Once upon a time, in a kingdom, there were two fisher families. They lived on the different sides of a stream. The two families each had 500 fishing servants.
While the two families were living happily, there were two deities, a male and female, conceived by the fishermen's wives. Upon their birth the baby boy was named Toluka, while the baby girl was named Barika. The two families had made a promise that if between them they had a son and a daughter, they would made them husband and wife, and if they both had sons or both had daughters, the children would become friends.
When the two reached 16, they were married as promised. Since the two children were from the Brahman World, they had no love and had not touched, as with all other newly married spouses. They agreed to the marriage because their parents forced them to.
The parents wanted them to fish to continue the families' way of life. However, the children's only wishes were to be ordained as hermits. The desire was burning from day to day; they decided to say goodbye to their parents and to get ordained. Though the parents cried and objected to their wish, they still insisted on going.
Then, the parents prepared hermit's clothing for the two children to put on. The two left the parents for the forests of Himalaya to meditate in peace.
One time, the Indra opened his magic eyes and saw that the pre-incarnation sins of the two hermits would soon harm them, for they had no one to take care of them, and the two were going to be his parents in the future. The Indra then created Sovannasam son, Bodhisattva, to be conceived by the hermit Barika.
At night, the Indra came and told the two hermits: “In the near future, you two will become blind and there is no one to support your living. I’ll create a son for you. You just have to stroke the belly of the female hermit.” The two agreed and the Indra created a son for them, as wished.
The time of the birth was drawing near and the female hermit gave birth to a son named Sovannsam Koma. The son gradually grew. Every day the parents would go to pick fruits and to dig plant roots so they could live.
One day, there was pouring rain. The two hermits ran for shelter under a tree under which there was a mound, in which there was a big snake. The two hermits were not aware that there was a snake in the hole. Their sweat was dripping into the snake hole; the snake then spat venom into their eyes, and they were blinded. They sat and cried under the tree, unable to find a way back to their hermitage.
Sovannasam did not see his parents arriving as usual. He ran around looking for them everywhere. He cried when he found his parents had become blind. He held his parent’s hands and led them to the hermitage. He cut tree branches to be tied from the hermitage to the toilet, from the toilet the bathing place, and to the dining place so that his parents could walk along all those rails with ease. He himself went to pick fruits, dig plant roots, and he took a jar to carry water from the pond close to the base of the mountain to wash his parents and massaged them every day.
Each day when Bodhisattva held a jar to carry the water, a pair of deer walking side-by-side supported his water jar. Close to the mountain, there was a king named Bilyeak who went hunting in the forest for pleasure. From a distance, the king could not see Bodhisattva, but only the pair of deer. He shot at them with his arrows. However, one arrow hit Bodhisattva, who was carrying the jar, and he fell down.
He then cried and said, “Who is on the earth is so cruel as to shot an innocent like me? I have to take care of my blind parents. It not only kills me but also my parents. Oh, poor parents, from today onwards, there will be no one to take care of you.”
King Bilyeak heard that and he was filled with remorse. Then he walked in and said, "With apologies, I guarantee to serve your parents for you for the rest of their lives." After saying that, he left for the hermitage of the two hermits.
King Bilyeak told the parents: “I am King Bilyeak, I shot the deer accompanying Preah Sovannasam while he fetched water from the pond. However, the arrow hit him instead. Now he is dead. And I have come here to serve you in his place. Upon hearing that, the two hermits sobbed pitifully.
Taking about the angel Monimekala who took care of all the forests came to gather to swear an oath around Bodhisattva who was unconscious.
Then the two hermits were brought by King Bilyeak to see Preah Sovannasam. They stayed around him and made pledges. With the power of true words and gratitude, the wound was healed and he returned to consciousness. He bowed to his parents with respect and brought them back to the hermitage safely. King Bilyeak practiced dharma as advised by Preah Sovannasam Bodhisattva and returned to his kingdom.
- The END -
While the two families were living happily, there were two deities, a male and female, conceived by the fishermen's wives. Upon their birth the baby boy was named Toluka, while the baby girl was named Barika. The two families had made a promise that if between them they had a son and a daughter, they would made them husband and wife, and if they both had sons or both had daughters, the children would become friends.
When the two reached 16, they were married as promised. Since the two children were from the Brahman World, they had no love and had not touched, as with all other newly married spouses. They agreed to the marriage because their parents forced them to.
The parents wanted them to fish to continue the families' way of life. However, the children's only wishes were to be ordained as hermits. The desire was burning from day to day; they decided to say goodbye to their parents and to get ordained. Though the parents cried and objected to their wish, they still insisted on going.
Then, the parents prepared hermit's clothing for the two children to put on. The two left the parents for the forests of Himalaya to meditate in peace.
One time, the Indra opened his magic eyes and saw that the pre-incarnation sins of the two hermits would soon harm them, for they had no one to take care of them, and the two were going to be his parents in the future. The Indra then created Sovannasam son, Bodhisattva, to be conceived by the hermit Barika.
At night, the Indra came and told the two hermits: “In the near future, you two will become blind and there is no one to support your living. I’ll create a son for you. You just have to stroke the belly of the female hermit.” The two agreed and the Indra created a son for them, as wished.
The time of the birth was drawing near and the female hermit gave birth to a son named Sovannsam Koma. The son gradually grew. Every day the parents would go to pick fruits and to dig plant roots so they could live.
One day, there was pouring rain. The two hermits ran for shelter under a tree under which there was a mound, in which there was a big snake. The two hermits were not aware that there was a snake in the hole. Their sweat was dripping into the snake hole; the snake then spat venom into their eyes, and they were blinded. They sat and cried under the tree, unable to find a way back to their hermitage.
Sovannasam did not see his parents arriving as usual. He ran around looking for them everywhere. He cried when he found his parents had become blind. He held his parent’s hands and led them to the hermitage. He cut tree branches to be tied from the hermitage to the toilet, from the toilet the bathing place, and to the dining place so that his parents could walk along all those rails with ease. He himself went to pick fruits, dig plant roots, and he took a jar to carry water from the pond close to the base of the mountain to wash his parents and massaged them every day.
Each day when Bodhisattva held a jar to carry the water, a pair of deer walking side-by-side supported his water jar. Close to the mountain, there was a king named Bilyeak who went hunting in the forest for pleasure. From a distance, the king could not see Bodhisattva, but only the pair of deer. He shot at them with his arrows. However, one arrow hit Bodhisattva, who was carrying the jar, and he fell down.
He then cried and said, “Who is on the earth is so cruel as to shot an innocent like me? I have to take care of my blind parents. It not only kills me but also my parents. Oh, poor parents, from today onwards, there will be no one to take care of you.”
King Bilyeak heard that and he was filled with remorse. Then he walked in and said, "With apologies, I guarantee to serve your parents for you for the rest of their lives." After saying that, he left for the hermitage of the two hermits.
King Bilyeak told the parents: “I am King Bilyeak, I shot the deer accompanying Preah Sovannasam while he fetched water from the pond. However, the arrow hit him instead. Now he is dead. And I have come here to serve you in his place. Upon hearing that, the two hermits sobbed pitifully.
Taking about the angel Monimekala who took care of all the forests came to gather to swear an oath around Bodhisattva who was unconscious.
Then the two hermits were brought by King Bilyeak to see Preah Sovannasam. They stayed around him and made pledges. With the power of true words and gratitude, the wound was healed and he returned to consciousness. He bowed to his parents with respect and brought them back to the hermitage safely. King Bilyeak practiced dharma as advised by Preah Sovannasam Bodhisattva and returned to his kingdom.
- The END -
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