Once upon a time, there lived a king called Uttanapada. He and his wife, Sunithi, had a child named Dhruva. Later on, Uttanapada married another woman called Suruchi. Suruchi had a son, Uttama, and was proud of her stature as the favorite queen. One day, Uttama sat on Uttanapada’s lap. Seeing this, Dhruva, who was 5 years old at that time, wanted to sit on his father’s lap too. But Suruchi denied Dhruva of the simple pleasure, and chided him for being born to another and thereby not having th...