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ARSINH MEH A
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NARSINH MEHTA
Vaishnava /ona to_was Mahatma Gandhi s favourite bha|an. Th is olong
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wifh thousands of other poems and hymns were composed by Narsinh
Mehta the poet of Gujarat. Narsinh was a great devotee of Lord Krishna
and surrendered his entire life to him.
At a time when untouchability was at its zenith, Narsinh Mehta chose to
walk into a Hari|an locality and sing hymns, thus daring the wrath of
orthodox society. He was a social reformer with rare courage. The word
Harijan' which Gandhiji used to refer to people of the depressed classes,
was first coined by him.
Presented here is an account of Narsinh s life, fuli of dramatic events and
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amazing anecdotes.

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Script lllustrations Ediłor

Vrajlal Vasam V. B. Halbe Anant Pa i

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NARSINH MEHTA WAS THE SON O? A NASAR *8RAHMAN OT

TALAJA , A 5MALL 1//LLA0E IN SAURASHTRĄ.

A 5£CT OF 8RAHMANS. 1
 amar chitra katha_ NARSINH MEHTA

NARB/NH WAS BORN PUMB- I BOWB OF HIS AOE WOULP TEA SE H/M AS SHE CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE, THE ODMPA 55/ ONATE
MIS PARŁ NTS PIEP WHEN HE FACE OF A BA OHU CAUBHT HER ATTENT/ON.
WAS FILIE ANP HIS ORANO ~ CO/ME HERE,
MOTHER , JAW KUNUAR yTOOK WOU PUI^S FOOL
CA RE OF MIM.

WILL TH/S BOW

NEVER LEARN
TO SPEAK P

SADHU MAHARAd,MV BRANDSON

HA5 BEEN VLIMB SINCE BIR.TH-
PLEASE ELESS H/M WITH >
SPEECH. --- ,-^

WHEN NARSINH WAB EISHT, H/S ORANOMOTHER TOOK MIM TO THE LOCAL
TEMPLE ON HAS A NT PANCHAM! *PAW. THERE_ __ 1T-r

THE SAOHU SPR/NKLEO A LITTLE WATER FROM H/S

fCA MANOA LU * ON THE BOV ANO WH/SPEREO IN HIS EA
/SON,REPEAT IVITH ME! '
RADHE KRISHNA!
RADHE KRISHNA!

0 LORD, 1
PLEA5E
6RANT
SRANOSON
THE 6IFTOF
SPEECH. >

2 3
* A BOHIL .
 nmar cHtrci katha
NARSINH MEHTA

A FE W MONTHS LATER-

BAN5MNAR5I 15 NEARLV
TEN yEAR5 OLP • IT 15
TIME yOU FOUNP A
^,■* —r-/\ U.I P RPIDF

rSAPHO MAHARAJ,VOU
HAVE BEEN KINP TO U5!
nom; please tell me
MORĘ ABOUT H15
v FUTURĘ. . ,-HI/
£4/7" JAH KUNVAR KbNOREP HER ANP PROPPEP PAN3/ T/LL HE FOU/yP)A
BR/PE , THE UE PEN - HEAR -OLP MANEK6AUR!, FOR NARSINH.

THE SADHO’5 PREPICTION

HA5 COME TRUE • 5HE 13
BEAL/TIFUL AND BELONG5
TO A NOBLE FAMILY.

^ HE WILL 600N ffl

BE MARRIED TO A
BEAUTIFOL 6IRL
FROM A NOBLE
familv

'A UEAR LATER, HAPPV AT THE TRANSFORMAT!ON IN HOUNO

NA R 6 !NH y JAW KUN PAR JOOK H/Al TO UUNA OAPH VUf-/FRF
H& CPU SIN BAN5/PHAR SERPEP /)g /) HEAP-CONSTAB/E
NOW THAT THE I WILL,
BOy CAN 5PEAK,
VOU SHOULP
oranpmotheri
EPUCATE HIM. : Li

