151 Vikram Baital Tales

Lord Shiva said, “Vikram! You are part of me. I created you to destroy the enemy forces and to maintain peace on the earth. I am happy to say that you performed your duties successfully. But your job is not yet over. You still have many more battles to conquer. And for this, I am […]

Baital’s overwhelming speech made King Vikramaditya very happy. He said to Baital, “I have everything that a man could ask for by God’s grace. But I will gladly accept a boon from you. Please grant me the wish that the twenty-five stories told by with the queries raised and their answers given by me become

Baital again spoke, “Vikram! I apologize for putting you through so much. Had there been someone else in your place, he would have given up and gone home. But you never gave up. I hassled you with so many different and difficult questions but you answered each of them. You also gave a justification for

Finally, after many difficulties, King Vikramaditya and Baital were happy. Baital was especially happy as his hermit brother had been killed. He was an evil person and had plans to sacrifice King Vikramaditya. He wanted to occupy his throne. With his death all his evil plans were laid to rest. Now there was nothing to

The hermit fell in his own trap. As he bent his head down, King Vikramaditya, drawing his sword, struck him upon the neck. His head rolled from his body and fell upon the ground. The hermit was dead. Suddenly, King Vikramaditya heard someone laughing. It was none other than Baital who was standing at a

The hermit, seeing Baital lying at his feet, became ecstatic. He said, “King Vikramaditya, you have done a splendid work. I bless you with a long rule.” Then the hermit chopped Baital’s body into pieces. He threw the pieces into the sacrificial fire. After that, he turned to King Vikramaditya and said, “Vikram, now you

Baital was very happy and said, “You are right, Vikram. The King also gave the same judgement.” King Vikramaditya knowing Baital’s nature, held onto him tightly but Baital laughed and said, “Do not be distressed, Vikram! I am not going to leave you now.” As King Vikramaditya was about to reach the crematory, where the

But Ratan’s problem was not over. There was a big problem waiting for him. Madan’s widow demanded half of Ratan’s property. As Madan had no partnership with Ratan, he refused to give any part of it. So, Madan’s widow appealed in the King’s court. The King heard the case and gave his judgement.” Here Baital

Both decided that the only way to help her was to get her married. They told the widow about this. The widow gave her consent. But both Madan and Ratan were interested in marrying her. So, Madan told Ratan to marry her and Ratan told Madan to marry her. Finally, they decided to play a

While they were busy counting their money, they were disturbed by the sudden wailing of a woman. She was crying for help. She came to them. They asked her, “What is the matter? Why are you weeping?” The woman replied, “I am very sad. A few days back, I and my husband were passing through

King Vikramaditya was happy when Baital promised not to fly away any more. As he walked silently, Baital said to him, “Vikram, we are near the hermit’s place but there is still time for you to listen to my story. It may be the last one.” King Vikramaditya said, “So this will be your twenty-fifth

Soon, both set out for their journey. Haldhar kept the bag of gold coins with him. But shockingly, when they reached the forest, Haldhar killed Lajwanti. Then, he took all the ornaments and ran away. He never looked back.” Baital, having finished the story, asked King Vikramaditya, “Who was accountable for Lajwanti’s murder? If you

But he was in for a surprise as Hemdeva welcomed him with open arms. Hemdeva said, “Thank God; you have come back safe and sound. Now everything will be all right. I will give you more money.” Haldhar took two and two together and realized that Lajwanti had not spoken the truth to her father.

So, Haldhar went away. A lot of time passed but he did not return. Lajwanti started getting worried. The sun was setting. It was dangerous for her to stay in the forest. So, she went back to her father’s house. Hemdeva was surprised to see his daughter standing all alone at his doorstep. He got

Just then Hemdeva’s daughter Lajwanti came there. She was wearing lots of jewellery. Haldhar kept staring at her jewellery. Hemdeva introduced her to Haldhar. Hemdeva got his daughter married to him. After their marriage when Haldhar and Lajwanti left for their house, Haldhar was worried since he didn’t know where to take Lajwanti as he