Laghu Prabandh Sangraha

SR No.: 009675
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayant P Thaker
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 309
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Literature, & History
File Size: 6 MB

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Somašarman was sent to bis house sale and sound. Thus was sccured the third handle.
Desire 4:
The old ladies commanded again: "Offer gifts to the royal priest". The Purohita, however, would not accept any gift not earned by the 20 nails!
Now, while going to attend the marriage-cerem ny of the four daughters of the snake Alinjara in the cily of Pātāla, the female fiorist Matūdi and her friend Savitri, whose formal lamentation at the loss of her sister Umi devi was duly removed by her, engaged the king, disguised as a porter, as their flower-basket-bearer,
Mar ūdi opened their way to the nether-world by removing a slab with the help of her cudgel and on reaching the city of På tåla they went in leaving the porter, the flower-basket and the cudgel on the bank of a lake. The king, however, threw the flower-basket in the lake, cunningly followed them, mounted the horse kept ready for the bride-groom, wedded the brides and turned back,
When Marudi returned to the lake, she did not And the porter there and as she began to think as to what the matter was, the king arrived and made a call: “Come along, all of you !" He opened the nether-gate with the help of the cudgel and came up along with thein and his arrival at Ujjayini was duly festivated.
( The priest accepted the gifts) and thereby was secured the fourth handle.
Desire 5:
The old ladies said: "Let the minister be a receptac.e first of your disgrace and then of your grace!”
Now the minister's youngest daughter-in-law was conversant with the speeches of all creatures. One day she learnt through the specch of a jackal that her father-in-law would be bereft of all his prosperity within six months. Thence she started concealing jewels in cow-cung cakes.
At last the impending day broke, when, for test, the king humiliated and exiled the minister after forefeiting all his property.