-W5 W,FE ’
THE NEWCOMER
 arnar c^vtra kuthn
NARSINH MEHTA
AS jhE PAVS PASSEPy NARS/NH LOST !N TEREST IN HIS STUDIEM
HE WOULP RUN AWAW FROM SCHOOL li-1/rjVy<,

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... AA/P SPEND HIS TIME IN TEMPLES, LISTENINS TO I

VUHEN NARSINH WAS F/FTEEN NAR5I,WOU MUST

TRV TO BE USE-
NARSINH 15 5IMPLV FUL TO THE
LOAFING ABOUT. WHV . FAMILV- /-^
PON’T WOU /MAKE
■ HIM WORK?

BROTHER
I WILL PO
WHATEUER
HOU A6K
. ME TO- ,

THEN TAKE THE

COVJS OUT TO
(P/VC£ , HE RETORHEP HOME AFTpd - GRAZE AND
—-J___J^MŁHhTEJZ STAW ING A IMA W FOR THREE PAWS
RETURN
BEFORE
^ r: raphe kribhna! PUSK-
\
~ WHERE HAUE \ RADHE KRISHNA!
VOU BE EN ALL
fw ^
THE5E PAVS?WHO
PO WOJ TH INK
WILL PROUIDE FOR i />
JWOOR WIFE^ a a &

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/
'RELKSIOU& STORJES TOLU AAOSTty ^ 11
MEP/um OF S0H65 UNLEA[/ENEP BREAP-
 omar chitra katha NARSINH MEHTA

WHILE THE COWS 6RAZEP, NARS! WOULP BE PURITOA URI COULP NOT AREN’T HOU A6HAMED \
BEAR MANEK '3 OOOD THAT WOUR HUSBANP 15 \
LQ5T IN 5IN6IN3 PEl/OTIONAL SON6S-_
FORTUNE. LOAFER PHOW ŁONO \
RAPHE KRISHNA! ^?T-/r.\CAN WE CONTIN- f
RAPHE KRISHNA I uetofeep h
BOT I woa ? yy

1;

AM I A 5LAME P ^T
HOW LON6 SHOULP \
WE CARRH THE BUR PEN
OF FEEPIN© THEIR
©ROWIN© FAM ILV ? 7

WHEN MANEK3 AUR/ OAVE TA/£ CHILPLES5 PURTT3A URI BECAME JEAL0U5 THE5E VE55EL5 OLP JAV KUNI/AR WOULD C0N30LE
B/RTH TO A PAUOHTER — ARE NOT CLEAN- MANEK- c=—-1A J ii h-tpt^
'MANEK,WHAT PO VOU CANT yOU BE A
TNINK 70UR5ELF TO BE? A LITTLE 1 MANEK, SOU MU5T
rW LET U5 NAME HER
J \ KL/NVERBAI. a . A QUEEN P El/ER SINCE MORĘ CARE- /'E NOT MINP HER
- L_ . 'I

m WORP5-5HE 15
*
yOU HAP THE CHILP, FUL? p VI
LIKE A MOTHER >
VOU HAl>E STOPPED j Sm -iAII (T<
. to you.
k WORKINS-eO WASH Ł.
kN. THE CLOTHE5. yfTT

W
ii II II jj

rwo VEARS LATER, A c ' KUNVERBAI 15

WAS BORN TQ MANEK SROWJN UR WE MU5T
( WE’LL NAME HIM FI NP A ©OOP
V 5HAMALPA5. J HU6BANP FOR V J
v her- ym*.■

'I6NT THAT
THE PUTV OF
HER STU PIP
V FATHER?
 nmnr chitra katha NARSINH MEHTA
SOON A 5U/TABLE &R/PE6,
WAS FOUND AND KUNI)ER UNABLE TO BEAR SOCH
BHABHI ,THIS di8E5yNARSiNH LEFT
MARR/EP- I— = ROT/ 15 A 5 ■>‘1 J THE HOUSE •..
TOU Oh A5
LEAT HER-
PLEA5E TAKE
PONY M/ORkT
NITIATI7E ANP /^N^T
T
pET KONGER ' WILL-.
• * i

