00:00Once upon a time, there was a village called Palavakam.
00:09In that village, there lived a man named Shiva.
00:12He had a young daughter who was 11 years of age.
00:16At that time, there was a very deadly disease that had struck the entire village.
00:22Due to this, his daughter was bedridden.
00:24His wife says this to him.
00:26What do we do now? Our daughter is sick.
00:28I am very worried about her.
00:30She has been sick several times, but it has never been this way.
00:34Please tell me what we should do now.
00:37I don't know what to say.
00:39This is not just for our daughter.
00:41This is for the entire village that has been struck by this new viral disease.
00:45Till now, nobody seems to have the answer for this.
00:49And if this goes on, our daughter might pass away in 3 days.
00:54Oh my God, I don't know if I can bear that much pain.
00:57We have to do something.
00:59I understand.
01:00That is a doctor who lives in the city far away from our village.
01:04This doctor apparently knows how to cure this disease.
01:08But how to contact him is the most difficult part.
01:11Why can't we bring the doctor over here so that we can help our daughter?
01:14Because I tried to get the medicine, but I was told this.
01:18We either have to take our daughter to him or we have to make a decision to bring him to us.
01:55And we have to bring him to the doctor who lives outside the city.
01:57What?
01:58Even your son is sick as well?
02:00This is extremely unfortunate.
02:01I would really like to help you.
02:03But unfortunately, I can't help you because yesterday my bullockot was taken by my friend.
02:10And I would not be able to lend you a bullockot.
02:13What can we do?
02:14Oh really?
02:14So we have no other choice.
02:16We should walk to the doctor's office and we have to bring him to our village to help our children get better.
02:21Sure.
02:22Let us leave at once.
02:23As both of these men started travelling towards the city to find the doctor, they regretted not having a bullockot by themselves.
02:30As they were walking in that path, Sommeya stopped and said this.
02:33My friend, we both should take the shortcut in the mountain's forest path.
02:37As that the path is much quicker than the longer route.
02:40This will help us reach the doctor soon.
02:42The long route will take about 10 km, whereas the short route will take about 2 km.
02:48I agree my friend.
02:49We shall take the shortcut as you say.
02:51While they were on their way to the city, they came across a young woman sitting on a bullockot with a young man riding it in that mountainous forest path.
03:02They were quite amazed by these two passing over them.
03:07Sommeya looks at the bullockot of the married couple and he says this.
03:12See Shiva, young couple that have just gotten married, they are probably going to the city.
03:16If we had a bullockot, we need not walking to the village, we could have gone that way faster and sooner.
03:22You are right Sommeya, but my bullockot was given to another person because they were in need.
03:27I did not realise I would need the bullockot today until now.
03:32Let us go and see the doctor immediately.
03:34As they kept walking further and further, all of a sudden, they see the same young couple stranded in the path.
03:43Shiva sees the young woman sitting in a bullockot and he goes there to them.
03:47Sir, come up, please help us.
03:49My husband is in pain.
03:50When hearing this, Shiva goes near the bullockot, but Sommeya stands there itself by seeing this,
03:57where Shiva goes near the bullockot and sees the man who is lying on the bullockot with the hands on his stomach,
04:05being so restless, where he is in so much pain.
04:09Sir, come up, please help us.
04:11My husband is in pain.
04:13We were driving and all of a sudden he stopped and said that his stomach is in severe pain.
04:17Oh no! What might be the reason for it?
04:21Actually, he was alright. Before leaving, we had the food.
04:24As he was driving, all of a sudden, he felt so thirsty.
04:27The water that we had fell down accidentally as we were driving.
04:31It was during a bump in the road that caused the water to fall.
04:34After a while, he couldn't drive as he is right now in agony.
04:38If you could help us in this situation, we would be very grateful.
04:41No, ma'am. I do not have any water.
04:44We are ourselves in a hurry to go to the city.
04:47We forgot to pack any water.
04:49But if you can come up, I have a jug.
04:51You can go to any nearby well or a temple and fetch some water from my husband.
04:56Sure, ma'am. I shall fetch water immediately for your husband.
