To be jealous may turn a person into A Criminal #PadmaRallapalli

Hi friends, earlier we learned a story that is about the comparison regarding sufferings. See my life is more horrible than others life. This is one of the ways of thinking and comparing our lives with others. In some cases, some people may have great qualities and they feel superior to others. They don't want others to dominate them. This gradually develops jealousy in that particular person and he doesn't want the other person to dominate him. And in such cases, he may go to any extent and he doesn't hesitate to kill that particular person. Based on that, we have an interesting story. Once there was a king whose wife died after giving birth to a beautiful girl. Her name was Priyamvada. The king married another beautiful woman whose name was Rajahamsa. Age difference between Rajahamsa and Priyamvada was just 15 years. So both stepmother and stepdaughter looked like sisters. Everyone was appreciating their beauty. Rajahamsa wanted to know who was more beautiful. Everyone was saying both of them were equally good looking. She was not convinced with their answers. She called one of the courtiers and asked, can anyone tell who is more beautiful? Me or Priyamvada? How can people in the palace say queen is beautiful or princess is beautiful, more beautiful? So they said both are equally beautiful. So when he asked one of her courtiers, he said, yes, Maharani, amidst the jungle, there is a turtle living in a well. It can speak just like human beings. If you offer it pearls, it will tell you who is more beautiful. Rajahamsa was so happy and went there with Priyamvada. She poured a handful of pearls on the turtle and asked, my dear turtle, she is my daughter Priyamvada. Everyone says we both are equally good looking. I am not convinced with their answers. Can you please tell who is more beautiful? The turtle said, of course, your stepdaughter Priyamvada is more beautiful than you. The queen couldn't bear the words of the turtle. She talked to herself, till now I thought I am the most beautiful lady in my kingdom. No, I can't bear this. How can Priyamvada's beauty dominate me? She developed jealousy to her stepdaughter. She made scratches on her face, locked her in a room. Even then she was not satisfied. This is what she was thinking. When Priyamvada reaches young age, her beauty enhances. This queen gradually loses her charm. These thoughts made her restless. She wanted to get rid of her stepdaughter, started plotting, acted as if she was suffering from terrible headache. No medicines worked on her. She became weaker day by day. The king was very much worried. He went to her chamber. What maharani, you are weaker day by day. I don't know what to do to cure your illness. He expressed his anxiety. Maharaj, I am not able to bear this pain. There is a solution to my problem. Priyamvada looked at the king. Really? What can I do to relieve you from this headache? Asked the king anxiously. Yes, Maharaj. If I get the meat of the brain and heart of the most beautiful girl, then I will be relieved. Otherwise, I will die. The most beautiful girl is Priyamvada. You only decide you want me or your daughter, said she. The king was shocked. The king understood everything. She proved she is a stepmother. My daughter's life is in danger. She is indirectly suggesting me to kill my daughter. How cruel she is. If my daughter is here, she will definitely kill my daughter. By any means, thought the king. He came to know what all had happened in the jungle. He secretly arranged her marriage with the prince of another kingdom and sent her with the prince Surasena. He arranged his men to get the brain and heart of a strong sheep, showed her as they are Priyamvadas with sorrowful face. She felt so happy that now she would be considered as the most beautiful lady. But again got a doubt. If not Priyamvada, someone else might be born somewhere who is more beautiful than her. Again went to the jungle, poured pearls in the well, asked the turtle. Now you tell me, who is the most beautiful lady? How many times you ask me the same question? It is your stepdaughter Priyamvada, said the turtle. No, she died, argued Raja Hamsa. No, she married the prince named Surasena and is living with him happily, said the turtle. Raja Hamsa realized that she was cheated by the king and went to the palace. Again she was making plans to kill her. She was looking for opportunity. One day she told the king, Maharaj, how cruel I was. Thought of killing our daughter. I am still repenting for my evil thoughts. Now I long to see our daughter. Luckily you saved her life. Let me see her once and confess my sins, said in crocodile tears. The king believed her words. The message of Rani's arrival reached the prince Surasena. Your stepmother is coming tomorrow to see you. Are you happy? Priyamvada was