KARRIEP-
IF 700 LIKE
(bOOP FOOD,H/HY
V PONY 700 EARN
IT P EVEN A
PARIAH-POG HA 5

Jt\i MORĘ 5ELF-RE-

A SPECT THAN YOU

. ••ANP WALKEP A/MLESSLY FOR ABOUT 20 MILES• THEN, T/REP, HE 5TRETCHED

c/A7 KUNI/AR ,NARSINH’S <óRAND/V\OTHER> DIEP SOON H/M5ELF OUT BELOW A BANYAN TREE. AS HE WONPEREP H/HAT TO DOft/S OAZĘ
A ETER THE WEDPIN& • ONE EPENINO ' FELL UPON A TEMPLE IN THE PI&TANCE.

SHAME ON SOU.
70CI LOAF ABOUT
BHABHI, ALL PAV ANP GOME
I AM HOME ONLV TO A5K
HUN6R7 . FOR FOOP. >

BUT BHABHI?! HA7E BEEN INTO

DURIT6AUR! ThREW A STALE ROT!
W0RKIN6-I HAVE CUT NARSfS PLATĘ, j-
EN06/6H 6RA55 TO FEEP
Vf THI5 /S ALL
OUR NOR5E5
H0R5E5 ANP C0W5 Jy
FOR THREE PA76. A
yi YOU WILL

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 amar cNtra katha
NARSINH MEHTA
HO W FORTUN ATE I AM
A WEEK LATER.. A SADHU STOOD THE s>wnu wari Wf nnoiNtr , ,r^ nuWMC.K£ IO KŁ StLN-
(5I\IE ME THAT WHICh
^-TUT-1 aPFDfPE NARSINH. NARSINH 5TA VEP ON IN PWARAKA. ON THE NK3HT OF 5HARAP * PURN/MA * *
WOU PR IZE MOST. ,

JAM PLEA5EP
0 LORP KRISHNA IS RANONS
THE RASA®WITH H/5
WITH WOU.ASK 5^jjk COWHERP FRIENP5! I MUST ?
FOR A BOON! 60 A NP JOIN TH EM .

THE SAPHU TOOK NARSINH TO

LORP KR/EHNA ’3 TEMPLE IN
PWARAKA. THERE - l-31

AS NARSINH, PRESSEP UKE A COWHERPESS,\ • • • KRISHNA

STOOP NEAR THE PANCERS • • • APPROACHEP
H/M.
HOLP TH 15
WHAT I l/ALUE MOST TORCH!
15 A 1//5ION OF LORP NAR5INH, I AM ^1
KRI5HNA • WOULD you PLEA5EP WITH VOU.
, LIKE TO SEE NIM? W HAT PO VOU WANT?

... AA/P HIS HANP STARTEP

& URNINO y BUT NARSINH
WAS SO ENOROSSEP
THAT HE WAS NOT
EVEN CONSCIOUS
OF IT.

VOU COULD NOT

HAME OFFEREP ME NOTHIN6
MVLORP.
A MORĘ PRECIOU5
BOON,MV LORPf
 a mar chitra katha NARSINH MEHTA

KR/SHNA TOUCHEP THE BURNT BAN5! WAS FURIOU5 ■ [■—

juer THEN
HANP ANP LOJ NOT EDEN A CAST OFF THAT PRESS.
SCAR IVA5 L//5/3LE . i- 60 AND FIND SOME/
O NARSINH ! WORK. /
70DR HANP
15 BURNIN6*

| CAN*T CAST
AWA7 TH 16
PRESS. NE7ER

NARSINH LEFT HOME WfTH HIS W!FE AND CHILPREN

HERE , TAKE THE5E RARATALS WAIT! I WILL
WHEN NARSINH RETURNEP HOME
ANP 60 HOME . WHENĘl/ER AL50 COME
WITH 7OU. WHERE PO LET US FIRST (bO TO
VOU NEEP M7 HELP, SIN6 1/ WHERE HAV/E THE PHARMASHALA
700 BEEN ALL WE 60 NOW
THE KEPAR RA6A * * AND ON THE OUTSKIRT5
I WILL BE THERE • ;n \ THE5E PAV6P . OF THE TOWN- ^

