Khin Hnin Yu - Jivazoe's House

Because of the flowers

When I was studying in the upper secondary school, I only read and studied U Punyawutthu Paungsag to pass the exam. After passing the exam, I usually forgot about the school books. I only studied new books for the next year, the lower secondary school, which was the arts.

Usually, every student is like that.

Ma Shwe Zin also kept a room full of her old books and only collected new ones.

However, I feel a pain inside me as I collect old books. That pain is nostalgia.

When I hold the collection of U Punya's novels, the longing in my heart is relieved. When I read the story of Saddan Sin Min from the novels, my heart is also comforted. I feel pain, despair, and heartache in my heart. I am not afraid of feeling those pains. I wonder if the author U Punya's ability to feel satisfied and comforted after feeling this way is one of his skills.

Researchers and current Burmese scholars will probably decide that the novel Saddan Sin Min is the best and most delicious novel.

For Ma Shwe Zin, every time she rereads the novel, she finds it a pleasure to wonder what lies behind the story, what U Punya was feeling when he wrote it, and what U Punya and his era were like when he wrote it.

Ma Shwe Zin firmly believes that the hearts of writers are often influenced by the times they lived in. She believes that by studying their works, we can see a part of the situation of that time.

If a certain theme had not resonated in U Punya's heart at the time when he was presenting the book to King Mindon, the novel by Saddan Sin would not have been as good.

First of all, scholars and scholars will read the novel and praise the way it is written. It would be more accurate to say that its words are elegant, beautiful, and tasteful rather than being used in a way that is appropriate and appropriate. In some places, it really hits home.

For example, in the scenes where Sonutthura, despite being accused of a crime before King Saddansin, tries to defend himself, and places the blame on Queen Subhadda...

“The queen is very beautiful, she

Readers will appreciate not only those words, but also the way Sonutthur pretends to be a lawyer, trying not to blame himself alone.

"The queen who wants the tusks, the emperor who orders them to go, the archer who is the god, the three conspirators, the tiger, the tiger, the foolish hunter, let me kill you alone, the great mountain of gold, the king of Saddan, if I kill you, you will die."

Here, U Punya has created his character as a clever criminal. The way he pleads for his release while mentioning the sins of other criminals in his words is also very clever.

The words that the elephant king Sadhana gave to the hunter after cutting off his tusk were so heartbreaking. Subhadda, who embraced the tusk and listened to all the words the elephant king said, were so powerful that his heart ached and he felt a pang of pain. Even a casual reader who had no connection to the story would feel pain in his heart.

"I have killed the king, who is like a mountain of silver, while he is still alive. I have cut off his two tusks and his six-colored tusks before he died. He has caused blood to flow, and he has tortured him painfully, and he has ended his life. These tusks are the golden ones of the Golden Buddha. If he lives for three days, I will buy the enemy's tusks with gold."

There, he said that he had cut off his tusk while he was in excruciating pain. He had once been Subhadda's lover, and had suffered so much that he had given him the tusk, and King Saddanasin said with great pain, "Use it if you have three days."

“My lord, tell me what I command the wild woman, who is a hunter and a hunter, who grows a tree of hatred, who is always angry and cannot be satisfied until the time comes.”

The words that describe Subhaddha are simple and show a hint of resentment. The words that describe Subhaddha as “a half-hunter-a wild woman” already convey a rich meaning of Subhaddha’s character and attitude.

"I, the elephant, am completely on the ground, finished off by an arrow, surrounded by three branches, in the middle of the lotus shade, laughing and sighing, my face silvery, my beloved rejoices with joy."

The last words were like arrows piercing Subhadda's heart. As soon as he heard those words, his heart sank, his chest ached, and he began to die.

If a teacher asks why the novel "Saddamsinmin" is good, the student will answer with the choice of words. If they take the exam, they will have to memorize and extract original passages to reference.

However, once she left the classroom and entered the outside world, Ma Shwe Zin's view of the novel "Nath Saddan Sin Min" changed. In any case, in the classroom, the teacher's thoughts and criticisms continued to dominate Ma Shwe Zin's mind.

