah s~I tao bahut hI bahadur
s~I hO jaao caIto KatI hO.” yah sauna kr vah vaha^ sao Dr ko maaro
Baaga gayaa.
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43 caIta maarnao vaalaI s~I–242

jaba caIta Dr ko maaro Baagaa jaa rha qaa tao ]sao ek gaIdD, imala
gayaa. gaIdD, ]sao [sa p`kar Baagaa jaata doK kr bahut ja,aor sao h^sa
pD,a AaOr baaolaa — “doKao vah caIta iksaI ko Dr ko maaro Baagaa jaa
rha hO.”
caIta baaolaa — “daost gaIdD,. tumharo ilayao yahI AcCa haogaa
ik tuma BaI jaldI sao jaldI iksaI dUr nagar maoM calao jaaAao @yaaoMik
yaha^ Aasapasa maoM ek bahut hI Bayaanak s~I GaUma rhI hO ijasaka raoja
ka Kanaa hI caIta hO.
jaOsaa ik hma laaoga kovala khainayaaoM maoM hI saunato hOM. vah tao
maoro ilayao ibalkula maaOt ko samaana qaI. tao jaOsao hI maOMnao ]sao doKa tao
maOM tao vaha^ sao Baaga ilayaa.”
gaIdD, baaolaa — “yah sauna kr tao mauJao bahut hI AaScaya- hao
rha hO. tumhara khnao ka Aqa- yah hO ik tuma AadmaI ko kovala ek
maa^sa ko TukD,o sao Dr rho hao.”
caIta baaolaa — “Aro vah AadmaI ko kovala ek maa^sa ka
TukD,a nahIM hO. maOM tao ]sako ibalkula pasa qaa. AaOr jaao kuC BaI
maOMnao vaha^ KD,o rh kr saunaa AaOr doKa vah tao iksaI kao BaI Dranao ko
ilayao kafI hO.”
42
The Lady Tiger Slayer-2. (Tale No 43)
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gaIdD, baaolaa — “maOM ]sao svayaM ApnaI Aa^KaoM sao doKnaa caahta
hU^. doKta hU^ mauJao vah caIta Kanao vaalaI s~I imalatI hO yaa nahIM.
AaOr tuma maoro saaqa nahIM Aanaa @yaaoMik vah tumhoM phcaana laogaI.”
caIta baaolaa — “caaho tuma maoro saaqa jaaAao yaa maoro ibanaa jaaAao
[sasao kao[- Antr nahIM pD,ta. tuma tao vaha^ maaro hI jaaAaogao.”
gaIdD, baaolaa — “zIk hO tao maOM tumharI pIz pr baOz jaata hU^
AaOr hma saaqa saaqa calato hOM.”
saao gaIdD, nao Apnao Aapkao caIto kI pIz sao baa^Qa ilayaa AaOr
daonaaoM ]sa s~I kI Aaor cala idyao. bahut jaldI hI vah s~I ]nhoM
Apnao daonaaoM baoTaoM ko saaqa imala gayaI.
ranaI nao jaba [na daonaaoM kao Aato doKa tao phlao tao vah qaaoD,I Dr
gayaI pr ek pla saaoca kr vah icallaayaI — “Aao gaQao gaIdD,.
phlao tuma mauJao hmaaro Kanao ko ilayao tIna tIna caIto ek saaqa laa
idyaa krto qao AaOr Aaja kovala ek hI caIta ilayao calao Aa rho
hao.”
jaOsao hI caIto nao yah saunaa tao vah tao [tnaa Dr gayaa ik turnt
hI pICo kI Aaor GaUmaa AaOr gaIdD, kao ApnaI pIz pr ilayao hue hI
vaha^ sao Baaga gayaa.
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44 caIta Kanao vaalaI s~I–samaaPt43

Aba @yaa qaa caIta tao ApnaI pUrI gait sao Baagaa jaa rha qaa AaOr
gaIdD, ]sakI pIz sao ba^Qaa huAa qaa. gaIdD, vaha^ baOza baOza bahut
proSaana hao rha qaa. vah yahI saaoca rha qaa ik [sa proSaanaI kI
dSaa sao kOsao inaklaa jaayao @yaaoMik caIta tao [tnaa Dra huAa qaa ik
vah tao sabakao caIrta huAa basa Baagaa hI jaa rha qaa Baagaa hI jaa
rha qaa.
Acaanak gaIdD, bahut j,aaor sao h^sa pD,a tao caIta baaolaa —
“[samaoM [tnaI ja,aor sao h^sanao kI @yaa baat hO.”
gaIdD, baaolaa — “mauJao lagata hO ik yah h^sanao kI baat hO
@yaaoMik ABaI ABaI mauJao eosaa lagaa ik hmanao caIta Kanao vaalaI s~I
kao iktnaI AcCI trh maUK- banaa idyaa. tumharo karNa Aba maOM BaI
saurixat hU^ AaOr Aba tao vah bahut pICo rh gayaI pta nahIM kha^. maOM
[saI ilayao h^sa rha qaa. saao maoro Pyaaro caIto Aba tuma mauJao ApnaI pIz
pr sao ]tar dao taik maOM yah doK sakU^ ik hma kha^ hOM.”
ApnaI baD,a[- sauna kr caIta tao bahut p`sanna hao gayaa. vah ruka
AaOr ]sanao p`sannatapUva-k gaIdD, kao ApnaI pIz sao naIcao ]tar
idyaa. jaOsao hI gaIdD, naIcao ]tra caIta mar kr naIcao igar gayaa AaOr
gaIdD, p`sannatapUva-k vaha^ sao Baaga gayaa.
43
The Lady Tiger Slayer-Concluded. (Tale No 44)
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khavat hO na “bauiw idKavao AaOr DIMga maarnao sao khIM AiQak

AcCI hO @yaaoMik ]sako Wara laaoga }^cao ]zto hOM Qana maana sammaana
pato hOM. pr ijasako pasa bauiw nahIM hO vah bahut saarI proSaainayaaoM maoM
iGar jaata hO. A&anaI AadmaI kI Sai> dUsaraoM ka batayaa kama
krnao ko kama AatI hO jaOsao ek Sai>SaalaI haqaI AadmaI ko vaSa maoM
rhta hO.
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46 raxasa AaOr ba`a*maNa kI p%naI–144

va%saaoma naama ko ek nagar maoM ek ba`a*maNa rhta qaa jaao ijatnaa
bauiwmaana qaa ]tnaa hI garIba BaI qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka naama qaa
krgara45 AaOr yahI naama ]sako yaaogya BaI qaa. caaraoM trf maIlaaoM dUr
dUr tk jaanavar ]sasao Dro rhto qao.
AaOr ek BaUt jaao pasa ko ek poD, pr hI rhta qaa vah tao
]sasao [tnaa Dr gayaa ik vah tao vah poD, CaoD, kr jaMgala hI Baaga
gayaa. ba`a*maNa BaI ]nakI doKadoKI Gar CaoD, kr Baaga gayaa.
jaato samaya vah ]saI BaUt sao imalaa jaao ]sako Gar ko pasa vaalao
poD, pr rhta qaa. BaUt nao kha — “tuma bahut dUr sao Aa rho hao
qako hue AaOr BaUKo haogao. AaAao maoro saaqa AaAao maOM tumhoM kuC Kanao
ko ilayao dota hU^.”
ba`a*maNa nao ]sao phcaana ilayaa ik vah iksa trh ka AadmaI hO
saao vah qaaoD,a ihcaka AaOr baaolaa — “p`sannatapUva-k. pr kovala
ek Sat- pr ik ]sako baad tuma mauJao jaanao daogao.”
BaUt baaolaa — “inaiScat $p sao maOM tumhoM jaanao dU^gaa. tumhoM mauJasao
Drnao kI ibalkula AavaSyakta nahIM hO. saccaa[- tao yah hO ik maOM
tumhoM bahut AcCI trh jaanata hU^ @yaaoMik ek baar tuma maoro maailak
44
The Goblin and the Brahman’s Wife. (Tale No 46)
45
Karagaraa means “poisoner” in English.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 130 ~

qao. maOM tumharo Gar ko pasa ek baD,o poD, pr rhta qaa. maOM vaha^ sao
tumharI p%naI krgara sao Dr kr Baaga Aayaa. tuma maoro vyavahar pr
pUNa- ivaSvaasa kr sakto hao.
hma yaha^ sao maRgavatI jaayaoMgao. vaha^ rajaa kI baoTI saulaaocanaa bahut
baImaar hO. saba Da@TraoM nao javaaba do idyaa hO. yah hao sakta hO ik
tuma ApnaI bauiwmaanaI sao vah kr sakao jaao [tnao saaro Da@Tr nahIM
kr sako. jaba hma maRgavatI phu^ca jaayaoMgao tba maOM tumhoM CaoD, dU^gaa.”
jaOsao hI vao maRgavatI phu^cao tao ]nhaoMnao rajaa kI yah GaaoYaNaa saunaI
ik hr ]sa AadmaI ka mahla maoM svaagat hO jaao rajakumaarI kao zIk
kr sakta hao. saao ba`a*maNa mahla gayaa AaOr vaha^ jaa kr ]saka
[laaja ikyaa. pr ]sako baad BaUt nao jaOsaa ik ]sanao ba`a*maNa sao
vaayada ikyaa qaa ]sao CaoD,nao ko ilayao manaa kr idyaa.
ba`a*maNa baaolaa — “iksaI nao saca hI kha hO ik AcCo pirvaar
ko laaoga Qaaima-k pustkoM pZ,nao vaalao Apnao vaayado nahIM taoD,to AaOr
Amar laaoga tao ibalkula hI nahIM taoD,to.”
yah sauna kr BaUt Saima-nda hao kr calaa gayaa. ba`a*maNa ka
ivavaah rajakumaarI sao hao gayaa AaOr ]sao rajaa ka AaQaa rajya BaI
imala gayaa. [sa sabakI tao ]sa ba`a*maNa nao AaSaa BaI nahIM kI qaI.
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47 raxasa AaOr ba`a*maNa kI p%naI–samaaPt46

jaba ba`a*maNa AaOr rajakumaarI Aanand sao Apnao idna ibata rho qao tao
kuC idna baad hI vah BaUt vaha^ Aayaa AaOr rajakumaarI saulaaocanaa kao
caura kr lao gayaa. ba`a*maNa yah doK kr bahut duKI huAa.
]sanao ek bahut baD,o jaadUgar kao ApnaI sahayata ko ilayao
baulaayaa pr ]sanao iksaI BaI Sat- pr iksaI BaI kImat pr ]sakI
sahayata krnao ko ilayao manaa kr idyaa. saao ba`a*maNa nao ifr svayaM hI
saulaaocanaa kao BaUt kI pkD, sao bacaanao kI saaocaa.
jaba vah BaUt ko rhnao kI jagah phu^caa tao BaUt ]sao doK kr
h^saa AaOr ]saka bahut trIko sao Apmaana ikyaa ifr baaolaa — “maOMnao
Apnao ihssao ka kama kr idyaa Aba maoro AadrNaIya daost tuma Apnaa
kama krao.”
ba`a*maNa nao ek imanaT tao p`tIxaa kI ifr vah BaUt ko pasa gayaa
AaOr ]sasao fusafusaa kr baaolaa — “doKao krgara Aa rhI hO. vah
basa maoro pICo pICo hI hO tao maOM tumhoM saavaQaana krnao ko ilayao calaa
Aayaa.”
BaUt kao tao yah basa kh donaa hI kafI qaa. kargara ka naama
saunato hI ]sanao saulaaocanaa kao CaoD, idyaa AaOr vaha^ sao Baaga gayaa.

46
The Goblin and the Brahman’s Wife-Concluded. Tale No 47.
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]sanao ifr kBaI ba`a*maNa kao proSaana nahIM ikyaa. ]sako baad ba`a*maNa
sammaanasaiht maRgavatI laaOT Aayaa.
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48 A@lamand man~I SakTla47

ek baar paTilapu~ maoM naard naama ka rajaa rajya krta qaa. vah
saaro saMsaar ka rajaa qaa @yaaoMik ]sanao ApnaI AaOr Apnao main~yaaoM kI
bauiwma<aa sao saba rajaaAaoM AaOr rajakumaaraoM kao Apnao AaQaIna kr
rKa qaa.
[tnaa saba panao ko baad rajaa naard kao bahut GamaMD hao gayaa.
vah Apnao kt-vyaaoM kao BaUla gayaa. AaOr ]sanao ApnaI sampi<a AaOr
rajya daonaaoM kao jaue maoM lagaanaa p`armBa kr idyaa ik ]sako p`Qaana
man~I nao ]sao raoknao kI bahut caoYTa kI pr kao[- fayada nahIM huAa.
bailk rajaa kao [sa baat pr bahut k`aoQa Aayaa ik p`Qaana man~I
]sako kamaaoM maoM kao[- raok lagaayao. ]sanao SakTla – yahI ]sa p`Qaana
man~I ka naama qaa, kao jaola maoM Dlavaa idyaa. SakTla [tnao idna jaola
maoM rha ik laaogaaoM kao lagaa ik Aba tk tao vah mar BaI gayaa haogaa.
lagaBaga [saI samaya pD,aosaI doSa ko ek rajaa nao rajaa naard ko
pasa Apnao dUt Baojao. ]nako saaqa dao GaaoiD,yaa^ BaI qaIM. rajaa naard
kao ]na GaaoiD,yaaoM kI yaaogyataeoM jaa^canaI qaIM ik ]namaoM sao kaOna saI
if,laI48 qaI.

