Dharmo Rakshati Raksh*tah Bharatvarsh

HOW UDUPI KING FED THE KURUKSHETRA WARRIORS :
(Many of the Udupi ( current Karnataka) people are caterers even today.)

More than Five thousands years ago, the Kurukshetra war happend, between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, was the mother of all battles. All the kings from different place – hundreds of them – aligned themselves on one side or the other. The king of Udupi however choose to remain neutral. He spoke to Krishna and said, ‘Those who fight battles have to eat. I will be the caterer for this battle.’

The battle lasted 18 days, and every day, thousand soldiers died. So the Udupi king had to cook that much less food, otherwise it would go waste. The amazing thing was that every day, the food was exactly enough for all the soldiers and no food was wasted. After a few days, people were amazed, ‘How is he managing to cook the exact amount of food!’ No one could know how many people had died on any given day.

When someone asked the kind of Udupi, ‘How do you manage this?’ Udupi king replied, ‘Every night I go to Sri Krishna’s tent. Krishna likes to eat Groundnuts in the night so I peel them and keep them in a bowl. After he is done I count how many nuts has he left . If it’s 10 peanuts, I know tomorrow 10,000 people will be dead. So the next day when I cook that much less .