When Ma Shwe Zin and I left the classroom, we began to think with our own minds. At that time, we began to search for the “life” of the novel “Saddan Sin Min”. Our minds expanded and we began to think. As I wrote at the beginning of this article, we also began to think about the era when the novel “Saddan Sin Min” was written. We also began to explore its purpose. .

It's so heartbreaking, so heartbreaking, so heartbreaking, it's a story that's so heartbreaking that it's hard to believe it's true.

“The elephant king struck the sycamore tree with his silver mace and his head-dress, causing it to rain down, golden and red flowers, silk and silk cloth, and silk cloth, all around. Then, from above the body of Queen Subhadda, six branches, antlers, and bundles of grass fell in a whirlwind. On the head of Queen Subhadda, a large, golden wreath spread out, one by one, and the wind blew away, flowers, buds, and silk cloth fell in a heap.”

This place was the main scene in the story of King Saddansin. King Saddansin accidentally waved his sword and scattered the flowers from the branches of the sycamore tree. The wind and the wind caused the sycamore tree to fall on the sulasubhadda without any reason, which made the story of King Saddansin so heartbreaking.

King Sin was indeed a man of no goodwill, saying, "Let it be so." Even such a matter would not have caused a deadly enmity. King Saddan Sin had no doubt that "enmity" would have occurred.

However, for the angry and bitter Sulathubada, a grudge was already formed in his heart to take revenge. In the second case, at the place where the Paduma lotus flower was distributed, King Saddanasimha inadvertently distributed the remaining Paduma lotus robes to Queen Sulathubada. - For King Saddanasimha, it was "unintentionally". For Sulathubada, it was enough to form a second grudge. Isn't that why?

He became so enmity-stricken that he even prayed to the Buddhas for alms and a life in which he could cut off the tusk of the King of the Elephants.

At this point, from the perspective of King Sadhana, the King would have thought that it would not be a matter of sharing the four flowers. It is unlikely that he would have thought, “He must be hostile to me.” It is also unlikely that he would have thought, “He must be hostile to me.” It is also possible that Mahasubhadda is the eldest and wants to be given priority.

As she read the novel, Ma Shwe Zin wondered if U Punya wanted to warn someone, or if he was even targeting her lord, King Mindon.

"The king of the sea, the king of the sea, in matters of affairs, with a pure mind, distributes to the great according to the great and to the small according to the small, but those who are dissatisfied and want to cause trouble, even if it is not a matter of insinuation, will make the king very angry." One might wonder if he wrote the novel Saddansinmin to indirectly warn the king of the sea.

"Queen Subhadda, Isa Sadhana, in this lake, the great Nārāmā, Subhadda, and the Vyāraṃ, at the time of the great Nārāmā, the sin of anger, the sin of not being able to do anything, the sin of not hating enough, the sin of building, the sin of greatness, the sin of envy, the sin of my beloved husband, the sin of your queen, the sin of killing me."

Reading the above words of King Saddan Sin, the thought “If a person is killed out of mere enmity” immediately jumped into Ma Shwe Zin’s mind. U Punya may have wanted to refer to such situations in his time, to be aware of them, and to be able to express his feelings in a way that was both heartbreaking and heartbreaking.

The external enemy is clearly visible and if you have to face it and fight it, you will be defeated, but the internal enemy is designed to be defeated with just one blow.

Subhadda was once the beloved queen of King Sadhana. Together they ruled over the elephants, both kings and queens.

After avenging the death of King Saddanasin, Sula Subhaṭha thought about how they had lived together and how they had made love together, and he died of a broken heart.

In the end, the slain King Sadhanasin also died, and the slayer, Sulasubhadda, also died a miserable death.

A good deed is one in which the person who did it is forgiven by the person who did it, but it is the nature of karma to take revenge and punish.

At the beginning of the novel, U Ponya tells the audience to “not miss a prayer.”