THE FROG KING AYU AND HIS CURSE

Manduka King rescued the frogs, cursed his daughter, and Tremendous Ascetic power of Sage Bamadeva

This post is about the great Ascetic power of Sage Bamadeva or Bamadev which was specified by sage Markandeya to the Pandavas during their exile period. The fiendish act of the Manduka king's daughter led to a curse that killed the Ikshavaku ruler Sala. The mortification of an effective Ascetic like Bamadeva could have ended with the pulverization of the whole dynasty however was saved by the queen. 

There was a king named Parikshit in the Ikshavaku Dynasty, who once went hunting. While chasing one wild animal within the woodland, he got to be depleted, saw another dense forest adjacent and entered inside it. Within the centre of that woodland, he found one delightful lake, and out of thirst he drank water from it and took a rest close to the lakeside. At that time he heard a sweet song and suspected whose voice it might be since the king had seen no people in that put. He noticed one beautiful young lady approaching there. Out of Curiosity, the King inquired about her identity. She answered, "I am a young lady and not yet hitched." King then expressed his love for her and wished to own her.

That young lady told the king that he could own her only on one condition that, he must not show her water at all. The King concurred and did Gandharva vivah( a marriage with mutual fascination, having no other witness). King's army while seeking out the king reached there. King Parikshit alongside his newly married spouse went to his kingdom. He remained with that young lady in one separate put where no one seemed to enter. One day King's servant watched a few slaves coming out of the Place and asked them about the act of assistance that they were providing to both the King and queen and came to know that those slaves used to halt anybody from taking water to that place.

After hearing this, ministers built a wonderful garden for the king that was filled with lovely and tallest trees and barring any ponds. However, they had made one baoli or well that was secured with vine plants. Ministers asked the king to wander around that wonderful garden. King together with his spouse used to roam in that garden. One day while meandering around the garden King got to be thirsty, saw that baoli, and told his spouse, "Queen! Carefully get into the water." Seeing the water, King's wife entered the Baoli, plunged into the water and didn't come back.

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King could not discover his spouse within the Baoli even after taking out the total water from it. He saw one frog adjacent and out of anger ordered the execution of whole frogs in his kingdom. Panicked all the frogs went to their Manduka king or frog king Ayu and clarified everything to him. Manduka ruler took the shape of an Ascetic, went to King Parikshit and asked him not to butcher the guiltless frogs. Manduka king in addition told him that by slaughtering these frogs superfluous, the king would not get any benefits and rather would lose his riches for Acting thoughtlessly.

King was already in depression from losing his adored spouse. He expressed to the frog King that, he would not pardon those frogs who had devoured the queen. Hearing about the queen, the frog king At that point comprehended the circumstance and informed King Parikshit about his original identity and about his daughter Susobhana or Susovana(Shushobhana) whom the king was married to. The frog king said to the king that, It was his daughter's wickedness that she left the king and such an evil act was already done by her earlier with other Kings as well. King Parikshit asked the frog king to give him his adored spouse back. Ruler Ayu told his girl to go back to the king and considering the truth of her dumping other incredible kings as well, he cursed her by saying her children would go against Brahmins' principles. 

Susobhana gave birth to three children named Sala, Dala, and Bala. Ruler Parikshit after years gave his throne to his senior child and went to the forest for meditation.

One day King Sala went on hunting, noticed one deer and asked his charioteer to take his chariot near to it. His charioteer told his king that he wouldn't be able to capture that deer due to the reality that the king didn't have the Bamya horses for pulling his chariot. King inquisitively inquired him about those horses and came to know from him that Bamyamuni's horses alluded to as Bamya horses and those used to be exceptionally quick. King ordered his charioteer to take him to the sage's hermitage. In the hermitage, the ruler Sala asked the sage Bamadeva to give him his Bamya horses for getting that deer whom the king was chasing prior. Sage concurred with the ruler and told him to return him his steeds back after he had done with his chasing. King got those two horses from the sage while going hunting, he thought of giving those horses back wouldn't be necessary to the sage and thus took those to his kingdom.

Seeing the ruler not giving him his horses back indeed after a month, the sage sent one of his disciples Atreya to the king inquiring about his horses. King Sala denied him by saying That, "a Brahmin must not merit keeping horses with him." Bamadeva himself then went to the King and asked him for his horses. Bamadeva told him that, "a king is idolized among Brahmins and Kshatriyas and he must remain honest otherwise Varuna god would rebuff him."

King offered two bulls to sage in substitute for those Bamya horses by saying no Brahmins required horses since Veda mantras were sufficient for sage's Vahana and Kshatriyas required those steeds for chasing purposes. Sage Bamadeva denied him by saying, "No doubt Veda mantras were their vahana but those are considered in Paraloka as it were and in Manushya Loka horse would do it for all." King Sala at that point wished to present him with a choice of a ride pulled by two steeds other than those Bamya steeds but sage didn't concur as he required only his horses. The ruler was certain in his choice of not giving the sage's horse back to him. 

Sage cursed the king to die at the hands of a furious demon there. As a result, the king was killed. After his passing, his brother Dala got to be the ruler. When sage Bamadev again asked him for his horse back which ruler Dala also denied and additionally threatened the sage by saying he would hurt the sage by shooting an arrow at him and make him fall on the ground so that the dogs would eat his flesh. 

The infuriated sage cursed King Dala, "King! You will kill your cherished child Syenajeet by this same arrow." That very moment king's child passed on by that bolt shot by the King only.

Out of anger ruler took another arrow in order to kill the sage. But the sage stated to him, "Neither you will be able to place that arrow on your Dhanush nor be able to shoot it." It happened in like manner. Seeing himself trapped by the sage, King Dala changed his mind about murdering the sage. Sage Bamadeva at that point asked the ruler to touch his wife via that bolt to be freed of the Brahma Hatya sin. The ruler concurred and was soothed from sin.

King Dala's spouse told the sage, "I continuously attempt to calm down my inconsiderate spouse by my respectful conduct and I all by myself look for opportunities to serve the Brahmins. Subsequently, I wish near you to grant me the Punyaloka that I merit." Sage was satisfied with her since she protected the king and his kingdom from devastation in this manner wished to allow her a boon. She asked the sage to let her spouse be free from all the sins and let him remain peacefully at the side of his son and relatives. Sage allowed her. Ruler Dala at that point returned those Bamya steeds to the sage.

Ref: Mahabharata book

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