From time immemorial, saints and sages of this country have taught

the supreme ideals of love, service, uniformity, worship and meditation

as a means to Self-realisation.
Mighty kings gave up their throne and power because of their
love for truth. They renounced all their possessions so that they may
realise their identity with God. As noble kings, they dedicated them­
selves to the welfare of their subjects. As sages of the forest, they
served the entire mankind.
Bharata was one such king. Indeed, such was his greatness that
this whole country came to be named after him !

Editor : D. Kumar Script : Bharati Sukhatankar

Art Work
P. B. Kavadi

O U R N E X T TITLE

V ishnu Sahasranam a of 999 Nam es

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 ANY TH O U Sm YEA RS AGO, THERE LIVED A M IGHTY MOHARCH CALLED M G
8HARATA, M O LO O KED A FTER H IS SU B JEC T S M H A FATHER’S LOV/HG CARE.

HE HAD W IDE KNOW LEDGE Q F THE ...A ffD V/AS DEVOTED TO H IS

SH A STR A 5*.. D U TIES.
 HE W ORSHIPPED 7HELQRD WITH H B WHOLE a cco rd in g to trad itio n , w heh h e hr.
HUND CONCENTRATED OH H/5 LOTUS FEET . DOMEH/5DUTY B y H/5 PEO PLE, H/5
COUNTRY m m
MY DUTIE5 ARE OVER'
I MUST RETIRE
TO THE FOREST
AND SPEND MY
days in
i MEDITATION.

...H ED ISCARD ED H/5 SILKEN RO ­ THEN H E LEFT THEPALACE TO TAKE UP THE U FE O f

P ES .; KNOTTED H B HAIR AND WORE A
DEERSKIN GARMENTS.

WONDERFUL
KINO HE
WAS!

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rJ T O F REED S THPTCHED WITH LEEH/E5. SPCRFD GPyPTR/ M PN TRP-

HE W ORSHIPPED THE LORD WITH ... O FFER IN G RO O TS PHD FR U ITS

D IFFEREN T FLO W ERS, TEN D ER TULPSi P S N P lV EO yP M *
LEW ES PND W ETTER...

FOOD FOR CONSECRATION 3

THU5 PASSED MANY DAYS, MOUTHS ONE EARLY M 0RN/N6, THE SUN WAS
AND YEARSJU PERFECT PEACE AND SLOWLY RISIN G OYER THE HORIZON.
TRANQUILLITY.

BHARATA HAD JU ST BATHED IN H E O FFERED THE LAST OBLAW NS

THE SACRED GANDAH/. TO THE RISIN G SU N ...
ju s t th eHj a d o e
m ien h ad st r a w
FROM !T5 HERD CAM E TO THE R /l/ER ...
m DELIVERED /T5 B W IN THEM ID D LE OF THE SUU/FT W TER5.
NOW THE SEG E BHHRE7E HAD (AJETCHED THIS SM ELL DDEM E FROM H/5 SEET

THE POOR F E W W ES FL0UNDER//76 IN THE W RTERS.

a t o n ce, bh a ra ta r o s e a n d r a n ... AND JUM PED /HTO IT TO RESCU E
TOWARDS THE R IP E R ... THE LIT T LE ANIM AL.

THE FAW N WAS COLD AND H E L/T A F/R E AND /HASSAGED THE
FR IG H TEN ED . LITTLE CREA TU RES LEG S.

'T H E R E ,TH£RE7H
I IA/ILL TAKE CARE
OF yOU. DON'T
J3E FRIGHTENED^

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Hi-!
HAD THE GREAT 5RG E BHRRfTTA TASTEAD OF COHTEMPLRTING OH THF. IO RD ,
WOULD O H iV THTHK O F H/5 D EER.
 COULD IT HAl/E
BEEN ATTACKED
AND DEl/ORED By
A TIGER ? O ,
WHAT TERRIBLE
THOUGHT
' 15
THIS ?

THUS PA SSED (HAHY YEA R S.

