Hearing the words of Rupasikha, Agnisikha was shocked.
Humans were the food of rakshasas, but despite this, his daughter loved a human.
However, Agnisikha knew that his daughter was very clever and she would get her way. So he decided to create obstacles for the prince because he could not do anything to his own daughter.
He called Prince Srungabhuja to his palace and gave him a condition if he wanted to marry Rupasikha.
Rupasikha had ninety nine sisters who looked exactly like her. Agnisikha wanted Srungabhuja to identify his beloved Rupasikha, if he wished to marry her.
Srungabhuja told Rupasikha the challenge that her father had set for him.
Rupasikha was not too worried about it.
“We are a hundred sisters and we will all be wearing similar necklaces. However, my necklace will be around my head. My father will not be able to notice it.”
Srunkabuja did exactly as he had been told and realized that Rupasikha's sisters look exactly like her, but he was easily able to identify her using the difference in the position of the necklace.
Agnisikha did not realize how the prince had found Rupasikha, but decided to have another competition to determine whether the prince was worthy of marrying his daughter.
Agnisikha had two bullock carts filled with heaps of sesame oil seeds. Agnisikha asked the prince to sow all the sesame seeds by the next day.
The prince did not know how to do this.
However, Rupasikha created a million of ants with her magic and with the help of the ants, Srungabhuja was easily able to sow all the sesame seeds by the next day.
Adapted from the Katha Sarith Sagara
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