Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay

Name: The Orient Pearls
Author: Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay

The Orient Pearls (1915)

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“The Orient Pearls”, published in 1915, is a work by Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay. It explores elements such as Haro, cup and Gouri.

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ The youth then told Haro and Gouri, between sobs and tears, of the domestic tragedy enacted from day to day—of the starving of his young wife and himself—and pointed, in corroboration, to his ribs, which were almost visible in his emaciated frame—a sight and a tale which could not but tell even upon the most callous of gods.
The tale their hearts to pity moved—
A magic cup the gods approved,
A cup so bounteous, so designed,
As could, at once, feed all mankind. ”

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ As the shades of evening fell, Haro and Gouri, guardian deities and succourers of humanity in distress, happened to be walking the earth, and his cries and lamentations reached their ears. "Hark, lord!" said Gouri, addressing her spouse, "Is not that the cry of some mortal lamenting his lot? He must be in sore distress. Let us go and relieve him."
Haro, annoyed at the idea of his walk being cut short, tried to dissuade her, saying: "Fair goddess! suffering is the badge of mankind. ”

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ She seized the cup with eagerness, for she had not broken her fast that day, but, finding it empty, threw it straight away. The Brahmin, however, immediately rushed up and caught it before it could touch the ground.
"What a silly thing you have done!” said the Brahmin to his wife in a tone of rebuke. "You have desecrated the gift of the gods." Having told her all about the cup, and how and where and from whom he had received it, he said, "Do not fancy the cup is empty! Ask of it whatever you wish to eat, and that you will have at once, and in any quantity." ”

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ The gods, they said, were of superior caste to mortals; but the Brahmini easily rose to the occasion, and her feminine wit supplied her with a crushing answer to them. She coolly assured her guests that the origin of herself and her husband was as divine as they themselves claimed, for all Brahmins, she reminded them with a smile of superior wisdom, were the offspring of Brahma, the Sirdar of the gods. Putting into the hands of Haro a copy of the sacred writings, she asked him to refresh his memory. ”

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ The people were all pleased with his rule, but were distressed to see him always so gloomy and melancholy. The King, they knew, had no Queen, and that, they concluded, was the cause of his sadness. And so, to provide him with a companion, his ministers, without consulting him, inquired far and wide for a suitable bride, at the same time promising a handsome reward to him who found one such as they wanted.
Attracted by the bait of a reward, a man one evening brought a lady endowed with every good quality, and in every respect fit to be a Queen. ”

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ When the stipulated three days' rule was over, the King returned with his family to claim his kingdom, but the so-called holy man, loath to part with the sceptre so soon, thus addressed himself to the King: "O generous Prince! I have tasted of the sweets of power, but my three days' rule has expired too soon. Do thou let me continue to reign for thee over thy kingdom just a little longer."
"A holy man," thought the King to himself, "knows the Scriptures, and this man appears to be one, so he may well be trusted to hold the sceptre for me, for his rule is bound to be just and righteous." ”

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ Indeed, these mortals bring down suffering upon their own heads by sheer demerit, and suffer they must, do all you can, until they have passed through the usual cycles of birth, death, and rebirth, again and again, working out demerit by merit in the process, and thus paving the way for final absorption into the Deity, the source of their being. ”

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ Nay, more, the pretended holy man having ruled the State with harshness, his subjects rebelled and put him to death, and as the throne can never be without an occupant, the old ministers set out in quest of their former Prince, and, having found him, begged him to return to his kingdom. But as he could not be in two places at one and the same time, he cut the Gordian knot by making each son King of one State with a council of Elders, the Queen and himself retiring into private life in accordance with the immemorial custom amongst the ancients. ”

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Shobhanasundari Mukhopadhyay, The Orient Pearls (1915)

“ I have come on in advance to secure a house suitable for my wife, who is an invalid. She is coming to-morrow evening and may require a little nursing. Shall we go together to the city in the morning and hunt for a quiet, cosy little house such as I want? ”

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