The Tale of the Priest and the Princess

There was once a princess named Raja Kumari who had dark, long hair and was unmarried, and her father, the king of Ogloo was getting anxious about getting her married, as he did not have an heir to the throne and needed funds to run his kingdom. The king set out to get his daughter married to his richest friend’s son in a nearby town called Omlaw. The princess did not want to get married and wanted to pursue studies in medicine and was not interested in the rituals and bearings of the kingdom. One day, in an attempt to disappear the princess, ran away to the forest of chestnut trees near the kingdom. Along her way, she found a priest near the river who seemed to be in poor health and aching for help. The priest asked the princess to take a journey to procure a rare plant that would revive him. The princess could not have left the priest in such a condition and wanted to help him. The princess quickly set out on the journey, along the way she found herself in trouble as she came across a mythological evil bird, defenseless Kumari yelled out for help. To her surprise, a warrior came to her rescue and got rid of the bird. The warrior was Dhruv - the master of form, after learning about the princess’ dilemma he agreed to accompany her on the trip. The princess and Dhruv formed a close bond on the journey. After a long and treacherous journey, with the help of Dhruv, the princess returned with the plant for the priest. The plant replenished and revived the old priest and he was forever grateful to the princess and Dhruv. He then went on to ask the princess if there was anything that the princess wanted from him. At first, the princess was hesitant and said that she did not want anything in return. However, upon a lot of convincing the princess decided to ask the priest if he could get her out of being married to the prince of Omlaw. The priest gave the princess of fruit and asked her to eat it when she was going to meet the Prince of Omlaw. She thanked the priest and decided to go back to the kingdom as she could get out of the marriage now. The princess also brought Dhruv along to the kingdom to reward him for being of help. Upon reaching the kingdom the princesses insisted on meeting the prince of Omlaw and made sure to eat the fruit. Upon meeting the prince, he made it very clear that he did not want to marry the king of Ogloo's daughter, and everyone seemed to be confused as to why the Prince said no to the Princess. Later Kumari went to thank the priest for what she had done for her. When the princess finally met the priest she asked what was in the fruit that you gave to me that made it so easy for me to get out of the marriage. To which the priests replied the fruit was magical and gave the eater a face of a pig for a duration. Kumari was extremely grateful to the priest and the priest noticed that Kumari had fallen in love with Dhruv, however they could not be betrothed as Dhruv was not a prince. The priest then went on to tell the princess that he believed that the gift of life was the biggest gift of all and that she had given him that gift. The priest also realized that Dhruv was not an ordinary warrior, but one who was gifted by the Gods themselves. He told the princess that he was going to help her get married to the warrior. The priest then went on to the kingdom and approached the king, where he explained that the warrior that the princess had ended up liking was not an ordinary warrior and was actually an immortal in a mortal world. Upon hearing the praise and the regard that the priest had for the warrior, the king decided to engage the princess and the warrior without any further ado, getting rid of the royal law of wedding.