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EP 185: Bengal- The Indigent Brahman (Day) · Sandman Stories Presents

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Welcome back. Listeners, to Sandman stories,
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presents. A folklore podcast.
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For I read you to sleep, or until the next story.
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I'm your host Dustin today, we are back in the book of Bengal,
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folklore recorded by LOL bihari day.
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We see a poor but faithful Brahmin who is rewarded with a
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cooking pot. It is always full and much like
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the tail from the Azores episode, 109 or Philippines. 145
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Faith is rewarded and the thief gets a dropping.
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Some words to know a handy is a small cooking pot.
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A mood key is a fried dough treat son.
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Dessa is a dish of Kurds and sugar.
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Xena Dar is a landholder and as inanna is a place for only women
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in the house. Okay, let's begin.
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The Indigent Brahmin. There was a Brahmin who had a
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wife and four children. He was very poor with no
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resources in the world. He lived chiefly on the
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benefactions of the Rich. His gains were considerable.
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When marriages were celebrated or funeral ceremonies were
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performed. But as his parishioners did not
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marry every day. Nor did they die every day?
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He found it difficult to make two ends meet.
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His wife often rebuked him for his inability to give her
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adequate support. And his children often went
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about naked and hungry, but though poor he was a good man,
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he was diligent his devotions. There was not a single day in
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his life in which he did not say his prayers of the state of
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ours. His Patron deity was the
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goddess. Durga a consort of Shiva, the
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Creative Energy of the universe. On no day.
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Did he either drink water or taste food till he had written
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in red ink. The name of Durga at least 108
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times while throughout the day incessantly ordered.
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The ejaculation odarka odarka have mercy upon me.
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Whenever he felt anxious on account of his poverty and his
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inability to support his wife and children.
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He groaned out. Durga Durga Durga One day, being
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very sad, he went to a forest, many miles away from the village
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where he lived and indulging in his grief.
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He wept bitter tears, he prayed in the following manner.
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Oh Durga oh mother bhagavati. Won't you make an end to my
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misery if I was alone in the world?
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I would not have been so sad on account of my poverty, but you
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have given me a wife and children all mother.
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Give me the means to support them.
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It so happened that on that day. Day and on that very spot.
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The god, Shiva and his wife Durga or taking their morning.
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Walk, the goddess Durga upon seeing the brahmana.
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At a distance, said to her Divine husband, O, Lord of the
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kailash. Do you see that Brahman?
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He was always taking my name on his lips and offering the prayer
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that I should deliver him out of his troubles.
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My Lord. Can we do something for the poor
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Brahmin oppressed? As he is with the cares of a
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growing family? We should give him enough to
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make him comfortable as the poor man, his family never have
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enough. To eat.
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I propose that you give him a handy which will yield him an
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inexhaustible supply of mookie. The Lord of kailash, readily
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agreed to the proposal of his Divine consort and by his decree
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created on the spot, a handy, possessing the required quality,
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Darker than called the Brahmin to her and said, o Brahmin.
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I've often thought of your pitiable case, your repeated
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prayers, have it last move. My compassion here is a handy
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for you. When you turn it upside down and
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shake it, it will pour out a never-ending shower of the
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finest mud key, which will not end to you restore the handy to
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its proper position. Yourself, your wife and your
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children can eat as much mud key as you like and you can also
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sell as much as you like. The Brahman delighted Beyond
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measured obtaining so greater treasure.
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Made obeisance to the goddess in taking the handy.
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In his hand proceeded towards his house as fast as his legs
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could carry him. But he had not gone very far
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when he thought of testing the efficacy of the wonderful vessel
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accordingly. He turned the handy upside down
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and shook it, when lo and behold a quantity of the finest McGee
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had ever seen fell to the ground.
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He tied the sweet meet up in his sheet and walked on it was Now
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noon in the brahmanas hungry. But he cannot eat without
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washing and saying his prayers. Along the way, he saw an n and
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not far from it a tank where he thought to stop there.
