Ajuba Bafaul Jagar Gatha: Chivalry Folk Tale-Songs (Jagar) of Pithoragarh, Kumaon
Folklore, Folk Legends, Folk Myths, Jagar of Kumaon-Garhwal, Uttarkahnd-24
Chivalry, Gallantry, Graciousness Folklores, Folk Legends, Folk Myths of Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand –9
There has been Chivalry folk songs created in every Age and in very zone of the world. For example, the following Ireland/Scotland/England folk song is very popular
I was born in battle’s fire
Laid besides my mother’s corpse
My toys the ravens of the filed
My lullabies the screams of horse
Dorothy Scarborough and Ola Lee Gulledge (1925) provide much chivalry based African folk songs in their book –On the Trails of Negro Folk Songs.
Ajuba Bafaul Jagar Gatha: Chivalry Folk Songs (Jagar) of Champawat, Kumaon
Bhad Ajuba Baufal is said to be one of the great brave of King Bharti Chand time (1437-1450)in Kumaon. On that time the king of Doti Garh were called the king of Kali. Therefore, Bharti Chand was called Kali Chand too. The queen Dotiyalan killed twenty two brave Baufaul brothers by conspiracy.
The part of Ajuba Bafaul Jagar (folk tale-Song ) is as -
कुमाऊं और गढ़वाल की लोक गाथाएँ/जागर -24
अजूबा बफौल जागर वीर गाथा : भडौ , कटकू, भड़वळि या पांवड़ा, जागर
सन्दर्भ : डा उर्वी दत्त उपाध्याय, कुमाऊं की लोक गाथाओं का सांस्कृतिक और सांस्कृतिकअध्ययन
सुण मेरा स्वामी , धिक्कार है जाओ
सुनु को छतर , माटा की है गोछ
छन दिन की रात चम्पावत भै छ,
तै धनुष है भलो, ग्वाला की गुलयाड़ी
तै कटार है भलो, भंगला का सेटों
बैस यौ बिसौला, नाम छ बफौला
मेरो सत भाव , तीने ले डसो छ
एकदसी बरत पितरों सराद
कसी कै करुलो, बरमन ज्यूनार
गढ़ी चम्पावत क्या मुख देखूलो
अजूबा बफौल जागर वीर गाथा : भडौ , कटकू, भड़वळि या पांवड़ा, जागर
सन्दर्भ : डा उर्वी दत्त उपाध्याय, कुमाऊं की लोक गाथाओं का सांस्कृतिक और सांस्कृतिकअध्ययन
सुण मेरा स्वामी , धिक्कार है जाओ
सुनु को छतर , माटा की है गोछ
छन दिन की रात चम्पावत भै छ,
तै धनुष है भलो, ग्वाला की गुलयाड़ी
तै कटार है भलो, भंगला का सेटों
बैस यौ बिसौला, नाम छ बफौला
मेरो सत भाव , तीने ले डसो छ
एकदसी बरत पितरों सराद
कसी कै करुलो, बरमन ज्यूनार
गढ़ी चम्पावत क्या मुख देखूलो
Five deities (Panch Devta) met at Gurusthali of Panchchuli. They were interested to visit auspicious Badrinath-Kedranath temples. The five deities played game for passing the time. Five deities created four balls. The balls were full of power, valor, and devotion to Guru. The deities threw four powerful balls into all four directions. When balls were exploded four brave wrestlers were born. Those brave men came there and bowed before their creators- five deities. The brave men said,”O deities! We are your slaves. Please order us for serving you. Why did you create us?”
The five deities said that they are Vairagi and they created four brave men just for fun. The five deities asked the brave men to wrestle for deity’s fun. The four brave wrestlers started fighting with each other. The brave men were agitating earth, were cutting mountains by teeth; were cutting trees by their nails. They fought with each other for seven days and seven nights. At the end, the Mall (Brave man) from east direction won the fight. All four brave men came to five deities and said,” O lords! By fighting for seven days and seven nights, we are hungry and thirsty.”
The deities answered,” We take Bhashma (ash). If you desire you may take Bhashma.”
The brave men said,” Don’t talk as if you were blind. We are like giant require that type of food. O deities! You either arrange food for us or kill us or tell us the names of four brave men that we fight with them and die.”
Deities thought that it was sin to kill own creation. The deities advised,” O Brave men! The Nepali Chand is the king of Champawat Garh. There are nine lakhs happy citizens with the king. There are twenty two brave (Mall) and unconquerable Bafaul brothers in the court of Champawat Garh. These brave men take nine tons breakfast and one hundred tons lunch. Every Bafaul is capable of taking hundred -two hundred feet long stone. You go the court of Chand king. The king may provide you food or you may fight with compatible competitors.”
