In English
verifies 's prowess
That same night gave a directive to his mares. "Today do not rake the cows for grazing. Let us rake the calves. Come with the calves together with your respective musical instruments. We must spend the day with music." Most of them came with flutes on which they could play well, holding a stick in one hand and a flute in the other. Only two boys brought two mud-pots to be used as drums. Playing on the mud-pot is known today as . This art is as ancient as the . The cowherd boys gathered on the bank of the with calves. Some of them played on their flutes, some drummed their mud-pots while danced to the music. When stopped dancing, others started dancing. After sometime, , one of the two intimate friends of (the other being ), told that he was feeling hungry and would like to have some palm-fruits from palm trees a little far away. , who was close by, said he would fetch the fruits. went near the trees and shook them. All the fruits dropped brown. At the time of the naming ceremony of the child , the sage referred to the strength of the baby and said that the name would be appropriate for him. At that time, a huge donkey appeared there. All were frightened. The donkey was getting bigger and bigger. seized the donkey by the forelegs and dashed it to the ground. It died on the spot. The cowherd boys hailed as a hero and danced in joy. Biding his time, created at that moment a huge cave. He took into the cave all the calves, while the cowherd boys were immersed in merriment. Missing the calves, the boys started searching for them, shouting "! !" knew what was 'afoot and directed his mates to search for the calves in the cave nearby They all went into the cave. Immediately the mouth of the cave closed in. The boys and the calves were caught inside. They were there for a whole year.