Vidur bhardwaj biography of mahatma
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Vidur bhardwaj biography of mahatma gandhi
The Tale of Vidur's Birth and Curse of Mandavya
One day, a great sage, Mandavya, was immersed in meditation under the shade of a tree outside his ashram. Suddenly, a band of dacoits entered his ashram to hide the loot from the king’s police, who were pursuing them.
When the police reached the ashram, they saw sage Mandavya meditating under a tree in front of it. The head of the policemen asked Mandavya, “Did you see the dacoits passing by?” The sage, who was absorbed in meditation, remained silent.
The officer repeated the question, but the sage neither heard nor replied anything.
Vidur bhardwaj biography of mahatma
In the meantime, some of the policemen entered the ashram and discovered the stolen loot and the dacoits hiding there.
The finding gave the police officer a false impression that the sage was, in fact, the head of the dacoits in the guise of a sadhu.
Thus, he captured sage Mandavya and the dacoits and presented all of them in front of the king’s court. The king was furious that the dacoit had put