The next day at dawn, when the mild light of morning had merely commenced to break in the eastern corner of the sky, the Maharaja of Junagarh himself arrived and appeared in front of that secret subterranean examination chamber. Along with the Maharaja, there were also several armed royal palace guards. However, before making the guards open the padlock and chain of the heavy wooden door of the room, the Maharaja walked toward the back side of the window with extremely cautious steps. Over there, that shrewd royal spy, who had stayed awake all night keeping watch and observing all the occurrences, was sitting.
Calling the spy close, the Maharaja questioned in a whisper, "What he spy! Inform me in detail, look here, exactly what-what occurrences have transpired inside starting from yesterday dawn until the entire day and the entire night. Has that ordinary youth of Junagarh, Rupanjan, been able to endure in my test?"
Touching the Maharaja's feet to offer pranama, the spy, with an extremely excited face, began to narrate one by one all the occurrences that had transpired since yesterday dawn. He uttered, "Maharaja! You will be astonished to hear, that Rupanjan boy is no ordinary youth, he is a massive sorcerer and a god-like patient boy! All day yesterday, that beautiful girl, showing the fire of her own beauty and executing lustful gestures, made desperate attempts to show temptation to him. But Rupanjan did not advance even a single step in the greed of that lust. He, on the contrary, pressing his own two eyes tight with his hands, stood in a corner. Thereafter, when you dispatched a splendid platter of food in the afternoon, he, without consuming even a single morsel himself, forced and fed that starving first elderly mother with his own hands. Not only that, the way that beauty and the second irritable old woman were quarreling and clamoring, that ailing elderly mother would not have received sleep. Therefore, Rupanjan, with supreme tenderness and through his own intellect, fed that elderly mother sleeping medicine and laid her down upon the bed so that she could sleep in peace."
Taking a little breath, the spy continued to add further, "Maharaja, this is not the conclusion! That second quarrelsome old woman, in order to provoke Rupanjan, hurled extremely filthy abuses even lifting his own father-mother and grandfather-grandmother. Had it been any ordinary boy, he would have raised his hand against that old woman and shattered her bones, because the youths of nowadays fly into a rage at the slightest thing and beat everyone up, paying no heed to anyone's age or respect. But Rupanjan displayed such regulation over his own wrath that he did not graze even a single finger against the body of those elderly women! On the contrary, when they wished to destroy the peace of the room last night, Rupanjan, through his own intellect, tied the hands and feet of that beauty and the second old woman tight with a rope against the leg of the bed. All the ugly jests and drama they executed with him all night, he, instead of growing furious, on the contrary laughed, displaying no kind of ferocious reaction! Maharaja, in the end, when he observed that the oppression of those two could no longer be endured, he himself consumed the remaining sleeping medicine of the table and fell asleep upon the bed. But Maharaja... the greatest injustice indeed transpired during the final part of the night!"
Screwing up his eyebrows, the Maharaja questioned, "What occurred again during the final part of the night?"
The spy uttered in an extremely sorrowful voice, "Maharaja, after Rupanjan consumed the sleeping medicine and fell asleep completely unconscious, that beautiful girl and the second old woman somehow opened the bonds of their own ropes. Thereafter, the two of them combined and unleashed a fiendish oppression upon that sleeping, innocent boy! Catching a fistful of his hair, they slammed him down from the bed onto the hard stone floor below, due to which a massive injury was inflicted upon his back. They went near his ear and rang a massive bell violently, delivered slaps squarely upon his cheeks with a loud thwack, thwack, and even combining together, held his legs and suspended him completely upside down in mid-air! In the end, abandoning hope, they flung him into a corner of the floor and they too fell asleep."
Upon receiving all these descriptions from the mouth of the spy, the Maharaja almost leaped up from his own place in sheer joy! His chest filled with pride. Shouting extremely loudly, he uttered, "Wah! Splendid! Blessed is that youth!"
The moment this thunderous shouting sound of the Maharaja reached the ears of that beautiful woman and the second-numbered irritable old woman present inside the room, they too startled and leaped awake. They were sleeping soundly on the floor and the bed all this time. Suddenly hearing the King's voice, they too arose and began to gaze all around with frightened eyes, and peering through the window, they observed that the Maharaja himself was standing outside with the guards! Witnessing that angry countenance of the King, their inner souls departed from their cages. Hanging their heads like criminals, they gathered and stood in a corner of the room.
Standing outside, the Maharaja thought in his mind, being extremely delighted, "Wah! After so long, finally my kingdom has succeeded in searching out a truly worthy and good boy! How intelligent this youth from Junagarh is! Despite the presence of so much temptation inside the room, he did not commit any misuse of the rope, cloth, and sleeping medicine kept on the table; rather, to manage the situation, he executed their actual and correct usage. He maintained the purity of his own character, granted food to the starving, and did not allow his self-respect to burn in the fire of wrath. Oh! I received from the spy that even after he fell asleep, that devil old woman and the girl unleashed such a massive oppression upon him, beat him up! And he endured everything with his mouth shut. Truly, the boy is terribly good, terribly amiable!"
