006.2 – Deva Dharma (part 2)
[Continued from the previous part]
In those days, there was a king of Varanasi named Phrommadatta. His queen had a son named Mahissasa. One of his concubine also gave a birth to a son named Chanta.
When the queen passed away, he appointed his most favourite concubine as a new queen. The new queen also had a son named Suriya. At the time Suriya was born, the king said to his queen that he will give anything she want as gift fore the new child. The queen replied that she would ask him when she want.
When Suriya grew up, the new queen told the king “When I gave a birth to Suriya, you said that you will give anything I want. Now I beg that you give the throne to my son please.”
The king discouraged “My first two sons are already shining. I can’t give the throne to your son.”
However, the queen still begged the king for many times. He thought that the queen may had malice against his first two sons. He called his first two sons and ordered his two sons to went away from the country for their safety.
Suriya was playing at the royal courtyard and saw his brothers were going. Because they were familiar, Suriya also followed his two brothers. Therefore, three boys were traveling together and they are heading to Himmapan forest.
After traveling for a while, they stopped and had a rest under a big tree. The eldest brother, Mahissasa, said to Suriya “Suriya, please go to that pond, take a bath and bring us some water to drink.”
Unfortunately, the pond was owned by a water demon. The water demon had a permission from Vessawan, the king of ogres, to eat all people who went into the pond except the people who know Deva Dharma (Dharma of god).
Not knowing that the pond was owned by a water demon, Suriya went into the pond and was caught by the water demon. The water demon asked “Do you know Deva Dharma ?”
“I know,” Suriya said, “The moon and the sun are Deva Dharma !”
“You don’t know Deva Dharma.” The water demon said and brought Suriya to it’s place.
Feeling that Suriya left too long, Mahissasa sent out Chanta to find Suriya.
Chanta went to the pond and found the water demon. The water demon asked “Do you know Deva Dharma ?”
“Yes, I know,” Chanta said, “The north, the south, the east and the west are Deva Dharma.”
“You don’t know Deva Dhama.” The water demon said and brought Suriya to it’s place.
After a while, Mahissasa feel that there may be something wrong, so he went to the pond by himself. He noticed footsteps of his two brothers and thought that the pond may be owned by a demon. He armed his bow and stood there.
[To be continue ...]