47
Shakatala the Wise Minister. (Tale No 48)
48
Filly means a mare who is normally less than four years old.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 134 ~

daonaaoM GaaoiD,yaa^ Sa@la saUrt AaOr dUsarI baataoM maoM ibalkula ek saI
qaI saao rajya ko saaro BaagaaoM sao GaaoiD,yaaoM ko baaro maoM haoiSayaar laaoga
baulaayao gayao pr kao[- BaI ]sa p`Sna ka ]<ar nahIM do saka.
tba rajaa naard kao Apnao puranao p`Qaana man~I SakTla kI yaad
AayaI. eosaa laga rha qaa jaOsao ]sako ibanaa na tao rajaa AaOr na rajya
ka hI kao[- Aist%va qaa. eosaa kha jaata hO —
ek gauNavaana bauiwmaana AaOr [-maanadar man~I kao inakalanao ka
Aqa- hO rajaa AaOr ]saka rajya samaaPt kr donaa. jaba rajya naYT
hao jaayao tba eosao man~I kao Kaojanao sao @yaa fayada.
[sa isawant ko }pr ivacaar krko rajaa nao Apnao puilasa caIf,
kao baulaa Baojaa AaOr ]sasao pUCa — “SakTla ka kuC pta hO.”
puilasa caIf, baaolaa — “kuC tao pta haogaa pr zIk sao kuC
pta nahIM hO. @yaaoMik kD,I sajaa ko karNa SakTla sao iksaI BaI
p`kar ka sambanQa rKnaa samBava nahIM qaa.”
KOr puilasa kao jaola Baojaa gayaa jaha^ SakTla band qaa. vah
vaha^ imala gayaa saao ]sakao bahut AiQak sammaana ko saaqa laayaa gayaa
ik vah ek maananaIya AadmaI qaa vah ek daost qaa AQyaai%mak gau$
qaa ek rajakumaar qaa ijasako pasa laaoga SarNa maa^ganao Aato qao.
Kraba samaya maoM ek rajakumaar hI p`aNa bacaanao vaalaa haota hO
AQyaai%mak gau$ Qaaima-k pustkoM pZ,ata hO
ek daost mausaIbataoM maoM sahanauBaUit idKata hO
Dr ko samaya maoM rajaa hI SarNa dota hO
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saao man~I nao rajaa sao pUCa — “sar. Aap mauJasao @yaa jaananaa
caahto hOM.”
rajaa nao SakTla kao ApnaI samasyaa batayaI AaOr ]sao hla krnao
ko ilayao kha. SakTla nao ]na daonaaoM GaaoiD,yaaoM kao Apnao saamanao jaIna
ksa kr baulavaayaa AaOr ]na daonaaoM GaaoiD,yaaoM kao pasa ko GauD,daOD, ko
maOdana maoM lao gayaa.
kuC dor tk ]nhoM }pr naIcao kuda kr ]sanao ]nakI jaIna AaOr
rasa Aaid hTa dI. ]sanao jaldI hI pta lagaa ilayaa ik ]namaoM sao
kaOna saI if,laI hO @yaaoMik dUsarI GaaoD,I if,laI kao barabar caaTo jaa rhI
qaI.
[sa p`kar rajaa ko p`Sna ka ]<ar pa kr vah ifr rajaa ko
pasa gayaa AaOr jaa kr ]sao batayaa. rajaa nao p`sanna hao kr ]sao
ifr Apnao p`Qaana man~I pd pr rK ilayaa.
[sa p`kar ]sanao na kovala Apnaa Kaoyaa huAa pd p`aPt ikyaa
bailk ApnaI Kaoyaa huAa sammaana AaOr Qana BaI p`aPt kr ilayaa.
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50 Qama-bauiw AaOr duYTbauiw49

saMsaar ko iksaI bahut dUr ko Baaga maoM dao daost rhto qao. ]namaoM sao
ek ka naama Qama-bauiw qaa dUsaro ka naama duYTbauiw qaa. ek idna
daonaaoM daostaoM nao tya ikyaa ik vao pOsaa kmaanao ko ilayao baahr jaayaoMgao
saao vao pOsaa kmaanao cala idyao. vaha^ ]nakao kafI saflata imalaI tao
ifr ]nhaoMnao Gar laaOTnao ka saaocaa.
Gar jaanao sao phlao ]nhaoMnao yah ivacaar ikyaa ik vao ]samaoM sao kuC
pOsaa Gar lao kr jaayaoMgao AaOr SaoYa bacaa huAa AiQak pOsaa ek pIpla
ko poD, ko naIcao gaaD, jaayaoMgao taik vao ]sao vaapsa Aa kr inakala kr
baa^T sakoM.
eosaa kr ko vao laaoga Apnao Apnao Gar calao gayao. vao bahut p`sanna
qao. Aanand manaanao kI saaoca rho qao.
pr duYTbauiw kao yah saba krnao kI fursat kha^. mauJao tao yah
batato hue BaI Sama- AatI hO ik ]sanao @yaa ikyaa @yaaoMik iksaI baurI
baat ka vaNa-na krnaa AcCI baat nahIM haotI. bauro kamaaoM kI tao baat
BaI nahIM krnaI caaihyao.
duYTbauiw ]sa jagah gayaa jaha^ ]na daonaaoM nao Apnaa bacaa huAa
pOsaa gaaD,a qaa. ]sanao vah saba pOsaa inakalaa AaOr ]sao Apnao Gar lao

49
Dharmabuddji and Dushtabuddhi. (Tale No 50)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 137 ~

gayaa. jaba pOsao kao baa^Tnao ka samaya Aayaa tao daonaaoM daost saaqa saaqa
]sa poD, ko pasa gayao jaha^ ]nhaoMnao Apnaa pOsaa gaaD,a qaa.
pr saaf qaa ik pOsaa tao vaha^ qaa nahIM.
saao Qama-bauiw maijasT/oT ko pasa gayaa AaOr jaa kr ]sao batayaa
ik ]sako saaqa @yaa huAa qaa AaOr duYTbauiw ka naama lagaayaa ik
]sanao vaha^ sao saara pOsaa Kaod kr inakala ilayaa.
maijasT/oT nao duYTbauiw kao [sa baat ka ]<ar donao ko ilayao
baulaayaa. ]sanao ek hjaar paOMD kI jamaanat do kr maijasT/oT sao
ksama Ka kr maukdmaa rfa dfa krvaa idyaa. maijasT/oT nao
duYTbauiw sao ek hjaar paOMD lao kr daonaaoM kao Gar Baoja idyaa AaOr
Agalao idna daonaaoM sao poD, ko pasa Aanao ko ilayao kha.
duYTbauiw nao Gar jaa kr Apnao ipta sao kha tao ipta nao batayaa
ik ]sao @yaa krnaa caaihyao. duYTbauiw nao Apnao ipta kao ]sa pIpla
ko KaoKlao tnao maoM iCpa idyaa.
Agalao idna maijasT/oT duYTbauiw Qama-bauiw AaOr gaa^va ko bahut saaro
laaoga [sa tmaaSao kao doKnao ko ilayao pIpla ko poD, ko pasa phu^cao.
duYTbauiw kao phlao piva~ ikyaa gayaa ifr ]sanao baD,I Bai> sao
pIpla ko poD, kao isar Jaukayaa AaOr baaolaa —
“Aao piva~ poD,. maOM tumasao ivanatI krta hU^ ik tuma saca baaolanaa
ik maOMnao yaha^ sao pOsaa ilayaa yaa nahIM.”
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]saka ipta jaao pIpla ko poD, ko KaoKlao tnao maoM iCpa baOza qaa
baaolaa “inaiScat $p sao nahIM.” vaha^ KD,o hue saBaI laaogaaoM nao yah
]<ar saunaa tao saBaI nao yahI saaocaa ik duYTbauiw ibalkula baokusaUr hO.
pr Qama-bauiw [sa baat kao maananao ko ilayao tOyaar nahIM qaa @yaaoMik
]sanao duYTbauiw ko ipta kI Aavaaja phcaana laI qaI. saao ]sanao
turnt hI poD, maoM Aaga lagaa dI.
ik tBaI duYTbauiw ka ipota poD, ko KaoKlao tnao maoM sao baahr
inaklata huAa idKayaI idyaa. vah jala rha qaa AaOr ]saka dma
GauTa jaa rha qaa. yah doK kr maijasT/oT nao duYTbauiw kao igarFtar
kr ilayaa AaOr ]sasao Qama-bauiw kao ]saka pOsaa vaapsa krvaa idyaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 139 ~

51 ba`a*maNa ijasanao caaoraoM kao Bagaayaa50

ek nagar hO ijasaka naama cama%karpur hO. ]samaoM saBaI bahut hI
piva~ AaOr QanaI laaoga rhto qao. ek idna vaha^ rhnao vaalao kuC
ba`a*maNaaoM nao yah saaocaa ik vao saba vallaBaI dovata ko maindr jaayaoMgao.
saao kafI saaro GaaoD,o rqa Aaid lao kr vao saBaI laaoga ApnaI
ApnaI pi%nayaaoM AaOr baccaaoM ko saaqa vallaBaI dovata ko maindr calao.
yaa~a ko ilayao ]nhaoMnao kafI saara Kanaa BaI lao ilayaa qaa.
rasto maoM kuC caaoraoM nao ]nako }pr hmalaa kr idyaa tao vao saba
Alaga Alaga idSaaAaoM maoM Baaga gayao. ]namaoM sao ek Balaa AadmaI
ijasaka naama gaaMgaIlaa qaa AaOr jaao kuC la^gaD,a saa qaa [sailayao vah
dUsaro laaogaaoM ko saaqa ]tnaI toja,I ko saaqa nahIM Baaga sakta qaa saao vah
ApnaI gaaD,I maoM hI baOza rh gayaa jaao ]sao laatI lao jaatI qaI.
]sanao ibanaa kao[- Dr idKayao Apnao svaaBaaivak $p maoM ja,aor sao
Apnao Baa[- kao Aavaaja lagaayaI jaao ]sako pasa hI qaa — “ja,ra mauJao
yah tao bataAao ik iktnao GaaoD,o AaOr GaaiD,yaa^ tumharo pasa hOM. tuma
jaldI sao maora jaadU ka QanauYa baaNa laa kr dao tao maOM jaldI sao [na saba
badmaaSaaoM ka Ant kr dota hU^.”
caaor yah sauna kr vaha^ sao turnt Baaga gayao.

