Khoshpur and Damhal are the two villages of Brang in the valley of Kashmir. The two villages lie side by side to each other. The River Brang that flows there separates the two villages. The two villages are connected by a bridge.
It is said that in the village of Khoshpur, there lived a short and stout dog (a bitch). This bitch would visit the houses of both the villages, and the people would give her some food to eat. This way she would fill her belly. One morning, a woman of village Khoshpur came out with a big bowl of cooked food in her hand, and began to call the bitch by uttering the words kooch, kooch. That time the bitch was in Damhal village. Hearing this call, the bitch would come running and running for the food. When the bitch would reach the Damhal Bridge, again she would hear a call of kooch, kooch from the bridge. There also, a woman would come out with a bowl of food in her hand and was calling kooch kooch. The bitch turned, and began to run back towards the bridge. Now again, from the village of Khoshpur, there was a call of kooch kooch for the bitch. The bitch turned back again and came towards Khoshpur.
Then again from the Damhal side there was a call of kooch kooch. When the bitch listens the call from Khoshpur side she moves to that side, and when she hears the call from the Damhal side she moves to that side. All along this time, while she ran from one village to another village, she got tired, she was dead tired. She fell on the ground with froth coming out of her mouth, and she died.
When somebody hopes to get something from several places, but will not stick to one place, and that too will undergo a loss;
We say, “Amis Gaye Khosh Purich Houne.”
Which translates as: “She has become a bitch of Khoshpur.”
No comments:
Post a Comment