![]() ![]() Now available on the ACK Comics App, Kindle, Amazon, Flipkart, and other major e-tailers.The Mahabharata presents sweeping visions of the cosmos and humanity and intriguing and frightening glimpses of divinity in an ancient narrative that is accessible, interesting, and compelling for anyone willing to learn the basic themes of Hindu culture. Read the complete story in our title Sukanya. The Ashwini Kumaras blessed the happy couple and returned to their abode. Sukanya easily recognised her husband now. With a smile, Sukanya opened her eyes and observed the three young men in front of her. ![]() The Goddess told her that celestial beings never blink. She closed her eyes and prayed to Goddess Durga to help her identify her husband. Sukanya looked from one to the other and could see no difference whatsoever. All the three claimed to be the real Chyavana. When they emerged they were all young, handsome and identical. Then two young celestial twins and one aged man entered the water. So Chyavana Rishi and Sukanya went with the Ashwini Kumaras to the river. Illustration: ACK Design Team | Script: Shanta Iyer Sukanya agreed to their condition and informed her husband about this proposal. If Sukanya identified her husband, his youth and vitality would stay with him forever. They said they would take a dip in the river along with Chyavana Rishi and all three of them would emerge from the waters looking identical. But the twins added one tricky condition to their offer of rejuvenation. Sukanya was ecstatic hearing those words. The Ashwini Kumaras were chastised and offered to restore the vision and youth of her husband. Sukanya was furious with the twins and angrily replied that she was a loyal wife and would never dream of leaving her husband. They were charmed by her youth and beauty and asked her to live with them instead of that blind and old ascetic. One day, the young and handsome celestial twins, the Ashwini Kumaras spotted young Sukanya. Sukanya lived with the sage with utmost kindness and sincerity. The young princess married the blind sage as per her vow. Immediately the courtiers were relieved from the pain in their eyes. She proclaimed that she would marry Chyavana Rishi and remain by his side. She wanted to take the responsibility for her actions. Sukanya intervened and solved his problem. At the same time, how could he let his young daughter come and live in the forest with the sage! He could not let his citizens suffer for a mistake the princess had committed. The sage declined and said that he would need only the service of his daughter. The courtiers were just reaping the fruits of his daughter’s actions. The sage was none other than the famed Chyavana Rishi and he replied that he had not cursed anyone. He immediately fell at the feet of the sage, beseeching him to take back the curse on his courtiers and to forgive his daughter. The King realised that his beloved child had unintentionally blinded a meditating hermit. The lights had been his glowing eyes, and now they were oozing blood. The anthill was, as the princess had described it, only there he also saw a sage within it. King Sharyaati immediately rushed to the forest. ![]() She quickly narrated the entire incident to her father. She guessed that there must be a connection between the strange event she had witnessed in the forest and what was happening in the court. She hurriedly made her way back to her father’s court but when she reached there, Sukanya was startled to see that most of the courtiers were suddenly suffering from severe pain in the eyes. The princess was horrified and ran away in fear. At once there was a loud cry and then blood started oozing from there. She thought the lights were two flies or glow worms and decided to catch them. A strange sight indeed! Princess Sukanya was so intrigued. There was a huge anthill near the lake with two lights glowing through two holes on it. One day, all the princesses went to the forest to see the lake. Apart from being as beautiful as her sisters, Sukanya was also wise and well-mannered. Though he showered all of them with a lot of love and affection, he was particularly fond of Princess Sukanya. Long ago, there lived a kind and just king named Sharyaati, who had many daughters. ![]()
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