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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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