Sacred Tales of India Engelska 2002

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1916 Excerpt: ... not sink. At this emergency, Padma besought theaid of her father: "Father, see how my step-mother crosses me atevery turn. Is she not content with blinding one of my eyes andbanishing me from heaven, without seeking to defeat all mypurposes?" And Mahadeo felt for her and descending from Kailas, hisabode, appeared before his high-mettled consort with the purpose ofmaking her, if possible, quit the vessel. He began as follows: "Bythe heads of your favourite sons, Kartika and Ganesha, you mustleave the vessel and come away directly, 0 Bhagavati, or--" "Or,what?" flashed out his spouse. "Nothing," replied Mahadeo in alower key, "I do not mean anything. But, Bhagavati, my darling, youshould not press your point in all matters. Is it not bare justiceto poor Padma that she should have her way once? Remember, she hasbeen cruelly wronged. You were wont to be generous." And Bhagavatiyielded, and arm-in-arm with her husband re-ascended to heavenleaving Chand to his fate. The next blast upset his vessel, and hewas forced to swim for his life. At this Padma appeared in the airabove Chand's head and said: "Saodagar, do you not realise thatthis is not by chance or in the course of nature. Even now yieldand worship me whilst there is yet time!" But he still refused eventhough he was drowning. Padma, however, did not mean to kill him.So, after drifting in the water for some days, he was at lengthallowed to reach the shore but not before he had been made thesubject of many illusions by Padma, in which he thought himself tobe continually in sight of land only to find nothing but water asfar as the eye could reach. At each fresh disappointment Padmareiterated her appeals but in vain. The Sao...