Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 9 · page 21 2101The god called his Ganas, who came to the front blinking, and fearing the anger of their master.102The god was greatly enraged.103The elder brother was very angry.104When the corpse was not forthcoming he cuttingly remarked, "Is this, after all, the return for my deep belief in you?105You are unable even to return my brother's corpse."106Ganesa was much ashamed at the remark.107So he, by his divine power, gave him a living Gangazara instead of the dead corpse.108Thus was the second son of the Soothsayer restored to life.109The brothers had a long talk about each other's adventures.110They both went to Ujjaini, where Gangazara married the princess, and succeeded to the throne of that kingdom.111He reigned for a long time, conferring several benefits upon his brother.112And so the horoscope was fully fulfilled.113Harisarman114There was a certain Brahman in a certain village, named Harisarman.115He was poor and foolish and in evil case for want of employment, and he had very many children, that he might reap the fruit of his misdeeds in a former life.116He wandered about begging with his family, and at last he reached a certain city, and entered the service of a rich householder called Sthuladatta.117His sons became keepers of Sthuladatta's cows and other property, and his wife a servant to him, and he himself lived near his house, performing the duty of an attendant.118One day there was a feast on account of the marriage of the daughter of Sthuladatta, largely attended by many friends of the bridegroom, and merry-makers.119Harisarman hoped that he would be able to fill himself up to the throat with ghee and flesh and other dainties, and get the same for his family, in the house of his patron.120While he was anxiously expecting to be fed, no one thought of him.121Then he was distressed at getting nothing to eat, and he said to his wife at night, "It is owing to my poverty and stupidity that I am treated with such disrespect here; so I will pretend by means of an artifice to possess a knowledge of magic, so that I may become an object of respect to this Sthuladatta; so, when you get an opportunity, tell him that I possess magical knowledge."122He said this to her, and after turning the matter over in his mind, while people were asleep he took away from the house of Sthuladatta a horse on which his master's son-in-law rode.123He placed it in concealment at some distance, and in the morning the friends of the bridegroom could not find the horse, though they searched in every direction.124Then, while Sthuladatta was distressed at the evil omen, and searching for the thieves who had carried off the horse, the wife of Harisarman came and said to him, "My husband is a wise man, skilled in astrology and magical sciences; he can get the horse back for you; why do you not ask him?"125When Sthuladatta heard that, he called Harisarman, who said, "Yesterday I was forgotten, but to-day, now the horse is stolen, I am called to mind," and Sthuladatta then propitiated the Brahman with these words--"I forgot you, forgive me"--and asked him to tell him who had taken away their horse.126Then Harisarman drew all kinds of pretended diagrams, and said: "The horse has been placed by thieves on the boundary line south from this place.127It is concealed there, and before it is carried off to a distance, as it will be at close of day, go quickly and bring it."128When they heard that, many men ran and brought the horse quickly, praising the discernment of Harisarman.129Then Harisarman was honoured by all men as a sage, and dwelt there in happiness, honoured by Sthuladatta.130Now, as days went on, much treasure, both of gold and jewels, had been stolen by a thief from the palace of the king.131As the thief was not known, the king quickly summoned Harisarman on account of his reputation for knowledge of magic.132And he, when summoned, tried to gain time, and said, "I will tell you to-morrow," and then he was placed in a chamber by the king, and carefully guarded.checked by a teacher133And he was sad because he had pretended to have knowledge.134Now in that palace there was a maid named Jihva (which means Tongue), who, with the assistance of her brother, had stolen that treasure from the interior of the palace.135She, being alarmed at Harisarman's knowledge, went at night and applied her ear to the door of that chamber in order to find out what he was about.136And Harisarman, who was alone inside, was at that very moment blaming his own tongue, that had made a vain assumption of knowledge.137He said: "O Tongue, what is this that you have done through your greediness?138Wicked one, you will soon receive punishment in full."139When Jihva heard this, she thought, in her terror, that she had been discovered by this wise man, and she managed to get in where he was, and falling at his feet, she said to the supposed wizard: "Brahman, here I am, that Jihva whom you have discovered to be the thief of the treasure, and after I took it I buried it in the earth in a garden behind the palace, under a pomegranate tree.140So spare me, and receive the small quantity of gold which is in my possession."1 2← previousDemon With Matted Hair " 196, part 8next →Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 10↑ back to Indian Fairy TalesThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/15/page/2/