Puranic encyclopaedia
by Vettam Mani | 1975 | 609,556 words | ISBN-10: 0842608222
This page describes the Story of Sukumara included the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani that was translated into English in 1975. The Puranas have for centuries profoundly influenced Indian life and Culture and are defined by their characteristic features (panca-lakshana, literally, 鈥榯he five characteristics of a Purana鈥�).
Story of 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补
A Sanskrit poet. There is a story about the devotion of 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补 to his teacher. Though 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补 was a dutiful student his teacher used to scold him always. Consequently 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补 harboured malice in his heart against his teacher. One night 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补 got on the upper attic of the house of the teacher with a big stone. His aim was to drop the stone on the head of the teacher. But that night the conversation of the teacher and his wife was about 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补. The wife asked the teacher why he was scolding his disciple so often, when he was so dutiful and righteous. The teacher said that he loved him most and that the chastisement was meant to make him better and better. When 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补 heard this his heart was broken. With tears in his eyes, he got down with the stone and disappeared in darkness.
Next morning 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补 had no peace of mind. He approached the teacher. He asked the teacher "What is the punishment destined for him who had tried to kill his teacher?" The teacher replied that he should die a slow death in the fire made by the husk of paddy. Instantly 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补 made a pit and stood in it and filled the pit with husk up to his neck and set fire to the pile. When the teacher knew that the culprit was 厂耻办耻尘腻谤补, he was filled with grief. He tried his best to dissuade his beloved disciple from his attempt. But it was in vain. While he was slowly burning in the fire he composed and sang the great poem '艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 痴颈濒腻蝉补'. The poet was not able to complete the twelfth Sarga of 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 痴颈濒腻蝉补.
The sixtysixth stanza was the last one he sang. 艢r墨 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 was showing 厂补迟测补产丑腻尘腻, the various countries and describing the prominence of each, when they had reached the earth after obtaining the 笔腻谤颈箩腻迟补 flowers from the world of the gods. After having described the kingdoms of 笔腻峁囜笉测补 and Cola, the poet was beginning to describe the natural beauty of 'Saptako峁卥a峁嘺s' (the seven 碍辞峁卥补峁嘺 countries). The story says that when he had sung the last line of that stanza his tongue was burnt and he could not proceed with the rest of the poem.