The four brave men started journey for Champawat Garh in hope of great fight and sufficient food. Wherever those brave men used to sit there was land slid. The river used to dry after their taking water from river. Wherever they walked the land became contour farms.
The queen was a Dotiyalin. She was very cunning. The slyness queen kept eyes on Bafaul brothers. One day she said to Bafaul Brothers,” You twenty two brothers are brave men. However, you are useless. Being so brave you serve the king. On the contrary, you should kill the king and should become the king. I shall become your queen.”
The twenty two Bafaul brothers denied the request of the queen to kill the king.
The Dotiyalin queen became angry. She was afraid that Bafaul brothers might complained to the king about her conspiracy. The Dotiyalin queen felt insulted and wants to take revenge. The queen complained to the king that Bafaul brothers tried to rape her. She said to the king that now, she could not take Vrat (fast) or was unable to perform the rituals.
The king became angry and he called butchers for killing all Bafaul brothers. The butchers killed all Bafaul brothers while they were sleeping.
There in Bafauli kot, there was queen Dudkela the wife of eldest Bafaul brothers. Dudkela was seven months pregnant She wanted to become Sati (burn with the dead body of husband). The queen was making preparation for becoming sati. The son inside uterus told her mother,” you want to burn insect inside wood. I am your only child. Save me for the Bafaul future generation.” The queen Dudkela stopped the program of becoming Sati. She went to her parent place.
The queen got a male child. She wanted to provide milk her child by taking her on her thigh. The child said that he would take milk only after he took revenge of her father and uncle’s killings.
On fifth day of the child delivery, the child disappeared. Weeping, Dudkela went to her father. Father said angrily that the child was born in inauspicious time (Mool Nakshatra) and was notorious. He informed that child made blind people by his sight only. The people became paralyzed just because of his site.
The queen came back to Bafaul Kot with her child.
At the same time, the brave men of deities came to Champawat Garh. When those brave men created by deities used to walk people used to feel earthquake. Those four brave men came to the king. The king asked the brave men,” From where are you come?”
The brave men answered,” we are the creation of five deities of Panchchuli. Either you arrange food for us or arrange brave men to fight with us.”
The king Kalichand answered,” Now, Champawat Garh is without brave men. You take food and dress as per your choice in Champawat.”
They used to take twenty ton food lunch. They used to put on twenty two yard long cap. The four brave men cautioned the king that till he arranged fighter to fight with them nobody would milk, no woman would comb, nobody would shave. The king was afraid.
Ajuba Bafaul was living with his mother. He threw a ton heavy stone towards Champawat. That stone fell in the food vessel of those brave men. The stone made big ditches everywhere. The brave men became surprised to find braver man in Champawat. Those brave men asked the king about the brave man. The king became worried.
The king called his minister Kaluva. The king told that all twenty two Bafaul brave men are killed by me. There was no brave man to fight with four brave men sent by deities. The minister said that the throwing of ton heavy stone showed that it was the work of Bafaul brave man. The minister Kaluva asked the king to request Bafaul child for mercy.
The minister with other wise men went to Bafualkot. They said the story to Ajuba Bafaul about four brave men residing in Champawat that due to those brave men conditions every work was stalled in Champawat. Mother Dudkela cautioned her son about those people the killer of his father and uncles.
Ajuba Bafaul put his condition that after his freeing Champawat from those deity’s brave men the king had to sit in court with one side moustache and without crown and the queen Dotiyalin would come to Bafaulkot as maid servant.
Ajuba Bafaul came to Champawat Garh; Ajuba Bafaul stopped the food for four brave men. Those brave men became angry. Ajuba Bafaul killed those four brave men created by deities for fun. As per condition of Ajuba Bafaul the king sat in the court with one sided moustache and without crown. The queen Dotiyalin became the maid servant of great brave man Ajuba Bafaul.
Now, Champawat was free from four brave men and now the cow started milking, the cows started grazing, the women started combing. The people praised Ajuba Bafaul by blowing Shankha.
Copyright (Interpretation) @ Bhishma Kukreti, 10/5/2013
Folklore, Folk Legends, Folk Myths of Kumaon-Garhwal, Uttarakhand to be continued…25
Chivalry, Gallantry, gracious Folklores, Folk Legends, Folk Myths of Garhwal, Kumaon, Uttarakhand to be continued…10
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