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 D today.

The Fatal Oath

a Brahman had two sons and a daughter
the daughter was married and lived not too far away from her father
the father's wife had fallen ill and passed away
although the daughter lived close to her family she had not heard about her mother's death
she was curious
she called her father and found out about the terrible news
she cried in grief
her sister in law asked her to comb her hair
through her tears, she explained that her mother would never make her do such a thing in such times of sorrow
she still obeyed and combed her sister in laws hair
the sisters bickerred
finally, they came to a conclusion that each was right in their own way and swore it upon both of their families and children
soon before they knew it both of their families passed
they grieved. together
the women set out on a path to find the goddess and ask. for forgiveness
they set out and passed by a plum tree which they knew they should not speak to
the plum tree cried saying it would lead them in the right direction if they took some of her fruit and gave it to the goddess
they kept walking ignoring the tree
they then saw a cow
the cow cried if they took a jugful of its milk it would lead them in the right direction
she took the milk
she then stumbled across a boat and knew that this boat would take her to the goddess
she begged for help and the people took her aboard
she cried to the goddess asking why this was happening to her
the goddess told her to go to her father's house where she would find a picture and she would need to pray and cleanse it
she did so and her whole family regained life

Bibliography Sacred Tales of India. D. N. Neogi. The Fatal Oath. Part D

(Image of a Plum Tree by Stark Bro's)

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