Folklore: A Tale of Great Devotee of Narasimha


Folklore: A Tale of Great Devotee of Narasimha 
Kishor Subba Limbu
Source: Lal Bahadur Rai

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Once upon a time, there was a buffalo herdsman. He wanted to be a great devotee of Narasimha. Then he searched for Narasimha all around. Where is Narasimha? Knowing that he is in heaven, he goes to heaven. Going... Going .. Reaching heaven, he met King Narasimha. "Why have you come for?" King Narasimha inquired."I want to be your great devotee." "What should I do to be a great devotee?" He asked. "Well,  then, you have to recite Narasimha... Narasimha," the king taught him. The buffalo herdsman is doing the same thing as Narasimha. His buffalo is terrified, Narasimha.When the shepherd, who was milking, started reciting "Narasimha," "Narasimha," the buffalo got frightened and ran away. 

The shepherd fell down, and he forgot what to recite. When he awoke, he saw the buffalo staring at him with big, red, wide-open eyes, like a lion.The shepherd then began to recite Vaisiko sing (the buffalo antlers)...Vaisiko sing... The voice of the shepherd used to reach the king from time to time. King Narasimha was smiling and laughing. One day, Rani (the queen) saw the king laughing alone and asked the king, "Why are you laughing, Maharaj?" The king said, "nothing." The shepherd below continues to recite "Vaisiko sing." monotonously.Hearing that the king used to smile, the queen saw Narasimha Raja smiling and smiling again. 

One day, the queen asked again, "Tell me the truth why you laugh alone?" The Maharaja again tried to say, "Nothing." "I'm only laughing..."The queen said, "Well, you should tell me the truth." otherwise, I'm going to kill myself." Then they explained to the queen, "A shepherd came, and he wanted to be a great devotee of Narasimha." Then I taught him to say "Narasimha," which means "Narasimha."When he went back to the cowshed, he kept reciting Narasimha, Narasimha, but his buffalo was terrified. One day, when he was milking and reciting, his buffalo got frightened and ran away. The shepherd fell down and forgot what to recite. When he woke up and saw his buffalo, it was looking at him like a lion. Then he began reciting Vaisiko sing.. Vaisiko sing.."Vaisiko sings that makes me laugh, even though he is my devotee," said the sound.

The queen asked, "Where is that shepherd?" How is he? "I want to see him." The king said, "No. No." Where would the shepherd pay attention to others?He is monotonous. He will not listen to anyone else. 

The queen went to the shepherd at any cost, and they eventually found him.The king stays away, hiding in a garbage ditch. The queen reached too close to the shepherd and asked, "Excuse me, shepherd?" The shepherd kept singing Vaisiko's song...Vaisiko sang monotonously, and he did not pay any attention to the queen's voice. The queen again said, "Excuse me, shepherd." He said, "Who the hell are you?" To sever my devotion?"Then he began reciting "Vaisiko sing."The queen asked him, "Who taught you to recite Vaisiko sing...Vaisiko sing?"
"Your husband," the shepherd replied.
The queen asked again, "Where is my husband?"
"He hid it in the ditch," the shepherd answered.
Then the queen said to the king, "He is really a great devotee of the Maharaja." Then the king and queen returned to heaven.

(Source: Lal Bahadur Rai, Panchkhapan Municipality-5, Sankhuwasabha, Nepal)

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