The Legend of King Srivatsa: A Tale of Judgment, Trials, and Divine Justice

The STORY OF KING SRIVATSA. He was a benevolent king of PRAGJYOTISHPUR, now GUWAHATI and a beautiful wife CHINTA who could cook very well and at a fast pace. She was a queen who would cook regularly to feed king, other people of the kingdom. She was a worshipper of SUN, SuRYA who gave her a boon of becoming ugly when necessity arises. One day Srivatsa, her husband was asked by Laxmimata and Shanidev to judge who is better. This story happened in Dwapar Yuga and is included in the last parts of Mahabharata. Next day king arranged for a silver and gold seat and asked them to choose from it. Laxmimata chose golden seat and Shanidev had no choice but to choose silver seat. Srivatsa said, Choice prooves it, the one with golden choice is best. The analysis of the King as judge was not right and though Laxmimata blessed to help him but Shanidev said he would destroy him. So as Navagraha kabach says, UTPATH or peculiar troubles started, ghost arrived in the town in day time, thieves and dacoits increased, building walls and ceiling started to break down suddenly, children died without reason. Jungle animals entered the town. So Srivatsa decided to leave the town with a blanket in which gold silver were kept. Srivatsa was a Siddha of TAL and BETAL and they helped as much as they could do. A visionary river or MAYANADI came on the route where they lost their blanket of gold silver in the hands of a boat men. In the jungle they tried to eat burnt SHOAL fish but it ran away becoming live in the river water. They stayed with woodcutters but one day a merchant kidnapped Chinta and threw Srivatsa in the river. Chinta became ugly and Tal entered Srivatsas eyes as sleep, Betal became a pillow and flew him towards banks. There in a new town, Srivatsa did the work of a tax men who took taxes from boats. He had to marry Bhadra, princess, as Bhadra worshipped Gauri Mata and wished to marry him. King was angry and kept them outside the house but gave him a job. Srivatsa jailed merchant, saved Chinta but king asked to prove that merchant was guilty. He succeeded in proving that the golden sheets were his property which merchant stole as only he could break it into pieces and had made these by tal Betal Sidhi. Now blue dressed Shanidev came and said everything and that he was returning back all he had snatched as srivatsa had learnt to judge by works not gold silver or seat. He also booned that whoever would take the name of Srivatsa would get relieved from Mental pains or MONOBYATHA. So his name used as JAAP ends misfortune. Thanks for reading it.