50
The Brahman Who Put the Thieves to Flight. (Tale No 51)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 140 ~

@yaaoMik yaid kao[- AadmaI bauiwmaanaI sao zIk samaya pr zIk

baat baaolata hO AaOr ApnaI samaJa nahIM Kaota tao kao[- BaI ]sasao kuC
BaI nahIM inaklavaa sakta.
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52 dud-mana AaOr ]sako tIna saaiqayaaoM ko karnaamao51

saMsaar ko iksaI dUr ko Baaga maoM ek nagarI qaI ijasaka naama qaa
p`itYzanapur. ]sako rajaa ko baoTo ka naama qaa dud-mana. ek baar
]sako idmaaga maoM Aayaa ik ]sao Apnao ipta kao CaoD, kr Apnao gauNaaoM
pr Apnaa naama kmaanaa caaihyao.
saao ]sanao Apnao jaOsao Apnao tIna daost ilayao. ]namaoM sao ek
ba`a*maNa qaa ek vyaaparI ka baoTa qaa AaOr tIsara ek baZ,[- qaa.
sabasao phlao ]na tInaaoM nao Aapsa maoM saaoca ivacaar ikyaa ik ]nakao
Apnaa yah kama kOsao p`armBa krnaa caaihyao.
Ant maoM yah tya huAa ik sabasao phlao ]nhoM samaud` sao imalanaa
caaihyao jaao Aqaah sampi<a ka Kjaanaa hO. @yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha
gayaa hO ik —
bauiwmaana ka Gar, kulaIna AaOr jaao saaOBaagyaSaalaI haoto hOM vao
rajaa ko mahla ko samaana haoto hOM. Balao laaoga hr ek kI Balaa[-
krto hOM jaOsao ek igaro hue haqaI kao haqaI hI ]zata hO.
saao [na isawantaoM kao Qyaana maoM rKto hue ]nhaoMnao va`t rKa k[-
BaoMToM caZ,ayaIM AaOr ifr ApnaI ivanatI lao kr samaud` ko pasa phu^cao.
samaud` dova ]nakI pUjaa BaoMTaoM sao [tnaa p`sanna hue ik ]nhaoMnao hr ek
kao ek ek jaadu[- maiNa dI.
51
Adventures of Durdamana and His Three Companions. (Tale No 52)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 142 ~

[sa p`kar ]nhoM lagaa ik ]nakI yaa~a ka p`armBa AcCa hI

huAa hO. sabanao ApnaI ApnaI maiNa saurixat $p sao rKnao ko ilayao
vyaaparI kao do dIM. ]sanao BaI vaayada ikyaa ik vah [nhoM sa^Baala kr
rKogaa.
Aba yah vyaaparI ek bahut baD,a duYT qaa. ]sanao yah saaocato
hue ik [na maiNayaaoM kao vah Apnao pasa hI rK laogaa ]sanao yao maiNayaa^
lao kr Apnao pajaamao ko naofo maoM isala laIM. [sako baad vao ifr ApnaI
yaa~a pr saD,k pr calanao lagao.
vyaaparI ]na sabasao qaaoD,a saa pICo cala rha qaa ik vah Acaanak
icallaayaa — “maorI sahayata krao. caaor caaor. caaoraoM nao mauJao laUT
ilayaa.”
]sako dUsaro saaqaI yah doKnao ko ilayao pICo laaOTo ik doKoM @yaa
huAa hO. ]sanao kha — “maOM ja,ra saa saD,k ko [Qar ]Qar huAa qaa
ik kuC caaoraoM nao Aa kr mauJao pkD, ilayaa AaOr maora saba kuC laUT
kr lao gayao. vao saba maiNayaa^ BaI jaao samaud` dovata nao hmaoM dI qaIM.”
jaao ]sanao kha vah ]sako saaiqayaaoM nao saunaa AaOr Aapsa maoM saaoca
ivacaar ikyaa. ]nakI raya yah qaI ik yah AadmaI badmaaSa qaa AaOr
]sanao svayaM hI ]nakI caIja,oM lao laI hOM.
ek dao idna baad vao eorartI naama ko ek nagar phu^cao jaha^ ek
bauiwsar rhto qao jaao rajaa ko p`Qaana man~I qao. ]nakI p`isaiw saaro
saMsaar maoM fOlaI hu[- qaI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 143 ~

jaba yao maukdmaa krnao vaalao bauiwsar ko saamanao phu^cato qao tao
]nhoM kovala ApnaI baat khnaI haotI qaI. ]sasao saunato hI vah Apnaa
fOsalaa saunaa dota qaa AaOr ]saka fOsalaa hmaoSaa hI zIk haota qaa.
saao rajakumaar ka baoTa Apnao dUsaro dao daostaoM ko saaqa ]sakao
saamanao Apnaa maukdmaa rKnao gayaa AaOr jaa kr saara hala batayaa.
]nhaoMnao yah BaI kha ik yaid vah ]naka yah maukdmaa doK lao AaOr
sabasao Alaga Alaga p`Sna pUC lao tao ]sao saba saca ka pta cala
jaayaogaa. ]sakI jaa^ca pD,tala vyaqa- nahIM jaayaogaI.
jaba bauiwsar nao yah saunaa tao vah kuC proSaana hao gayaa. vah
iksaI trh BaI yah pta nahIM calaa saka ik caaor kaOna hO AaOr vao
maiNayaa^ kha^ hOM. vah duKI hao kr Apnao Gar calaa gayaa.
]sakI baoTI nao doKa ik ]saka ipta kuC duKI hO saao ]sanao
]sasao pUCa ik @yaa baat hO vah [tnaa @yaa saaoca rha hO. man~I nao
]sao ApnaI khanaI bata dI tao ]sakI baoTI baaolaI — “ipta jaI
Aap proSaana na haoM. maOM pta lagaa}^gaI ik vao maiNayaa^ kha^ hOM.”
man~I baaolaa — “baoTI jaba maOM nahIM pta calaa saka tao tU [saka
pta kOsao lagaayaogaI.”
baoTI baaolaI — “iksaI kao eosaa nahIM khnaa caaihyao ik maora tao
idmaaga hI kama nahIM kr rha @yaaoMik —
 Sauk saPtit ~ 144 ~

eosaa kaOna hO jaao iksaI caIja, ko ivaYaya maoM bahut qaaoD,o sao AiQak
jaana sako. proSaainayaa^ bauiw kI Aa^KaoM sao jaItI jaa saktI hOM jaOsao
ik A^Qaoro kao laalaTona kI raoSanaI sao dUr ikyaa jaata hO.
saao ipta nao baoTI kao kh idyaa ik vah BaI caoYTa kro. [sako
Anausaar man~I nao caaraoM yaai~yaaoM kao Apnao Gar baulaayaa. vao vaha^ Aa
kr nahayao AaOr poT Bar kr Kanaa Kayaa. ifr ]nakao saaonao ko
ilayao tIna Alaga Alaga kmaro idKa idyao gayao.
man~I kI baoTI sabasao phlao rajakumaar ko baoTo ko pasa gayaI AaOr
]sasao ]sanao Pyaar krnao ka naaTk ikyaa saaqa maoM ]sasao saaO paOMD BaI
maa^gao. rajakumaar ko baoTo nao kha “maoro pasa tao pOsao nahIM hOM pr yaid
tuma mauJao Gar jaanao dao tao maOM tumhoM vaha^ sao laa kr do sakta hU^.”
vah baaolaI — “Aaoh nahIM. ]sasao maora kama nahIM calaogaa. mauJao
tao vao ABaI ABaI caaihyao.”
ifr vah ba`a*maNa ko pasa gayaI. vaha^ BaI ]sanao vahI ikyaa jaao
]sanao rajakumaar ko baoTo ko saaqa ikyaa pr yaha^ BaI ]sao vahI ]<ar
imalaa jaao rajakumaar ko baoTo nao idyaa, qaa.
ifr vah baZ,[- ko pasa gayaI ]sanao BaI yahI kha “maoro pasa tao
pOsao nahIM hOM pr yaid tuma kuC dor p`tIxaa krao tao maOM tumhoM laa kr do
sakta hU^.”
]sako baad vah vyaaparI ko pasa gayaI AaOr ]sako saaqa BaI vahI
ikyaa jaao ]sanao rajakumaar ko baoTo AaOr vyaaparI ko baoTo ko saaqa
 Sauk saPtit ~ 145 ~

ikyaa qaa. vyaaparI baaolaa — “maoro pasa pOsao tao nahIM hOM pr maoro pasa
yao caar AmaUlya maiNayaa^ hOM. yaid tuma caahao tao [nhoM lao saktI hao.”
[tnaa kh kr ]sanao Apnao pajaamao ka naofa Kaolaa AaOr ]samaoM
sao caar maiNayaa^ inakala kr ]sako haqa pr rK dIM.
]sanao ]nakao ilayaa AaOr yah khtI hu[- calaI gayaI “maOM [nakI
ja,ra jaa^ca kra laU^ ik yao AsalaI haOM yaa naklaI.”
vao maiNayaa^ lao jaa kr ]sanao Apnao ipta kao do dIM AaOr ipta nao
jaao maiNa ijasakI qaI ]sao vah maiNa do kr ]na sabakao santuYT ikyaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 146 ~

54 Qama-d<a AaOr ]saka man~I ivaYNau52

ek baar kI baat hO ik ek rajaa qaa ijasaka naama qaa Qama-d<a jaao
Sak`avatI ka rajaa qaa. vah bahut nyaayaSaIla rajaa qaa. ]saka ek
man~I qaa ijasaka naama sauSaIla qaa. vahIM ]sako pasa ek AaOr
AadmaI rhta qaa ijasaka naama ivaYNau qaa.
yah ivaYNau BaI kBaI man~I qaa pr Aba ]saka saara pOsaa BaI Kao
gayaa qaa AaOr ]saka Apnaa pd BaI. [saka pirNaama yah huAa ik
vah Aba kuC Aip`ya Aip`ya saa rhnao lagaa qaa. Apnao maoM hI isamaTa
rhta. [sako Alaavaa rajaa BaI Aba ]sao psand nahIM krta qaa AaOr
]sakI Aaor doKta tk nahIM qaa.
ek idna sauSaIla nao rajaa sao pUCa ik ivaYNau [tnaa inaraSa AaOr
Aip`ya kOsao hao gayaa pr rajaa nao sauSaIla ko [sa p`Sna pr kao[- Qyaana
nahIM idyaa. ifr BaI sauSaIla baaolata rha — “yaaor maOjaosTI. vah
saundr hO AakYa-k hO ek sammaainat vyai> hO rajanaIit BaI bahut
AcCI trh jaanata hO Aapkao ]sao iksaI na iksaI imaSana pr AvaSya
hI Baojanaa caaihyao.”
jaao sauSaIla nao kha ]sao sauna kr BaI rajaa ka mana ivaYNau kI
Aaor sao kuC AiQak saaf nahIM huAa saao ]sanao kuC raK laI AaOr

52
Dhrmadatta and His Minister Vishnu. (Tale No 54)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 147 ~

]saka ek CaoTa saa pasa-la banaa kr ivaYNau kao do kr ]sasao kha

ik vah ]sao ivaidSaa ko rajaa Sa~udmana ko pasa lao jaayao.
ivaYNau turnt hI ]sa pasa-la kao lao kr ivaidSaa kI Aaor cala
idyaa. ]sakao tao yah hI pta nahIM qaa ik ]sa pasa-la ko Andr
@yaa qaa. ivaidSaa phu^ca kr ]sanao vah pasa-la rajaa kao idyaa tao
rajaa nao ]sao Kaolaa AaOr jaba ]sanao ]sa pasa-la kao Kaola kr doKa
ik ]samaoM @yaa qaa tao ]saka k`aoQa carma saImaa pr phu^ca gayaa.
[sasao eosaa lagaa jaOsao rajaa nao ivaYNau kao [tnaI Kraba Avasqaa maoM
Dala idyaa gayaa hao pr vah bahut haoiSayaar AadmaI qaa. yah doK
kr ik ivaidSaa ka rajaa [tnaa kaoiQat qaa vah baaolaa —
“sar. maoro rajaa ASvamaoQa ya& kr rho qao AaOr yaaor maOjaosTI kao
yah sammaana donao ko ilayao ]nhaoMnao ya& kuMD sao qaaoD,I saI raK Aapko
ilayao BaojaI hO. yao tIna AignayaaoM sao ]%pnna hu[- hO yah baura[yaaoM kao dUr
krtI hO samaRiw laatI hO AaOr baurI caIja,aoM sao bacaatI hO. kuC eosaa
kha gayaa hO ik —
haqaI kI Bao^T donaa AcCI baat hO. GaaoD,aoM kI BaoMT donaa BaI
AcCI baat hO. pr Aapkao iksaI ya& kI raK kI BaoMT iksa rajya
maoM imalaogaI.”
[tnaa kh kr ]sanao vah raK Apnao haqa maoM ]zayaI AaOr
ivaidSaa ko rajaa kao BaoMT kr dI. rajaa nao ]sa raK kI BaoMT kao
 Sauk saPtit ~ 148 ~

AaOr ivaYNau kI baaolaI kao [tnaa saraha ik ]sanao ]sao bahut saara
saaonaa BaoMT maoM idyaa AaOr saadr ]sako doSa vaapsa Baoja idyaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 149 ~

55 QaaoKa donao vaalaa ba`a*maNa AaOr camaar53

cama-kUT naama ko gaa^va maoM EaIQar naama ka ek ba`a*maNa rhta qaa. vahIM
ek camaar BaI rhta qaa jaao EaIQar ko ilayao ]sako jaUto banaayaa krta
qaa. camaar sada hI ]sasao Apnao jaUto banaanao ko pOsao maa^gata qaa pr
kBaI ]sao ]nako pOsao nahIM imalao.
EaIQar sada hI camaar sao yah kh dota ik ek idna tumhoM [tnaa
imalaogaa ik tuma santuYT sao BaI AiQak santuYT hao jaaAaogao. samaya
baItta gayaa. kuC samaya baItnao ko baad ek idna camaar nao ba`a*maNa
kao pkD, hI ilayaa AaOr ]sasao Apnao pOsao maa^gao.
Aba ba`a*maNa ko ilayao tao baD,I Apmaanajanak baat qaI @yaaoMik
]sa samaya tao ]sako pasa kao[- pOsaa BaI nahIM qaa saao ApnaI haoiSayaarI
sao ]sanao ]sasao kha — “Aaoo maoro yaaogya camaar. maOMnao tumasao kha qaa
na ik bahut jaldI hI tumhoM tumharo pOsao imala jaayaoMgao. gaa^va ko sardar
ko yaha^ ek baoTa huAa hO. tuma [sa baat sao santuYT hao yaa nahIM.”
camaar tao baD,I mauiSkla maoM pD, gayaa. yaid vah “naa” khta hO
tba tao laaOD- k`aoiQat hao jaayaogaa AaOr yaid “ha^” kha tao jaao pOsaa
]saka ba`a*maNa pr banata hO vah Kao jaayaogaa. saao [na
daonaaoM baura[yaaoM maoM sao ]sanao CaoTI vaalaI baura[- caunaI AaOr
ba`a*maNa kao pOsaa idyao ibanaa hI jaanao idyaa.
53
The Cheating Brahmana and the Cobbler. (Tale No 55)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 150 ~

