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India Printed at isis images Pvt, Ltd, 193/7, Chodbander Village Road, Mira Road (E), Thane - 401 104 For Consumer Complaints Contact Tel: +91-22 40497436 mail customerservice@ackmedlia.comIONE COLD WINTER DAY, ARUN! OF |PANCHALA , A DISCIPLE OF SAGE r |DHOUMYA, WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE THERE'S A BREACH| IN THE EMBANK~ MENT! THE MASTER'S FIELD WILL DRY UP! IF WAIT HERE TO TRY AND STOP IT, “VUL BE DELAYED. AND THERE'S NOT A BIT OF FIREWOOD AT THE HERMITAGE!MEANWHILE THE SAGE AND HIS DISCIPLES HAD ASSEMBLED FOR THE DAY'S LESSONS. HE'S GONE TO FETCH FIREWOOD. THERE’S A BREACH IN THE EMBANKMENT. THE WATER IS ESCAPING... UUST THEN ARUN CAME RUNNING IN, PANTING UNDER THE LOAD HE CARRIED. ae AH! THERE You ARE! WHY ARE YOU LATE, ARUNI 2 OH! OH! GO AND ATTEND TO IT. Quick | LEAVE THE FIREWOOD HERE | UPAMANYU ORvs WILL TAKE NO BCR) | 45 VEDA AND UPAMANYU CARRIED ITIN. HE’S ; NB) | 7H€ Firewooo in — jONE. ALRE, i i READY Lagi Z HOW RESPONSIBLE I AND DEVOTED ARUNI ; IS! A DISCIPLE LIKE HIM IS HARD TO LAYING THE LOGS ACROSS THE GAP, ARUNI PACKED IT WITHBUT AS ARUNI TURNED TO GO — Rei! OH, NO! IT'S GIVEN WAY! WHAT SHALL 108 IF 1GO BACK FOR HELP, THE FIELD WILL BE DRAINED AS HE STOOD GAZING HELP— LESSLY AT THE BREACH, AN IDEA OCCURRED TO HIM. FOR A MOMENT HE WAVERED — BUT MY GURU'S FIELD! 1 MUST IF | STAY HERE, 1 WILL MISS MY STUDIES FORMEANWHILE , ENGAGED IN HIS DAILY ROLITINE, THE SAGE FORGOT ABOUT ARUN! AND THE ERRAND HE HAD SENT HIM ON. TOWARDS EVENING — THE LAMPS ARE . NOT YET LIT! *y_{ WHERE'S ITS NOT LIKE = ARUNI® aie ARUNI TO FORGET HIS DUTIES: \ HIM TO THE t Y p 2 | FIELD ON AN as | ERRAND, MASTER. HE HAS NOT YET RETURNED. WY NOT YET RETURN- WHEN THE ANXIOUS SAGE ED? | HOPE NO AND HIS DISCIPLES REACHED MISHAP HAS BEFALL-| | THE FIELD — * \\ EN HIM. COME, LET US GO TO THE RA FIELD AND HE'S NOT HERE! WHERE COULD HE HAVE GONE?SUDDENLY, A FEEBLE VOICE CALLED —| ARUNI-I-I=! ARUN}, MY CHILD-+- WHERE ARE... 1AM HERE... MASTER! ARUNI 2 1S _{ THAT Youe “SA WHERE «-.TEARS FILLED HIS EYES AS THE SAGE BENT DOWN TO LIFT UP HIS DISCIPLE HE’S BEEN HERE ALL DAY! MY CHILD, HE STOPPED THE GAP WITH ARE YOU HIS OWN BODY! BLESS ALL RIGHT? THE CHILD! ARUNI! YOU'RE COLD AND STIFF! THE WATER, MASTER! IT’S. FLOWING OUT! LATER WHEN THE BREACH HAD BEEN ATTENDED TO, AND ALL HAD RETURNED TO THE HERMITAGE — erm == ‘| WS AS DEVOTION AND = SY OBEDIENCE TO YOUR GURU ARE UNMATCHED. || ee) THEY SHALL FOREVER [223] Be) BRING YOU eee DON’T WORRY, ARUNI. WELL ‘TAKE. CAREi] UTTANKA NM MANY DISCIPLES CAME TO THE 2. |HERMITAGE OF SAGE GAUTAMA, BUT THE ONE WHO WON HIS: SPECIAL AFFECTION WAS UTTANKA.