The Maharaja again thought in his mind, "Uh-huh, the boy himself does not know how much beating and beastly oppression was unleashed upon him after he slept! Under the spell of the sleeping medicine, he perhaps did not receive the sensation of pain, but now when his sleep breaks, an unbearable pain will definitely arise in his body, hands, legs, and back. He is terribly exhausted. Therefore, witnessing this physical condition of his, I will not take today's and tomorrow's test under any circumstances now. I will take his second and third tests a few days later. It is necessary to inform him of this good news right now."
Simultaneously with adopting this decision, the Maharaja called the guards in his grave voice and commanded, "Ohe guard! Do not delay any longer. Thump violently upon the door with a loud thud, thud! Open the door and rouse all of them from sleep!"
The moment the command of the Maharaja was received, the guards thumped violently upon the door and opened the padlock. The Maharaja entered inside the room in an extremely grave posture and witnessed the entire situation inside with his own eyes. He observed that the first elderly mother and Rupanjan were still immersed in deep sleep upon the bed; under the influence of the medicine, their sleep had not broken yet. And over there, in the other corner of the room, that second irritable old woman and the beautiful maiden were trembling violently while hanging their heads silently like criminals.
Gazing toward the guards, the Maharaja uttered, "Guard, proceed swiftly! Bring that magical medicine and cold water brought from the royal physician. Sprinkle splashes of water upon their eyes and faces and feed them that medicine so that the spell of their sleep breaks this very instant."
The guards immediately brought the royal cold water and that supernatural magical medicine and poured a few drops inside the mouths of the first elderly mother and Rupanjan. The moment the contact of that medicine was received, in a supernatural method, the spell of the deep sleep of Rupanjan and the first old woman broke within a blink, and both of them startled and sat up upon the bed. Descending from the bed, when Rupanjan observed the Maharaja himself standing in front, he stepped straight to stand before the Maharaja in an extremely humble manner.
But simultaneously with descending from the bed, an unbearable intense pain arose with a sharp twinge all over Rupanjan's back, waist, and body-hands-legs. Due to the impact of crashing onto the floor and being suspended upside down by holding his legs last night, his muscles were tearing, as it were. Managing his intense agony somehow, he stood up straight and uttered in a polite tone, "Maharaja! When did you arrive? I did not receive even a trace of inkling! Kindly forgive me, Maharaja, I am terribly sorrowful for sleeping upon the bed in this manner even after you arrived. Actually, last night, that table's sleeping medicine..."
When Rupanjan was about to mention consuming the sleeping medicine from his mouth, right then the Maharaja raised his right hand in the air and halted Rupanjan midway. Smiling slightly with an extremely affectionate face, the Maharaja uttered, "Halt, Rupanjan! You do not have to labor to utter anything. Starting from yesterday dawn until this morning, all that has transpired inside this room, I know the entirety of it extremely well."
Being extremely astonished and placing his hand upon his forehead, Rupanjan uttered, "What do you state, Maharaja! How do you know everything without even being present here?"
The Maharaja smiled mysteriously and uttered, "You do not have to know that now, Rupanjan. How I came to know everything, I will inform you in the royal court at the absolute conclusion of this examination, that is, after your second and third numbered tests conclude." After receiving this statement of the Maharaja, Rupanjan did not increase his curiosity any further and he remained silent and quiet.
Immediately after this, that faint smile of the Maharaja vanished in a single moment. His two eyes turned red in rage. He gazed with an extremely furious face toward that beautiful girl and the second-numbered irritable old woman. Witnessing that tiger-like gaze of the Maharaja, the chests of those two began to throb and tremble.
The Maharaja roared in a harsh voice and shouted, "How much task were the two of you commanded to perform in this test, and committing a misuse of your own power, how much have you executed, yeah? Exactly what-what directions had I granted you?"
Saying this, the Maharaja first went to stand in front of that beautiful maiden and uttered in a rebuking tone, "You were brought to this kingdom and this task was granted so that you show the fire of your own beauty in front of Rupanjan, attempting to show temptation to him through the magic of your own beauty! This precisely was your task. But instead of performing that, what did you execute last night? You raised your own hand against a sleeping, unconscious boy? You beat him up during the nighttime? How does such immense audacity occur to you?"
Rebuking the beauty, the Maharaja now turned toward that second irritable old woman. The sound of his voice now became even more of a loud shriek, "And this old woman! What had I stated to you? I had stated to you indeed to merely hurl inverted words at Rupanjan through spoken words, to merely provoke him by abusing him! But did I command you to raise your hand or inflict a beating upon his body? I received even more abominable words from the mouth of my spy! You reportedly stated to him—the backside of girl thieves becomes red? You even abandoned all the shame of your own old age and pulled off the pants of a young grown lad? How does such immense audacity, such immense obscenity occur to you? And who granted you the right to speak lifting his father-mother, yeah? You were told to merely speak nonsensical words in his own name and provoke him, therefore it was not stated that you hurl ugly words in the name of his innocent father-mother! I did not command you to execute all this!"