57 cand`laoKa jaao rajaa ko ek bauiwmaana AadmaI ko

p`oma maoM pD, gayaI54
ek baar kI baat hO ik ivak`maak- naama ka ek rajaa qaa. ]sakI
p%naI ka naama qaa cand`laoKa. ek baar eosaa huAa ik cand`laoKa kao
rajaa ka SauBakr naama ka ek bauiwmaana AadmaI AcCa laganao lagaa.
vah ]sao A@sar hI kuC na kuC ilaKtI rhtI. [sako Alaavaa vah
]sako Gar BaI jaatI rhtI.
ek rata barsaat ko maaOsama maoM cand`laoKa SauBakr ko Gar jaanao
ko ilayao tOyaar hu[- tao baairSa Aa gayaI. baadla garjanao lagao ibajalaI
BaI bahut ja,aor sao kD,knao lagaI. Aba eosaa maaOsama tao p`oimakaAaoM kao
Apnao p`oimayaaoM sao imalanao maoM baaQaa Dalata hO.
rajaa kao pta cala gayaa ik ranaI cand`laoKa SauBakr ko Gar ko
ilayao rvaanaa hao caukI hO. saao ]sanao kalao rMga ko kpD,o phnao.
ApnaI tlavaar Apnao haqa maoM laI AaOr iCp kr ]saka pICa krnao
lagaa.
SauBakr nao Apnao drvaajao pr hI ranaI ka svaagat ikyaa AaOr
ranaI sao kha “jaba AakaSa maoM [tnaI saba hlacala macaI hO. jaba

54
Chandralekha Who Fell in Love With One of King’s Wise Men. (Tale No 57)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 151 ~

AnQaa kr donao vaalaa A^Qaora saarI QartI pr Cayaa huAa hO. rat kI
GaiD,yaa^ BaI Saaor sao caup hao gayaI hOM.
eosaI halat maoM tuma rajaa ka hrma CaoD, kr yaha^ @yaaoM AayaI hao
jaao Apnao Sa~uAaoM kao [sa p`kar maar dota hO jaOsao samaud` ko Andr
Aaga rhtI hO. inaiScat $p sao yah kovala ek ZaoMga hO ik is~yaa^
kmala kI Aa^K BaI nahIM sah saktIM.”
rajaa nao jaba SauBakr kI yao baatoM saunaI tao ]sao bahut AcCa
lagaa. [sa baIca SauBakr nao ranaI kao bahut Pyaar sao samaJaayaa AaOr
tsallaI dI.
Agalao idna rajaa nao ranaI kao baulavaayaa AaOr pMiDt kao BaI ]sasao
imalanao ko ilayao baulavaayaa. SauBakr kI Aaor doKto hue ]sanao kha
— “inaiScat $p sao yah kovala ek ZaoMga hO ik is~yaa^ kmala kI
Aa^K BaI nahIM sah saktIM.”
SauBakr tao yah saunato hI Kao gayaa @yaaoMik vah jaana gayaa ik
rajaa ]nako ivaYaya maoM saba kuC jaana gayao hOM @yaaoMik ek Balao Gar maoM
BaI bauro kama kI sajaa imalatI hO tao yah tao rajaa ka mahla hO.
saao ek pla ko ilayao ]sanao saaocaa AaOr ifr baaolaa — “AapkI
Saana tao Aao laaOD- samaud` ko panaI pr BaI raja krtI hO ijasamaoM bahut
Bayaanak Bayaanak jaanavar rhto hO AaOr AakaSa tk jaatI hO }^cao
}^cao phaD,aoM pr caZ, jaatI hO nark tk phu^catI hO jaha^ bahut baD,o
baD,o jaanavar jahrIlaI saa^saoM CaoD,to rhto hOM.
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Aao Pyaar ko Avatar. inaiScat $p sao is~yaaoM ka Dr jaao

[saka saamanaa kr sakta hO vah BaI ek bahanaa hO.”
pMiDt nao jaao kha vah rajaa nao saunaa. ]sanao phlao pMiDt kI
Aaor doKa ifr ranaI kI Aaor doKa. ]sanao Apnao mana maoM saaocaa “yah
tao ek bauiwmaana AaOr ivavaokI AadmaI hO [sakao pkD,naa Aasaana
nahIM hI pr yah s~I hO [sao pkD,nao maoM kao[- kiznaa[- nahIM hO.”
saao ]sanao ranaI ka haqa pkD,a AaOr pMiDt sao kha — “laao
ranaI yaha^ hO [sao lao laao.”
pMiDt yah sauna kr bahut p`sanna huAa pr ]sanao Apnao BaavaaoM kao
iCpato hue kha — “kao[- AadmaI jaao Qama- ga`nqa nahIM jaanata vah
AcCo AaOr bauro maoM kOsao Antr kr sakta hO. kao[- AnQaa AadmaI
saundr AaOr badsaUrtI maoM kOsao Antr kr sakta hO.”
[saka pirNaama yah huAa ik pMiDt ko [sa inaNa-ya sao rajaa
bahut p`sanna huAa AaOr ]sakI Anaumait sao ranaI ka saahcaya- pata
rha.
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59 maUK- AaOr bauro svaBaava vaalaa rajapu~55

saMgama naama ko ek gaa^va maoM rajapu~ naama ka ek AadmaI rhta qaa.
vah ijatnaa baD,a maUK- qaa ]tnaa hI baura vyavahar krnao vaalaa BaI
qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka naama rui@maNaI qaa.
ek idna vao daonaaoM ek maindr jaanao ko ilayao inaklao. rasto maoM
rajapu~ nao rui@maNaI kao saD,k pr jaato hue AadmaI kao ToZ,I Aa^KaoM
sao doKto hue doK ilayaa. rajapu~ kao lagaa ik vah ]saka Qyaana
AakiYa-t krnao kI caoYTa kr rhI hO saao vah turnt hI mauD,a AaOr Gar
kI trf cala idyaa.
jaba vah Apnao Gar phu^caa tao vah ApnaI p%naI ko saaqa baD,I
sa#tI sao poSa Aayaa. ]sanao ]sao ek kmaro maoM band kr idyaa.
rui@maNaI nao Apnao mana maoM saaocaa “[tnaI ja,ra saI baat ko ilayao
[tnaI baD,I sajaa. [sasao phlao ik maOM AaOr baD,I hao jaa}^ maOM iksaI
AaOr kao Gar maoM lao Aa}^gaI AaOr Apnao pit kI Aa^KaoM ko saamanao hI
]sasao Pyaar k$^gaI.”
kuC samaya baad ]sako pit nao ]sao Aajaad kr idyaa. ]sako
baad jaao ]sao phlaa AadmaI imalaa vah vahI AadmaI qaa ijasasao vah
Apnao pit ko saaqa maindr jaato samaya imalaI qaI.

55
Stupid and Ill-tempered Rajputra. (Tale No 59)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 154 ~

]sanao ]sao baulaayaa AaOr ]sasao kha — “Aaja Saama kao tuma
mauJasao imalanao Aanaa. hma laaoga Aa^gana maoM lagao [malaI ko poD, ko naIcao
baOzoMgao.”
vah yah p`stava sauna kr bahut p`sanna huAa. jaba samaya Aayaa
tao vah ]sako Gar phu^ca gayaa vaha^ [malaI ko poD, ko naIcao Aarama
ikyaa naaSta ikyaa. jaba vah Aarama sao baOz gayaa tao rui@maNaI nao
Apnao pit kao baulavaa ilayaa.
]saka pit Apnaa QanauYa baaNa lao kr vaha^ Aayaa tao rui@maNaI
baaolaI — “ip`ya tuma tao bahut AcCa inaSaanaa lagaato hao. tuma tao
Sai>SaalaI hIrao hao. tumharI Sai> AaOr inaSaanaa daonaaoM hI gaa^va Bar
maoM bahut p`isaw hOM. maorI [cCa hO ik tuma qaaoD,I saI caa^dnaI maoro ilayao
BaI kaT dao.”
Aba rajapu~ tao maUK- qaa hI ]sanao Apnaa QanauYa ]zayaa AaOr
caa^dnaI kI ek ikrna kI Aaor inaSaanaa baa^Qaa pr ]saka inaSaanaa
caUk gayaa. [sa pr ]sakI p%naI talaI bajaa bajaa kr h^sa pD,I.
jaba ]sanao doKa ik vah ]sakI [sa galatI pr h^sa pD,I tao
]sanao dUsara baaNa ZU^Znao kI caoYTa kI pr vah ]sao khIM imalaa nahIM.
jaba vah A^Qaoro maoM yah saba krnao kI caoYTa kr rha qaa tao vah
icallaayaI — “Aro Aao maUK-. maOMnao Apnaa [rada pUra kr ilayaa hO.
maOM Apnao p`omaI kao Apnao makana maoM lao AayaI hU^. tuma bahut AcCa
inaSaanaa lagaato hao pr [sa baar tuma Asafla rho. Aba maOM jaatI hU^.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 155 ~

baa[- baa[-.” yah kh kr vah ek GaaoD,o pr caZ,I AaOr Apnao p`omaI ko

saaqa calaI gayaI.
rajapu~ baocaara laijjat saa vahIM KD,a rh gayaa. ]sanao ]sao
ibanaa kuC kho hI jaanao idyaa. @yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO —
“yaha^ tk ik ba`*maa jaI BaI is~yaaoM ko jaala maoM f^sa jaato hOM. is~yaaoM
ka maukabalaa kaOna kr sakta hO. is~yaa^ duKI jaIvana kI jaD, hOM
ijasamaoM sao naIcata ko poD, ]gato hOM ]nako fUla [sa trh ko hOM ijanamaoM
sao pCtavao ko fla inaklato hOM.
is~yaa^ Saaint kOsao laa saktI hOM. is~yaaoM sao tao gaD,baD,I kI
isqait pOda haotI hO AaOr vah gaD,baD,I ]na laaogaaoM kao Apnao vaSa maoM
kr laotI hO jaao ]nasao kao[- matlaba rKto hOM. ]nhoM Apnao sao dUr rK
kr hI hma Apnao Aapkao p`sanna rK sakto hOM.”
p`BaavatI taoto sao baaolaI — “pr is~yaaoM ko karNa hI tao hma
saba yaha^ hOM. is~yaa^ hI tao vaRiw ka karNa hOM. p`sannata ka karNa
hOM. vao baurI kOsao hao saktI hOM. ]nako ibanaa tao h^saI KuSaI hI nahIM.
]nako ibanaa tao iksaI puruYa ka kao[- Aist%va BaI nahIM.
[sako Alaavaa is~yaa^ tao AmaRt ka GaD,a banaayaI gayaI hOM Aanand
kI Kana banaayaI gayaI hOM p`oma ko rhnao ka sqaana banaayaI gayaI hOM.
is~yaaoM ko saaqa sao AiQak AaOr kaOna saI eosaI caIja, hO jaao Saaint
AaOr p`sannata dotI hao.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 156 ~

taoto nao saunaa jaao p`BaavatI nao kha ifr baaolaa — “yaUnaIfaOma-
haqaI AaOr GaaoD,o, }na lakD,I AaOr p%qar, AaOr panaI s~I AaOr puruYa
maoM bahut AiQak Antr hO.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 157 ~

60 hird<a AaOr maiNayaaoM jaD,a kmara56

ek rajaa nao ek bahut hI Saanadar kmara banavaayaa AaOr ]sao bahut
saaro saaonao AaOr javaahrataoM sao sajaayaa. pD,aosa ko ek rajaa nao jaba
[sa kmaro ko ivaYaya maoM saunaa tao ]sanao hird<a naama ko Apnao ek dUt
kao haqaI GaaoD,o AaOr javaahrat ko saaqa ]sa rajaa ko doSa Baojaa taik
vah yah doK kr Aa sako ik ijasa kmaro kI [tnaI p`SaMsaa saunaI gayaI
qaI vah sacamauca ]tnaI p`SaMsaa ko yaaogya qaa BaI yaa nahIM.
jaba vah ]sa doSa phu^caa tao rajaa ko pasa gayaa AaOr baaolaa —
“yaaor maOjaosTI. @yaa maOM Aapka vah saup`isaw Saanadar kmara doK
sakta hU^ ijasao Aapnao ABaI ABaI banavaayaa hO.”
rajaa nao hird<a sao sahYa- kha ik @yaaoM nahIM. vah ]sao AgalaI
saubah doK sakta hO. Agalao idna rajaa nao Apnaa ek AadmaI ]sako
saaqa ]sao kmara idKanao ko ilayao Baoja idyaa.
dUt ]sa kmaro kI camak Qamak doK kr [tnaa cakacaaOMQa hao
gayaa ik vah yahI nahIM saaoca saka ik vah ]sao saca maoM doK rha hO yaa
ifr sapnaa doK rha hO.
saao ]sanao ApnaI jaoba sao ek igarI inakalaI AaOr ]sao fSa- pr
foMk dI. [sasao ]sao ivaSvaasa hao gayaa ik vah saca hI doK rha qaa.