MERCHANT
AT THE PHARMA5HALA, A WEALTHT
AA/P NARbINh TOLP H/M AdOUT H/5 EAPERIENCES AT DWA RAKA APPROACHEP HIM
CAN I 90 AN7
7 THEV PERFORM N THIN6 FOR 7C
BELIEUE ME,
/ RASA AT PWARAKA
I SAW ANP
r ON E7ER7 FULL
TALKEP TO
MOON NI6HT. THE
LORP KRI6H*
FOOL THINKS THAT NA IN DWARA
THE MAN WHO
KA.
TOOK THE PART
OF KRISHNA WAS ft
THE LORP HIM5ELF.
I WANT
NOTHIN6

* PREE INN.
# MU5!CAL INSTRUMENT
nami r>f INDIAN MUS/CAL MOPB
 amar chitra katha
NARSINH MEHTA

H/Al/E yoa F0R6OTTEN THAT

THE PP/EST IA/A/TEP FOP THPEE
IVE HAVE TO GIVE ORNAMENT6 PAVS>. THEN -
ANP CLOTHE5 TO HER?*THERE
15 NO MONEV LEFT IN THE WHAT NON6EN5E 15 THI5?
HOU5E. HOW L0N6 CAN I WAIT
HERE ?| AM LEASING
TOMORROW.

LORD KRI5HNA
WILL ARRAN6E
FOR EWERYTHING.
LET THE PRIE5T
WAIT.

—
SAPHUS FLOCKEP TO A/AP3/NHf3 TEMPLE• HE FED ALL THAT CAME •». T/YAT EI/EN/NO, NAPS/NH PPAVEP
FEPDENTLH TO LOPD PPISHNA.

SUPPENLH l/ICTORY TO
THE AM USEP PP/EST CAME OUT
LORP KRISHNA
°F THE TEMPLE. p—
POES~HE REALLS'
BELIEl/E LORP KRI5HNA ji WC
^ILL COME AND 6IVE
MONEY ? Evi<
 omar chitrci kotho NARSINH MEHTA

THE &RAHMAN, HO WEUER, P/P NOT UKE ANW OF THE &OWE> SHOWN TO HiM
WHEN H£ Ku£,HtLD BACK ,NTO W£Jf^/ u)RP KRI5HNA! ^
TEM,PLE ~ SĄ ALL THE5E HE WON T PO CERTAINL7 NOT THIsJ^g
THIN6S TOO HE 5TCJTTERS.
WHAT A >
&EAUTIFUL
NECKLACE!

NOT HIM EITHER.

HE HAS A SOU/NT.

THE NA6AR5 WERE EW NOIN

ANNOWEP IN/TH THE W5/TOR- WE F0R6OT
T- TO MENTION
KUNUER&A! LEFT THE HE AT MORNIN6- / WH7 NOT SHOW THE NAME OF
\ HIM THE HOUSE 0Fr. NAR5INH MEHTA-
THAT PAUPER
HE 15 A RICH
NAR5INH ?
MAN ANP HA5
AN ELI6IBLE
50N.