Shaking in rage, the Maharaja further added, "On top of that, combining together, the two of you unleashed an inhuman oppression upon him after he fell asleep consuming the sleeping medicine during the final part of last night! You slammed him onto the floor, rang a bell near his ear, suspended him upside down by holding his legs! Due to which that boy is not even able to rise and stand properly now under the stroke of pain! Do you people not possess the fear of the whip on your backs? Such immense audacity of yours, I will terminate it today in the royal palace itself! I will grant you severe punishment right away!"
Saying this, the Maharaja gazed toward the guards and commanded, "Guard! Bind these two criminal women with chains this very instant and proceed straight to the royal court!" The guards immediately dragged that beautiful girl and the second old woman away toward the royal court.
Upon reaching the royal court, the Maharaja sat upon the primary throne. Beside him, Rupanjan, afflicted with pain, was standing. Gazing toward Rupanjan with extremely compassionate eyes, the Maharaja uttered, "Rupanjan, after that horrific experience of yesterday, your body is now terribly unwell. Therefore, I have adopted the decision to defer your subsequent test by a few days. Starting from today, for at least 1 week, you are granted complete leave. This 1 week, you will reside in the most luxurious guest chamber of this royal palace of Junagarh. Over there, the royal physicians will perform a lot of caretaking for you, you will be granted to eat delicious, nutritious food. And exactly 1 week later, when your body becomes completely energetic, your second and third numbered tests will be taken."
Witnessing this magnanimity of the Maharaja, Rupanjan folded his hands in gratitude and offered pranama to him.
Thereafter, the Maharaja rose and stood up from his throne, and gazing toward that irritable old woman and the beauty, announced his final verdict in a water-grave voice, "And this old woman! I observe your excessiveness has grown terribly day by day! Stepping into the trap of this beautiful girl, you have completely transgressed your own boundary! And this beautiful girl, I observe your arrogance and wickedness have touched the sky! What the two of you were commanded to perform, you have executed far more filthiness than that. Therefore, adhering to the command of the Maharaja, these treasonous and oppressive women are sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for exactly 1 month starting from today! Guards, take them away right away and keep them confined inside the dark prison for 1 month!" Hearing this severe punishment of the Maharaja, the beautiful girl and the quarrelsome old woman departed toward the prison while weeping and crying.
Finally, the Maharaja gazed toward that first calm and helpless elderly mother sitting upon the bed. A smile of supreme satisfaction blossomed upon his face. He uttered, "And you Dida! I release you from all tasks starting from today, I grant you leave. Yesterday, the realistic acting you executed of remaining starving inside the room and highlighting the compassion of Rupanjan is truly commendable. You alone have executed a good task in this test. Taking 50 gold coins as a reward from the royal treasury, return to your own home this very day and spend the remainder of your life in supreme happiness and peace. If in the future you possess the requirement for more wealth, then inform me without hesitation, I shall grant it. Proceed Dida, take your leave. You alone have executed the correct task in this game, and the task of that remaining old woman and the girl has been absolutely abominable and useless, those are of no use! Proceed, everyone depart from here now, I will now proceed to my own chamber to take a little rest."
Receiving the command of the Maharaja, the first elderly mother left the royal palace with a smiling face, taking the 50 gold coins. The royal court now became vacant. The Maharaja was about to sit upon his throne out of exhaustion, right then the sight of Rupanjan's face twisting in back pain caught his eyes.
Suddenly flying into a furious rage, the Maharaja shouted and uttered, "Ohe guard! Guard! Where did you all die? Appear right in front of me this very instant!"
Hearing that monstrous shriek of the Maharaja, 4-5 guards came running while trembling in fear and, folding their hands, uttered, "What has occurred, Maharaja? What has occurred? Tell us what our offense has been!"
Flying into a rage, the Maharaja uttered, "What has occurred, you are questioning again, you absolute blockheads of the highest order! Do you people remember, last night, in what manner that devil old woman held the two legs of Rupanjan, lifted them upward, and kept him suspended upside down? If you people do not possess intellect, then I will tie your two legs as well and keep you suspended upside down all day on that massive mango tree of the royal palace! You people do not execute any useful task, you merely stand staring with your mouths open! Again you are questioning me what has occurred?"
Hanging their heads in fear, the guards uttered, "Forgive us, Maharaja! Tell us what we shall execute right away!"
Waving his hand, the Maharaja uttered, "Proceed! Take the finest herbal oil and medicine for healing injuries from the royal physician right away and proceed straight to Rupanjan's room. Massage that oil well upon his back and body-hands-legs so that all his pain decreases in a single instant. And exactly what-what delicious food he wishes to eat during the afternoon and night, question him well and make arrangements to deliver that royal food to his room! Will I have to state these to you from my own mouth every single day, yeah? Useless, all of them!"
The Maharaja thought to himself, "Oh dear father, oh dear father! What a condition has occurred to the boy! If a little look-after is not executed, he won't even be able to sit for the subsequent test." Being spurred by the Maharaja, the royal palace guards immediately took Rupanjan with supreme care toward his new royal guest chamber and commenced preparations to massage his back with herbal oil. In this manner, the first test of Rupanjan concluded through a massive victory and rest.