56
Haridatta and the Jewlled Hall. (Tale No 60)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 158 ~

vah Apnao mana maoM AaScaya- AaOr p`SaMsaa ko Baava ilayao Apnao doSa laaOT
Aayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 159 ~

61 tojauka AaOr naklaI Da@Tr57

ek baar kI baat hO ik Kaorsama naama ko gaa^va maoM ek vyaaparI rhta
qaa. ]sakI p%naI ka naama qaa tojauka. vah bahut saundr qaI pr vah
bahut iCCaorI qaI.
ek idna vah ApnaI sahoilayaaoM ko saaqa ek Qaaima-k jaulaUsa
doKnao gayaI. vaha^ ]sao ek bahut saundr naaOjavaana imala gayaa ijasao vah
doKto hI Pyaar krnao lagaI. @yaaoMik “iksaI SaadI maoM, rajaa ko mahla
maoM, iksaI dUsaro ko Gar maoM, s~I iksaI BaI Sarart maoM pD, jaatI hO.”
yah BaI kha gayaa hO ik “Gar maoM hao yaa roigastana maoM hao, ya& maoM
hao yaa tIqa-yaa~a maoM hao, iksaI %yaaOhar maoM hao yaa BaID, maoM hao yaa nagar
maoM hao yaa gaa^va maoM hao, jaha^ GaUmanao kI AajaadI hao yaa band Gar maoM BaI
hao, yaa KotaoM maoM hao yaa Andr Aato samaya hao yaa baahr jaato samaya hao
yaa idna hao yaa rat hao khIM BaI hao s~I inaiScat $p sao galat rasto
pr hI calatI hO.
saao tojauka nao ]sakao [SaaraoM sao Apnao pasa baulaayaa AaOr ]sasao
kha — “mauJao tumasao Pyaar hao gayaa hO pr maora pit bahut hI Aip`ya
iksma ka AaOr bauro svaBaava ka hO vah mauJao Gar ko baahr nahIM jaanao
dota. maOM tumhoM ek trkIba batatI hU^.
57
Tejuka and the Pretended Doctor. (Tale No 61)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 160 ~

tuma maoro Gar ko baahr Aanaa AaOr vaha^ sao ek bat-na maoM saa^p rK
kr maoro Gar ko Andr foMk donaa. saa^p tao calaa jaayaogaa pr maOM bahut
ja,aor sao icallaa}^gaI ik saa^p nao mauJao kaT ilayaa hO. tba tuma vaoSa
badla kr yaanaI ek Da@Tr ka vaoSa rK kr Aanaa tao maoro pit
tumhoM AvaSya hI Andr baulaa laoMgao.”
]sanao vaOsaa hI ikyaa jaOsaa ik ]sasao kha gayaa qaa. vah Aayaa
AaOr saa^p rKa ek bat-na ]sako Aa^gana maoM foMk idyaa. tojauka
ekdma sao icallaayaI — “kao[- mauJao bacaaAao. [sa bat-na maoM saa^p qaa
]sanao mauJao kaT ilayaa hO.”
]sanao bahut Saaor macaayaa tao ]sako pit kao BaI bahut proSaanaI
hu[-. ]saI samaya vah AadmaI ek Da@Tr ko vaoSa maoM ]sa Gar ko
saamanao sao gaujara.
tojauka ifr icallaayaI — “iksaI Da@Tr kao baulaaAao taik vah
maora dd- dUr kr sako. maorI icata ko ilayao lakD,I [k{a krao
@yaaoMik maOM tao Aba inaiScat $p sao mar jaanao vaalaI hU^.”
saao ]sako pit nao baahr Jaa^k kr doKa tao ]sakao yah AadmaI
idKayaI idyaa tao ]sanao saaocaa ik yah Da@Tr hO saao ]sanao ]sao Andr
baulaa ilayaa.
naklaI Da@Tr nao s~I ka Gaava doKa AaOr ]sako pit sao kha
— “]f,. yah Gaava tao bahut hI Ktrnaak hO pr Aap bahut
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BaagyaSaalaI hOM ik Aapkao maOM imala gayaa @yaaoMik maOM [sao ibalkula zIk
kr sakta hU^.”
vyaaparI nao Da@Tr sao ivanatI kI ik vah ]sakI p%naI kao zIk
kr do. tba Da@Tr nao tojauka ko SarIr pr iksaI toja, marhma ka
laop kr idyaa AaOr ]sako pit sao kha — “Aap icanta na kroM.
maOMnao [nako SarIr pr bahut hI Asardar marhma lagaa idyaa hO jaao iksaI
BaI jahr kao dUr krnao ko ilayao kafI hO. Aap BaI [sao lagaa sakto
hOM.”
vyaaparI nao vaOsaa hI ikyaa jaOsaa ]sasao kha gayaa qaa. pr ]sa
marhma kao lagaanao pr ]sakI Aa^KaoM sao [tnaa panaI bahnao lagaa ik
]sao ]sao baIca maoM hI raoknaa pD,a. ]sanao Da@Tr sao kha — “AcCa
hao [sao Aap hI lagaa laoM.” kh kr vah kmaro sao baahr calaa gayaa.
jaba vyaaparI baahr calaa gayaa tao Da@Tr AaOr vyaaparI kI
p%naI nao bahut Aanand ikyaa. caalaak tojauka jaldI hI zIk hao
gayaI. ]sako baad Da@Tr ]nako Gar k[- baar Aata rha AaOr
vyaaparI kI p%naI BaI bahut p`sanna rhI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 162 ~

65 saaQau ka iSaYya AaOr maa^sa ka TukD,a58

gaNasqaana naama kI ek jagah pr ek Ba> rhta qaa. ]saka naama
EaIva%sa qaa. vah mahoSvar ka bahut baD,a Ba> qaa. ek idna vah
Apnao ek iSaYya ko saaqa vaaraNasaI kI Aaor rvaanaa huAa. rasto maoM
]sako iSaYya kao maa^sa ka ek TukD,a idKayaI do gayaa tao vah ]sao
]zanao ko ilayao ruk gayaa.
k[- saaQauAaoM nao jaao ]nako saaqa saaqa hI jaa rho qao ]sao eosaa
krto hue doK ilayaa [sasao EaIva%sa bahut kiznaa[- maoM pD, gayaa
@yaaoMik vao saBaI ek saaqa Aayao AaOr ]sako AaOr ]sako iSaYya kI
h^saI ]D,ayaI.
]nakI baataoM ko ]<ar maoM vah baaolaa — “ha^ yah maora iSaYya hO.
AaOr yah BaI saca hO ik ]sanao maa^sa ka TukD,a ]zayaa hO. pr yah
BaI saca hO ik ]sao [sa baat ka pta nahIM qaa ik yah ek maa^sa ka
TukD,a hO.”

58
The Disciple of the Ascetic and the Piece of Meat. (Tale No 65)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 163 ~

66 bahoilayaa AaOr kbaUtr59

ek dUr doSa maoM ek bahut hI rmaNaIk jaMgala hO jaao laaogaaoM ko rhnao
kI jagah sao dUr hO. yah bahut dUr tk fOlaa huAa hO. [samaoM bahut
saarI icaiD,yaa^ rhtI hOM. [saI jaMgala maoM ek Gaasa ka maOdana hO ijasako
baIca sao ek nadI bahtI hO.
[saI nadI ko iknaaro pr AMjaIr ka ek baD,a Cayaadar poD, hO
ijasako naIcao batKaoM ka rajaa jaba Apnao saaro idna ko GaUmanao sao qak
jaata hO tba Apnao saaiqayaaoM ko saaqa ]sako naIcao baOz kr Aarama
krta hO.
ek idna jaba batKoM vaha^ nahIM qao tao ek bahoilayaa vaha^ Aayaa
AaOr ]sanao poD, ko pasa Apnaa jaala ibaCa idyaa. Saama kao vao saba
raoja kI trh vaapsa laaOTo tao saaro batKoM jaala maoM pkD,o gayao qao.
jaba ]nako rajaa nao doKa ik vao saba jaala maoM pkD,o gayao hOM tao
]sanao ]na sabakao [sa proSaanaI sao baahr inakalanao ka kao[- ]paya
saaocanaa p`armBa ikyaa.
saba maamalao pr ivacaar krko vah baaolaa — “jaba saubah kao
bahoilayaa^ yaha^ Aayao tao tuma saba ibalkula caupcaap pD,o rhnaa AaOr
eosaa bahanaa banaanaa jaOsao ik tuma saBaI mar gayao hao.
59
The Fowler and the Pigeons. (Tale No 66)
[Sorry, Pigeon word is used in its title, but the Geese word is used in the text.]
 Sauk saPtit ~ 164 ~

vah saaocaogaa ik tuma saba vaastva maoM mar gayao hao saao vah tumhoM
jaala maoM sao inakalaogaa AaOr ek Aaor rKta jaayaogaa. ]sako baad tuma
kUd jaanaa AaOr ijatnaI toja,I sao ]D, sakao ]D, jaanaa.” eosaa hI
krnao ka ivacaar ikyaa gayaa.
Agalao idna saubah jaba bahoilayaa yah doKnao ko ilayao Aayaa ik
kao[- batK ]sako jaala maoM f^saI yaa nahIM tao vah tao [tnaI saarI
batKaoM kao jaala maoM doK kr bahut p`sanna huAa. vao saba [tnaI Saaint
sao pD,o hue qao ik ]sao lagaa ik vao saba mar gayao qao.
]sanao ek ek kr ko ]na sabakao jaala maoM sao inakala kr ]nhoM
ek Aaor rKnaa p`armBa ikyaa. jaOsao hI ]sanao ]na sabakao baahr
inakalaa vao saba ]D, ]D, kr Apnao Apnao Gar calao gayao. [sa p`kar
batKaoM ko rajaa kI bauiwmaanaI sao saba batKaoM ko p`aNa bacao.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 165 ~

67 bandr AaOr magar60

puYpakr naama ka ek jaMgala qaa ]samaoM ek CaoTa saa bandr rhta qaa
ijasaka naama qaa vanaip`ya. ]sa jaMgala maoM ek nadI BaI bahtI qaI.
ek idna jaba vah bandr ]sa nadI ko iknaaro Thla rha qaa tao ]sanao
ek magar QaUp Kata doKa.
]sanao magar sao pUCa — “@yaa tuma ApnaI panaI kI ija,ndgaI sao
[tnao tMga Aa gayao hao ik yaha^ jamaIna pr baahr Aa gayao.”
magar nao saunaa jaao bandr nao kha tao vah baaolaa — “iksaI ko
pasa yaid kao[- eosaI isqait hO ijasamaoM vah p`sanna hO ijasao ApnaI
saovaaAaoM ka pUra pUra badlaa imalata hao tao vah tao ]sa jagah sao pUNa-
$p sao santuYT rhogaa. @yaaoMik eosaa kha gayaa hO ik —
“laMka saarI saaonao kI banaI hu[- hO tao BaI mauJao ]sakI icanta nahIM
hO pr @yaaoMik AyaaoQyaa maoro ipta kI hO [sailayao mauJao tao vahI psand
hO.”
pr [sako Alaavaa BaI AaOr kuC hO ijasanao mauJao bahut p`sannata
dI hO AaOr vah hO tumhara saaqa @yaaoMik yah ilaKa huAa hO ik
“piva~ nahanao kI jagahaoM pr kBaI kBaI hI nahanaa laaBadayak haota
hO pr iksaI Balao AadmaI ko dSa-naaoM sao tao hr samaya laaBa hI laaBa

