![]() The creature had vanished and the man believed he had a nightmarish dream and requested the lamp to be lit and a guard to sleep in his room. They called for the man and slowly he came trembling from under the cot. Tenali rama stories in telugu pdf windows#The creature was seen jumping out of the window of the room and the soon the guards who were outside jumped in through the windows and immediately a lamp was lit. ![]() He shouted something, jumped off from the bed and scurried under the cot trembling. ![]() The next moment the man opened his eyes, saw the creature. Then the creature slowly moved and kept its hand on the man’s throat and made a terrifying sound. He turned and lay flat his face facing upwards. The man waved his hand near his ear and mumbled something. “Hmph…” he said and withdrew his legs into his blanket and he turned to one side.Īfter a while, the man felt something tickling his ear. Slowly the man felt something creeping under his feet. ![]() The creature’s nails were long and it was moving near to the man who was sleeping. The creature looked so devilish with a long black gown and its face was covered by a mask. Suddenly, the light was blown off as if blown by a person. A small lamp was glowing in the room where the man was sleeping. In those days, there was no electric lamps and lights with oil wicks were lit in houses. It was the new moon day and it was pitch dark outside. That night, the man was tired after the long journey he had undertaken and after partaking the wonderful dinner he was provided at the place of his stay, he was so sleepy and went off to bed. Tenali Rama made enquiries as to where the man was staying. The emperor looked at him with gratitude and wished him luck. “If you permit me your highness,” he said with great humility, “I shall try my best and try to find out the language of this man” After the court has dispersed, Tenali met the Emperor. Tenali could sense the worry of the emperor. Though he had agreed, the emperor was worried whether anyone could do this difficult task. The Emperor could not refuse the challenge. “Well,” said the man addressing Emperor Krishnadevaraya, “I shall give your men a day’s time and challenge them to find out my mother tongue!” The accent and the intonation of all the languages spoken by the man were perfect. All the people who asked the questions and Tenali Rama who was watching were stumped. There was a question in Bengali, one in Tamil, one in Malayalam, one in Urdu, one in Odisha and one in even Kashmiri but the man answered all the questions in different languages with great ease. The Emperor did not think it was a difficult job and called the courtiers who had different mother tongues to come and talk to the man. I have mastered many languages but you will have to find out what is my mother tongue”. The man smiled and replied in equally chaste Telugu, and said “My native and mother tongue is what the people of your court have to find out. The Emperor welcomed the visitor in chaste Telugu and enquired about his native. As was the protocol, the man attended the Durbar of the Emperor with the gifts given by his king as a mark of respect. ![]() He was a middle aged person and by his facial features, no one could make out which state he belonged to. Once a person came visiting from one of the neighbouring kingdoms. After all he had taken a boon from Goddess Kali to get both money and knowledge in equal measures!! In earlier stories of Tenali Ramakrishna we have seen how quick-witted Tenali Ramakrishna was and how he brought pride to the Emperor Krishnadevaraya time and again.Įvery time Tenali Rama solved an issue/puzzle, his knowledge and fame spread far and wide. ![]()
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