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So that he might bathe say his prayers and then eat the much
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desired Mookie The Brahmin said at The Innkeeper shop but the
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handy jar near him smoke. Tobacco smeared his body with
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mustard oil and before proceeding debated in the
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adjacent tank, gave the handy in charge to The Innkeeper, begging
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him again and again to take special care of it.
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The Brahmin went to have his bath and make his devotions.
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The Innkeeper thought it was strange that he should be.
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So careful with the safety of this Earthen vessel, There must
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be something valuable in the handy thought.
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Otherwise, why would the Brahman takes so much thought about it?
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His curiosity being excited, he opened the handy and to his
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surprise found that it contained nothing.
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What could be the meaning of this?
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Thought The Innkeeper to himself, why should the Brahmin
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care so much for an empty handy? He took up the vessel began to
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examine it carefully. And when in the course of
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examination, he turned the handy upside down, a quantity of the
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finest. Mud key fell from it and went on
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falling without intermission. The Innkeeper called his wife
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and children to witness this unexpected stroke of Good
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Fortune, the showers of the sugar fried Patty were so
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copious that they filled all the vessels in jars of The
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Innkeeper. He resolved to liberate the
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precious handy and accordingly, put it in its place.
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Another handy of the same size and make The Brahmin finishing,
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his washing and prayers came to the shop in wet clothes while
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reciting the holy text of The Vedas.
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Putting on dry clothes. He wrote on a sheet of paper,
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the name of Durga 108 times in red ink after which he broke his
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fast on the mode. Key his hand, he had already
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given him thus refreshed and being about to resume his
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journey home words, he called for his handy, which The
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Innkeeper delivered to him. Adding there sir there is your
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Handi. It is just where you put it.
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No one has touched it. The Brahmin without suspecting
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anything. Took up the handy and proceeded
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on his journey. And as he walked on, he
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congratulated himself on a singular.
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Good Fortune, how agreeably he thought within himself will my
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poor wife, be surprised how greedily the children will
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devour the mud key of heaven Zone.
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Manufacturer, I shall soon become rich and lift up my head
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with the best of them. All the Pains of traveling were
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considerably alleviated by these joyful anticipations He reached
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his house in calling his wife and children.
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He said, look at what, I've brought this handy that you see,
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is the unending source of wealth and contentment.
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You will see a stream of the finest mud, chi flow from it.
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When I turn it upside down, The brahmins Good Wife hearing of
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McGee falling from the handy unceasingly thought that her
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husband must have gone mad and she confirmed her opinion when
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she found that nothing fell from the vessel though.
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It was turned upside down again and again overwhelmed with
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grief, the Brahma concluded that the Innkeeper must have played a
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trick on him. It must have stolen the handy
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Durga had given him and give him back a common one instead.
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Went back the next day to The Innkeeper and charged him with
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having changed his handy, The Innkeeper put on a fit of anger,
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expressed his surprise of the brahmins impudence in charging
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him with the theft and drove him away from his shop.
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The Ramen then thought to have an interview with the goddess
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Durga, who had given him the handy and accordingly went to
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the forest where he had met her. Shiva and Durga again favored
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the Brahmin with an interview Durga said so you have lost the
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handy I gave you. Here's another take it and make
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good use of it. The brahmana lady with joy made.
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Obeisance to the Divine couple took up the vessel and went on
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his way. He had not gone far when he
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turned it upside down and shook it.
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In order to see whether any Mudkip would fall from It,
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Horror of Horrors instead of sweetmeats a score of demons of
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gigantic size and grim-visaged jumped out of Handy and began to
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believe her the astonished Brahma with blows fisticuffs and
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kicks. He had the presence of mind to
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turn up the handy and cover it. When the demons forthwith
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disappeared, he concluded that this new handy had been given to
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him only for the punishment of The Innkeeper.
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He accordingly went to The Innkeeper and gave him the new
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handed to take care of and begged him to be very careful
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until he returned from his bath and prayers.