60
The Monkey and the Crocodile. (Tale No 67)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 166 ~

haota hO.” [sako Anausaar maoro saaqa ek AcCI GaTnaa hu[- ik mauJao
kma sao kma ek tao eosaa imalaa jaao mauJasao [tnao maIzo Sabd baaolaa.”
bandr baaolaa — “maoro Pyaaro magar. Aaja sao maOM tumharo saaqa hI
rha k$^gaa @yaaoMik tumharo Sabd tao saccaI daostI ko Sabd hOM.
@yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO ik “bauiwmaanaaoM kI raya maoM daostI Balao
AadimayaaoM ka saaqa hO.” [sa karNa sao maOM tumharI ]tnaI maohmaanadarI
k$^gaa ijatnaa ik maOM kr sakta hU^.”
[tnaa kh kr bandr magar ko ilayao kuC maIzo pko hue fla lao
Aayaa jaao AmaRt kI trh maIzo qao.
]sa idna ko baad sao bandr raoja ]sao pko maIzo kolao iKlaata.
magar kuC fla svayaM Kata AaOr kuC ApnaI p%naI ko ilayao lao
jaata.
ek idna magar kI p%naI nao magar sao pUCa ik vah yao fla laata
kha^ sao hO tao ]sanao ]sao saarI khanaI zIk zIk bata dI jaOsaI ik
GaTI qaI. p%naI nao Apnao mana maoM kha “eosaa lagata hO ik yah bandr
tao eosao hI maIzo fla Kata haogaa. mauJao AaScaya- hO ik ]saka
raojamara- ka Kanaa @yaa haogaa.”
Aba magar kI p%naI kao baccao kI AaSaa qaI saao ]sao AjaIba
AjaIba caIja,oM Kanao kI [cCa haotI qaI. [sailayao ]sanao Apnao pit sao
kha — “mauJao vah fla Kanaa hO jaao vah bandr sada Kata rhta
 Sauk saPtit ~ 167 ~

hO. yaid tuma mauJao vah fla nahIM iKlaaAaogao tao maOM inaiScat $p sao
mar jaa}^gaI.”
saao magar yah sauna kr Apnao kama pr cala idyaa.
vah jaldI hI nadI ko iknaaro ]sa jagah Aa gayaa jaha^ vah
bandr sao phlaI baar imalaa qaa. ]sao vaha^ bandr imala gayaa. ]sanao
bandr sao kha — “maoro Pyaaro daost. tumharo Baa[- kI p%naI tumasao
imalanao kI bahut [cCuk hO. @yaa tuma maoro saaqa maoro Gar calaaogao?”
bandr nao ]saka inaman~Na sahYa- hI svaIkar kr ilayaa AaOr ibanaa
iksaI ihcaikcaahT ko magar kI pIz pr baOz gayaa. vao nadI maoM calanao
lagao. rasto maoM bandr nao kuC saaocaa tao magar sao pUCa — “ABaI ABaI
mauJao ivacaar Aayaa ik maOM vaha^ sao vaapsa kOsao laaOTU^gaa.”
magar nao bandr kI proSaanaI samaJaI AaOr ]sao Gar laaOTnao ka
rasta samaJaayaa.
bandr baaolaa — “Pyaaro magar. tumharI yah baat khnao sao kao[-
laaBa nahIM @yaaoMik mauJao AcCI trh maalaUma hO ik maOM ]sa samaya tk
[sao yaad nahIM rK pa}^gaa. [sako Alaavaa Aba maora tumasao Pyaar BaI
kma hao gayaa hO [sailayao Aba maoro tumharo saaqa tumharo Gar jaanao ka BaI
kao[- laaBa nahIM.”
[sa pr magar baaolaa — “tao ifr Aba maOM tumhoM kha^ ]ta$^.”
bandr baaolaa — “magar Baa[-. @yaa tumanao yah khavat
nahIM saunaI ik maora idla tao hmaoSaa hI AMjaIr ko poD, maoM
 Sauk saPtit ~ 168 ~

rhta hO. mauJao tao hmaoSaa piva~ AMjaIr Kanao kI [cCa rhtI hO.
tuma yaid [saka Aqa- samaJa gayao hao tao mauJao turnt hI vaapsa lao
calaao.”
yah sauna kr maUK- magar turnt plaTa AaOr ]sao nadI ko iknaaro
vaapsa lao calaa. jaOsao hI vao nadI ko iknaaro phu^cao band magar kI pIz
pr sao kUd kr jamaIna pr Aa gayaa AaOr Apnao AMjaIr ko poD, pr
caZ, gayaa.
}pr jaa kr vah baaolaa — “Aba tuma Akolao hI jaaAao. maOM
Aba tumharI pkD, sao baahr hU^. bauiwmaana laaogaaoM ka khnaa hO ik
“jaao laaoga jamaIna pr rhto hO ]nakI panaI maoM rhnao vaalaaoM sao kBaI
daostI hao hI nahIM saktI.”
saao magar duKI hao kr vaha^ sao vaapsa calaa gayaa. jaao laaoga
bauiwmaana haoto hOM vah kiznaa[- maoM pD, jaanao ko baad BaI ApnaI bauiw
ko p`yaaoga sao ]sa kiznaa[- sao baahr inakla kr Aato hOM.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 169 ~

68 ba`a*maNa AaOr vyaaparI kI baoTI61

ivaVasqaana naama ko ek gaa^va maoM koSava naama ka ek ba`a*maNa rhta
qaa. ek baar vah JaIla maoM nahanao ko ilayao jaa rha qaa ik rasto maoM
]sao vyaaparI kI ek saundr baoTI imala gayaI. ]sao doKto hI ]sasao
]sao Pyaar hao gayaa.
ifr jaba vah naha kr vaapsa Aa rha qaa tao vah ]sao ifr sao
imala gayaI. ]sako pasa panaI sao Bara ek GaD,a qaa. ]sanao ]sasao
pUCa ik @yaa vah panaI ka GaD,a ]sako isar pr rKvaanao maoM ]sakI
sahayata kr dogaa.
vah turnt hI tOyaar hao gayaa saao jaba vah panaI ka GaD,a ]sako
isar pr rKvaa rha qaa tao ]sanao QaIro sao ]sao caUma ilayaa. [<afak
sao laD,kI ka ipta BaI vahIM sao gaujar rha qaa ]sanao doK ilayaa.
]sanao ApnaI baoTI kao tMga krnao ko ApraQa maoM koSava kao baulaayaa.
Aba ba`a*maNa tao kiznaa[- maoM f^sa gayaa pr ]saka ek daost qaa
ijasaka naama qaa ivatk-. ]sanao yah hala sauna kr ba`a*maNa sao kha
— “Pyaaro daost. tuma maorI baat saunaao. jaba tuma Adalat maoM AaAao
tao Qyaana rKnaa ik tuma bahut hI AspYT SabdaoM maoM baaolanaa taik
kao[- tumhoM samaJa na sako.”

61
The Brahmana and the Merchant’s Daughter. (Tale No 68)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 170 ~

saao ]sa ba`a*maNa nao vaOsaa hI ikyaa jaOsaa ]sako daost nao kha
qaa. jaba ]sanao Adalat maoM baaolaa tao jaja ]sakI baat samaJa hI nahIM
saka tao vah Jallaa kr baaolaa — “mauJao nahIM lagata ik [sa AadmaI
nao kao[- ApraQa ikyaa hO. yah tao bahut hI maananaIya AadmaI hO.”
[sa p`kar Apnao daost ivatk- kI sahayata sao na kovala koSava
inarpraQa hI saaibat huAa bailk ]saka cair~ BaI AaOr }^caa hao
gayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 171 ~

69 vaigaka ijasanao TOMk maoM igar jaanao ka bahanaa

ikyaa62
ek baar kI baat hO ik ek gaa^va maoM ek vyaaparI rhta qaa ijasakI
p%naI ka naama vaigaka qaa. vah vyaaparI ApnaI p%naI kao bahut Pyaar
krta qaa.
Aba ek idna eosaa huAa ik ]sako pit kao nahanaa qaa tao vah
]sako nahanao kI tOyaarI maoM lagaI qaI ik ]sakao Apnaa ek p`omaI
saD,k pr jaata idKayaI do gayaa.
yah doK kr ]sanao Apnao pit sao kha ik ]sako ]sako nahanao
ko ilayao kafI panaI nahIM qaa AaOr ]sao yah jatanao ko ilayao vah AaOr
panaI laonao jaa rhI hO Gar ko baahr BaagaI. ifr vah Apnao daost ko
saaqa kafI dor tk baahr rhI. [sa saara samaya ]saka pit Apnao
nahanao kI p`tIxaa maoM baOza rha.
Aba ]sako saamanao p`Sna yah qaa ik vah Gar jaa kr @yaa bahanaa
banaayao ik vah [tnaI dor kha^ qaI. ]sanao ek pla saaocaa AaOr vahIM
Apnao Gar ko saamanao vaalao talaaba maoM kUd gayaI.
AaOr kUd kr icallaayaI — “mauJao bacaaAao mauJao bacaaAao. maOM
DUbaI maOM DUbaI.”
62
Vagika Who Pretended to Fall in the Tank. (Tale No 69)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 172 ~

]sako pit nao ]sako panaI maoM igarnao kI Cpak kI Aavaaja AaOr
ifr ApnaI p%naI ko icallaanao kI Aavaaja saunaI tao vah yah doKnao ko
ilayao baahr Aayaa ik khIM ]sakI p%naI iksaI kiznaa[- maoM tao nahIM
hO.
jaOsao hI vah baahr Aayaa AaOr ApnaI p%naI kao talaaba maoM DUbato
doKa tao vah turnt hI ]samaoM kUd pD,a AaOr ibanaa ]sasao kuC kho
saunao AaOr pUCo gaCo ]sao bacaa kr Gar lao Aayaa.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 173 ~

[na khainayaaoM ko samaaPt haonao pr madna laaOT Aayaa. p`BaavatI

nao bahut Pyaar sao ]saka svaagat ikyaa.
taoto nao bahut QaImao sao kha — “is~yaaoM maoM Pyaar naama kI kao[-
caIja, nahIM haotI. GamaMD naama ka BaI kuC nahIM haota. ijatnaI dor
tuma baahr rho yah maorI daost qaI yah maoro p`it hI vafadar qaI.”
madna nao jaao taoto nao kha vah saunaa pr ]sanao ]sakI Aaor kao[-
AiQak Qyaana nahIM idyaa. taota mauskurayaa AaOr baaolaa — “jaao
AcCI salaah saunata hO AaOr ]sao maanata hO vah [sa saMsaar maoM AaOr
dUsaro saMsaar maoM BaI sauKI rhta hO.”
Aba madna kao lagaa ik ]sao taoto sao yah pUCnaa caaihyao ik
]saka [sa baat kao khnao ka @yaa ta%pya- hO. p`BaavatI BaI yah sauna
kr kuC ]%sauk hao gayaI ik doKoM Aba @yaa inakla kr Aata hO.
@yaaoMik kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO ik “AcCa[- sada hI mauKr
rhtI hO @yaaoMik ]sako Andr AcCa[- kI Baavanaa iCpI rhtI hO.
naIca laaoga sada hI Dro rhto hOM @yaaoMik ]nakI baurI naIyat ]nakao
kayar banaatI hO.”
saao p`BaavatI nao Apnao pit sao kha — “sar. AapkI yah
jagah tao bahut hI AcCI hO @yaaoMik [sa Gar maoM ek taota rhta hO
jaao eosaa lagata hO ik yah saIQaa Bagavaana ko Gar sao Aayaa hO @yaaoMik
yah sada bauiwmaanaI kI baat krta hO. yah tao maoro pit AaOr baoTo
daonaaoM ko barabar qaa.”
 Sauk saPtit ~ 174 ~

