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Chitrv Chitrvii Katha
No.3 No.3 2 7 , Feb Februar ruary y 1, 19 85
Tapati
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Ed'tor AMANT PAI
Associate Associate Editors Editors KAMALA KAMA LA C HA ND RA KANT KANT SUBFiA RAO
Script GAYATRI MABAN DUTT
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Sam varana do
help
th at
us
though
r ea e a li li s e
our
d e s ir ir es , g r e a t p e r s o n a l e f f o r t m u s t
for IBH Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Mahalaxmi Chambers, 22, Bhuiabhai Desai Road, Bombay 400 400 026 and and printed print ed by him at IEa 1Printers, Marol Naka, VAathuradas Vissanji Road, J Andheri Andhe ri (Ea (East), t), Bombay Bomba y 400 059. 059.
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Drstributcis in U. S. A.
you take
delights.
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t im e
p l u n g e in in i t y o u c o m e u p w i t h a n e w
Art Ar t Consultant Consu ltant RAM WAEERKAR
th at
be
put
i n.
m oral
Vyasa
p e rh a p s
l es es s o n
though
h e d o e s n o t s p e c i f y i t. 'R ur u a n d P r a m a d v a r a ' o f l o ve an d l if e
to
is a t e le
s a c r i f i c e . H u m ' s g n ft ft o f
Pra m ad v ara
results
i n ~t He
d i m i n u t i o n o f h i s -x -x j w n l i fe b y
h a l f. f.
T h i s s t o r y c a n r i g h t l y t a k e i t s p l ac ac e alo n g s id e t h e m o r e f a m o u s s to r y o f S a v it r i a n d S a ty a v a n f r o m t h e s am e source.
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SAM VAR AN A, RU LER OF O F TAG TAG KINGDOM KINGDOM OF TUG BHARATAS, HEARD U//TH A HE A HE A W HEART, HEART, RGPORTS FROM H /S M N /ST ER S OF THE THE SUFFERINGS SUFFERINGS OF HIS SUBJECTS.
S A M V A R A N A A N D
TA P A TT!
OUR
FAMINE, DROUGHT a
nd
d is e a s e d
STALK THE LAND.
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AND D THOSE THAT THAT AR E — AN ALIVE, ALIV E, CONSIDER CONSIDE R THEIR PLIGHT TO BE WORSE THAN . DEAT DE ATH H. >£
BUT WORSE IS TO COME FOR —
PEOPLE ARE PVIN 6 BV THE HUNDRED.
AH A H ! WHAT A WRETCH WRE TCHED ED KIN6 I AM THAT THAT I MU ST SE SEE E MH PEOPLE SUFFER V THUS TH US* * Ja
•••THE-.-THE PANCHALAS HAVE DECLARED WAR ^ ON US . y
am ar chitra katha
SAN) PARA NA'S HEAR T SA NK A S HB IB P H IS ARMW TO TUB F/BL P OF BATTUE M IG H T IER FORCE OF THB PANCHALAS. r -------------------------------------- 7---------------
THEIR ARMV IS MUCH BIGGE R AMP THEIR SOLDIERS BETTER FED. HET AS KING I HAVE NO CHOICE BU T TO r _ FIGHT. /
SA MU A RA N A ANO HIS M EN B RA VEIH FO UG HT THE EN EM 9 -
HOWEVER, THE OOPS A6 A/NST THEM WERE TOO 6 REAT. HUMIUATEP ANP 6 R/EF-STR/CKEN,SAH)IIARANA 4 FLEP W/TH HIS MEN ANP HIS FAMHH TO TH£~ FOREST ON THE BANKS OF THE S/NPHU #
THE /NOUS
SAMVARANA AND TAPATI
FOR MANV WEARS SAMVARANA LIVE D IN TUB INILD ERNE SS NU RS ING JNB WOUND OF DEFEAT, \ THEN, ONE DAV, THE VENERABLE SAGE, VAStSHTHA, VISITED THE FORT. SAMVARANA RECEIVED HIM WITH
a m a r c h i t r a k a th a
BLESSED’ DID SOU SAW, SAM VARANA? THAT KINS IS BLESSED WHO RULES OVER THE KIN6D0M OF HIS FOREFATHERS IN ALL DIGNITH AND HONOUR-
MS PRESENCE WILL NOT WORK MIRACLES FOR SOU, SAMVARANA. IT IS BV HOUR OWN EFFORTS THAT HOUR DESIRE WILL BE FULFILLED.,
GREAT SAGE, HOUR WORDS GIVE ME COURAGE. THIS VERH DAH, I WILL START MAKING PREPARATIONS
THE SAGE’S PRESENCE HAS HAD ITS EFFECT ON OUR KING WE ARE BOUND TO SEE BETTER TIMES!