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o - r > U PH 5 WHOLEKINGDOM RNDRICHES DM 5. THEMOREFONDH E BECOMEOF THE
THELOl/E O F GODjHDD BECOM E SO OEERTHELESSh e thought OFGOD.
D W EED EERJH ffT HEHDD STOPPED
D EW m M P R A C TIC ES! rjiy j jJ j ^ j W o rn child , you h m
1 /Vm MORE TO
BE ABLE TO BEHR 1 me m t i
IT,SHOULD AN/-
f c ELSE IN THE
THING HAPPEN TO
■ k : W O RLD! I

r
BUT TIM E m r s FOR NO ONE END EVERYON EM U ST ON ED M M EET H/5
WEARE TOLD THREATTHE W E OF DEATH,R M RU'S LRSTTH0U6HT D ETERM IN ES HIS
NEXT B lFH . SO BHRRRTf) WHSREB O R N R S R D EER .
 ...mo CAME TO THEPULAHfi A5HRAM.fi
OH THE BAHK5 OF THE RIVER GAHDAKL

■ V D II/IN E A R E Id ' m t 'j t s b i

THEIR
TALK51
 ..M E A T THE REN)A/N5 O F THE
0FFER/H 65.
“iA/HAT A
5AINTLV DEER
you A RE!
COULD you
HAUE BEEN
ASA6EIN
youR
BIRTH ?

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PPT/ENTLy FOR DEPTH SO THAT H E COULD HOUSEHOLD O FPR/CH
GLUE UPH!5 D EER-BO D X (\H0 PIOUS BRAHNUN.
 THERE C0ME5THE
..M AD FELLOW 2

mo mm

HE SHUNNED CQMPfiWyOFf)LI KIND HUD PREFERRED 70BE By HIMSELF.

WHAT IGNORANT F00L5
THEY ARE! THEY ARE
ONLY CONCERNED - g
K . IA/ITH WORLDLY J |
AFFAIRS! -

HOW EVER, HI5 PHREH75 W ERE K/HD BHD FOUBD H07HIH6 HBHORMFL IN H/M .

HAl/E YOU EATEN

YOUR FOOD my
^ _ 5 0 N ? ___ ^

\ co/yiE ^
AND LIE DOWN
CHILD.
WHAT A THOROUGHLY FETCH THE
USELESS FELLOW HE IS' WATER
QUICKLY I

CHOP THE
FIREWOOD l
WHEN THEy LO ST TH EIR TEM PER PHD ...HEWOULD GO PHD S IT UNDER ft TREE
SHOUTED PT HIM... ' TILL THEIR RHGER HDD COOLED OFF.
 Jad ab h arata

ONE DAY, A RO BBER CHIEFTAIN WAS ... WHEN THEHUMAN 1//CT/N) FREED HIM­
PERFORM IN G A SA C R IFIC E 70 THE SELF FROM H IS PO ST AND RAN AWAY.

THE CH IEF'S MEN RAN AFTER HIM BUT

COULD NOTFIN D HIM ANYW ERE.

Fa V '
HE LOOK'S A STRONG mjglsJt
AND HEALTHY
FELLO’ .
 THE GODDESS IS BOUND
TO GRANT /VIE THE BOON
OF A 5011 AFTER SHE
GETS SUCH A WONDERj
L .F U L OFFERING!

Z/t/mtu/j.

BRING THE
NEW
^CLOTHES!
HERE ARE I HAVE BROUGHT
THE ORNA THE SANDAL-
m ents ^o =wPASTE AND
CH IEF! 7 % FLOWERS.

EAT YOUR FILL,

GOOD WAN.IT
/Ylfly BE yoUR
.LAST MEAL! HAW

THEN THEY TOOK HIM TWO T/EO H/M TO THE PO ST

..m M flIfT R fl5 W ERE 3 EIH 6 CHAHTED\ THE CHIEFTHI/T THEM RA ISED H IS SWORD
TO CHOP O FF BHARATA5 HEAD.
 SH E EM ERG ED FRO M H ER STATUE IN A GREAT FU RV AND SNATCHED
THE WEAPON FRO M THE CH IEF.