taota Apnao ivaYaya maoM eosaa sauna kr kuC Samaa- gayaa @yaaoMik ]sao
lagaa ik vah eosaI saba p`SaMsaa ko yaaogya nahIM qaa. madna nao p`BaavatI
sao kha — “ja,ra mauJao BaI tao bataAao ik vao bauiwmaanaI kI baatoM @yaa
qaIM ijanasao taoto sao tumhoM tsallaI imalaI.”
p`BaavatI baaolaI — “maoro svaamaI. saca baaolanao vaalaa tao imala
sakta hO pr kao[- AcCa saunanao vaalaa nahIM imala sakta. @yaaoMik
kuC eosaa kha gayaa hO ik “jaao laaoga maIza baaolato hO ]naka saba
jagah svaagat haota hO. pr jaao na AcCa laganao vaalaa saca baaolato hOM
]nakI baat kao[- nahIM saunata.
is~yaa^ tao bahut hI caMcala haotI hOM. ]nako mana maoM pit ko ilayao
yaa tao ibalkula hI Pyaar nahIM haota yaa ifr bahut qaaoD,a Pyaar haota
hO. vao Apnao ivaYaya maoM AiQak saaocatI hOM. vao A&anaI hOM vao Apnao
kt-vyaaoM ko palana maoM laaprvaah haotI hOM AaOr jaba vao iksaI AadmaI
kao pkD, laotI hOM tao vao ]sakao Apnao jaala maoM sao eosao inakalatI hOM
jaOsao iksaI maClaI kao inakalato hOM.
vao samaud` kI lahraoM kI trh sao badlatI rhtI hOM. Saama ko
baadlaaoM kI trh sao ek jagah sao dUsarI jagah jaatI rhtI hOM. jaba
]naka ]_oSya pUra hao jaata hO tao vao AadmaI kao ek inacaaoD,o hue
fTo hue kpD,o kI trh sao foMk dotI hOM. vao AadmaI ko idla maoM Gausa
jaatI hOM AaOr ifr ]sao proSaanaI k`aoQa AaOr QaaoKoQaD,I sao Bar dotI
hOM. eosaa @yaa hO jaao is~yaa^ p`aPt nahIM kr saktIM.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 175 ~

ip`ya Aba tuma maorI saunaao. jaba tuma calao gayao tba yaVip hma
laaoga Alaga Alaga qao ifr BaI kuC samaya tk tao maOM tumhoM yaad krtI
rhI pr ifr maorI kuC naIca sahoilayaa^ AayaIM AaOr ]nhaoMnao mauJao
BaTkanao kI caoYTa kI pr [sa icaiD,yaa nao mauJao ]nako pICo jaanao sao
mauJao 70 rataoM tk khainayaa^ saunaa saunaa kr raoka.
[sa p`kar [sanao mauJao maorI [cCaAaoM ko pICo Baaganao sao raoka AaOr
maOM ApnaI baurI [cCaAaoM kao pUra nahIM kr payaI. Aaja sao, jaIvana maoM
yaa maR%yau ko baad BaI, Aao maoro ip`ya tumhIM maoro jaIvana ko ]_oSya
rhaogao.”
p%naI ko [sa kqana ko baad madna nao taoto sao pUCa ik yah saba
vah @yaa kh rhI qaI.
taota baaolaa — “iksaI BaI bauiwmaana kao kao[- BaI baat jaldI maoM
nahIM khnaI caaihyao. jaao ]icat AaOr Anauicat ka Baod jaanato hOM ]nhoM
]saI ko Anausaar kama krnaa caaihyao.
sar. maOM maUK- laaogaaoM kI, ipya@kD,aoM kI, is~yaaoM kI, raoigayaaoM
kI, p`oimayaaoM kI, kmajaaoraoM kI, jaldI sao k`uw haonao vaalaaoM kI, pagalaaoM
kI, laaprvaahaoM kI, AasaanaI sao Drnao vaalaaoM kI AaOr BaUKo laaogaaoM kI
yaa ifr bahut kma gauNaaoM vaalaaoM kI baat nahIM khta.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 176 ~

dsa trh ko laaoga haoto hOM jaao nyaayaSaIla trIka nahIM jaanato –
pagala, laaprvaah, ipya@kD,, kmajaaor, k`aoQaI, BaUKa, jaldbaaja,
kayar, laalacaI AaOr kamaI.
maOM Aapsao ivanatI krta hU^ ik Aap p`BaavatI kao ]sakI kimayaaoM
ko ilayao xamaa kr doM @yaaoMik [samaoM ]naka kao[- daoYa nahIM hO bailk
daoYa tao ]nakI saMgat ka hO.
@yaaoMik yah kha gayaa hO ik “gauNavaana laaoga yaid iksaI bauro
rasto pr calato hOM tao [samaoM ]naka nahIM bailk ]nako saaqa ka kusaUr
haota hO. yaha^ tk ik BaIYma jaI nao BaI duyaao-Qana ko Asar maoM gaaya
caurayaI qaI.
rajaa kI baoTI kao ek ivaVaQar nao BaTka idyaa qaa laoikna
@yaaoMik ]saka daoYa bahut hI saIQaa saada qaa [sailayao ]sako ipta nao
]sao xamaa kr idyaa qaa.”
]sako baad taoto nao madna kao Aagaoo ilaKI khanaI saunaayaI.
 Sauk saPtit ~ 177 ~

70 ganQava- kI baoTI ijasao naard nao Saap idyaa63

ek phaD, hO ijasaka naama malaya pva-t hO. ]sakI caaoTI pr ganQavaao-
ka ek nagar hO ijasaka naama manaaohr hO. vaha^ madna naama ka ek
ganQava- rhta qaa. ]sako ek p%naI qaI ijasaka naama qaa r%naavalaI.
]nakI ek baoTI qaI ijasaka naama qaa madnamaMjarI.
madnamaMjarI bahut saundr AaOr AakYa-k qaI. jaao BaI ]sao doK
laota qaa vah basa ]saI maoM Kao jaata qaa caaho vah dovata hao yaa kao[-
hIrao hao. ek idna naard jaI vaha^ Aayao tao ]nhaoMnao BaI ]sakao doKa
tao ]sao doK kr tao ]naka idmaaga hI GaUma gayaa.
kuC samaya baad jaba naard jaI jaao ek ?iYa qao Apnao Aapo maoM
Aayao tao ]nhaoMnao ]sao Saap idyaa “@yaaoMik tumharI saundrta nao maoro
Andr kama Baavanaa jagaayaI hO tao tuma QaaoKo kI iSakar haogaI.”
jaba laD,kI ko ipta nao naard jaI ka yah Saap saunaa tao ]nhaoMnao
?iYa ko saamanao jamaIna tk Jauk kr ]nasao ivanatI kI ik “ho ?iYa.
maorI baoTI pr dyaa kIijayao AaOr ]sao xamaa kIijayao.”
naard jaI baaolao — “maora Saap JaUza nahIM hao sakta saao vah
QaaoKa tao KayaogaI hI pr ]sasao [sao kao[- haina nahIM haogaI AaOr na [sao
pit imalanao maoM kao[- proSaanaI hI haogaI. maoru pva-t kI caaoTI pr

63
Gandharva’s Daughter Who Was Cursed by Narada. (Tale No 70)
 Sauk saPtit ~ 178 ~

ivapula naama ka ek nagar hO jaha^ kNap`Ba naama ka ek ganQava- rhta

hO. vahI tumharI baoTI ka pit haogaa.”
[tnaa kh kr naard jaI calao gayao AaOr ]nako kho Anausaar ]sa
ganQava- nao ApnaI baoTI kNap`Ba ganQava- kao do dI. kuC samaya baad hI
]sako pit kao iksaI kama sao kOlaaSa pva-t jaanaa pD, gayaa. ]sako
jaanao sao vah bahut AQaIr hao rhI qaI ]sao tsallaI donaa AsamBava saa
hao rha qaa. vah Apnao Gar ko Aa^gana maoM pD,o p%qar pr laoT gayaI.
ek ivaVaQar nao ]sao doK ilayaa tao vah BaI ]sasao p`oma krnao
lagaa. ]sanao ]sasao Apnaa p`oma vya> ikyaa tao ]sanao ibanaa iksaI
ihcaikcaahT ko ]sao manaa kr idyaa. pr ]sanao ]sako pit ka $p
rKa AaOr Apnaa ]_oSya pUra ikyaa.
kuC samaya baad hI ]saka pit vaapsa Aa gayaa pr ]sao lagaa
ik vah ]sao doK kr p`sanna nahIM hu[-. saao ]sao lagaa ik lagata hO
ik vah iksaI AaOr kI Aaor AakiYa-t hao gayaI hO. QaIro QaIro ]sa
nayao AadmaI sao ]sao WoSa hao gayaa AaOr vah yah saaocanao lagaa ik vah
ApnaI p%naI kI h%yaa kr dogaa.
jaba madnamaMjarI kao yah pta calaa tao vah dugaa- jaI ko maindr
gayaI AaOr vaha^ jaa kr ja,aor ja,aor sao raonao lagaI.
dovaI nao ]saka raonaa saunaa tao ]sanao ]sako pit sao kha — “Aao
Balao ganQava-. tumharI p%naI inadao-Ya hO. ]sao ek ivaVaQar nao tumhara
 Sauk saPtit ~ 179 ~

$p lao kr QaaoKa idyaa hO. jaba ]sao saca ka pta hI nahIM qaa tba
tuma ]sa pr kao[- Aaraop kOsao lagaa sakto hao.
[sako Alaavaa yah tao kovala naard jaI ko idyao gayao Saap ka
pirNaama qaa. AaOr Aba @yaaoMik ]naka Saap kama kr cauka hO
[sailayao Aba vah daoYariht hao gayaI hO [sailayao Aba tumhoM ]sao xamaa
kr donaa caaihyao AOr ]sao vaapsa svaIkar kr laonaa caaihyao.”
dovaI dugaa- ko mau^h sao yah sauna kr kNap`Ba ApnaI p%naI kao
vaapsa Apnao Gar lao gayaa AaOr ifr vao daonaaoM sauK sao rhnao lagao.”
taota Aagao baaolaa — “saao madna yaid tumhoM maoro kho pr ja,ra saa
BaI ivaSvaasa hO tao tuma BaI Apnao p%naI kao p`omapUva-k Gar lao jaaAao
@yaaoMik vah inadao-Ya hO.”
tba madna nao taoto ka kha maanaa AaOr p`BaavatI kao Gar lao
gayaa.
]sako ipota hird<a nao jaba Apnao baoTo kao vaapsa Aayaa doKa tao
vah bahut p`sanna huAa. [sa Avasar pr AakaSa sao fUla barsao AaOr
taota jaao p`BaavatI ka salaahkar AaOr ivaSvaasapa~ qaa BaI ]sa Saap
sao mau> hao gayaa ijasako karNa ]sao ek taoto ka $p laonaa pD,a
qaa.
taota dovataAaoM ko rhnao kI jagah ]D, gayaa AaOr
madna AaOr p`BaavatI daonaaoM nao Apnaa jaIvana p`sannata AaOr
Saaint sao ibatayaa.
List of 70 tales of “Shuk Saptati”
12 Tales are not given in the book that is why only 58 titles are given here.

1. Mohana and Lakshmi

2. Yashodevi and Her Transmigrations
3. Prince Sudarshan and Vimala
4. The Stupid Brahman Who Married a Witch
5. The Queen and the Laughing Fish
6. Sumati Jayanti and Ganesha
7. The Brahman and the Migical Cloak
8. The Merchant Who Lost his House and the Prperty
9. The Queen and the Laughing Fish Concluded
10. Devas and His Two Wives
11. Rambhika and Her Brahman Lover
12. Shobhika and the Vakul Tree
13. The Wily Rajika
14. The Ingenious Dhanashri
15. What Sridevya Did When She Lost Her Anklet
16. Mugdika Who Gor the Better of Her Husband
17. Gunadhyaya the Brahman of Ready Wit
18. Not Available
19. The Prudent Santika Who Saved Her Husband's Credit
20. Kelika Who deceived Her Husband by Pretended Affection
21. Not Available
22. Madhaka and the Camel
23. The Son of the Promise Who Lost All His Money
24. Not Available
25. The Buddhist Mendicant
26. Ratnadevi and Her two Lovers
27. Not Available
28. What Devika Did Whe She Was Caught With Her Lover
29. The Clever Sundari
30. Muladeva Who Saved Himself by HIs Tact
31. Shashak the Hare and the Lion
32. Rajani and the Bundle of Wheat
33. Rambhika and Her Four Lovers
34. The Brahman the Girl and the Five Ears of Corn
35. Shambhak the Seed Merchant
36. Nayini and the Silk Dress
37. Purnapal the Ploughman and the Master's Daughter
38. Not Available
39. Iron Weights and Scales Which Were Eaten by Mice
40. Subuddhi and Kubuddhi
41. Not Available
42. The Lady Tiger Slayer
43. The Lady Tiger Slayer, contd
44. The Lady Tiger Slayer, contd
45. Not Available
46. The Goblin and the Brahman's Wife
47. The Goblin and the Brahman's Wife, concluded
48. Shakatala the Wise Minister
49. Not Available
50. Dharmabuddhi and Dushtabuddhi
51. The Brahmana Who Put the Thieves to Flight
52. The Asventures of Durdamana and His Three Companions
53. Not Available
54. Dharmadatta and His Minister Vishnu
55. The Cheating Brahmana and the Cobbler
56. Not Available
57. Chandralekha Who Fell in Love With One of King's Wise Maen
58. Not Available
59. The Stupid and Ill-tempered Rajaputra
60. Haridatta and the Jewelled Hall
61. Tejuka and the Pretender Doctor
62. Not Available
63. Not Available
64. Not Available
65. The Disciple of the Ascetic and the Meat
66. The Fowler and the Pigeons
67. The Monkey and the Crocodile
68. The Brahmana and the Merchant's Daughter
69. Vajika Who Pretended to Fall in the Tank
70. The Gandharva's Daughter Who Was Cursed by Narada
 Indian Classic Books of Folktales Translated in Hindi
by Sushma Gupta
12th Cen Shuk Saptati.
No 29 By Unknown. 70 Tales. Tr in English by B Hale Wortham. London :
Luzac & Co. 1911. Under the Title “The Enchanted Parrot”.
Sauk saPtit — .

c1323 Tales of Four Darvesh

No 24 By Amir Khusro. 5 Tales. Tr by Duncan Forbes.
ikssayao cahar drvaoSa
1868 Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends
No 23 By Mary Frere. 24 Tales. (5th ed 1889).
puranao d@kna ko idna yaa ihndU piryaaoM kI khainayaa^
1872 Indian Antiquary 1872
No 34 A collection of scattered folktales in this journal. 18 Tales.