05:00Please hand me over the jug. I will get water.
05:03Shiva feels bad for this young couple and he decides to help them by filling water into the jug.
05:10As Shiva was on his way to go and fetch water, Somaya runs to him and he says this.
05:16Shiva, what are you doing? Have you gone insane?
05:19What is wrong with you?
05:21Our kids are suffering and they are about to die.
05:23And you want to help this random person?
05:26Please come. We have to go.
05:27See, Somaya, what is wrong with that?
05:30This woman and her husband are suffering as well.
05:33It wouldn't take that much time.
05:35I will go and fetch water.
05:37Please wait for me and we shall go after that.
05:40No, you go and fetch as much as water you want.
05:43You might not have affection for your child.
05:45I have to go and save the life of my child.
05:47I cannot waste my time here with you.
05:49Somaya does not listen to Shiva and he keeps walking away from him.
05:53Shiva goes to a nearby temple and uses the jug to fill some water.
05:57He then goes back to the woman and her husband and he gives the jug to her and said like this.
06:03Here it is, ma'am. I have filled the jug with water.
06:07Please give this to your husband.
06:08Thank you so much, sir.
06:10I will never forget your kindness for the rest of my life.
06:13Please hand it over to me.
06:14She then pours the water in the jug to her husband.
06:17Her husband drinks the water and he is immediately alright.
06:21But her stomach pain is still there.
06:23He gets out of the bullock cart and gratefully says this to Shiva like this.
06:30Thank you so much, sir, for helping me.
06:33This water has definitely quenched my thirst.
06:35But the stomach pain that I have is still there.
06:38Unfortunately, I would not be able to ride the bullock cart.
06:41I request you to please help us ride the bullock cart all the way to our place.
06:46I am also going that way as I have to also reach the city in time.
06:50By the way, who are you?
06:52I am the son of the extremely wealthy landlord Pratap.
06:55I recently got married to my wife as I was bringing her to take her to my home.
07:00My throat become dry which is when you help me survive.
07:02I have to go to the city immediately to find the doctor and bring him back.
07:07At my good interest to take you with me to your place in the bullock cart.
07:10I believe we are troubling you immensely.
07:13I don't know how to thank you for this kindness.
07:15Don't force yourself for this.
07:17No worries.
07:18Let us travel.
07:18I have to meet the doctor in the city as soon as I possibly can.
07:23That is why the bullock cart will definitely help me reach the destination soon.
07:27I have to know if the doctor is in the town so that I can be in safely back to the village.
07:32That is great.
07:33As we are all going to a house which is situated near the city, you can easily find your way to the doctor.
07:38Shiva then rides the bullock cart along with the wife and the husband to take them to the wealthy landlord Pratap's house.
07:44Pratap was waiting outside of his house for his son and his daughter-in-law.
07:48He sees Shiva and his son and daughter-in-law.
07:50They are coming towards this house in the bullock cart.
07:53As soon as they all get off the bullock cart and reach the house, Pratap says this.
07:57I have been waiting for you for such a long time and why is my son looking so weak and frail?
08:03He is Shiva.
08:04He is the man that helped us on the way when your son was ill.
08:07Your son had a bad stomach ache and he fell ill.
08:10Shiva was the man that brought us here.
08:12Oh, is that so?
08:14Take my son inside the house.
08:16I shall arrange the doctor immediately.
08:18Pratap then arranges his servant to go and fetch the doctor as his son is taken to the house.
08:24And Pratap says this to Shiva.
08:27We will never forget what you have done to our son.
08:31What brings you here to the city?
08:34Sir, my daughter has been bedridden for the past three days due to a very unusual and deadly disease.
08:41Shiva proceeds to say everything that occurred until then to the landlord Pratap.
08:46The doctor that Pratap had called to come enters the house and evaluates Pratap's son.
08:51After a while, he gives Pratap's son a medicine which cures his stomach ache.
08:55This completely takes away the pain that he had.
08:58The doctor comes out of the house after healing Pratap's son.
09:01The doctor says like this.
09:02Sir, have you done a great job of calling me immediately?
