In English
In the old days, one of the kings was performing a and he assembled a number of during that . Amongst assembled by the king, there were two people who were accustomed to observing certain traditions. In the ancient days, the traditions were such that while travelling they would not agree to take their food in some house or other. In the early hours of the morning, they used to collect some food and used to carry the same in a bundle, and they would eat this food during the journey. When it became midday during their journey, they reached a river and found out a tree with a good shade. They sat under the tree for their afternoon meal. It was their habit that everyday they would think of God and they would offer the food to God and then, only, partake of the food. On that day, too, they started reading the twenty-fifth verse in the Fourth Chapter of the which commences by saying, “ ,” (I offer this food to ). When this verse was repeated by them, they heard some noise from the Banyan tree under which they were sitting. They thought that on account of the breeze, one branch may have rubbed against another branch and noise may thus have been produced. They were not disturbed by the noise. They were continuing their prayer. They started repeating the 14th verse in the 15th Chapter of the . While repeating that verse, they were totally lost and com-pletely absorbed in the thought of God and they were thus repeating their prayer. When this verse was repeated in that manner, they found that a , (a great saint) came and stood in their presence. They got up and paid homage to that great saintly personality and asked him who he was. He revealed his identity and said that he was a and that he was subjected to a curse by a rishi several years ago and he was living on that Banyan tree. He was now liberated from that curse by the prayers uttered under the tree.