Reading Notes: Sacred Tales of India

For these last four weeks of free reading, I chose to read the Sacred Tales of India by D. N. Neogi. I am going to be doing my reading notes over part A today.

The Divine Brothers:

Krisidhan was a farmer and a father to seven sons
each son was married
one rainy day the seven wives went out for a bath
they each spoke what they wanted to do that day
each of them went on talking about the beautiful things they could be doing
the youngest sat in silence and said nothing
she wept to say how they all had fathers and fathers houses to go but she had nothing
the only wish that had come true was the youngest wife
she took her time in making a wish
she wished to have two kol fish without the stroke of any work
and so she did
she took the fish back home with her
but the fish turned out to be serpents
once they turned to their true form she was not scared, in fact, she decided to put them in a pot and take care of them
one day she was no longer able to feed them
food was scarce
she let them go and apologized and hoped that they would do no harm
they were not angry and returned to their homeland
they told their mother how divine this lady on earth was to them
they wanted to do good to her in return
they asked their mother if they could invite her to live with them
they wanted their mother to act as a mother figure to her since she had nothing
and they wanted to offer their food to her
the mother was hesitant for they were divine and she was merely a human
the two brothers then returned to earth in human form
they came bearing many gifts and food as well as servants
they came to her house claiming they were her long lost brothers
the family was confused for they knew she had no ties
they explained they had left long before she was born and how just now discovered her
the mother ordered her to feed all of her snakes
the snakes were vicious and angry awaiting their mother
the youngest daughter still proceeded and the youngest son struck his fangs into her
she fell to the ground dead

Bibliography. Sacred Tales of India. D. N. Neogi. The Divine Brothers Part A

(Image of two snakes representing the brothers photographed by Nick Champlin)

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