SAMVARANA AND TAPATI
SAMVARANA RALLIED HIS LORAL SOLD IERS AN D DECLARED WAR ON THE PANCHALAS. HE FOUG HT LIR E O NE INSP IRED . ]-------- {-----
SAMVARANA “S VIGOUR AND VALOUR IRON THE ADMIRATION, THE VERU HEART OF TAPATI, DAUGHTER OF SUR RA*.
HOW BRAVE HE IS'.AND STRONG AND
TAKEN B R S URPRISE BU T NOT DISPLE ASED , SURVA SM ILED TO HIMSELF AND
* SUN-GOD
o m a r c h i t r a k a th a
TAPATI,
LOOK
AT
MB...OR 9 0 VOU
HAVE E4ES FOR NONE ELSE TOPAV?
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SAMVARANA AND TAPATI
ONE DAY, SAMV ARANA SE T OUT ON A HU NT W ITH A FEW COMPANIONS. BT~
THE CHASE BEGAN. SAMVARANA SOON LEFT THE OTHERS BEHIND— m U\ ' h \ w ?
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LOOK— A P E E R * AFTER IT*
• •AN D FOUND HIMSELF RID/N6 ALL ALONE ON THE WOODED r r « 2 M r MOUNTAINSIDE,
/ r flfWS.
/ r SUDDENLY
TOTTERED AND FELL.
\ HOW FIERCELY SURVA [V(2 \ ’* SHINES TODflVf I AM A f *\ , \ M EXHAUSTED. MV HORSE A J t V \ IS MUST 8 6 SO, fB r w t o o . . f / L
MV POOR ONE, IT HAS BEEN TOO MUCH FOR VOU. COME, LET US LOOK FOR A V STR EAM . S
AT A ST REA M THEY DR AN K THEIR FILL
vm«h.
THEN AS SAMVARANA ROSE TO HIS FEET -
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...H £ WAS DAZZLED B 9 A B R ILLIAN T SIGHT. IT WAS A WOMAN - THE MOST RADIANT OHS HB HAD EVER S £T EVES ON[F~
BATH£D IN HBR SPLENDOUR , THE VENN CREEPERS AND PLANTS SEEMED TO HAVE TURNED INTO GOLD
SAM VARAN A FOUND HIM SE LF WALKING TOWARDS HER. KoOp^' , --- __—
/ 'S U C H A GREAT BEAUTV MUST HAVE BEEN FASHIONED B H CHURNIN6 OUT THE BEST FROM DEVA, ASURA AND MAN *OR IS SHE
\ & l> * LANSAM/—THE GODDESS OF WEALTH
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SAMVARANA AND TAPATI
THOUGH PECKEP OUT IN JE WEL S; VOU EMERGE THE MOST COVETED JEWEL OF \ THEM ALL.
VOU ARE LOVELIER THAN THE MOON.
Vf
I A M ... FILL EP * • • WITH •••WITH LONGING- ••
amar chitra katha
RISE,0 BEST OF KINGS! IT IS NOT PROPER FOR HOU WHO ARE FAMED THROUGHOUT THE LAND, TO LOSE HOUR COMPOSURE A THUS. W tl/S /s .
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SAMVARANA AND TAPATI
ON THE TWELFTH PAW OF H IS PENA NCE, VAStSHTH A CAME TO H IM
SAMVARANA 4 I KNOW WHAT VOUR DESIRE IS. IT SHALL BE FUL. FILL ED . y
I SHALL IN PERSON a p p r o a c h THE SUN-OOP. .
I A M VASISHTHA, 0 SURVA.KIN6 SAMVARANA SOLICITS THE HAND OF VO UR DAUGHTER TAPATI. IN MARRIAGE
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0 SA 6 E.WHEN THE BEST OF MONARCHS SEEKS THE HAND OF THE BEST OF WO MEN , WHAT COULD BE MORE PRO PER THAN BLE SSIN G THEIR UNION.
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am ar chit ra katha
LATER INH EN SAMVARANA LOOPED UP INTO THE SK V H IS H EA RT OI/ERPLOINED W ITH GRATITUDE A N D JOY.
