7#25a. Chandramati’s sorrow (1)
Harischandra was trasformed into a ChaNdaaLa by now. Chandramati and Lohidaasa served the old brahmin sincerely. They did everything told by him and lived a life full of sorrow and misery.
Lohidaasa was ordered by the old brahmin to collect kusa grass and samiththu for performing the yaagaas and yagnas. He went to the forest with his friends.
They found plenty of kusa grass in a particular spot. They cut the grass and made it into a huge bundle. They carried it with great difficulty and became thirsty and tired very soon.
They dropped the bundle near an anthill and went to quench their thirst. When they came back for the bundle of grass, a black cobra bit Lohidaasa and he fell dead on the spot.
The other children got terrified by this and ran back to tell the bad news to Chandramati. She fainted as a banana tree would fall – when slashed with a sickle. They sprinkled cold water and revived her.
She cried bitterly and wished to her son immediately. But the cruel old brahmin would not let her go until she had finished all her chores as usual. He threatened her that she would end up in a hell if she cheated her master by not doing her chores.
Chandramati cried her heart out but continued to do her work until every chore was completed as usual.
Harischandra was trasformed into a ChaNdaaLa by now. Chandramati and Lohidaasa served the old brahmin sincerely. They did everything told by him and lived a life full of sorrow and misery.
Lohidaasa was ordered by the old brahmin to collect kusa grass and samiththu for performing the yaagaas and yagnas. He went to the forest with his friends.
They found plenty of kusa grass in a particular spot. They cut the grass and made it into a huge bundle. They carried it with great difficulty and became thirsty and tired very soon.
They dropped the bundle near an anthill and went to quench their thirst. When they came back for the bundle of grass, a black cobra bit Lohidaasa and he fell dead on the spot.
The other children got terrified by this and ran back to tell the bad news to Chandramati. She fainted as a banana tree would fall – when slashed with a sickle. They sprinkled cold water and revived her.
She cried bitterly and wished to her son immediately. But the cruel old brahmin would not let her go until she had finished all her chores as usual. He threatened her that she would end up in a hell if she cheated her master by not doing her chores.
Chandramati cried her heart out but continued to do her work until every chore was completed as usual.