| MY DEAR UTTANKA, | KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. MAY THE DIVINE AGNI COME TO YOUR AID WHEN YOU NEED HIM MOST. WHEN GAUTAMA WORSHIPPED AGNI, THE GOD OF FIRE , HE ALWAYS CHOSE UTTANKA TO ASSIST HM. O AGNI,! WORSHIP YOU FOR THE SAKE OF MY GURU, WHO 15 MY ONLY GOD.YOU HAVE ACQUIRED \ Wa MASTERY OF THE VEDAS. | EN YOU MAY NOW GO AND x SET UP ASHRAMS OF THE YEARS PASSED. ONE DAY GAUTAMA CALLED HIS DISCIPLES TURN. WHAT DAKSHINA® SHOULD | OFFER MY GURU? V'LL LEAVE IT TO HIM TO DECIDE. OVER THE YEARS ,GAUTAMA BECAME SO DEPENDENT ON UTTANKA THAT EVEN THOUGH HUNDREDS OF DISCIPLES CAME, FINISHED THEIR STUDIES ,AND LEFT, UTTANKA HAD TO STAY ON- | ] PV wii ever set up | AN ASHRAM OF MY OWN ? BUT HOW | Bly) CAN | GO WHEN NOT YET.| NEED YOU HERE. NO, NOT YOU, Sef UTTANKA. | CANNOT PERMIT YOU TO GO: | nays <= A MY GURU NEEDS An %® TRIBUTESO UTTANKA, SERVING GAUTAMA AND HIS FAMILY, GREW OLD WITHOUT EITHER WS GURU OR HIMSELF V nsce crTANKAL PLEASE FETCH me |3 SOME FIREWOOD. FI THERE 1S NONE AFTER I'VE SET DOWN THIS WATER, PLL HAVE SOMETHING WAIT. HER ORDERS MUST BE OBEYED } 50, CONTAINING HIS HUNGER, UTTANKA WENT TO THE FOREST. IT NEVER DID CY BEFORE. 15 MY DEVOTION TO MY MASTER WEAKEN/}” THIS LOAD FEELS HEAVIER THAN USUAL.My Hild WHEN WILL IBE FREE TOSET “€¥/ yy Et ff AND RETIRE TO A LIFE OF MEDITATION J Be AND PEACE & (i EY oe = Vas OUT OF SHEER FATIGUE, UTTANKA THREW THE WOOD ON THE GROUND INSTEAD OF PUTTING) (T DOWN GENTLY. mm Li FI | | Is] is L E LG IT 15 MY OWN! | HAVE GROWN OLD! DECREPIT! tA Vile ( waar’s tare (A LOCK OF yi © SILVER HAIR!WHAT’S THE \\ WITHOUT MY \ BEING AWARE OF IT. OLD AGE HAS \, : \\ OVERTAKEN ME it MY SON,| KEPT YOU HERE BECAUSE OF MY <1_| LOVE FOR YOU. BUT IF “" @\ You WISH To GO, YOU Ji, HAVE MY PERMISSION ME TO GO. 4A) an Ree (oy ISS S IF, WITH THE sS ‘STRENGTH OF YOUR PENANCES, YOU BECOME A YOUNG MAN, | SHALLAND, LO} THE VERY NEXT MOMENT UTTANKA REGAINED HIS LOST YOUTH. Wy Ma au C1 LATER, SOLEMNISED AFTER THE MARRIAGE — : ¥ ri paw A. CONDUCT AS MY WHAT GURU DAKSHINA f ISCIPLE HAS BEEN | SHOULD I GIVE. YOU 2 Ad Pec cnoucn. BEFORE | GO AWAY b | NEED NO OTHER. WITH MY WIFE ? ‘ yj a = Pee a ‘THEN, WITH YOUR PERMISSION,IF YOu Must, =] THEN BRING ME THE CELESTIAL EARRINGS WORN BY THE WIFE THE EARRINGS OF SAUDASA’S WIFE! UTTANKA THEN STAY HERE WITH TURNED TO HIS: YOUR MOTHER TILL | RETURN WITH THE EARRINGS:OH! IT WAS NOT WISE TO DEMAND SUCH A FEE. SAUDASA HAS BEEN A CANNIBAL -HE IS. SURE. TO KILL UTTANKA. SURELY HE CAN BE PROTECTED FROM COMING TO ANY HARM BY YOUR, % A FAMOUS SAGEAKT] AM LUCKY. YOU HAVE COME JUST IN TIME, FOR ITS THE SIXTH HOUR OF THE DAY AND I'M HUNGRY. THAT MUST BE SAUDASA! WAIT, Q KING ! | HAVE COME ON AN ERRAND FOR MY GURU. IT’S AGAINST DHARMA TO INJURE ANYONE WHO 19 ON SUCH A MISSION.BUT THIS 1S ‘THE ONLY HOUR WHEN 1AM PERMITTED TO EAT. BESIDES, | AM HUNGRY. $0 | WILL NOT LET | HAVE. COME. TO BEG FROM YOU ‘THE EARRINGS WORN BY YOUR WIFE! Y THEN LET US MAKE. A PACT. AFTER ‘age VHAVE COMPLETED | ALL RIGHT., MY ERRAND | WILL WHAT IS OFFER MYSELF THE ERRAND2, TO yOu. THE CELESTIAL EARRINGS! BUT THEY BELONG TO MY