英语故事-Somprabhax27sMarriage.docx

英语故事Somprabha’ s MarriageThe King Trivikramsen again went back to that old tree on which Vetala was resting. He took him down and Vetala took his original place on the shoulder of the King. The King started his journey again and Vetala started telling him a tale to divert his mind.Long long ago， there lived a BrahmannamedHariswami ， who was a minister of King Punyasen， in Ujjaini. He had a son whose name was Devaswami. And he also had a daughter named Somprabha， who was famed for her matchless beauty.Slowly slowly she grew up and when the time of her marriage camecloser ， she told her mother to give this message to her brother and father ：“ I will marry a manwhois possessedwith heroism and knowledge or magic power. I will not marry with any other man who does not possess any one of these qualities.When her father heard thishe got fully confusedand started searching for her husband who comesin one of these three categories. King Punyasen sent him as an ambassador to negotiate in a treaty with a King of Deccan ， who had come to invade him. When he had completed the King ’ s assignment ， a Brahman who had heard about the beauty of his daughter Somprabha， came and asked him to marry his daughter with him.Hariswami listened this very patiently and said，“ My daughter Somprabha demands something special in hishusband. She will not have any man as her husband. She will not have any man as her husband who does not possess either heroism ， knowledge or magic power， so tell me， which of these three you possess. ”“Sir ， I possess Magic power. ” The Brahmanreplied.“ Alright ， show me your Magic power. ” Hariswami asked the Brahman.And then that Brahman immediately prepared by hisskilla chariot that would fly through the air. After that he took Hariswami in the magic chariot and showedhim the heaven and all the world. And after this he brought him back to theKing of Deccan to which he was sent on business. Then Hariswami promised his daughter to that Brahman who possessed the magic power and fixed the marriage on the seventh day from that day.In the meantime， one other Brahman camein Ujjaini and asked Devaswami ， son of Hariswami ， for the the hand of his sister Somprabha. Then Devaswamisaid to the Brahman，“ Mysister does not wish to have a husband ， if he does not have any one quality out of these either knowledge or heroism or magic power. Now tell me ， what type of quality you have ？”“I have the quality of heroism. ” said the Brahman and he displayed his skill in the use of missiles and weapons.Then after witnessing his heroic skills ， Devaswami promised to give his sister to him and fixed the marriage on the seventh day from that day as his father did with the man who possessed the magic power quality.Now at the same timea man came to Devaswamimother ， the wife of Hariswami. He also asked for the hand of her daughter Somprabha. Then she said to him ，“ My daughterneeds a husband who is well versed either in knowledge or heroism or magic power. tell me， what you have， out of these three ？”“ I am master of knowledge. ” said the man.After asking somequestions about past and future ， she promised to give the hand of her daughter to him on the same seventh day.On the next day Hariswami came back from Deccan and told his wife about the engagement of Somprabha to a Brahman who possess magic power. Then his wife and son also told him about the other two persons who met with them for the hand of Somprabha. They also told about the promises which they have made with the two Brahmans possessing heroism and knowledge. After hearing this ， Hariswami felt confused ， as three bridgegrooms had been invited on the same seventh day.On wedding day ，the three persons arrived inHariswami ’ s home. All the three bridgegrooms. One was man of knowledge ， other was manof heroism and the third one was the man of magic power. All were eager to marry Somprabha.Suddenly ， a strange thing happened. The bridge Somprabhawas found to have disappeared. She was searched also but could not be found anywhere.Then Hariswami said to the man of knowledge to tell him where his daughter has gone.“ Sir ， your daughter has been taken by Rakshas Dhumrasika to his own habitation in the Vindhya forest. ” said the man of knowledge.After hearing this ， Hariswami was terrified and said ：“Alas now how will I get her back and how she is tobe married ？”Don’ t worry Sir ，I will take you there ，were the RakshasThis was heard by the man of magic power. He said ，Dhumrasika stays in Vindhya Forest.After saying this ， he prepared a chariot ， as before ， that would fly through the air with all kinds of weapons. Then he told Hariswami ， man of the knowledge and man of heroism ， to get into it and in a moment ， he carried them to the stay of Rakshas in Vindhya Forest.WhenRakshas saw all this ， he got annoyed. Then the manof heroism ， who was put forward by hariswamy ， challenged him to fight.。