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The Innkeeper delighted with the second godsend called his wife
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and children and said, this is another handy brought here by
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the same. Brahman brought the handy of mud
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key this time. I hope it is not mood key, but
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son Dessa. Come be ready with baskets and
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vessels and I'll turn the hand over and shake it.
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This was no sooner done than scores of Fierce.
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Demon started jumping out. They caught hold of The
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Innkeeper, and his family beat them, mercilessly.
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They also began breaking everything in the shop and would
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have completely destroyed it. The victims had Not called for
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the Brahman who by this time had returned from his bath to show
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Mercy to them and to send away the terrible demons.
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The Brahmin accepted the innkeeper's request and
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dismissed the Demons by shutting up the vessel, his former handy
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was returned and with the two Handy's, he went off to his home
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Village. Upon reaching home, the Brahmin
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shut the door of his house. Turned them would be handy
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upside down and shook it, the result was an endless stream of
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the finest mud key that any confectioner in the country
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could produce the man, his wife and their children devoured, the
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sweet meat to their heart's content, then all the available
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Earthen pots, and pans of the house were filled with it and
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the Brahmin resolved, the next day to turn into a confectioner,
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to open a shop in his house to sell mood key.
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On the very day, the shop was opened the whole village came to
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the brahmins house to buy the wonderful mood key.
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They had never seen such mud key in their life.
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It was so sweet. So white, so large, so luscious,
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no confectioner in the village or in any town in the country at
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ever manufactured anything like it in a few days, the reputation
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of the brahmins mood key, spread beyond the bounds of the village
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and the people came from every corner of the land to buy it.
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Cartloads of the sweet meat were sold every day.
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And the Brahman in a very short time became very rich.
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He built a large brick house and live like a nobleman on the
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land. One time, however, his property
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was almost sent into wreck and ruin.
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One day, his children, shook the wrong Handy by mistake on a
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large number of demons drop down and caught hold of the
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brahmana's wife and children and Were Striking them mercilessly
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when luckily, the Brahmin came into the house and turned over
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the handy. In order to prevent a similar
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catastrophe in the future, the brahmins shut the demon handy up
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in a private room to which his children had no access but pure
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and interrupted Prosperity is not the fate of Mortals.
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And though the demon handy was put aside, what security was
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there that an accent might not befall the mood candy.
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One day while the brahmana's wife were out of the house, the
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children decided to shake the handy but as all of them wish to
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enjoy the pleasure of shaking it it was a general struggle to get
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it. And in this meal a the handy
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fell to the ground and broke. It is needless to say that the
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Brahmin upon reaching home heard of the disaster and became
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inexpressibly sad. The children were of course,
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while cudgeled but no flogging of children.
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Could replace the magical handy after a few days.
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He went again to the forest and offered many prayers for durga's
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favor at last. She even Durga again appeared to
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him and heard how the handy had been broken.
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Durga gave him another handy. A company with the following
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warning, Brahmin take care of this handy.
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If you break it or lose it, I'll not give you another the Brahmin
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bowed low and went away to his house at once.
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Without halting anywhere when he reached home, he shut the door
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of his house called his wife to him, turn the handy upside down
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and began to shake it. They were only expecting mud key
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to drop from it, but instead of mud key, a perennial stream of
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the beautiful, send Essa was issued from it and such son
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Dessa. No confectioner of Burr bizarre
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ever made it like that, it was more the food of God's than of
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men, the Brahmin forthwith set up a shop for Um, send
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essa/jesus Fame of which soon Drew crowds of customers from
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all parts of the country at all festivals at all marriage.
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Feast, had all funeral celebrations at all poojas, no
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one thought of any other scent desert but the brahmins every
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day, and every hour, many jars of gigantic size, filled with
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the delicious sweet meat, were sent to all parts of the
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country, the wealth of the Brahman excited, the Envy of the
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seminar of the village who having heard that, the send Essa
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was not manufactured. But rather Fell from a handy
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devised, a plan for getting possession of the miraculous
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vessel. At the celebration of his sons.
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Marriage held, a great feast, and hundreds of people were
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invited as Mountain loads of sand, desert would be required.