O SAG E, FIRST" VOU „ INSPIRED ME TO WIN BACK MV KINGDOM. NOW VOU HAVE HELPEP M V PENANCE BEAR FRUIT.
MAV VOU BOTH LIVE TOGETHER IN v HARMONV AND BLISS.
AN D THERE ON THE M O U N TA IN S ID E , IN THE PRESENCE OP THE OOPS AN D THE SASESj SAMUARANA MARRIED TAPATI\ W E DAUGHTER OP THE SUN-GOD. ---- -------------------------------------- :----------
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VEDA VYASA AND HE COMPOSED AN EPIC POEM MAHABHARATA FOR WHICH GANESHA AGREED TO BE THE SCRIBE. V9ASA BEGAN WITH THE INVOCATION:
PISHI VEDA WASH DWELT ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO THE GREAT WAR BETWEEN HIS GRAND SONS, THE HAURAVAS AND THE PANDAVAS ; ON THE WAR ITSELF: AND ON I7S AFTERMATH. AN D IN M S WISDOM HE SAW THEM AND THEIR ACTS AS NEITHER WHITE NOR BLACK BU T GRE9. HE SAW IN THEIR LIVES THE HUM AH CONDITION WITH AN INSIGHT, A UNIVERSALITY THAT IS G IVE N ONLY TO THE GREATEST OF POETS.
0WHAVIN6 2^S1) INVOKBP THE l H |
SPACE OF NAPAVANA AND ^ NARA AND SARASWATI MUST THE WORD / JAVA BE / -k
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WHEN AT LAST THE WORK WAS COMPLETED A l/YA SA TAUGHT HIS P/SC/PLESSUM ANTA, JA IN IN I, PAiLA _ VA/SHAM PA A AN A AND H/S OWN SON SHUH A - T H E VEDAS WITH THE MAHABHARATA AS THE FIFTH
m
BUT ONLY WHEN THE PROTAGONISTS OF HIS WOR, HA P DEPARTED FROM THE EARTH PIP THAT AGE ■ LEGS S EE P HER MIT THEIR STORM TO B E RECITED IN PUBLIC A HP THIS IS HOW IT CAME TO PASS
AFTER RECE/WN 6 H IM AND WORSHIPPING H IM ACCORDING TO THR PRESCRIBED RITE S, JANAMEJAVA SAID TO VVASA:
vou h a v e s e e n a w it n e s s , o s a g e , TO THE FEUO BETWEEN THE KAURAVAS AND THE PANDAVAS. I WISH TO HEAR FROM VOU OF THOSE EV EN TS . WHV DIP MH ANCESTORS WAR WITH ONE ANO TH ER ? IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SIMPLE CAUSE FOR'WHICH THOSE VIRTUOUS ONES SLEW THOSE WHOM THEV SHOULP NOT HAVE AND FOR WHICH THE WORLD STILL AP PL AU DS THEM. TELL ME 0 SAGE, WHV THAT GREAT HOLOCAUST * ,
AN D THEN ADD RE SSED THE RING
0 MONARCH,
I SH ALL RECITE IT. BUT THIS HISTOR4 TOLD BH RISHI VVASA CONSISTS OF OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND VERSES AND WILL TAKE TIME.
® p ha r ma
( o n e 's p u r v )
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IT IS A DISCOURSE ON DHARMA*ON ARTHA*ON KAMA-*. WHAT IS CONTAIN ED IN THIS WORK ABOUT VIRTUE, WEALTH, PLEASU RE AND SALVATION MAV BE 1 SEEN ELSEWHERE. BUT-
••• WHATEVER IS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS IS NOT TO BE FOUND ANWWHERE. HE THAT KNOWS IT MAV BE REGARDED AS ON E WHO KNOWS THE VEDAS.
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AND THESE WORDS HOLD GOOD TO TH/S DAN AS ALL WHO H ARE READ VV AS A'S IMMORTAL WORM AND TRIED TO IM B IBE ITS ESSENCE WILL AGREE.
I FOR THE FIR S T T IM E EVER ! A COMPREHENSIVE A CCOUNT OF
MAHABHARATA
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IN NOUR FAVOURITE SER IES
AMAR CHITRA KATHA
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am ar chitra katha
WHAT’ S THE MATTER? WHV DO VOU STARE AT ME SO? DIDN’T VOU 3 WANT SOME fL WATER?
