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握手 -- 茅境 - (192 Byte) 2006-10-19 周四, 下午4:28 (574 reads)

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标题: Satyajit Ray fantastic tales of India (278 reads) 时间: 2006-10-19 周四, 下午4:54

作者：nunia 在寒山小径发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org

[ Babu killed Baba's harmless sick pet king cobras at its cave....]

"But Imli Baba said nothing about a curse. All he said in Hindi in his deep voice was: 'One Balkishen is gone; another will come to take his place. Balkishen is deathless...' ( Balkishen, the name of Baba's pet king cobras)
...
Dhurjati Babu didn't turn away from the light. "Yes, hissing,' he said. "Snakes speak when snakes hiss... yes,
Snakes speak when snakes hiss
I know this. I know this...'

Dhurjati Babu stopped and made some hissing noises himself. Then he broke into rhyme again, his head swaying in rhythm.
'Snake speak when snakes hiss
I know this. I know this,
Snakes kill when snakes kiss
I know this. I know this.

...
I suddenly recalled something in a flash. Dhurjati Babu had asked about Khagam. The name had sounded familiar, but I couldn't quite place it. Now I remembered. A story I had read in the Mahabharata when I was a boy. Khagam was the name of a sage. His curse had turned his friend into a snake. Khagam - snake - curse - it all fitted. But the friend had turned into a harmless non-poisonous snake, while this man...

[ HE KILLED a tamed king cobras! and was later turned into one by a curse. - note by Nunia]

From 'The Unicorn expedition and other fantastic tales of India' by Satyajit Ray.

note: KHAGAM, RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARATA - the two famous epics of India.

作者：nunia 在寒山小径发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org

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