ITIS THE WIFE. PLEASE ASK FOR EARRINGS PLL SOMETHING ELSE. HAVE AND NOTHING ANYTHING. I'LL GIVE ELSE. IF OUR PACT MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU, IF YOu ARE ONE WHO. KEEPS HIS WORD: +++ALL RIGHT! GOTO MY UTTANKA WENT TO THE QUEEN QUEEN AND TELL HER WITH SAUDASA’S MESSAGE — THAT | COMMAND HER TO GIVE THE EARRINGS JARE THESE. BARRINGS DIFFERENT ? THE WEARER FROM HUNGER AND THIRST AND FEAR OF ANY KIND: THEY PRO- ECT THE ONE THEY ADORN FROM POISON, FIRE OR ANY OTHER IF IT 1S THE COMMAND OF MY HUSBAND, AND FOR HIS GOOD,| WILL OBEY. FOR NO OTHER REASON WOULD | PART WITH THESE EAR= RINGS. WAITING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEAL THEM: SO TAKE CARE OF THEM. Y) HIDE THEM IN THE fi, FOLDS OF YOUR[Af sta, CERTAINLY TAKE, CARE OF THEM. THERE IS,HOWEVER, | ¥ ONE QUESTION I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU BEFORE | GO. IUTTANKA THEN RETURNED TO | \ HAVE GOT THE SAUDASA-_(ypsmemaepgey— EARRINGS.| WILL y Ge] GIVE THEM TO MY FRIEND, YOU ¥ } GURU'S WIFE AND HAVE Wi\ THEN RETURN TO RETURNED! fff YOU, AS | PROMISED. THE LEARNED SAY THAT ONE Whe 4 zey] WHO DOES NOT TAKE THE ADVICE OF A FRIEND 1S A FOOL. AND O}WOULD YOU, \ [saupasa KNEW HE was TRAPPED. |) VISE A ERED ADDS WELL ,AS A FRIEND IRN ee wore 1 WOULD SAY YOU'D | \ BEA FOOL TO come CANNIBAL? THAT'S ALL A FRIEND.GOOD +. AND HURRIED BACK TO THE HERMITAGE - er: Ma i Wi 1 1 FEEL WEAK FROM HUNGER- | MUST FIND ’\ SOMETHINGAS HE LOOKED AROUND HIS EYES FELL ON A BILVA TREE. mas BUT WHAT SHALL | DO WITH THE EARRINGS? IF 1LEAVE THEM ON ‘THE GROUND, A NAGA MIGHT SLINK AWAY WITH THEM. I AH! RIPE BILVA FRUIT! THE EARRINGS SHOULD BE SAFE HERE. PLL PUT THE DEER- SKIN ONUTTANKA LOOKED DOWN. | MY DEERSKIN!. An! Mm) ) CELESTIAL EAR- RINGS! | MUST IT’S ANAGA! HE’S GOT THE EARRINGS! tee | ON Gage. UTTANKA CHASED THE NAGA... B17. 7) y INTHILL» aL) |..BUT BEFORE HE COULD Jae i LMM ...7 HAD suo CATCH UP WITH IT... . 4 7 i NTO AN ay]; : Hs A) zA FURIOUS UTTANKA BEGAN TO POKE AT THE ANTHILL WITH HIS STAFF. BURNING WITH ANGER AND A DESIRE FOR REVENGE , U7TANKA DUG THE EARTH WITH) HIS STAFF. FOR THIRTY-FIVE DAYS. s ON THE THIRTY-SIXTH DAY, AN OLD MAN STOO, BEFORE UTTANKA WHAT ARE YOU DOIN AA) |, LAM DIGGING MY WAY TO THE NETHER REGIONS TO RETRIEVE THE EARRINGS A NAGA STOLE FROM ME.IT’S-A VAIN PURSUIT, MY SON. GIVE IT UP. THE REGION OF THE. NAGAS IS THOUSANDS = & : OF YOJANAS" AWAY #4 ANG IF CAN'T FROM HERE. YOU CAN'T . Ty, J RECOVER THE REACH IT BY DIGGING BeOS |p A EARRINGS y “S f 4 1 SHALL GIVE WITH YOUR STAFF. 2 i . 