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Cedi queen saw Damyanti from her palace & ordered her maidservant to bring the woman who seemed aggrieved & perplexed. Externally she appeared like a madwoman, but her bodily features were so lovely that she looked like goddess of fortune


Damyanti was then brought to the palace & presented to queen


Queen said-In spite of your shabby looks, I can see that you possess rare beauty & shine like lightning between dark clouds. Tell me who are you & where you belong to. Damyanti introduced herself & told her story about how her husband lost kingdom & they were forced to leave. Her husband also deserted her in grief & now she is searching for him


Queen asked Damyanti to stay at palace, to which she agreed with condition that she wouldn’t be treated as a servant. Queen agreed & also promised to send Brahmanas to search for her husband. Damyanti became Sairindhri (hairdresser) to queen’s daughter Sunandā as they were of same age & resided comfortably


Meanwhile after deserting Damyanti, Nala came upon a raging fire as he wandered in forest. From the flames he heard an anxious voice of someone crying out to him–O righteous Nala! Pls save me. Nala entered fire & saw a mighty serpent, Karkotaka, who said that due to his fault, sage Nārada had cursed him to remain at this place till a person called Nala comes & takes him away. I cannot move to save myself from fire


Nala then saved the serpent lifting him out of fire


The serpent after being saved bit Nala, transforming his body. Seeing this Nala was both astonished & upset. Karkotaka pacified him saying-I’ve deprived you of your beauty so that people will not recognize you. I’ve injected poison in your body, but it’ll not give you pain. Rather it will torment the person who deprived you of your kingdom & beloved wife. You will become immune to attacks by your enemies & be victorious in all battles


O King! Go to Ayodhya & present yourself to King Rituparna, who is very skilled in art of gambling. Introduce yourself saying: I’m a charioteer & my name is Bahuka. Sometime later, king will trade you his skill at dice for your knowledge of horses. That’ll enable you to utilize art of dice playing to regain your lost kingdom & become reunited with your wife & children


Nala, don’t give in to sorrow, whenever you want to get back your original handsome body, you can do so by remembering me while putting on these mystic garments


We all have our place & purpose in the world. If we are not successful, we can still help others & maintain orderliness in lives. We should strive to use our God-gifted skills for improving other’s circumstances & thereby making the world a better place. Doing this our inspiration expands, not to only gain personal possessions but to contribution to help social transformation


Gita also guides us to broaden our vision of purpose. When we serve the Supreme Lord, we become instruments of his wisdom & compassion to make tangible changes to this world


Thoughts? #gameoflife

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