shocked to hear this news. She told everything how cruel she was to the prince. Don't worry, stay in this room. I will lock you and have the key with me, he said. Thus, she was locked in a room. Raja Hamsa reached the palace, moved around and realized that she was in the room locked. She knocked the door and said in tears, are you still suspecting me? No, dear, I am feeling ashamed of my deeds. I want to see you once. Please open the door. She didn't open the door. Then she said, okay, you are still suspecting me. You need not open the door. Just show me your finger through the keyhole. I will kiss your finger and leave. She believed her words and put her finger out through the keyhole. Again, she implemented her evil thought into action, took a poison needle and injected into her finger and left the place. Immediately, princess lost her consciousness. When the prince opened the door, she was found in unconscious state, admitted in hospital. Doctor said there was no danger to her life, but would not move in the rest of her life. Her body would not respond. The king said to Surasena to get married again. He didn't agree. He was worried about the princess condition. One day, he went into the jungle. He found two mangoes aimed at them. It being windy day, it hit a parrot and the parrot died. It was the parrot of a tribal man. He asked the prince why he killed his parrot. The prince said that he did not do it intentionally. He further asked what he wanted in compensation. The tribal man said to marry his daughter Kasturi. He had to accept it. He married her and brought her home. Anyway, the king was happy to see his son married. A tribal girl became the wife of a prince. One day, she was walking through all the rooms of the palace and reached the room where Priyamvada was lying on the bed without any movement. Kasturi thought it was a beautiful statue, went closer and touched her hand. With the touch of Kasturi, there was movement in her hands. Kasturi was shocked to see movement in the beautiful statue. Priyamvada woke up as if she were in deep sleep. She narrated everything to the new princess Kasturi, who was intelligent and good-natured. Don't worry, here onwards we are good friends, she said. If she comes again to this palace, I know how to teach her a lesson. Kasturi gave assurance to Priyamvada. The evil-natured queen came to know that her step-daughter came back to consciousness. Except Kasturi, no one knows that she tried to kill her second time. She approached the king and said, Today I am very happy, Maharaj. Our daughter came back to normal state. I made prasad of payasam. I will give it to our daughter. The king believed her words and allowed her to see her. She reached the palace and entered into the room of Priyamvada. Kasturi was also there. My dear, by God's grace, you came back to normal state. Take this prasad. She was about to put payasam into her mouth. Kasturi said, At first you eat that payasam, then you can give her. When she hesitated to take it, she opened her mouth forcibly and dropped that poison prasadam into her mouth. On being suggested, Priyamvada closed her nose. Raja Hamsa had to swallow it, she said. Everyone in the palace heard this news. The king and the prince Swarasena appreciated Kasturi's courage and her presence of mind. Priyamvada's father reached the place, expressed his gratitude for saving his daughter's life and gave her many gifts. He further appreciated for giving his evil-natured wife good punishment. See friends, if we take moral aspects in this story, here two ladies are very intelligent. Who are those? One was Raja Hamsa the queen and the other one was Kasturi, who was just a tribal lady. In this one, actually, Raja Hamsa was embedded with beauty and she should be very happy for God had given her a great gift. But she compared her beauty with others and then started plotting. She misused her intelligence. Because of that, she fell in her own pit. She made scratches on stepdaughter's face and attempted murder three times. First time, she asked the king to get the heart and brain of the princess. Second time, she injected poisonous injection into the finger of that girl. Third time, she mixed poison in payasam which finally led to her own death. If you take the character of Kasturi, she was just a tribal lady but got married with the prince. She was also intelligent but she made use of her intelligence for noble cause, for good reason. Because of her good nature, a tribal lady became the princess. If she had been jealous in nature, she would have taken part in the plot of Raja Hamsa in killing Priyamvada. Instead, she saved the life of Priyamvada. Thus, this story reveals if a person he or she is jealous by nature, it may take him or her to any extent and make them criminals. Let's come with some other interesting aspect in our next video. Till then, bye.