THE SAGE AND KING UTTAM AND BIRTH OF AUTTAM MANU

Markandeya says- ‘King Uttam wondered as to what should he do to get liberated from the sins of abandoning his wife. He requested the sage to help him in this regard. The sage informed the king that his wife was living at Ranatal. The king of the serpents- Kapotak is looking after her. Kapotak has a daughter named Nanda. Being concerned about her mother’s future, Nanda had hidden your wife. The sage became very furious and cursed her. As a result, she became dumb. Uttam, your wife was always a chaste woman. It was only due to evil influences of the planets that she was not paying adequate attention to you. Now, you should go and take her back to your home. Uttam returned back to his palace.’

Markandeya says- ‘Uttam met the Brahmin and told him that now as he had reunited with his wife, it was now his turn to help him (king) to re-unite with his wife. The Brahmin assured Uttam that he would perform a Yagya named Mitravinda, which would help him to achieve his goal.  He requested Uttam to bring his wife so  that the Yagya could  be performed. Uttam remembered Nisachar, a demon and requested him to bring his wife. Nisachar went to Patal loka and brought his wife. The queen was very happy to see her husband once again. She requested

him to cure Nanda who had become dumb for no fault of hers. Saraswat Japa was chanted to cure Nanda. When Nanda regained her voice, she came to the oblation site and after embracing the queen, blessed her by saying that she would become a proud mother of a very famous son named Manu. After that, she went back to Patal loka. In due course of time, the queen gave birth to a son who was named Auttam by the sages. ‘

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