09:05A few more hours away, it would have been a hard task to save your son's life.
09:09He is right now in a better condition than he was before.
09:12Thank you very much for your help.
09:14Pratap, I also want to ask you another favor.
09:16This man Siva was the person that brought my son to her house in time.
09:20By the way, this man has traveled to the city to see you.
09:23Pratap tells the doctor everything that Shiva told him.
09:27The doctor listens to the story of Shiva's daughter being by a very incurable disease that has spread in the village.
09:34He is very glad that the doctor that yet been looking for all this time from the village is right here in front of him.
09:39Sir, I please ask you to come with me to my village and heal my daughter's illness.
09:44I will be eternally grateful to you.
09:46You have nothing to worry about, Shiva.
09:49This doctor has been our personal doctor for years.
09:53You can take him right now in that bullock of ours and let him heal your daughter.
09:59Do not worry.
10:00I shall help you in every way I can.
10:02Pratap, sir, has helped me to become a doctor I am today.
10:05I will forever be indebted to him.
10:06I shall come with you immediately to help your daughter.
10:08Thank you very much, doctor.
10:10Let us travel immediately.
10:11Shiva realizes how lucky he is.
10:14He had a kind heart and made the right choice of helping someone in need.
10:17This decision that he made because him to meet the doctor that he was looking for in the first place.
10:23Shiva then travels with the doctor to the village.
10:25The doctor then takes a look at Shiva's daughter.
10:28Meanwhile, Somaya reached the doctor's office and asked one of the men while waiting outside the hospital.
10:33Sir, my son is ill and he is dying with a very severe disease.
10:36I have come here to find the doctor.
10:38Where is he?
10:39The doctor is currently busy.
10:40As he has gone to visit the landless Pratap's house, he will be occupied in that work for a while.
10:45You can wait here.
10:46He might come back.
10:47Somaya proceeds to wait outside the hospital for the doctor to arrive so that they can help his son.
10:53Meanwhile, the doctor had finally arrived in Shiva's house.
10:56The doctor takes a look at his daughter and gives her a medicine.
10:59After a while, his daughter regains consciousness and gets her health back.
11:03The doctor says like this, Shiva, your daughter will now be alright.
11:07I have cured her from addresses.
11:09She can now live happily.
11:11After listening to the words of the doctor, Shiva's wife becomes really happy and grateful.
11:16Being filled with joy, Shiva says this to doctor,
11:19Thank you so much doctor for coming to my village and saving my daughter's life.
11:23I will forever be thankful to your kindness.
11:25There is no need to thank me Shiva.
11:27It is because of you that I made this decision to come all the way to your village and help your daughter.
11:33Had you met in the city, I would have not been able to leave by patience and come here to save your daughter.
11:38But it is because of what you did to Pratap's son.
11:41Even though your daughter was very ill, you still saved another man's life.
11:45This is the reason why I came here to save your daughter.
11:48After a while, Shiva takes the doctor to his friend Somaya's house as well.
11:52The doctor proceeds to heal Somaya's son by curing his disease and he also gets well.
11:57Shiva then takes a bullock cart with the doctor and drops the doctor back into his city.
12:02Once the doctor reaches the hospital, he sees Somaya and tells him like this,
12:07Sir, I am here to take you to my village as my son is very ill.
12:11He might die very soon.
12:12And stop this, it is a very new viral disease that is spreading all over my village.
12:16Once the doctor started asking his name and which village he belongs to,
12:21the doctor realizes that this is the same man whose son he just healed a while ago.
12:26He then says this to Somaya,
12:28You must have not heard it yet, but I just went with Shiva to save your village and I have healed your son.
12:35Now your son is completely fine.
12:37Somaya then realizes how selfish he has been this whole time.
12:41He slowly walks back towards his village in guilt and sorrow.
12:44He is shameful as he was not able to help the needy.
12:48As he walks slowly to his village, he tags Shiva for saving his son's life in his own mind.
12:53As he gets closer to the house, his excitement increases.
12:57He then sees his son safe and healthy and now filled with so much happiness.
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