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| Culture Course |
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JADA BHARATA |
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The old father
died and his brothers gave him up as an idiot.
Bharata was now a ripe jnani. He ate whatever food was offered to him, good or bad. He
dressed scantily and roamed as an avadItuta. He, however, had a well-built body. So
people made him do all sorts of work which he did, like a bull, without caring for reward
or appreciation.
One day some robbers caught him in a field. They took him to a Kali temple to offer him as
a human sacrifice to the Kali. Bharata did not resist.
The robber chief lifted the sword to cut the sage's head. At that time Kali Mata burst out
of her image and snatching the sword from the robber, killed the robber himself and
danced wildly. |
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| About Jada Bharata |
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