TREMBLING U/TH RA G E, SH E CHOPPED O F H IS HEAD !

AND THE HEADS OFH/S H IN SMEN,7 0 0 , THEN SH E UNTIED BHARATA FROM

ROLLED ONE B y ONE. TH E PO ST AND S E T H/M F R E E .
m m s m o m s s o a b so r b ed in t h e .ONEDUX WHEN BHARATP WHS SITTING
LOST IN CONTEMPLATION...

.THATHE HADNO IDEA WHATA TERRIBLE

W E H E HADB EEN SPU ED FROM !■

THE PALANQUIN O F KING RRHUGUNP PA SSED B y .

AND 50 THE PALANQUIN JU RK ED UNCONEORTABlX

TREKIN G PARTED W E CURTAIN.

WHAT FOOL HAVE YOU
CAUGHT HOLD OF ?

PUT DOWN THE

POLE AND RE5T
AWHILE IF YOU
fi. ARE TIRED. ^
 ^ALTHOUGH ^
VOU LOOK
AS STRONG
J AS TWO
OXEN PUT
TOGETHER!

BHHRRTR THEN SET DOWN THE PO LE H E RND FOR THEFIRST TIM E IN H !5 LIF E jHE
M S CflRftyiN GjSN I/LIN GjfiS though t id him ­ SPOKE. j------<1111 miM MU
self. n m r r r ...

Y D O VOL) CALL
o
“ fo o l ?
KING? WHO IS
i “ STRONG”?

//£SM ILE D RND CONTIN UED

IF SO, IT 15
MADE OF THE
SAME FLESH
AND BLOOD A5
S, yOUR5.
 MY BODY WENT SLOW 1 BUT THE SELF HAS
FOtf IT DID NOT WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH.
TO TRAMPLE GOD’S LITTLE IT. MY MIND I5E1/EFM
V CREATURES. > ENGAGED IN THE
L LORD’S
^CONTEMPLATION-
KING RRHUGUNR W R5 ASTONISHED TO H EAR BHARRTR'S WORDS O F WISDOM.

f IW/I5H TO LEARN BHRRATH THEN SRT UNDER R TR EE

;Y10ff£ ABOUT THIS WITH TH E KIN G R T H IS F E E T .
ITSELF. PLEA5E ACCEPT THE WORLD 15 LIKE >
) (VIE AS YOUR J A THICK DARK JUNGLE
'^ D I S C t P L E .X > WHERE MAN HAS *
^ lost his m y . M
CHASING ONE FLEETING
HAPPINE55 AFTER ANOTHER,
HE GETS TIRED, NEVER
V f in d in g TRUE m c i j A
 RAHUGUNA B EN T H IS HERD
TO H IS M A STER.

CUT YOUR BONDS

OF ATTACH/VIENT.
EMBRACE THE
WORLD IN yOUR
LOt/E FOR HIM WHO
. DWELLS IN THE
\ HEART OF ALL )
V B E IN G 5 ! y

SUCH WAS BHARATA’S INSTRUCTION TO KING RAHUGUNA.

RAHUGUNA FOLLOW ED H 5 M ASTER AND JO IN ED TH E RANKS
O F TH E G REAT SA G ES AND M EN O F W ISDOM O F THIS COUNTRY!
 RECEN T T IT L E S

1. The City of Nine Gates

2. Rishyasringa
3. Balarama to the Rescue
4. Sadhu and Lilavati
5. Brahma's Instructions to Gods. Men and Demons
1 Battle of Wits
7. Ahalya
8. Bhadra Kundalakesha
9. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia
10. King Prasenjita and his Son
11. The Sons of Bharadwaja and Raibhya
12. Veda Vyasa
13. Tales of Hanuman
14. The False Hermit and Other Stories
15. Santoshi Mata
16. Swami Rama Tirtha
17. Katthaharl Jataka
11' Jafsaland Toral
13. A Fool's Luck
20. Sal Baba of Shirdi

Available at the Railway bookstalls of M/s A. H. Wheelar

ft Co. and M/s M. Gulab Singh & Sons (P) Ltd., etc.

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