The Brahmin and Goddess Durga


UA poor Brahmin, having a wife and children, regularly prayed and made offerings to the goddess Durga, the wife of the god Siva. One day when he was in the forest lamenting his misery, the god Siva and his wife came to walk in the same forest.
The goddess called the Brahmin and presented him with a wonderful object that she had requested for him from Siva. It was an earthenware pot that you just had to turn over to see delicious sweet donuts, which we call mudki, fall out, endlessly, in this country.
The Brahmin and the Goddess Durga - illustration 1
The Brahmin thanked the goddess and hastened to return home. He was still far from home when he had the idea of ​​trying the earthen pot: he turned it over and immediately came out several donuts, the most beautiful that the Brahmin had ever seen.
At midday, being hungry, he prepared to eat his mud, but as he had not performed his ablutions or said his prayers, he stopped at an inn near which there was a pond. He entrusted the earthen pot to the innkeeper, recommending him several times to take great care of it.
The Brahmin and the Goddess Durga - illustration 2
Meanwhile, the innkeeper, who had been very surprised to see the Brahmin attach so much value to a simple earthen pot, began to examine the object. As he turned it over, a shower of donuts fell out. The innkeeper took the magic pot and substituted another one of a similar lar appearance. Having finished his devotions, the Brahmin took back his possessions and set off again. Arriving home, he called his wife and children, promising them the appearance of wonders. Naturally, they saw nothing at all!
The Brahmin ran to the innkeeper and demanded his pot. The other pretended to be indignant and threw the poor man out. The Brahmin returned to the forest in the hope of meeting Goddess Durga again. He indeed saw her, and she gave him a second pot of earth. The Brahmin quickly tried it: he turned it over and out came twenty demons of gigantic size and terrible appearance, who began to beat him. Fortunately, he had the presence of mind to turn the pot over and cover it, which made them disappear immediately
Brahmin returned to the innkeeper and made the same recommendations as the first time. The innkeeper turned over the earthenware pot, and he was beaten, along with all his family. He begged the Brahmin to stop the demons. He had the first pot of earth returned to him and then made the demons disappear.
The Brahmin and the Goddess Durga - illustration 4
LTheBrahmin then established himself as a mud merchant a  earned a lot of money.
Collective, Tales from Asia ll. Tho

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