Once upon a time some men were travelling in a
boat named Palliyodam. The boat was filled with goods. The goods consisted
mainly of food items. They were sailing effortlessly.
Suddenly a strange thing happened to their
boat. The boat got stuck in the river. Efforts were taken to take out the boat
from the lock down. The efforts went in vain. A kind hearted and spiritual man named
Bhattathiripad was the in charge of the boat. He ordered the oarsmen to push
the boat from behind. They got down and tried to push the boat from behind but
the efforts did not paid off. Now everybody in the boat were sad and depressed.
They were worried about the eatables because it would perish soon.
After a few hours Bhattathiripad called the
crew. He told them that he would go to the bank and return with whatever help
he can get. Everybody agreed with his plan. He took a small boat and sailed to
the river bank.
He reached to the river bank. He could see a maiden
hut there. He decided to go there and ask for help. He knocked the door. A widow
opened the door and asked him to come inside. When he went inside he found a
boy crying. He asked the widow for the reason. She told him that there is no grocery
in the house and they were hungry from a few days.
This made him sad. He decided to help the poor
family. He told the widow that he would return after a short while. He went back
to the boat took some of the eatables and returned. He gave the eatables to the
poor family. This made him and the poor family happy. They started praising
him.
In the meantime a miracle happened. The boat which
was not able to free after a lot of efforts started sailing. Everybody on the
boat was astonished and free from tension. They started thanking the Lord.
The boat sailed to the bank. One of the oarsmen
went to the hut to inform the master that the boat has reached to the bank.
When he knew that he was happy. He gave some supplies to the poor family and
returned on the boat.
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