Himalayan Times (1953)

November 29, 1953

■Hhuuiliican (Eiinre

hoped that thus Dzeden
would be destroyed. On
her way, needing a rest,
the girl lay down and lell
asleep, and in her sleep,
through the power of the
gods, she became pregnant.
Now, Dzeden was no or-
dinary girl , being a Nagi,
and on waking knew
that the child she bore
was to be the future hero
of Iiing, so she went back
to Singlen's camp paying
little heed to the ill treat-
ments meted out to her.
There in course of time
a sun was born to her.

The event did not pass
unnoticed, for in Ling there
was an elder who recalled
an ancient, prophecy in
which it was said that
when a child was born of
a maiden, his own power
would wane. This elder,'
Totting by n-i hie, on hear-
ing of the birth at Sing-
len's camp was' terribly
concerned and tried to
destroy Kesar. 'His many
attempts proved unavail-
ing and this was such a
serious matter that Totting
decided to -consult a po-
werful mngicjan living in,
a cave. On telling the
story to the magician, he
also became greatly wor-
ried, fearing that if. the
hoy wor.e. not destroyed
before reaching manhood,
hiw own power over Ling .
nrght diminish. So, after
deliberating with the ma-
gician, Totting sent Kesar
to the cave. Iftas for the

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magician, it was he who was
destroyed. Having learnt
that this further attempt
had been fruitless, Totung
then decided that it would
be far safer to banish
Kesar and his mother.
How useless to try and
interefere ' with fate ! As
Kesar and his mother ran
away from Ling, the Guru
Rimpoche appeared to Ke-
sar and comforted him.
Not only did he so, but
told him all that he must
do to become King of
Ling—which must corns to
pass and none could pre-
vent.

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A very picturesque ver-
sion of the birth of Kesar
occurs in the Ladakhi
version: —

.On the- daV'of his birth
the child (Kesar) spoke
from inside his mother and .
gave her many orders;
threatening in turn to come
.out from her head, or her
ribs; or from the sole of
a foot. In the end, the
child said to her ■ "'Rring
offerings of food and cedar,
many, creatures will be born .

• at the v, same’ time . as
my self.

.And so, the woman first ..
brought forth the-sun and
the moon—and these went
up to the sky. .hen the
wild goat was born and
went Ito the rock: then
the lioness with ‘turquoise
mane”—she went to the
glacier and the' wiki yak
to the mea'dows. Then an

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eagle was borri and .went
to the top of the hill,
and other animals and
treasures as had bean pro-
phesied. Nor was this all,
at the last, an animal was
born that had a head like
a lizard, a very large head
and small neck. Very much
ashamed, the mother, hid
it under a stone. When
a friend, a wise woman,
came to visit her a voice
could be heard from under
the stone and she asked :
Tell me what kind of chtld .
was born to you ?” And
when th-> mother told her
of the lizard she had tri-d
to stifle, the friend scalded
her and lifted the stone.

And.lo ! under the stone
was a child, and he was
the incarnated godly Kesar.

(to be. continnod)

Next Week

1. Guru Padmasambhava
appears to Kesar

2 The Marriage of Kesar.

(I’on'rrnuVl .froi'n page 3) ,

tural and Baby .shows,
•proposed to be > held in
,1'ec. next has been post-
poned to March 1951.

The Rationing Depart-
ment of the Government of
Sikkim has invited tenders
for the supply of 75,000
maunds of Nepal rice to
Sikkim The tenderers are
required to maintain a
stock of 15,000 maunds
of rice in Sikkim through
out the year.

SUIT EVERY PURSE