Charitar 2
Charitar 2 is one of 404 tales present in Sri Charitropakhyan composition present in Dasam Granth. This tale is also called Katha Tale of Raja Chitar Singh and Rani Chitar Vati[1] or Tale of Raja Chitar Singh and Rani Chitar Vati .[2] This is base tale of whole composition of Sri Charitropakhyan from where central plots formed. The plot is explained in second tale which is as follows:
King Chitra Singh of Chitravati got married with damsel of Indra's kingdom. She born a son named Hanuvant Singh. Damsel deserted the king, when he got old. He ordered a his employees to find her, but instead found another similar looking girl named Chitramati. Chitramati was the daughter of the ruler of Odchaa. To marry her, he had a fight with her father, the ruler of Odchaa. Chitramati was about the age of the son of Chitra Singh. She got heavily attracted to him and tried to seduce him into sexual relationship, but Hanuvant Singh was religious in thought and did not go for incest. She in turn, created a drama and accused Hanuvant Singh of raping her. King Chitra Singh believed her blindly without knowing the side of his son and sentenced him to death.
The wise adviser, called Mantri, of the King knew that his second wife was not of a pious character and was falsely blaming Hanuvant Singh. In order to prevent this injustice to be inflicted onto Hanuvant Singh, the adviser shared various accounts of stories depicting different situations intended to make the King realize his folly and improve his decision making skill.[3]
The tale contains 30 verses includes 4Chopais, 2 Swaiyas, 1 Chandd, 2 Adils and 9 Dohras.
References
- ↑ Singh, Gyani Narain (2009). Page 402,Sri Dasam Granth Sahib Ji Steek, Book 8, 6th Edition 2009,ISBN 81-7601-384-6, Publisher: Bhai Chattar Singh Jiwan Singh.
- ↑ sridasamgranthsahibji.com - English translations Archived February 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Charitar 2, Charitropakhyan, Dasam Granth