1880 Indian Fairy Tales

No 30 By MSH Stokes. London, Ellis & White. 30 Tales.
ihndustanaI piryaaoM kI khainayaa^
1884 Wide-Awake Stories – Same as Tales of the Punjab
By Flora Annie Steel and RC Temple. 43 Tales.

1887 Folk-tales of Kashmir.

No 11 By James Hinton Knowles. 64 Tales.
kaSmaIr kI laaok kqaaeoM
1889 Folktales of Bengal.
No 4 By Rev Lal Behari Dey. Delhi : National Book Trust. 22 Tales.
baMgaala kI laaok kqaaeoM
1890 Tales of the Sun, OR Folklore of South India
No 18 By Mrs Howard Kingscote and Pandit Natesa Sastri.
London : WH Allen. 26 Tales
saUrja kI khainayaa^ yaa dixaNa Baart kI laaok kqaaeoM
1892 Indian Nights’ Entertainment
No 32 By Charles Swynnerton. London : Elliot Stock. 52/85 Tales.
Baart kI rataoM ka manaaorMjana
1894 Tales of the Punjab.
No 10 By Flora Annie Steel. Macmillan and Co. 43 Tales.
pMjaaba kI laaok kqaaeoM

1903 Romantic Tales of the Panjab

No 31 By Charles Swynnerton. Westminster : Archibald. 7 Tales
pMjaaba kI p`oma khainayaa^
1912 Indian Fairy Tales
No 28 By Joseph Jacobs. London : David Nutt. 29 Tales.
ihndustanaI piryaaoM kI khainayaa^

1914 Deccan Nursery Tales or Fairy Tales from Deccan.

No 22 By Charles Augustus Kincaid. 20 Tales.
d@kna kI nasa-rI kI khainayaa^
doSa ivadoSa kI laaok kqaaAaoM kI saIrIja, maoM p`kaiSat pustkoM —
[sa saIrIja, maoM 100 sao AiQak pustkoM ]plabQa hOM.
pUro saUcaIp~ ko ilayao [sa pto pr ilaKoM : [email protected]

naIcao ilaKI hu[- pustkoM ihndI ba`ola maoM saMsaar Bar maoM ]na sabakao ina:Saulk ]plabQa hO jaao ihndI ba`ola pZ, sakto hOM.
Write to :- E-Mail : [email protected]
1 naa[jaIiryaa kI laaok kqaaeoM–1
2 naa[jaIiryaa kI laaok kqaaeoM–2
3 [iqayaaoipyaa kI laaok kqaaeoM–1
4 rOvana kI laaok kqaaeoM–1

naIcao ilaKI hu[- pustkoM haD- kapI maoM baajaar maoM ]plabQa hOM.
To obtain them write to :- E-Mail [email protected]

1 rOvana kI laaok kqaaeoM–1 — Baaopala, [nd`a piblaiSaMga ha]sa, 2016

2 [iqayaaoipyaa kI laaok kqaaeoM–1 — dohlaI, p`Baat p`kaSana, 2017, 120 pRYz
3 [iqayaaoipyaa kI laaok kqaaeoM–2 — dohlaI, p`Baat p`kaSana, 2017, 120 pRYz
4 SaIbaa kI ranaI makoDa — dohlaI, p`Baat p`kaSana, 2019, 160 pRYz
5 rajaa saaolaaomana — dohlaI, p`Baat p`kaSana, 2019, 144 pRYz
6 rOvana kI laaok kqaaeoM — dohlaI, p`Baat p`kaSana, 2020, 176 pRYz
7 baMgaala kI laaok kqaaeoM — dohlaI, naoSanala bauk T/sT, 2020, 213 pRYz

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 Sauk saPtit ~ 185 ~

laaok kqaaAaoM kI @laaisak pustkoM ihndI maoM

ihndI Anauvaad sauYamaa gauPta
1. Zanzibar Tales: told by the Natives of the East Coast of Africa.
Translated by George W Bateman. Chicago, AC McClurg. 1901. 10 tales.
ja,Mja,Ibaar kI laaok kqaaeoM. Anauvaad – jaaOja- DbalyaU baoTmaOna. 2022

2. Serbian Folklore.
Translated by Madam Csedomille Mijatovies. London, W Isbister. 1874. 26 tales.
saribayaa kI laaok kqaaeoM. AMgaojaI Anauvaad – maOma ja,IDaoimalao maIjaaTaovaIja,. 2022
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“Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians”. By Woislav M Petrovich. London : George and Harry.
1914 (1916, 1921). it contains 20 folktales out of 26 tales of “Serbian Folklore: popular tales”

3. The King Solomon: Solomon and Saturn

rajaa saaolaaomana : saaolaaomana AaOr saOTna-,. ihndI Anauvaad – sauYamaa gauPta – p`Baat p`kaSana. janavarI 2019

4. Folktales of Bengal.
By Rev Lal Behari Dey. 1889. 22 tales.
baMgaala kI laaok kqaaeoM — laala ibahari Do. ihndI Anauvaad – sauYamaa gauPta – naoSanala bauk T/sT.. 2020

5. Russian Folk-Tales.
By Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasief. 1889. 64 tales. Translated by Leonard Arthur Magnus.
1916.
$saI laaok kqaaeoM – AlaO@ja,OnDr inakaolaayaoivaca Af,anaasaIva. 2022. tIna Baaga

6. Folk Tales from the Russian.

By Verra de Blumenthal. 1903. 9 tales.
$saI laaogaaoM kI laaok kqaaeoM – vaIra DI blaUmaOnqala. 2022

7. Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales.

Collected and Edited by Nelson Mandela. 2002. 32 tales
naolasana manDolaa kI Af`Ika kI ip`ya laaok kqaaeoM. 2022

8. Fourteen Hundred Cowries.

By Fuja Abayomi. Ibadan: OUP. 1962. 31 tales.
caaOdh saaO kaOiD,yaa^ – fUjaa AbaayaaomaI. 2022
 Sauk saPtit ~ 186 ~

9. Il Pentamerone.
By Giambattista Basile. 1634. 50 tales.
[la pOnTaimaraona – ijayaamabaitsta baaisalao. 2022. 3 Baaga

10. Tales of the Punjab.

By Flora Annie Steel. 1894. 43 tales.
pMjaaba kI laaok kqaaeoM – Flaaora eonaI sTIla. 2022. 2 Baaga

11. Folk-tales of Kashmir.

By James Hinton Knowles. 1887. 64 tales.
kaSmaIr kI laaok kqaaeoM – jaomsa ihnTna naaoilasa. 2022. 4 Baaga

12. African Folktales.

By Alessandro Ceni. Barnes & Nobles. 1998. 18 tales.
Af`Ika kI laaok kqaaeoM – AlaosaanD/ao saOnaI. 2022

13. Orphan Girl and Other Stories.

By Offodile Buchi. 2001. 41 tales
laavaairsa laD,kI AaOr dUsarI khainayaa^ – Aaof,aoiDla baUcaI. 2022

14. The Cow-tail Switch and Other West African Stories.

By Harold Courlander and George Herzog. NY: Henry Holt and Company. 1947. 143 p.
gaaya kI pU^C kI CD,I – hOrlD kUrlaOnDr AaOr jaaOja- hrja,aOga. 2022

15. Folktales of Southern Nigeria.

By Elphinston Dayrell. London : Longmans Green & Co. 1910. 40 tales.
dixaNaI naa[jaIiryaa kI laaok kqaaeoM – eolaifnsTna DorOla. 2022
16. Folk-lore and Legends : Oriental.
By Charles John Tibbitts. London, WW Gibbins. 1889. 13 Folktales.
Arba kI laaok kqaaeoM – caalsa- jaaOna iTibaT\sa. 2022
17. The Oriental Story Book.
By Wilhelm Hauff. Tr by GP Quackenbos. NY : D Appleton. 1855. 7 long Oriental folktales.
AaoireonT kI khainayaaoM kI iktaba – ivalahOlma haOf,. 2022
18. Georgian Folk Tales.
Translated by Marjorie Wardrop. London: David Nutt. 1894. 35 tales. Its Part I was published in
1891, Part II in 1880 and Part III was published in 1884.
ijayaaoija-yaa kI laaok kqaaeoM – marjaaorI vaarD/aOp. 2022. 2 Baaga
19. Tales of the Sun, OR Folklore of South India.
By Mrs Howard Kingscote and Pandit Natesa Sastri. London : WH Allen. 1890. 26 Tales
saUrja kI khainayaa^ yaa dixaNa kI laaok kqaaeoM — imasaoja, havaD- ikMgsakaoTo AaOr pMiDt natIsaa saas~I. 2022.
20. West African Tales.
By William J Barker and Cecilia Sinclair. 1917. 35 tales. Available in English at :
piScamaI Af`Ika kI laaok kqaaeoM — ivailayama jao baak-r AaOr isasIailayaa isan@laoyar. 2022
21. Nights of Straparola.
By Giovanni Francesco Straparola. 1550, 1553. 2 vols. First Tr: HG Waters. London: Lawrence and
Bullen. 1894.
sT/apraolaa kI ratoM — ijayaaovaanaI f`ansaOskao sT/apraolaa. 2022
22. Deccan Nursery Tales.
By CA Kincaid. 1914. 20 Tales
d@kna kI nasa-rI kI khainayaa^ – saI e iknakOD. 2022
23. Old Deccan Days.
By Mary Frere. 1868 (5th ed in 1898) 24 Tales.
puranao d@kna ko idna – maOrI f`Oro. 2022
24. Tales of Four Dervesh.
By Amir Khusro. Early 14th century. 5 tales. Available in English at :
ikssayao cahar drvaoSa — AMga`ojaI Anauvaad – DMkna faobsa-. 2022
25. The Adventures of Hatim Tai : a romance (Qissaye Hatim Tai).
Translated by Duncan Forbes. London : Oriental Translation Fund. 1830. 330p.
ikssayao haitma ta[- — AMga`ojaI Anauvaad – DMkna faobsa-. 2022.
26. Russian Garland : being Russian folktales.
Edited by Robert Steele. NY : Robert McBride. 1916. 17 tales.
$saI laaok kqaa maalaa — AMga`ojaI Anauvaad – eoDITr raobaT- sTIlao. 2022
27. Italian Popular Tales.
By Thomas Frederick Crane. Boston : Houghton. 1885. 109 tales.
[TlaI kI laaokip`ya khainayaa^ — qaaomasa f`ODOirk k`ona. 2022
28. Indian Fairy Tales
By Joseph Jacobs. London : David Nutt. 1892. 29 tales.
BaartIya piryaaoM kI khainayaa^ — jaaosaof jaokbsa. 2022
29. Shuk Saptati.
By Unknown. c 12th century. Tr in English by B Hale Wortham. London : Luzac & Co. 1911.
Under the Title “The Enchanted Parrot”.
Sauk saPtit — . 2022
30. Indian Fairy Tales
By MSH Stokes. London : Ellis & White. 1880. 30 tales.
BaartIya piryaaoM kI khainayaa^ — eoma eosa eoca sTao@sa. 2022
31. Romantic Tales of the Panjab
By Charles Swynnerton. Westminster : Archibald. 1903. 422 p. 7 Tales
pMjaaba kI p`oma khainayaa^ — caalsa- isvanarTna. 2022
32. Indian Nights’ Entertainment
By Charles Swynnerton. London : Elliot Stock. 1892. 426 p. 52/85 Tales.
Baart kI rataoM ka manaaorMjana — caalsa- isvanarTna. 2022
34. Indian Antiquary 1872
A collection of scattered folktales in this journal. 1872.

36. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

Translated in English By R Nisbet Bain. George G Harrp & Co. c 1894. 27 Tales.
kaoja,Ok kI piryaaoM kI khainayaa^ — Anauvaadk Aar inasbat baOna. 2022

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