Ahilyabai Holkar · Sanskrit Story

The Blind Petitioner

अन्धस्य प्रार्थना

Laxman Shastri Joshi — Marathi chronicles; folk traditions of Maheshwar; Holkar administrative accounts · Beginner Sanskrit

Moral · नीतिः

दृष्टिहीनस्य अपि अधिकारः अस्ति।

Dṛṣṭihīnasya api adhikāraḥ asti.

Even the one without sight has rights.

Three Days on the Road

एकः वृद्धः अन्धः पुरुषः — नयनाभ्यां विना। तस्य पौत्रः तं माहेश्वरं नीतवान्। त्रीणि दिनानि मार्गेण — पदाभ्यां। "पितामह, रानी सर्वेषां वचनं शृणोति। तव न्यायः तत्रैव मिलिष्यति।"

An old blind man — without sight. His grandson led him to Maheshwar. Three days on the road — on foot. "Grandfather, the queen hears everyone. Your justice will be found right there."

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