THAT WAS THE SWEETEST WATER I HAVE
VOU W ERE VERV THIRSTV * SIR. y
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VOUA/G M EN THANKED HER AN D WALKED
M M .
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e v e r
K TASTED!
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, r u r u | WHAT \ ARE VOU THINKING V ABOUT? > h ev
s f
UHSOH; N0THIN6
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RURU AND PRAMADVARA
m s w e s o n o p BRAHMAN/}, PRA M AT /.
r u r u
THAT eVEN/N6 WHEN THEO MeT
t h b
I WILL HAVE TO TELL THEM. HOW t else will | Ik
l et
M nt
WHICH FACE? WHOSE FACE?
father
KNOW •
WHICH GIRL?
DON’T TEASE ME, VOU KNOW WHO I V M E A N » ^
I CANNOT FORGET HER THAT FACE-
WE DO; WE DO l/ERV W EL L, INDEED.
THE GIRL AT THE HERMITA 6 E . . .
Jf WHICH N 'i, L HERMITAGE?
TE LL MV FATHER N THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MARRV HER. / . WILL HOU?
arr\ar chitra katha TAB NE XT PAW IX/HEN PR AM AT ! HEAR D THE HE NS FROM PURU S FR/ENDS — I AM P L E A S E D TO KNOW THAT MV SON HAS
CHOSEN A BRIDE FOR HIMSELF. LET US GO TO THE HERMITA6E AT ONC E.
THE G/RL MEANWHILE NAS BUSW TENDING HER p l a n t s . THIS STICK WILL MAKE VOU GROW STRAIGHT AND TALL. TH ERE !
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TOOK HOM E THE CHILD THAT B LA ZE D ,AS /T WERE, W/TH BEAUTV RHP PERFORMED FOR HER ALL THE CEREMONIES PRESCRIBE!? IN THE SCRIPTURES.
A N D HER E IN MW HER M ITA G E, UNDER MW TENDER CARE, MW LITTLE DAUGHTER'..
amar chitra katha
UTTLE D IP PO PP SUSPECT THAT FATE WOULD SOON END N /S H APPINESS W ITH O NE CRUEL STROKE. IT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE PAW OF THE W EDDING . PRAMADVARA WAS FLAWING WITH HER FRIENDS.
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RURU AND PRAMADVARA
THE N, AS IF DEATH, WITH ITS INOAST WEAPONS, COULD NOT CRUSH 8EAUTV, PRAMADVARA JS LIFELESS BODV BLOOMED A G AIN AN D LOOPED LO VE LIER TH AN IT H A D IN L IF E , m ^m r im r - ^ r 7 r r - y 7 X y y 7 ----
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LIKE A BLOSSOM, WITHERED B V A SH AR P WHO, PRAMAD VARA LA V THERE, CRUMPLED, PALE AND DEA D. 27
amar chitra katha
THE NE W S S PR EA D. FILL E D W /T H COM PASSION, THE DW ELLERS OF THAT FOREST , THE SA& ES RUSHIR A , UDDALARA , BHA RAPINAJA, GOUTAM A AN D OTHERS, CAME
f
RURU AND PRAMADVARA
•• • LE T THE M ER IT OF THESE ACTS RESTORE MH BELOVED TO \ LIFE. V
SUDDENLY
0 RURU,HOUR GR IEF CANNOT BRING PRAM AD VARA BACK TO LIFE. /
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amar chitra katha
A PE VAPO O TA* STOOP BEFORE RURU
ONE WHOSE DAMS ON THIS EARTH ARE OVER CANNOT RETURN TO LIFE AG AIN. /
IF MOU GIVE UP HALF OF HOUR OWN LIFE FOR HOUR BR IDE, THEN PRAMADVARA WILL V l i v e a g a i n . ^
MET THE GODS HAVE PROVIDED A WEANS TO RESTORE PR AM AD VA RA TO , w L IFE . X
JUST HALF MH LIFE WHEN I WOULD SURRENDER IT A LL FOR . HER SAKE2 /
0 HEAVENLM BEING, HEAR THIS. HER E AND NOW 1 GIVE UP HALF OF MV v SPAN OF LIFE. LET \ WM BRIDE A R IS E. A
W E W E /r MO MEN T, AT TNE HERMITAGE— ,--------- s-----
PRAMADVARA MV CHILD-..
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