4 UP MY LIFE. a a/ SINCE YOU ARE STEAD- (ORREee FAST IN YOUR RESOLVE, 1 SHALL AID YOU. HOLD UP YOUR. STAFF.7 WERE! Now “ _—| WITH A FEW STROKES 4 YOUR STAFF Hy OF HIS STAFF UTTAN-| 1S CHARGED | ga | KA RENT THE EARTH WITH THE FORCE OF “THUNDER. YOU SHALL SOON ACHIEVE YOUR] PURPOSE. «-AND FOLLOWING THE PATH IT ‘WELDED +s. +SOON REACHED |5 ra THE REGION OF HOW SHALL 1GET THROUGH THE GATES 2 AND WHEN 1DO, WHERE SHALL 1 LOOK FOR THE NAGA WHO STOLE ‘THE EARRINGS? ——— KoCoGoGoo°TO HIS AMAZEMENT THE CREATURE SPOKE TO HIM. S a a A [ete Te lo \ SUDDENLY A BLAZING STEED S700D BEFORE HIM. Tae % | DON’T UNDERSTAND. fe WHO ARE YOU ? D es es @ Kg 2 | o AT THE HERMITAGE WY DO NOT HESITATE, MY Ry SON. YOU HAVE OFTEN DONE IT AT YOUR GURU'S HERMITAGE.UTTANKA DID AS HE WAS TOLD AND 1AM THE FIERY AGNI, YOU * HAVE OFTEN WOR~ icf SHIPPED ME WITH “| your GURU. | HAVE ct Sey ie EIT Ape BGTHICK CLOUDS OF BLACK SMOKE +++ ROSE HIGH OVER THE WALL...WITH STREAMING EYES AND SCORCHED BODIES, THE NAGAS SLOWLY MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE SMOKE... OFFENDED RISHI. Lo r ++: TO THE GATES OF THE PALACE. VASUKI, THEIR KING, GAVE ANTHE NAGAS,LED Z = BY VASUKI, FELL AT | = ONE OF HIS FEET AND OWOLY ONE, > YOU HAS STOLEN WORSHIPPED Hi/ y wy HAVE YOU ‘THE EARRINGS CAUSED THIS 1 WAS TAKING TO AFFLICTION TO L MY GURU'S WIFE. GG |v ‘A KEES VePTIVETIN i l FT NY [xe THEN BROUGHT OUT THE SO EARRINGS. > TAKE THE SY EARRINGS BUT |Z PLEASE RID je t) US OF THIS FORGIVE ME, O HOLY ONE. 1AM THE CULPRIT. UTTANKA TOOK THE EARRINGS AND | |AS SOON AS THE SMOKE DISPERSED, TURNED TO AGNI. UTTANKA TOOK HIS LEAVE OF THE INAGAS AND LEFT FOR THE ASHRAM O AGNI,LET OF HIS GURU. FAR Galen THEM KNOW i PEACE ONCETiel gel tale et COL Le Coles M mL Olmsted Beene, | Resite, Senmemacnat | Tet Nei iid OT a | NOEs | Smet see Porn ta, pa se ates hitnerys Wet come |e see apie ee Agastye Ocean Vivekananda PANCHATANTRA TALES | Bhagat Singh ‘Andhaka ‘The Gita Zarathushtra, ‘Crows And Owls Bidhi Chand Anicudara ‘The Golden Mongoose How The Jackal Ate. Bimbisara fowl Aad Uianke The King In INDIAN CLASSICS: ‘The Elephant ‘Chand Bibi Aatretnl Kumars, AParrol's Body Enchanting tales from ‘The Brahmin And Chandra Shekhar Azad pyysppes. ‘The Lord Of Lanka: ‘Indian fiterature The Goat Chandragupta Maurya cab Tho Pandava Princes nuit iat The Dullaed ‘Chennamma Of Kelad Shanumed The Pandavas In Hiding ‘The Greedy Mother- Dara Shukho And Bere ais fe a rece Shesshme ‘The Sons Of Rama ev ‘The Jackal And purgades poses ae tna Peete, | Boge cio | Conlwraia. Tirupati ll Raman Of Tenall Hakka And Bukka DhruvaAnd Ashtavokra | Th aa Raman The Matchioss Wit | jar Singh Naiwa Draupadi ie Kopala Konda ‘Sahasrama Harsha Rae Vaishno Dewi Nae eda vara ‘Sakshi Gopal Here ose! Vistar Mares Saran Ka Ganesha And The Moon weet pee wet ‘Sukhu And Dukhu cares VISIONARIES Ratnavat Sarda ada ad Inspir ne Talos Of Maryada Rama ovale pane Miedmemerend” | San 4, | Tho ba fiers it ewe psrneRaane | ttorboias” | patter 7h Aaies arn Harischandra_ ‘Adi Shankara ‘The Elusive Kaka Te yecdtecy ‘of Lalitaditya Horse Oltene: | Abate Hl meagan, | A, Kemectiey | sate en Tioga | NeoPa renege ere anindae | Mites Taergaening | No ieee sume scien Pe Geena | Cas Jagannatha ‘The Cowherd Of Alawi wee Bee