Coup On Law And Justice – 08 [The Pretention & Reality in Justice]

I narrate you another story from Maha Bharatam. This story is said to be in Veeraata Parvam. I don’t know whether this story belongs to original Maha Bharatam or belongs to ‘Prakrhiptam’. Some stories and incident were enclosed in Maha Bharatam by unknown poets and propagated in public. Such are known as Prakshiptams.

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During the Agnatha Vasam i.e. un-noticeable living, the Pandavas spent that one-year time in Mathya Desam, which was ruling by Veraata Raja, without revealing their identity. At that time, Dharma Raja serviced Veraata Raja to entertain him with dice play and good talks by name Kanku Bhattu.

Because of his nice behavior, sweet conversations, talented playing, Veerata Raja liked him very much. The king used to treat him as if his friend. Always Kanku Bhattu used to accompany with the king, Veerata Raju.

During those days one day a dispute came to the court to solve. Two women came with a baby of six months age. They were claiming that the baby was their own baby. One lady prayed the king “Maharaja! This kid was born to me. This woman had theft him from my house in my absence. After searching for days, finally I caught her. But she is bluffing that my kid is her own.”

The other lady explained as “Maha Raja! This baby is my own born kid. This woman is jealousies to me so she is planning to harass me. That’s why she is claiming like this.”

No body could identify the truth. The king felt confusion and asked Kansu Bhatt i.e. Dharma Raja to solve the dispute. Kansu Bhattu said, “There is only one kid. Two ladies are claiming that the baby belongs to each. Well. Maharaja, Let us do one thing. Let us cut the baby into two pieces and give one piece to each of the ladies.”

Before his conclusion, the first lady cried out as “No Maha Raja! No. Doesn’t kill my baby. I lost him some days back. Let her enjoy the baby. Let her take him. Don’t kill my son.”

The second woman was watching all this instead of responding towards justice. A little bit of joy was hidden on her face.

Dharma Raja i.e. Kanku Bhattu said “Look Maha Raja! The first lady is his real mother, because, she is ready to sacrifice her love and motherhood to save her child. Being mother she reacted immediately. No mother could bare the harm to her child. The second lady planned to steal the child. Punish her and give the child to the first lady.”

Every body in the king’s court had praised the judgment. The first lady thanked the king and Kanku Bhattu and left home along with her kid with great joy.”

That’s the entire story.

I suspect that, in now-a-days the second woman could react with more sharpness, pretend much motherhood than the real mother. That’s why we need DNA reports, medical reports etc, to solve the disputes. But the result i.e. judgment that we are getting is true or not, God should now.