T/-/E NEKT PAW WHO JOLO WOU

. THAT I AM feiCH<
I AM PERV POOR.
ANP ILLITERATE
A FE W WEEKS LATEK,A 3RAHMAN TOO-
CAME TO JUNA6APH. r—
MV 50N ie
SHARP. CO/AE TO
I HAVE CO/ME IN MV HOU5E
5EARCH OF A BRIPE-
(3ROOM FOR THE
PAU6HTER OF
MARAN MEHTA
OF l/APNAGAR. r BUT THE NA
THE SON
C3AR5 THINK l'ERV
SARAN6
HI6HL7 OF WOU-
15 THE MOST | LIKE HIM.PLEA&I
ELI6IBLE 30"/ WHERE 15 WOUrI
ACCEPT THE PRO
I CAN THINK Or SON ? A
s. PPSAL.
 omar cHtra kothn NARSINH mehta

MONTH5 PA55EP AFTER THE PROPOóAL WHEN MA PAN MEHTA WHAT 5HALL OA/ AA/ ĄU5P/OOU5 PAH, THE ER/PE6ROOM *5
WA5 ĄCCEPTEP. EUT NAR5! MAPĘ NO PECEO/EP THE LETTER- WE PO NOW P PAR TY LEFT JONA (3APH. r--
MOUE TO 6ET H!5 EON MARR/EP* THE
JEALOU5 NAOAR5 CON5P/REP A6A/N5T THEH WPITE THAT My WAIT TILL /W A PAN
PAOGHTEP HA6 BEEN
H/M. MEHTA 5EE5 THI5.
ENGA6EP TO THE 50N
5APAN6 MEHTA OF A PAUPER. HE 15
SUGGESTG TH AT WE VE5, TOO POOP TO AFFORP
A 6 OOP
WPITE TO MAPAN
IPEA • .
v MEHTA f A

WELL,WE X l,|| p
WILL 60 'MJk
AHEAP-LOPP^
KPI5HNA WILL
TAKE CARE OF
THE RE5T• V

£<VT 3EFORE THE PROCE 55/ON REACHEP THE OUT-

5K/RT5 OF JUNA6APH, ELEPHANT5 , HOR5E5,
CHAR/OT5 , A NP WEL L ~ PRE 55 EP MEN UO/NEP !T
IN LAR&E NUMBER5. !T WA5 LEP A MERCHANT
ON HOR5EBACK.

A L/TTLE LATER- AT JUNAOAPH- WHAT POE5 /V\EHTAJI

5AV p ^

r HE 5AV5, IF yVE
PELAV THE WEPPIN6
ANY LON6EP,HE
MAV HAl/E TO rfj
BREAK OFF THE I
k ENGAGEMENT. Jll
 amar chitnci kotha narsinh mehta

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£<VT HE eOON PECOdEPEPi
REACHEP THE SCENE.
FPOM THE SHOCK,
THE RE 15 NONĘ
ONE CAN CA LL
ONE*5 OWN,
ETCEPT LORD
KRISHNA.

SHAW AL S IVEDP/NG TOOK PLACE W/TH (5PEAT POMP ANP CEREMONY. A FEWPAYS LATEP, THEPE WAS
NAPS!NHfS dlSIT TO THE SCAdENGEPS’
COLON*-/ CPEATEP A FUPOPE. A COM MONITY P/NNEP AT A
NOIV / KNOW ! IT WAS LORD \BRAHMAN’5 HOOSE.
KRISHNA , IN THE GUISE OF A HOW COULD 7.
MERCHANT, WHO LED THE NAR5INH PO
PROCES3ION. SUCH A
h. THINO ? /

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ex-coawunicate
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Lv4 A ? HIM.
NAPS/NHr3 TPOOBLE5 HOWEdER
iPEPE NOT OdEP . //f LOST Hf3 ' NAPS/NH PASSEP THE WHOLE HERE 15 THERE’5 ONE NETT
AT THE P/NNEP
EON. SOME PAY3 LATEPyH/3 NI6HT SINOING EHAdANS WITH ANOTHER TO ME TOO•
w |
W/FE , TOO, FELL /LL. - THE SCAdEN&EPS . OH ] HO W PIP TH 16
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 aimar ch/tra kat ha NARSINH MEHTA

AFRAtP OF BEIN<5 POLLUTEP, THEW WENT TO NARS/NH - AT NARSINH’5 HOME - LORD KRI6HNA
THE NA <3ARE) RAN OUT- M6/6T HAVE SENT
WILL 706/ ACCEPT RE. 700/- THE MONĘV FOR
ANP (pIWE 06 A PROMlSSORV TOMORROW’$
NOTĘ WHICH I CAN FNCASH, < EAPEN6E6. /
ATPWAR-AKA?