napctin PaGomerginme | Eagan os coe SLES ANDIRIMOUR |The Fenty Ducgee | Rani en cree Somers, | Me cioméat | Raarelac Krishna Chittaranjan Das ‘ABag Of Gold Coins ‘The Leamed Pandit Rana Sanga Re emane | ates asso ‘he eaned a fee, Ksishna And Narakasura | Fa Hien ‘Andhor Nogari The Magic Grove Rani Durgavat Kishna And Rukmini Ghanshyamdas Bid ‘Angulimala. ‘The Miraculous Conch Rani Of Jhansi {tain And Shishuy ‘Suen, Bika The Terrible ‘The Mystery OF Ranjit Singh Krishna And The Fal ‘Bure Gokind singh BIRGAL STORIES. The Missing Git Rash Bihan Bose Vessudeva Cini ee Sole Birbal The Clover ‘The Pandit And The Roopmati Kubera Guru Nanak Birbal The Genius Milkmaid ‘Sambhaji Kumbhakarna (Guru Togh Bahadur Birbal The Just ‘The Pig And The Dog ‘Samudea Gupta Mahabharata Hikes Taang Birbal The Wise The Pious Cat ‘Sea Roule To india Mahiravana JRO Tale Birbal The Witty The Priceless Gem ‘Shah Jahan Nechiveta, Jagade Chandra Bose Birbal To The Rescue The Prince And ‘Shalivahana hae a The Inimitable Birba! Tho Magician ‘Shantala Nela Demayend dawaneriel Nebeu Chandralaiat Tho Prophacy ‘Sher Shah Pareekshit ayeprekash Nerayen Dhola And Maru ‘The Queen's Necklace Shivaji Parashurama. rn Corbett Friends And Foes ‘The Rainbow Prince: ‘Subhas Chandra Bose Prabhavati nanestwar Gopal And The Cowhard ‘Tho Secret Of The ‘Sultana Razia Pradyumna Kabir Gopal The Jester Talking Bird ‘Surjya Sen Lisaloed (elie HITOPADESHA TALES: ‘The Silent Teacher Tachcholi Othonan Purushottam Dev And Led Gehedue Shast ‘Choice Of Friends. The Tiger And The Tales Of Shivaji Padmevel! Volemenye Tiek, ‘How Friends Are Parted Woodpecker Tanaji Rare M8. Subbulekehent Hothal ‘Tho Tiger Eater Tenzing Norgay_ ese JATAKA TALES: Thugsen ‘The Historic City Of Delhi ‘Serssweth Battle Of Wits: Vidyut Chora ‘The Rani Of Kittur Sell And Shiva! Bird Stories ‘Vikramaditya’s Throne ‘Tipu Sultan ae (aceahitae Deer Stories. Veer Hammie va Pavel rate Elephant Stories BRAVEHEARTS Veer Savarkar Stories of Croation Motes rareea: ‘Jackal Stories Storing ales of brave mon | Yoty Thamp ona Nears A Monkey Stories ‘andwomen of nda” | ra — serge Tre | Nan hala ition Avene — Se nl Bias rage Aton me covreuonany cusses bookie aman) Bates Ok eee Aatashatry (New Category) “oa coe Revoir” | A rhtaeiele ipeniehade an ‘The Deadly Feast. indian iterature ‘Tales OF Asuna Shankar Dev Tha eed ‘Amar Singh Rathor Indian teat. Tales Of Balarama Soocdas The Deere Ashoka ‘Tho Blue Umbria wear Sereetan | Teisimtmme | EM, | = Titles available in English and other Regional languages on www.amarchitrakatha.comEPICS & ARUNI AND MYTHOLOGY UTTANKA PTC RT at Re MT Ma Re RMU Ll ce Mee ger) his dreams for his teacher. Young or old, their devotion and See Renee Min ea ten aerate Crear cn Mahabharata, the gods looked kindly on them. After all, these young men had earned the right to happiness. 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