The Legend of King Vikramaditya

The Legend of King Vikramaditya

The King of Kings Chakravarthy Maharaja Vikramaditya was one of the most powerful and strongest ruler of Ancient India about 2066 yrs ago from now. Chandragupta Vikramaditya was the king of Kalianga kingdom ruled by Gupta Dynasty which had its capital at Ujjaini on the banks of Shipra river.

King Vikramaditya was very famous for his bravery courage & noble nature.People loved him because he always rendered Justice.

Vikramaditya’s Intelligence in giving right justice to everyone led him to be invited to heaven by Lord Indra the God of rain &thunder and King of all Devas, to render right Justice for a dispute among the celestials.

Even the Gods became friends of King Vikramaditya.

One day Indra, the King of the Gods, sent for Vikramaditya. Inheaven, there was a dance competition between Apsaras Urvasi and Rambha. They were two of the best dancers of heaven. Indra said: “Vikra -maditya, you will be the judge of which of the two is the better dancer.”
Vikramaditya gave Urvasi and Rambha each a bunch of flowers to hold while dancing.

He told them: “You must keep them erect while dancing.” Vikramaditya had put a scorpion in each of the bunches. Has a scorpion ever stung you? It can be very painful.

When the ladies danced, the scorpions would sting them. Wouldn’t they?

The scorpion stung Rambha viciously. She threw away the bunch, and stopped dancing.

But Urvasi danced so well that she lulled the scorpion into deep sleep in the bouquet. It did not sting her.

Vikramaditya said: “Well done, Urvasi! You are without question the better dancer.”

Lord Indra was so much impressed by the justice given King Vikramaditya that he gifted a Golden Throne with 32 talking statues whose names are

1 Ratnamanjiri,2 Chitralekha,3 Chandrakala,4 Kamkandala,5 Leelavati,6 Ravibhama,7 Kaumudhe,8 Pushpavati,9 Madhumalthi,10 Prabhavati, 11 Trilochana,12 Padmavati,13 Keertimati,14 Sunayana,15 Sundervati,16 Satyavati, 17 Vidhyati,18 Taravati,19 Rooprekha, 20 Gyaanvati, 21 Chandrajyothi,22 Anurodhvati,23 Dhramvati, 24 Karunavati,25 Trinetri,26 Mrignayani,27 Malayavati,28 Vaidehi, 29 Manvati, 30 Jayalaxmi,31 Kousalya, 32 Rani Rupavati.

All the 32 statues were actually cursed Apsras who are cursed to become statues and can only get relived from the curse by serving A Great Chakrawarthy King Like Viramaditya.

The Majestic beauty of the golden throne was uncompareable in three worlds. Each section of the throne was decorated with Different colours of Gems Pearls & Diamonds whose value and price can’t be imagine.

The legendary King Vikramaditya is a popular figure in both Sanskrit and regional languages in India. His name is associated with many events or monuments whose historical details are unknown, though a whole cycles of tales have grown around him. The two most famous ones in Sanskrit are Vetala Panchvimshati or Baital Pachisi (“The 25 (tales) of the Vampire”) and Simhasana-Dwatrimshika (“The 32 (tales) of the throne”, also known as Sinhasan Batteesee). These two are found in varying versions in Sanskrit and also in the regional languages.

The tales of the vampire (Vetala) tell twenty-five stories in which the king tries to capture and hold on to a vampire that tells a puzzling tale and ends it with a question for the king. In fact, earlier the king was approached by a Sadhu to bring the vampire to him but without uttering a word, otherwise the vampire would fly back to its place. The king can be quiet only if he does not know the answer, else his head would burst open. Unfortunately, the king discovers that he knows the answer to every question; therefore the cycle of catching the vampire and letting it escape continues for twenty-four times till the last question puzzles Vikramaditya. A version of these tales can be found embedded in the Katha-Saritsagara.

The tales of the throne are linked to the throne of Vikramaditya that is lost and recovered by king Bhoja, , after many centuries. The latter king is himself famous and this set of tales are about his attempts to sit on the throne. This throne is adorned by 32 female statues who, being able to speak, challenge him to ascend the throne only if he is as magnanimous as Vikramaditya is depicted in the tale she is about to narrate. This leads to 32 attempts (and 32 tales) of Vikramaditya and in each case Bhoja acknowledges his inferiority. Finally, the statues let him ascend the throne when they are pleased with his humility.