FORe)VE 6/6!
NE ARE 5ORRW
WE EA-COMMUNICA-
TED WOU. ^

IF WOU PON’T, HERE O LORPy

MER 506/L WILL 16 THE PLEASE
NOT KNOW MONĘ V HONOUR MH
PR0AAI550RV
NOTĘ.

teAzaP'?0 THi
"***«£
/ I WILL ^
< WRITE A
PROMISSORV
NOTĘ FOR 1
\ wou. A

COULP 700 NO 66/CH OFFICE

PEACHEP IN THI6 MARKET
SHOW ME
SHAMALSHA’5
OFFICE ?
A4-5
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• 0% •
i /
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.A',A ^ r
A ,/ (/ U''
v<\ '/
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i
T£r*-r /\ćZ / WE ^RE ON OUR
vv. y
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70 MARAKA.
' WH0 WILL TAKE OUR 60 TO NARSI
VI CASH AND (3IVE L/S HE 15 A RICH /M.
A AS# ^ PR0MISSOR7 AND HAS BiJSlNf
r-s. MOTEf HAS TH AT NARSINH
-Ji CONNECTIONS i*
OF ULINA6APH
PWARAKA TOO.
CHEATEP US? z
24
CO£p KKISHNA ■
 amar cHtra katha NARSINH MEHTA

I AM T/REP THE NEAT PAW NAR5INH ARRWEP AT UNA IN A CA TT PRAWN BW FAMISHED BULLOCKS
A FEW SAPHUS WERE W/TH MIM. -—

LET U5 5EARCH LOOK !

FOR THE I SHAMA L WELCOME, HARIJAN5, THE PEOPLE OF
father . LORP KRI5HNA.NO ONE
PLACE TO- Ł 5HAy5
WHO ARE ELSE WAS PREPAREP TO
. MORROW. J OFFICE!
THE SE COY1E WITH ME.
PEOPLE ?

t
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AT SHAMA L OHA *3 OFFICE- OHyTHIS 15 SI6NEP W HAT HAVE Y OU \ NOTHIN6 PON’T WOU KNOW IT
BY OUR NAR¬ &ROU6HT FOR MY J\, 15 CUSTOMARY ON AN
HERE p 5ETHJI, SINH MEHTA. HERE IN-LAW3P y I OCCASION LIKE THIS
PLEASE HONOUR WOUR MONEY- TO 6IVE AWAY OIFTS
TH/S PR0MI5- j TO THE IN-LAWS? ,
50 RY KJOTE! XM I FEEL MISERABLE. ^

, % ■*

PONT
WORRWt
MY CHILP

MEANWHILE A T UNA , KUN VERBAl ’6

WHAT 600P WILL Th AT PO? MR5/NH ANP HIS PART W WERE [\\ THE NEAT MORN/NS- IT IS TOO HOT.
M O TMER -IN-LAW PLANNBP TO PLEASE 6IVE
HE 16 A PAUPER. ANYWAY > %WEN ROOM5 TO STAW- THERE
CELEBRATE HER SEEMANT * ME SOME
J WILL INVITE HIMpIF YOU / IOO THEW STARTEP SIN6IN&
COLP
WON’T yOU WISH. zhajaa/s . ,-
PLEASE CALL
My FATHERP RAP HE KRISHNAf

CUSTOMARy Rf _ _
FATHEJS HAS Tó THE
__ 3TLV GIFTS for H/s DAU6HTER-
 amar chitra kutha NARSINH MEHTA

yOU CLAIM TO BE A MEANWH/LE AT JUNA6APH , SARAN6 MEHTA NARSINH HAS \

BHA6AT*PRAV FOR BE6AN SCHEM/N& A6AINST NARSINH. BORROWED SOME
RAIN ANP 6ET yOUR MONEy FROM
COLO WATER. > THAT NARSINH IS PHARNIPHAR ANP
A ROGUE. I MU ST HAS PR0MI6EP
EXPOSE HIM. NOT TO 5INS IN
^ PON’T TRy ' THE RASA TILL /
TO PO THAT. HE REPAys IT. /
ALL HE HAS TO
PO 16 SING IN
THE KEPAR
RA6A * ANP
KRISHNA RUSHES
TO HIS HELP.