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For the purpose is Emmett, our proposed, the Brahman should
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bring the magical handy to the house, where the feast was to be
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held. At first, the Brahmin refused to
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take it there but as the jem'hadar insisted, on being
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carried to his house, he reluctantly agreed to take it
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there. After many, Himalayas of son
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Dessa had been shaken out. The jem'hadar took possession of
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the handy, the Brahmin was insulted and driven out of the
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house. The Brahmin without showing any
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anger quietly went to his house and taking the demon handy.
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In his hand, came back to the door of the zamindar's house, he
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turned the handy upside down and shook it out, popped hundreds of
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demons starting a vastly deep in enacted seen, which is
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impossible to describe the hundreds of guests that have
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been brought to the feast were caught hold of, by the unearthly
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visitants. And beaten the women were
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dragged by their hair from the zenana and dashed about amongst
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the man, while the big and Burly seminar was driven to, From room
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to room like a bale of cotton. If the demons have been allowed
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to do, their will for only a few minutes longer all of the men
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would have been killed and the Very house razed to the ground
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is a meander, fell prostrated the field of Brahman and beg for
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Mercy. Mercy was shown to him and the
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demons were removed after that. The Brahmin was never disturbed
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by the jem'hadar or by anyone else, and he lived a great, many
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years, and happiness and enjoyment.
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Thus my story endeth, The Nadia Thorn withereth Etc On the end.
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Well, I really like that version of the story.
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The Humble man being rewarded for his piety, only to have his
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riches stolen from him. Again, you can see the same sort
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of story and episode 109 from the Azores or an episode 145
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from the Philippines. I'm glad to see the brahmins
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family be rewarded for their Good Deeds.
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Still, the brown was like, oh please, please Durga help me
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out. I've been burdened by a family.
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You chose to have a family. They didn't just drop in on you,
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you chose them. Anyway, the podcast shout-out is
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too because language, because language formally talk, the talk
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is a podcast based mostly out of Australia with Daniel and Ben
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and wherever the globe-trotting had big is at the time.
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This is a podcast that not only explores language and how we use
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it but they also get into Linguistics without making it a
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great. Graduate.
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Level course, they have fun and games and also get serious from
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time to time. My favorite game is.
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Yeah, nah or not. Yeah a nod to the Australian
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phrase where Ben and had big have to parse out.
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Whether two words are related, it's a very lovely show and I've
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been a big fan for years and as this episode will come out in
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June. I should be a patron of the show
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for about a month or so at that point and if you can or want to
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you can too but at least give them a listen, a rating and
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review if you like them as much as I do.
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And The Listener. Shout-out is to Detroit,
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Michigan, home of the Red Wings, Pistons tigers and some football
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team, that has never been to the Super Bowl unless they are
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gifted tickets. I've long love Detroit with my
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good college buddies, Calcasieu, Syracuse, LaRue, Chesterfield,
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and West Side Erin. I've had a ton of fun
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experiences in that grand old city.
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Now, I know Detroit gets a bad rep but really it is a lovely
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place. The whole Cheney family has been
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nothing but supportive, ever since I rolled out their way
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with a young, Jerome a day. For classes at AMU.
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I also had a fun time teaching at a lovely school called
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karstens, which sadly and happily has been torn down.
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It was really old and not working.
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Well, a lot of the urinals didn't work was kind of scary.
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So to all my listeners in the 313 those living off to 15.
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See those stuck in traffic on the lodge and those who can say
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Dequindre and lesser and Gratiot and all the way out to the
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suburbs, I say. Yes sir, I love you.
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Thank you and good night. For classes at AMU.
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I also had a fun time teaching at a lovely school called
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karstens, which sadly and happily has been torn down.
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It was really old and not working.
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Well, a lot of the urinals didn't work was kind of scary.
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So to all my listeners in the 313 those living off to 15.
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See those stuck in traffic on the lodge and those who can say
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Dequindre and lesser and Gratiot and all the way out to the
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suburbs, I say. Yes sir, I love you.
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Thank you and good night.