IT SOON V HE IS, INPEED, 1 K LATER, THAT PAW - SARAN6 COMPLAINED TO RA *MANPUK

■L A BHAGAT.
I ' >
POURIN& J THE KINO OF UHNASADH ■ , __-r
I AM NARSINH’S
A\ A HA RAU, NARSINH IS
BUSINESS PARTNER A FRAUP. HE 15 NO
I HAVE COME TO BHAGAT.HE SHOULD -
PELIl/ER HIS 6IFTS.
BE PUNISHEP. >

I CANNOT PUNISH
HIM UNLESS I HAVE
PROOF THAT HE HA5
DELIBERATELy PUPEP
. PEOPLE. y

I CAN SEE THROUGH DECIDEP TO TEST NARS/NH’S

THAT SU/SE • IT 15 s_PIRITUAL POWERS
|j» . . NONĘ OTHER |F LORP KRI5HNA
SSS\ THAN LORP PCIT5 THIS NECK-
krishna. LACE AROUNP VOUR
MOTHER, NARSINH, PUT THIS NECK NECK, WE WILL
THIS SARI LACE ON THE IPOL OF ACKNOWLEP6E YOŁ/R
16 FOR KRISHNA IN THE ROyAL 6REATNESS; OTHER
. you. TEMPLE ANP COME WI5E you DIE
OUT.

these ornamentu
arę. for 706/,
DAU6HTER. >

* pa .
 amar chitra katha NARSINH MEHTA

AS ORPEPEP, NARSINH PUT THE NECKLACE yyyyyyyy yyyy THE RECEIPT FELL INTO THE LAP
ON THE IPOL OF KR/SHNA • OF NARSINH , WHO WAS SITTINO hPj-~PJ.E POOR OF THE TEMPLE OPENEP.
y OUTSIPE THE TEMPL E. THERE UlA 5 A FLASH OF U&HT
MM LORP KRISHNA
MUST HAVE REPAIP
iW ,l ił
THE MONEy.
Z1 W 7* I AM NOW
w > _FREE TO
y 5INO HI5
4
7 RA6A-

O LORP ! I PON’T CARL

FOR My LIFE . BUT IF
) WOU FAIL ME,
PEOPLE MA7 LOSE ■j
FAITH IN yOU.
l/y

WHTN NARSI CAME OUT, THE HOIV I WI5H MEANIMHILE AT PHARNIPHAR ...ANP THE NEAT
KINO LOCKEP THE TEMPLE I COUIP SIN6 MEHTA’3 HOUSE - MOMENT ,THE NECKLACE
ANP KEPT THE KEV W/TH H/Al IN THE KEDAR WAS AROUND THE
RA6A! BOT WHO COULD NE CK OF NARSINH.
I CAN’T,TILL IT BE AT TH/5
PHARNIPHAR’5 HOOR OF THE
MONEY IS » NI6HT? ^
\ REPAIP.

I HAVE COME TO I WON PER,WHO 1 THET WEP MTH ONE ANOTHER TO BE THE AT ™E
REPAY THE MONEY THAT MAN WAS r OF NARSINH • AM ONO THEM WAS SARAN6 MEH.A ^ ■ -
YOO, LENT NARSINH. HE HAD SOCH St--V .^^^3
PLEASE 6IVE ME A PIWNE '
L. A RECEIPT. EKPRESSION/'* F0R6WE
ON HIS A ME !
^ FACE. ,l\\

NARSINH
nr % JC &Pf~) I